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Re: Rock Crawler or Web Poser?
> I love the "cline-o-meter" on the dash! LOL
Cal has an inclinometer?!?! Oh man, it is killing me to bite my tounge on this one... ;-) |
Re: Rock Crawler or Web Poser?
> I love the "cline-o-meter" on the dash! LOL
Cal has an inclinometer?!?! Oh man, it is killing me to bite my tounge on this one... ;-) |
Re: Rock Crawler or Web Poser?
> I love the "cline-o-meter" on the dash! LOL
Cal has an inclinometer?!?! Oh man, it is killing me to bite my tounge on this one... ;-) |
Re: Rock Crawler or Web Poser?
Joshua Nelson wrote:
>>I love the "cline-o-meter" on the dash! LOL > > > > Cal has an incli/*trollbait snipped*. You did say you were going to put up some pix of *your* rig, didn't you? Ask your mom if you can put some pix of it up on a website! |
Re: Rock Crawler or Web Poser?
Joshua Nelson wrote:
>>I love the "cline-o-meter" on the dash! LOL > > > > Cal has an incli/*trollbait snipped*. You did say you were going to put up some pix of *your* rig, didn't you? Ask your mom if you can put some pix of it up on a website! |
Re: Rock Crawler or Web Poser?
Joshua Nelson wrote:
>>I love the "cline-o-meter" on the dash! LOL > > > > Cal has an incli/*trollbait snipped*. You did say you were going to put up some pix of *your* rig, didn't you? Ask your mom if you can put some pix of it up on a website! |
Re: Rock Crawler or Web Poser?
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> "Cal Wheeler" <cal@whee.ler> wrote in message > news:bltk4s$1f3$0@pita.alt.net... > >> >>These things I have learned: >> >>It is good to have big damn wheels. >> >>It is good to have big stinking axles and diffs to swing them. >> >>It is good to install a thumb throttle; either that or grow a third foot. >> >>It is good to have mongo articulation. >> >>It is stupid to go four wheeling with no bump stops. The ride is jarring >>and the shock absorbers aren't happy about it either. >> >>It would be smart to check the full range of articulation and then grind >>away corners of U-bolt plates BEFORE 4 wheeling so one does not trash >>the cans of a pair of brand new Rancho shocks. (Or install 'em cans up >>next time?) >> >> > > Doesn't everybody install the shocks with the cans up? Mine are on that way. I'd seen various discussions about which way to orient 'em to access or protect the adjustment dial. > For the record, at least one can is smashed, so this strategy is not all > that effective. Screwed either way, I guess. I'll bet somebody somewhere sells $150 shock armor to protect people's $90 shocks... > > > > >>http://pages.sbcglobal.net/calwheeler/cw100503.html >> >> >> >>Photos of my first tentative offroad test drive(s), post mods. >> >>Hey Nathan! Rocks can be for posers, too! ;-) >> >> > > |
Re: Rock Crawler or Web Poser?
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> "Cal Wheeler" <cal@whee.ler> wrote in message > news:bltk4s$1f3$0@pita.alt.net... > >> >>These things I have learned: >> >>It is good to have big damn wheels. >> >>It is good to have big stinking axles and diffs to swing them. >> >>It is good to install a thumb throttle; either that or grow a third foot. >> >>It is good to have mongo articulation. >> >>It is stupid to go four wheeling with no bump stops. The ride is jarring >>and the shock absorbers aren't happy about it either. >> >>It would be smart to check the full range of articulation and then grind >>away corners of U-bolt plates BEFORE 4 wheeling so one does not trash >>the cans of a pair of brand new Rancho shocks. (Or install 'em cans up >>next time?) >> >> > > Doesn't everybody install the shocks with the cans up? Mine are on that way. I'd seen various discussions about which way to orient 'em to access or protect the adjustment dial. > For the record, at least one can is smashed, so this strategy is not all > that effective. Screwed either way, I guess. I'll bet somebody somewhere sells $150 shock armor to protect people's $90 shocks... > > > > >>http://pages.sbcglobal.net/calwheeler/cw100503.html >> >> >> >>Photos of my first tentative offroad test drive(s), post mods. >> >>Hey Nathan! Rocks can be for posers, too! ;-) >> >> > > |
Re: Rock Crawler or Web Poser?
Jeff Strickland wrote:
> "Cal Wheeler" <cal@whee.ler> wrote in message > news:bltk4s$1f3$0@pita.alt.net... > >> >>These things I have learned: >> >>It is good to have big damn wheels. >> >>It is good to have big stinking axles and diffs to swing them. >> >>It is good to install a thumb throttle; either that or grow a third foot. >> >>It is good to have mongo articulation. >> >>It is stupid to go four wheeling with no bump stops. The ride is jarring >>and the shock absorbers aren't happy about it either. >> >>It would be smart to check the full range of articulation and then grind >>away corners of U-bolt plates BEFORE 4 wheeling so one does not trash >>the cans of a pair of brand new Rancho shocks. (Or install 'em cans up >>next time?) >> >> > > Doesn't everybody install the shocks with the cans up? Mine are on that way. I'd seen various discussions about which way to orient 'em to access or protect the adjustment dial. > For the record, at least one can is smashed, so this strategy is not all > that effective. Screwed either way, I guess. I'll bet somebody somewhere sells $150 shock armor to protect people's $90 shocks... > > > > >>http://pages.sbcglobal.net/calwheeler/cw100503.html >> >> >> >>Photos of my first tentative offroad test drive(s), post mods. >> >>Hey Nathan! Rocks can be for posers, too! ;-) >> >> > > |
Re: Rock Crawler or Web Poser?
> > For the record, at least one can is smashed, so this strategy is not all > > that effective. > > Screwed either way, I guess. > > I'll bet somebody somewhere sells $150 shock armor to protect people's > $90 shocks... Skid plates for the shocks. Hmmm ... |
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