Recent content by jjvalerius

I switch back and forth - BesTop in Summer, hard top in winter. Yeah, a bit time consuming, but this will be the 4th time I do it for this summer, so it's starting to go pretty quick. I personally would just go topless in the summer (but wife prefers otherwise), but if you get caught in a...

I saw it, just not until now. Think I'm going to take the advice and start a thread with, "Bronco owners who think their Bronco is more important than helping another owner out". "So I was trying to get some directions from this fellow Bronco owner, with a pretty righteous set up I might add...

Okay, so in my defense, I heard, "FIRE", didn't realize it was yours until I watched you grab your fire extinguisher and start unloading it under the driver's side (which was opposite of me) and by that time, my wife was screaming to just get out of there. (she was already a little anxious due...

As the guy in the blue Bronco you were trying to give directions to when your fire started, I'm glad that it all worked out and you were able to recover. I did actually find the tunnel to the other side.

Noyice Kurt!! And the Badlands is pretty cool as well. I'm more old school, just wish I had the money for one, had to settle on a 78 sometime back, first of the "full size" configuration that lasted into the 90s. It needs work and some day when I grow up, I'll take the time to fix it up a...

So you know Chris and Tammy then? I'm from Waterloo and I'm up at Stubborn quite a bit (was just there last night for the Queen of Hearts drawing), along with Hopskeller and Happy Hour (the replacement for JVs). I'm familiar with a lot of the bar ownership. I'll have to keep an eye out on the...

I'm in Waterloo..... @66Fan which Bronco is yours? I know of 3 others besides mine; a white 2 door, a jacked up white 4 door, and a cyber orange 4 door. I'd be more than happy to meet up, but not real interested in meeting up at Sunset, not fond of that dealership.

Sorry guys, I just got this and it's probably too late of a response, but I did a "little" off-roading in Shawnee National Forrest which have some tricky trails. Based on what OnX Offroad was saying, these seemed to be more overlanding roads, but they are quite the opposite.

@smoot618 - I'm down in the Waterloo area, still open to an opportunity to help out if you still haven't gotten that leveling kit or lift kit on yet. Also I'm coming up on a oil change/tire rotation that others have expressed interest in being a part of if anyone wants to learn how to do that...

I did the Moab Bronco Off-Rodeo as well last September (didn't have my Bronco yet). It was an awesome experience, we did the Dome Plateau Trail near the Dewey bridge. They only had 4 door Broncos and I have a 2 door, but that was no big deal. We did stop for lunch but it was on a plateau that...

@AlliB123 - it's pretty easy and right there in front when you pop the hood. Just got to have the right socket. Let me know when you're looking to try it, or I can let you know when I'm about to do mine and maybe we can get together on it. I'm always happy to help someone who's looking to do...

So the first oil change I had the dealership do at 1000 miles (just to replace the initial break-in oil) and was probably unnecessary, but this is my first ever new vehicle and I'm a bit of a obsessive compulsive shade-tree mechanic and like the idea that any break-in "stuff" gets out of the...

@Briley - sorry to year about your experience so far, I was actually lucky in that I moved my reservation from Sunset in Waterloo, where I live, to Mertz in Millstadt due to some rumors about Sunset and the way they were treating some of their employees, nothing actually about the ordering...

Nice looking rig Allison, really like the white grill.

Sooo, I'm boycotting Auffenburg along with Sunset and Dave Sinclair due to what they did when Lou Fusz tried to buy out the small dealership in Milstadt, IL.... now Mertz in Milstadt doesn't exist anymore - not even a dealership. Sooo, good luck with your order. <no offense>