4x4 of your preference?
08-04-2010, 01:48 AM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
ThunderbirdJunkie has no use for any 4x4 he can not use for daily chores, and all he sees in SK's post is a couple of stupid poser shots.
Those wusses need to take their junk off road.
Those wusses need to take their junk off road.
08-04-2010, 08:08 AM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
almost bought one a few years ago 6x6 2 1/2 ton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B5s2ZMerfc
08-04-2010, 08:19 AM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
they do, the orange one isn't even street legal cause of rear steer, here is the build for both of them
white one
orange one has an amazing transformation, and now is a rock buggy
white one
orange one has an amazing transformation, and now is a rock buggy
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ThunderbirdJunkie has no use for any 4x4 he can not use for daily chores, and all he sees in SK's post is a couple of stupid poser shots.
Those wusses need to take their junk off road.
ThunderbirdJunkie has no use for any 4x4 he can not use for daily chores, and all he sees in SK's post is a couple of stupid poser shots.
Those wusses need to take their junk off road.
08-04-2010, 09:21 AM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
So, the orange one's completely useless because you can't drive it to the trail 
The white one's not bad, but it's obviously not daily drivable in any sense of the term.
ThunderbirdJunkie would much prefer something with a closed cab, four doors, and...uh...COMFORTABLE if we're gonna talk 4x4s
If it can't be DD'd, either from a drivability or reliability or comfort standpoint, it is a useless vehicle ITBJHO.
The white one's not bad, but it's obviously not daily drivable in any sense of the term.
ThunderbirdJunkie would much prefer something with a closed cab, four doors, and...uh...COMFORTABLE if we're gonna talk 4x4s
If it can't be DD'd, either from a drivability or reliability or comfort standpoint, it is a useless vehicle ITBJHO.
08-04-2010, 10:49 AM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
Sweet FJ
Everything seems to be in order 
ThunderbirdJunkie will just be over here with no broken birfield joints or problematic Aisin hubs or cheap copies of the GM 250 I6
In all seriousness, though, whattya running for tires on that? 8.50-16s? 34x950s? Stock 6" wheels? Details?
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Those aren't 4X4's, This is a 4X4. My Toyota FJ40, currently stored in Albuquerque New Mexico.
Me up at the top of Los Volcanes in New Mexico after overheating.
TOYOTA
BROKEN
Those aren't 4X4's, This is a 4X4. My Toyota FJ40, currently stored in Albuquerque New Mexico.
Me up at the top of Los Volcanes in New Mexico after overheating.
TOYOTA
BROKEN
ThunderbirdJunkie will just be over here with no broken birfield joints or problematic Aisin hubs or cheap copies of the GM 250 I6
In all seriousness, though, whattya running for tires on that? 8.50-16s? 34x950s? Stock 6" wheels? Details?
08-04-2010, 11:12 AM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
[link=http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jeep-Grand-Cherokee_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZalgoQ3dSIQ26i tuQ3dUCIQ252BUAQ252BFICSQ26otnQ3d8Q26pmodQ3d260643 654196Q26poQ3dLWIQ26psQ3d63Q26clkidQ3d667175476545 5313673QQ_trksidZp3907Q2em263QQcategoryZ6947QQitem Z200502915810]This one's[/link] not too bad if you've got the nerve to spend $19k on a 12 y/o vehicle. It can be a DD and reasonably capable offroad as well as fairly rare.
08-04-2010, 11:13 AM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
ORIGINAL: proanti1
Those aren't 4X4's, This is a 4X4. My Toyota FJ40, currently stored in Albuquerque New Mexico.
Me up at the top of Los Volcanes in New Mexico after overheating.
Its that little yellow dot way up there.
Oil change.
Those aren't 4X4's, This is a 4X4. My Toyota FJ40, currently stored in Albuquerque New Mexico.
Me up at the top of Los Volcanes in New Mexico after overheating.
Its that little yellow dot way up there.
Oil change.
08-04-2010, 11:14 AM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
Yeah... and a liberty is that much better? HA! That picture is showing wheel spin after some idiot gets the thing stuck in 3 feet of mud. My dad had a liberty with a 2" lift, the wheel bearings would blow out every time he dragged it through 4" of water. Yes... the FJ is willies copy, but its still fun none the less... the transmission and clutch are all stock and still work together like dirty movies and Vaseline.
The FJ is all stock except a skyjacker 2" shackle lift and tires, which are just 34 swampers on the stock wheels. Oh yeah, I uploaded the wrong pic, the last one is actually installing the lift... you can see that the front is done already, and parts are strewn all over my yard, haha.
The FJ is all stock except a skyjacker 2" shackle lift and tires, which are just 34 swampers on the stock wheels. Oh yeah, I uploaded the wrong pic, the last one is actually installing the lift... you can see that the front is done already, and parts are strewn all over my yard, haha.
08-04-2010, 11:26 AM
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ORIGINAL: DaveG55
[link=http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jeep-Grand-Cherokee_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZalgoQ3dSIQ26i tuQ3dUCIQ252BUAQ252BFICSQ26otnQ3d8Q26pmodQ3d260643 654196Q26poQ3dLWIQ26psQ3d63Q26clkidQ3d667175476545 5313673QQ_trksidZp3907Q2em263QQcategoryZ6947QQitem Z200502915810]This one's[/link] not too bad if you've got the nerve to spend $19k on a 12 y/o vehicle. It can be a DD and reasonably capable offroad as well as fairly rare.
[link=http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jeep-Grand-Cherokee_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZalgoQ3dSIQ26i tuQ3dUCIQ252BUAQ252BFICSQ26otnQ3d8Q26pmodQ3d260643 654196Q26poQ3dLWIQ26psQ3d63Q26clkidQ3d667175476545 5313673QQ_trksidZp3907Q2em263QQcategoryZ6947QQitem Z200502915810]This one's[/link] not too bad if you've got the nerve to spend $19k on a 12 y/o vehicle. It can be a DD and reasonably capable offroad as well as fairly rare.
OOOH A ZJ 5.9!
On the other hand...
19 grand [&:]
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Yeah... and a liberty is that much better? HA! That picture is showing wheel spin after some idiot gets the thing stuck in 3 feet of mud. My dad had a liberty with a 2'' lift, the wheel bearings would blow out every time he dragged it through 4'' of water. Yes... the FJ is willies copy, but its still fun none the less... the transmission and clutch are all stock and still work together like dirty movies and Vaseline.
The FJ is all stock except a skyjacker 2'' shackle lift and tires, which are just 34 swampers on the stock wheels. Oh yeah, I uploaded the wrong pic, the last one is actually installing the lift... you can see that the front is done already, and parts are strewn all over my yard, haha.
Yeah... and a liberty is that much better? HA! That picture is showing wheel spin after some idiot gets the thing stuck in 3 feet of mud. My dad had a liberty with a 2'' lift, the wheel bearings would blow out every time he dragged it through 4'' of water. Yes... the FJ is willies copy, but its still fun none the less... the transmission and clutch are all stock and still work together like dirty movies and Vaseline.
The FJ is all stock except a skyjacker 2'' shackle lift and tires, which are just 34 swampers on the stock wheels. Oh yeah, I uploaded the wrong pic, the last one is actually installing the lift... you can see that the front is done already, and parts are strewn all over my yard, haha.
Also, going through that little puddle not a single tire was spun. It pays to be locked
And "wheel bearings would blow out every time he dragged it through 4" of water"?
166,000 miles and have only had to replace the front wheel hub assemblies once each. Pretty par for the course for Chrysler products that don't go off road
08-04-2010, 12:11 PM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
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On one hand...
OOOH A ZJ 5.9!
On the other hand...
19 grand [&:]
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[link=http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jeep-Grand-Cherokee_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZalgoQ3dSIQ26i tuQ3dUCIQ252BUAQ252BFICSQ26otnQ3d8Q26pmodQ3d260643 654196Q26poQ3dLWIQ26psQ3d63Q26clkidQ3d667175476545 5313673QQ_trksidZp3907Q2em263QQcategoryZ6947QQitem Z200502915810]This one's[/link] not too bad if you've got the nerve to spend $19k on a 12 y/o vehicle. It can be a DD and reasonably capable offroad as well as fairly rare.
[link=http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jeep-Grand-Cherokee_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZalgoQ3dSIQ26i tuQ3dUCIQ252BUAQ252BFICSQ26otnQ3d8Q26pmodQ3d260643 654196Q26poQ3dLWIQ26psQ3d63Q26clkidQ3d667175476545 5313673QQ_trksidZp3907Q2em263QQcategoryZ6947QQitem Z200502915810]This one's[/link] not too bad if you've got the nerve to spend $19k on a 12 y/o vehicle. It can be a DD and reasonably capable offroad as well as fairly rare.
OOOH A ZJ 5.9!
On the other hand...
19 grand [&:]
It would be hard to find and take a stock 5.9 to that point for much less than 19k.
Still, that Jeep/ad has other issues. For example, it appears that research shows the Jeep has closer to 50k miles rather than the 10k claimed.
I've got a '98 5.2 Limited 2wd and I've had it places that I never expected to get out of (abandoned South Georgia logging roads) and it never even thought about getting stuck. It has 250k miles, drives, rides and runs great, pulls my 5k lb boat and, even at 12 y/o, is still more luxurous inside than many much newer "luxury" brands.
08-04-2010, 01:57 PM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
well if i was going to build a non street legal trail rig i would build something like this
if i had to keep it street legal (which knowing me i probably would) i would go with a bronco
of course im more a racer type. so if i did build an off road vehicle it would most likely be a pre runner or baja bug or something along those lines
08-04-2010, 05:13 PM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
i like wranglers despite of the stereotypes, i just like thier no nonsense form and function.
liberties arent bad, its like the spawn of a wrangler and Cherokee.
point is if you want modern off road cars, (not just suv's) mopar is almost always on top, not some cushy car sitting on big tires.
liberties arent bad, its like the spawn of a wrangler and Cherokee.
point is if you want modern off road cars, (not just suv's) mopar is almost always on top, not some cushy car sitting on big tires.
08-04-2010, 06:41 PM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
pretty much anything with the blue oval. i really want an early-mid 90's f150 powerstroke and a bronco. i wouldnt mind havin' a late model f350 triton v10 though. i like the racers and mudders more than the crawlers.
. i like the racers and mudders more than the crawlers.
08-04-2010, 08:56 PM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
Subaru BRAT!!!
(Remember too, that these trucks are tiny, about the size of a Ford Escort in case you've never seen a BRAT in person.
Also, Ronald Reagan drove one: [sm=spinnyeyes.gif]
(The restored Reagan Presidential BRAT.)
(Remember too, that these trucks are tiny, about the size of a Ford Escort in case you've never seen a BRAT in person.
Also, Ronald Reagan drove one: [sm=spinnyeyes.gif]
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08-05-2010, 07:54 AM
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RE: 4x4 of your preference?
well I like my 1981 chevy LUV 4x4 1.8l of course everyone know it is a isuzu with a different grille and stickers.
aint got no digital camera so no pics
Whoopee
aint got no digital camera so no pics
Whoopee
