What do you think the most important mods are for offroading?
08-19-2003, 07:23 PM
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i dunno, here is my new list after thinking about it...
1. most aggresive tire you can fit without lift
2.locker
3recovery gear.
i figure if you have a huge lifted locked truck thats stuck...its still stuck...
thats why i put on the list recovery gear!
later
wade
1. most aggresive tire you can fit without lift
2.locker
3recovery gear.
i figure if you have a huge lifted locked truck thats stuck...its still stuck...
thats why i put on the list recovery gear!
later
wade
08-20-2003, 10:36 AM
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Originally posted by wimpywade94
i dunno, here is my new list after thinking about it...
1. most aggresive tire you can fit without lift
2.locker
3recovery gear.
i figure if you have a huge lifted locked truck thats stuck...its still stuck...
thats why i put on the list recovery gear!
later
wade
i dunno, here is my new list after thinking about it...
1. most aggresive tire you can fit without lift
2.locker
3recovery gear.
i figure if you have a huge lifted locked truck thats stuck...its still stuck...
thats why i put on the list recovery gear!
later
wade
that looks like a pretty good list- the recovery gear is an absolute requirement to me
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Last year while I was out for a solo put-put on an easy trail, I got bored and decided to play on a large rock- ended up floppin' on the drivers side. I was about 10 miles off the pavement, 30 air miles from home, in a narrow, deep canyon, with about 2 hours of daylight left, and ended up with a seperated left shoulder (no doors, even w/ a lap belt on, my shoulder hit the ground hard!). Well, to make a LONG story short, it took me about 1-1/2 hours to get my gear out, set up, and roll the truck back on it's wheels. All I used to get it done were:
1. a come-a-long, used to pretension the:
2. snatch strap and chains to my :
3. HighLift jack.
It would have been relatively simple if I'd been able to use both arms
, but, in the end I got it done, and drove home.later
08-20-2003, 12:02 PM
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I think everyone has put sliders, tires, and a good head on your shoulders as a choice.
I am 45 and been wheel'n since I was 12, my truck is built the way I think it should be built; and I think everyone has his own idea as to what is important. Build your truck for what you need it for; rocks, sand, mud, hills, etc. I have taken the rocks and hills approach; in the sand my truck is a bit heavy for it, but does very well.
IFS's don't like mud!! Now if I was SAS thats a different story.
Be safe, always wheel with a friend.
-Mike
I am 45 and been wheel'n since I was 12, my truck is built the way I think it should be built; and I think everyone has his own idea as to what is important. Build your truck for what you need it for; rocks, sand, mud, hills, etc. I have taken the rocks and hills approach; in the sand my truck is a bit heavy for it, but does very well.
IFS's don't like mud!! Now if I was SAS thats a different story.
Be safe, always wheel with a friend.
-Mike
08-20-2003, 12:55 PM
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Originally posted by PoBoy
I would have locker second. If your tires are crap, a locker wont help you.
I would have locker second. If your tires are crap, a locker wont help you.
1. Toyota 2 or 4wd that runs and is reliable
2. Dog (to walk out with if you don't have a locker yet)
3. Selectable Locker
08-20-2003, 01:58 PM
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1. Locker(s)
2. Protection (Sliders, bumpers, skidplates)
3. Tires
Recovery gear should be in everyone's truck anyway.
Build the truck for what you use it for. I can hardly think of a trail truck that does not have those three things.
2. Protection (Sliders, bumpers, skidplates)
3. Tires
Recovery gear should be in everyone's truck anyway.
Build the truck for what you use it for. I can hardly think of a trail truck that does not have those three things.
08-20-2003, 02:16 PM
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ok....now a twist....what the least required thing that you carry with you that you woudnt leave home without??
i would say....huh...i dunno, its a toughy!
wade
i would say....huh...i dunno, its a toughy!
wade
08-20-2003, 07:47 PM
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hey, what do you think of this setup that im gonna run people.... i know its not just the 3 things all together, but heres my plan on doing stuff...hopefully ill get it done within next august 15th, thats what im shooting for....(thats when i got the runner, 1 year earyler)
1. put on my 32's
2.dual tranfers instead of lift
3.locker"s" dont know for the front yet, probably a lsd.
and after i get all that on the truck, the basic stuff like recovery gear will already be bought as i need it throughout the year and on xmas and my b-day...(t minus29 days) i figure if i get all that on, build the front bumper, build the sliders, and build a custom cage thing that i dont want to explain right now, i will have a decent truck, then after a couple years of saving, or 1 more year or somthing, sas it and take it to the next level
what do you all think
do that, or
lift it and lock it?
later
wade
ps ben. when are you gonna get me pics of your runner...i dont have a digi camera so no pics for me!
1. put on my 32's
2.dual tranfers instead of lift
3.locker"s" dont know for the front yet, probably a lsd.
and after i get all that on the truck, the basic stuff like recovery gear will already be bought as i need it throughout the year and on xmas and my b-day...(t minus29 days) i figure if i get all that on, build the front bumper, build the sliders, and build a custom cage thing that i dont want to explain right now, i will have a decent truck, then after a couple years of saving, or 1 more year or somthing, sas it and take it to the next level
what do you all think
do that, or
lift it and lock it?
later
wade
ps ben. when are you gonna get me pics of your runner...i dont have a digi camera so no pics for me!
08-20-2003, 10:08 PM
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ok....now a twist....what the least required thing that you carry with you that you woudnt leave home without??
i would say....huh...i dunno, its a toughy!
wade
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i would say....huh...i dunno, its a toughy!
wade
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08-21-2003, 03:30 PM
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im new to all this
Im not that knowledgeable when it comes to the words you guys use sometimes, so what exactly is this locker you keep talking about? I have a 95 runner myself and maybe that could benefit me.
08-21-2003, 04:09 PM
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The best explanation I have seen is at; http://auto.howstuffworks.com/differential.htm
Read through how a differential works, then look at the sections on limited slip and locking differentials.
If you have any questions after that, bring them on.
Read through how a differential works, then look at the sections on limited slip and locking differentials.
If you have any questions after that, bring them on.
