i drove 3 hours cross state to get my junk home with a busted alternator.. let it sit on a battery charger all night, killed everything electronic i could possibly kill, and roadkilled it home.
a fully charged healthy battery got me right at 2 hours of driving... that last hour of the trip took...
1. Open - future air compressor
2. Ditch lights
3. 20” bumper light bar
4. Open - future functional rock lights
5. Open - no current plans
6. MXT275 gmrs radio
We got the cheapest set of skids I could find for our big bend.. broaddict at the time. The following weekend, our all terrains weren’t agreeing with the clay, slid into a washout, then used those plates to slide out.
Lockers and all the other fancy gizmos are not required, just nice to haves...
Kudos to you wheeling in a "lowly" (said sarcastically) big bend. my wife has a big bend with 3.73's and 35's...
We have only found one place that she couldnt go that my badlands could. The only reason she couldnt make it over that particular obstacle on that certain day was that we didnt air...
Morning everyone. Crossed paths with Rob a couple times here and there, and also help out on the Facebook group.. Finally made my way over to the forum. I have been having a lot of fun out in the ozarks with my wife and would love to get a group together at some point..
I ordered one.. guess we will see if its worth the hype in a few days.
its about time for my doors to come off for the season, and really wanting to remove the soft top all together this year. seems like a decent alternative to solely having a mesh top and I dont have quite the natural sun...
airing down in and is a good idea as it widens your contact area. the narrower the tire, the more likely you will sink/dig in.
exagerated, but think about rolling a beach ball on sand versus riding a bicycle.
I have no issues with spacers, provided they are checked for torque after the first couple hundred miles, then every couple thousand after that..
It really depends on if you are afraid of cutting or not.
if you have the factory rock rails, they will need cut back an inch or so. I cant speak on...
I was running 18-20psi on the stock territories with great results. You get a little sway in the corners, but can run home/base camp without airing up.. im not sure how i would feel about cornering on a road at 12psi
2" level is bare minimum for playing offroad with 37's in my opinion.. I levelled the front, then did the shock relocation in the rear for about 1 3/4"-2" lift back there. (still need to cut the excess off the mounts for the extra clearance)
on top of those, I removed the front and rear crash...
the diode bridge and most of the important internals are sealed. still a non-issue.
Now rust/corrosion/etc could eventually wear on it, but simply submerging the alternator in halfway clean (not pure mud) water wont affect its performance.