Trail Raider Photo Diary/Build Thread

Not a big update, just spent a few minutes installing my new Factor-55 Splicer winch thimble . While the thimble I made works just fine, I got this as a gift from my fiancé. Plus it sure looks a LOT nicer, and the rope protection it offers by in closing the line inside the thimble is a huge plus in my opinion being the Texas sun can be pretty harsh. Here are some pics.





And finally, the very minor face lift shot:



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Well, Over the weekend I finally decided to call it on the springs. Jackal01 and TDOUGHERTY81 have been giving me shit long enough :cheesy:. I ordered up a set of ACTUAL 4" plush ride springs to replace the 3" springs northridge sent me with my 4" DD long arm kit by mistake back in Oct 2015. :naw: I wish I would have known better at the time. :banghead:

DWiggles said:

Well, Over the weekend I finally decided to call it on the springs. Jackal01 and TDOUGHERTY81 have been giving me shit long enough :cheesy:. I ordered up a set of ACTUAL 4" plush ride springs to replace the 3" springs northridge sent me with my 4" DD long arm kit by mistake back in Oct 2015. :naw: I wish I would have known better at the time. :banghead:

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Nice! It'll be awesome to finally have the clearance you initially paid for! :cheesy:

I was able to sneak in a half day on Friday at work. I decided to take advantage of the free time and spend the rest of afternoon installing my Rockstar skids, and the 4" plush ride coils.

Here is how the jeep sat before starting





As you can see, the front spring perch was right about 13" from the axle



I started with the driverside Rockstar Skid, here it is all trimmed up



And back together.



By this time, my wife was home from work early so here are some action shots of trimming up the passenger side







With the rockstars installed, it was time to swap out the 3" springs for the 4" plush rides. And what do you know... they are right about 1" longer :cheesy:

Front comparison:



Rear comparison:



And here is what the jeep looks like now. All buttoned up.







As you can see, the 4" Evo Plush Ride springs are almost exactly that, 1" more than the 3" Evo Plush Ride springs... who would have guessed. :thumb:

There you go Dave! Finally got the look you were originally going for. Looks great!


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Now that looks good!! Love it, Wiggles! :rock::beer::yup::thumb:

Nice. :thumb:

Looking good Dave! [emoji481]


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Looks great[emoji106]


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Looks great bud!

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Mike_JK_Houston_711 said:

There you go Dave! Finally got the look you were originally going for. Looks great!


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Jackal01 said:

Now that looks good!! Love it, Wiggles! :rock::beer::yup::thumb:

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WJCO said:

Nice. :thumb:

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PROJKUR said:

Looking good Dave! [emoji481]


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TrainWreck618 said:

Looks great[emoji106]


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Kyle7R said:

Looks great bud!

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Thanks guys! After cycling the suspension though, It seems my shock bodies are too long for the rockstars & 3" bump Combo. So I ordered some 4" rear bumps. :idontknow:

Looking good Dave. Glad you were able to get rig where it should of been from the beginning.

Looks awesome!

ST. Pattys Day Wheeling

As much as my wife and I enjoy the big Texas group runs, sometimes its nice to meet up with a smaller group of good friends, who also happen to also be a bit more experienced on the trails to help kick things up a notch or two. Lucky for us, that is exactly what we were able to do this past weekend.

We made a plan to head out to west Texas to an area known as "Trees Ranch" with 6 other Wayalife members.

Unfortunately, Half of the members attending (myself included) had our dogs in the jeep, and it was brought to our attention that the property owner does not allow any pets on his land do to his live stock ranch. So with determination to wheel and heavy hearts, we set course 3 and a half hours northwest to our Plan-B, Hidden Falls Adventure Park.

Here are a few shots my wife took around Camp; and some of the wheeling we did that day











The following morning, we were on the trail
















Wanna know how to throw a Yeti out of your jeep? head out for a weekend trip with out any extra rope by mistake. And when you reach the trails, Install you'r new to you Tuffy Security Deck in the back, throw the cooler on top, and wait!

Thanks again Granite_Head! :thumb:















One last shot before relaxing by the fire, surrounded by good friends, after a day of wheeling. :beer:

Bummer that you weren't allowed to go to Trees with your dog in tow but it looks like you ended up having a great time just the same at your Plan B destination of Hidden Falls. Great pics :thumb:

Looks like fun! You didn't lose the Yeti, did you?


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wayoflife said:

Bummer that you weren't allowed to go to Trees with your dog in tow but it looks like you ended up having a great time just the same at your Plan B destination of Hidden Falls. Great pics :thumb:

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Thanks Eddie! Trees is still on the destination list! I'll get out there sooner or later. :rock:

notnalc68 said:

Looks like fun! You didn't lose the Yeti, did you?


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Luckly, it survived the spill. Granite_Head Picked it up and put it in the back of Jackal's Jeep for me :cheesy:

That's awesome that she caught a picture of the yeti's ejection!


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Granite_head said:

That's awesome that she caught a picture of the yeti's ejection!


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Oh! I see it, now that I zoomed in on the pic.


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Nice Yeti shot! I'm still surprised it didn't go rolling all the way down that hill. Ash did an awesome job on the pics!