Pinkyman
07-17-2016, 11:06 AM
So my wife and little man and I attended the Crawl for the Cure over the weekend, and man what a blast! We went up there with some friends, and had one of the greatest times I've ever had with my clothes on lol. My friend Brent's Xj crawler had a few issues that took some time to get sorted, but wow, that thing is a beast!
I got stuck once on the first day, in a giant hole that wasn't there last year. They also got like 6" of rain, which made some of the lower areas pretty sloppy. Joe from Iron Rock Offroad hooked me up to his JK and had me out in no time.
My Xj took minimal damage, including a tree that I kissed with the rf fender, and I lost a rear bumper cap. I also tried to bend my brake lines to get some room out of them, and ended up snapping them. My friend Brent from IRO brought me some stainless lines, so after my wife took a trip to the parts store to get some brake line, we had my extended lines installed, bled, and ready to rock! It went off without a hitch from there on out. No overheating, no issues, and even had ice cold AC the whole time!
My wife and little man absolutely had a blast! My wife told me my goal is to build my Jeep and make it capable enough to tackle "the stairs" (as seen with Brent's xj in the video), money permitting lol. I'll be looking into bumpers, frame stiffeners, and maybe some quick disconnects in the near future.
All I can say is, what an incredible weekend! I'm still on a high, and I can't wait until the next event! We're hooked!!
On to the pictures!
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I got stuck once on the first day, in a giant hole that wasn't there last year. They also got like 6" of rain, which made some of the lower areas pretty sloppy. Joe from Iron Rock Offroad hooked me up to his JK and had me out in no time.
My Xj took minimal damage, including a tree that I kissed with the rf fender, and I lost a rear bumper cap. I also tried to bend my brake lines to get some room out of them, and ended up snapping them. My friend Brent from IRO brought me some stainless lines, so after my wife took a trip to the parts store to get some brake line, we had my extended lines installed, bled, and ready to rock! It went off without a hitch from there on out. No overheating, no issues, and even had ice cold AC the whole time!
My wife and little man absolutely had a blast! My wife told me my goal is to build my Jeep and make it capable enough to tackle "the stairs" (as seen with Brent's xj in the video), money permitting lol. I'll be looking into bumpers, frame stiffeners, and maybe some quick disconnects in the near future.
All I can say is, what an incredible weekend! I'm still on a high, and I can't wait until the next event! We're hooked!!
On to the pictures!
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/Rocketryan1/Mobile%20Uploads/20160715_073002_zpsij9mujxw.jpg (http://s38.photobucket.com/user/Rocketryan1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160715_073002_zpsij9mujxw.jpg.html)
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