j602's 2wd Beast

[j602]

Thanks! Yeah my buddies are trying to convince me to paint my calipers red. I think it'll look rice, they think it'll look cool with the suspension stuff.

 

[bmxking5]

I think you should stick with the idea that it'll look rice. I'd give it :thumbdwn: :thumbdwn:

 

[Creager]

paint the calipers black =)

but red bushing and shock boots ons, plus the suspention stuff, thats all the red you need

its scary how much our trucks look alike... same color scheme i guess, black on black, red other stuff, haha simple.

 

[j602]

Already have red shock boots and red swaybar bushings.

They do look alike, besides mine having 2 more doors and being bigger.

 

[Creager]

Already have red shock boots and red swaybar bushings.

They do look alike, besides mine having 2 more doors and being bigger.

aww their cousins

mine is named Jenna, she is a **** star; shes gotta watch her weight...

weight on my wallet haha

 

[j602]

Got my taillight guards put on today, as well as making a CB antenna mount for them. I welded the same plate I used for my previous unsuccessful mount on to the driver side guard. This should prove to be much more successful than the last. I like the taillight guards alot better than my crappy plactic covers I had on there before. They also don't look as protrusive in person as they do in this picture.

A close up of the CB antenna mount (I figured out how to make my camera take good close up pics!)

View from the front

 

[bmxking5]

Those tail light guards look very good on your truck.

My locker is on the way, so I'm gonna be trying some crazy stuff on my first outing with it.

Aussie? No-Slip? Detroit?

 

[XplorerKid]

Looking good josh! i hope my truck ends up looking as good! Cant wait till i order my parts, im actually waiting on tires first, cause i know if i order my lift first ill want to install it, and 8 - 9"s of lift on my 255s is gunna look stupid...

 

[bmxking5]

Caleb, you're still buying those 49" IROKs, right?

 

[XplorerKid]

Caleb, you're still buying those 49" IROKs, right?

yea 49"s with 9"s of ift and fiberglass front and back

 

[j602]

Thanks guys. Bryan - I finally got the Powertrax from that guy on FSB. Worked him down to $188 shipped. I can't wait to get it in. Caleb - Sweet, when do you plan to start on everything?

 

[XplorerKid]

Thanks guys. Bryan - I finally got the Powertrax from that guy on FSB. Worked him down to $188 shipped. I can't to get it in. Caleb - Sweet, when do you plan to start on everything?

Ill give you 250 shipped for it

ugh, as soon as i find tires i will....

 

[j602]

How bout......NO!

Start a thread a soon as you start wrenchin'.

 

[bmxking5]

Good to hear you got that no-slip. If I wasn't already locked (in another diff ) I would've bought that for mine. Really nice deal.

Oh, and Caleb is starting on everything as soon as his mommy gives him the money.

 

[j602]

Flex pics anyone?

Me and my buddies were bored so we decided to go find something to stretch out on. I took off the front swaybar and it did pretty good. Better than my buddy's Dodge 2500 (solid axles). I couldn't go any further because one tire started to slip and my limited slip sucks. Won't be a problem in a few days.

 

[bmxking5]

You know what sucks more than your limited slip?...............The quality of those pics! (might wanna talk to Nate about how to take decent pics! )

 

[j602]

Dude, it was almost pitch black. That's just the autofix that makes them that way. So shutup.

 

[CarFreak146]

hey josh, the guards look great. glad I could pass em on to ya.
--Ryan

 

[j602]

Thanks Ryan. I'm glad you could too.

Oh, and by the way, I am officially locked. I bought a Powertrax No-Slip from a Bronco guy for $188 bucks. We put it in today in about 3 hours. Easy work, just time consuming and meticulous. I was itching to test it out, so I took it over to some hills for some midnight wheelin'. I could definitely feel a huge difference. On the biggest hill, which usually take lots of traction or momentum, I crawled 3/4 of the way up before I started to spin. I never made it all the way up, but got real close. That doesn't bother me since most 4wd's can't do it either. On the street, this thing is fawking INSANE! It acts no differently than my worn out limited slip. I figured I'd wheel hop like crazy around sharp turn, etc. I got none of that! I love it! More testing will be done offroad tomorrow night. Will report back.

 

[bmxking5]

Sweet! To tell you the truth though, I don't believe you about the hill...I think I need pics, possibly even another video of this to confirm it.