shotking4

Here are a few quick pics after my lift got installed. its a 2.5 inch cornfed spacer set up front and back with some new bilsteins. I did the lift here in Connecticut and the drove up to Maine for a few days. the pics are outside my buddy's house in Maine. I put 305/70/16 procomp mud terrains on her cause they were buy 3 get one free from a place here in town. I got them balanced using equal and i'm not totally sold on it just yet. I still have to get a tie rod end replaced and if the vibration doesn't stop there, i will definately run it back to the tire place and see what the deal is. I also have a 1" 4Crawler body lift that i havent put in yet. The rims are Mickey Thompson Classic II's, 16x8 with 3 5/8" backspacing. They don't rub at all now that i got rid of some extra material in the front bumper area.

We tried to hit up some trails up there but the snow was real wet and deep so as soon as it got packed down, it turned to ice and it was a get stuck fest.

Overall, i'm pretty happy with the ride. Not too loud on the highway with the MT's, it was a 5 1/2 hour ride to Bangor. Pretty smooth over most bumps, but the roads up there were pretty crappy, some were just straight mud. I still have to order up the pan hard drop bar and then i think i'll be good to go for a while. Let me know what you guys think.

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lee

awesome!

rowan

dude, i live like an hour from bangor.. normally. couple hours away right now, near SUGARLOAF/USA. too bad i didnt know u were comin up woulda been nice to go wheelin

dwh91102

Shot nice lookin ride buddy...also gotta love maine blueberrys for breakfast, lobster for dinner

shotking4

Thanks guys, i love the ride now even more than before if thats possible. Rowan, now i know you're up there. I'm definately going back up there this summer when the all the snow won't be there. I'll definately get in touch with ya and we'll head out on some trails.

lee

where are the trails up there?

shotking4

we were on my buddy's girlfriend's parents farm. they were some old skidder trails that were somewhere on the land. the snow was knee deep and wet so as soon as it packed down, we had no traction cause it turned to ice. after getting stuck and unstuck and stuck again for an hour, we bailed and played around in some of the fields on his quads.

rowan

ok sounds good dude.


trails? what trails? i dont know any legal places. i run on some powerlines and some other random places...

shotking4

The only reason it was legal for us to go where we went was because we were on a farm that was owned by my buddy's girlfriend's family. The road we took over to where the one trail we were on only had houses on it that the family owns and lives in. There is a ton of land on the farm itself and there were signs all over that said no trespassing, but they knew we were gonna be out there and they didn't care. It was only one trail that we were on and we didn't even get that far down it cause the snow was so deep we kept getting stuck. I'm not sure how many other trails are out there that we could get down. there are a ton of snowmobile trails around that area that go thru the farms land. We'll exlpore some more trails on the farm this summer when were not getting stuck in the snow if there are even any more on the land.

But rowan, i'll find out more this summer and i'll definately get in touch with you if it turns out there are some other places we can go.

calg3

Drew, looks awesome! How about a level pic from the side so I can see how it sits now?

4Peanut

Nice looking rig.

I'd like to see that too. I've been thinking about some new wheels for my ride, and really like the MT Classic II's.

shotking4

Thanks guys. it does sit a bit higher now in the rear, but its still noticeable to me. We put the new bil's in that day we took the pics i posted in the beginning of the thread. Its already dark here now and i'm leaving for a few days, so i'll get the pics up at the beginning of next week. I also need to replace the drivers side tie rod end at the beginning of next week and bring it back to get realigned. Hopefully the shake i get on the highway will be gone after the tie rod end. If not, i'm gonna have to go back to the tire place. They put in equal to balance them so we'll see how it goes.

I was a little weary of putting the rims on cause of how shiney they are. I was hoping to get something in a grayish color. But now that they're on, i love em.

bike4miles

Snow flexing, very common Toy owner pastime!

TStango

Nice ride! I went to school in New Britain. Let me know if you find any legal wheelin spots in CT.

GodwinAustin

rowan have you heard of the East (maybe west?) Kingfield road? I have heard itis some good off-road/logging road type driving...ever driven it?

Do you know Brian Leblanc? lives in Kingfield and drives a lifted Bronco

GodwinAustin

Shotking - dig the ride

now you need to order a new TJM bumper!

shotking4

TStango, where in CT do you live now? Where did you go to school cause i coach over at CCSU now?

GoodwinAustin, thanks man. You must have read my mind. I was goin to order up a new bumper in the next two weeks, but i took a huge hit on taxes and now i'll have to wait til this summer for the bumper.

rowan

no i havnt, but i live in kingfield so i should try to find it. im only here for a couple more weeks, just rented this place for the winter.

nope, dont know him. dont remember seeing any lifted bronco's either.

got any idea how i could find that road?

TStango

Nice! I went to CCSU. Right now I'm living in Watertown which is north of Waterbury.

shotking4

Nice. Thats not too far, bout a half hour if that. Let me know if you ever go wheeling or are looking for a wrenching buddy. I'll do the same.