never been to donkey creek... hope the snow stays for a while lol. so far they are down to go this sunday lol will see huh

thanks. i want a roof rack but havent found the best way of doing one. this will work for now. i plan on taking it off tomorrow and making it stronger. this was more of a test fit and what not. find out this sunday if it holds up

1: yeah im a pretty clean and organized type of person. hate having to look for anything and i like to have most my stuff in the truck easy to access
2: got to have a crossbow if i plan on keeping the Zombie Response Team sticker on the tail gate lol
3: i have it out, i was working on my other car at the same time. thanks haha

 

Damn if I have the front 4:56 in. I'll be down to go too plus better tires haha

 

is your current front and rear gearing matching? if so. LETS GO lol if not is the 4.56 just a diff swap. if so. should take long. u have all day saturday.

 

Front diff is still 410. I got to run all over the place on saturday then im going to attend a super bowl party on sunday even tough i dont really care for it this year hahaha but you guys go ahead. The truck should be realdy next weekend...i hope haha

 

Wow, looks great back there, man! ...............Ok, now you know what I meant hahahahaha.

Seriously, great kit! I know, the kit never ends/stops being updated/upgraded.... but you're doing nicely there, man!

Have a safe time.... get lots of pics!

Hopefully we can all hit the Sierras one time, and especially The Alabama Hills and Owens Dry Lake/the Dunes and DEFINITELY Keough Hot Springs Maybe even Mammoth Hot Creek! WOOT, I can't WAIT to be able to get out there again, ya know? ......grrrr, dang 'life'! LOL.

 

should be fine lol just run it in 2wd lol. jk. i wanted to go today so i can watch a little bit of the superbowl but i take snow wheeling any day

thanks. for sure. give a month or two in advance and i would love to hit up some trails with you

 

More pictures!!! If you go that is haha

 

its a go!! camera batteries charged. solar panel and connectors on dash just in case!

 

geared and gased up. drove around after doing some finishing touches to the 1st "INTERIOR CARGO BASKET" haha stays in place and doesnt move at all. its all painted up, same color as my wheels. i love it!!

 

Nice Toyotech 559 > That cargo rack looks fnctional and way better in black,cant wait to see if it holds up great idea !

 

thanks its actually a metallic gray. similar to gun metal i guess. will see how it holds up today when i go snow wheeling.

 

"Help, help, there's a man with a flashy Orange Hatchet and crossbow chasing my pet Boar around the woods!" hehehe.

NICE! Like inside cage Awesome Idea, likey!

 

Looks great! I sure hope you got an alarm. Theres alot of money just sitting there in plain view and it wouldnt be very hard to break a window and grab everything

 

I love your rig. I think it has the perfect balance of a nice suv and offroad. Its looks great

 

haha thanks. i still want a roof rack but too much trouble right now as it wont fit in my garage without removal every time. so this is my way around it for now

thanks. i do got a two way pager and what not (cant say lol) i done alarm install so my stuff is top notch haha. its not a DD so im not worried plus its no different than having it on the roof everyone else does it. plus i can remove them quickly if needed

thank you. it is a great SUV and offroader. so far i love it. still alot of work i want done to it tho haha who doesnt right..

 

so i made it to the top without any help but the last climb. guess not being regeared and automatic trans didnt help. guess the trans was getting hot since i did do alot of a steep climbs at low speeds cuz i could lol. anyways the last climb wasnt any steeper than any of the previous ones but we where pretty high up so lack of power maybe? poorly geared made it to hard and the engine was just spinning the torque converter instead of the wheels. i had to winch up to one tree than other one. where i finally made the last 600 feet or so on its own weak power haha.
so i need to regear ASAP. also learned i like to leap before i look. so i need a belly skid plate and i also like to think i have good clearance and bashed my lower crossbar for the lower arms and diff into a HUGE rock lol. so i need a front skid as well
didnt get to many pictures of me since i was leading and was helping out alot. gf didnt wanna get out too much since it was COLD haha
winch was used many times and worked great. i need to learn how to rewind the cable so its tight every time

start of the trail

Interior Cargo Rack worked perfectly

friend climbing a slick area



top view

follow the leader ME



i made it over this but i didnt look on the other side and just went for it. i banged up the underside a bit lol buddy didnt do so well, high center and noticed the bald tires on bald mountain haha he did really well btw


where to big hump was located. we ended up finding a way around but i had to winch up the last two



further up the trail




Finally made it to the top. had a nice BBQ




otw back down and it was getting DARK quick lol was dark before we made it back to the road haha only one had a SA but we were all fairly low and under built

 

Great pics, Toyo! Glad no MAJOR carnage, sorry bout the lil bit/and the drama with the Torque Converter. Looks like a great time!

 

I would have been winched all the way to the top if I went hahaha seems like a great time getting more snow this week...yeah!!

 

if i can just get my butt of this computer. i just need to regear and get that out of the way so i can order some skid plates

the winch was put to the test. i used a bunch of times. not sure how much more snow since its only gonna rain tomorrow and sunny from there on out

 

Yea I know mayb more in the next couple of weeks. I jope