Got home from koh and kept adding up the dirt miles. I came up on a smokin deal on an awning, so I am on my way to becoming an overlander. In April my dad came out with his Baja bug and we went and did a local trail out here in Az to Sheep’s crossing on the verde river.
This is my absolute...
Took my ranger to koh 2025 and broke it second day. I was fortunate enough to have my homie Lance had an open spot on his trailer so he hauled this hoopty out for me. Since I wasn’t expecting to take it, it wasn’t quite ready so it showed up needing some work before even really leaving the...
After running the 2.5” springs up front and stock rear springs, this thing was starting to sag up front and leafs were sitting with a horrible lean/ broken spring. Keeping up with the traded/ hand me down theme, I traded some labor for new deavers in the rear, and a homie gave me some 4”...
At this point I’ve logged over 2,000 dirt miles in it and it needed a once over.
So this has a 2.5” drop bracket opposed to a cut and turn and over the course of 30 years of beating on, the kit had scene better days. I noticed a crack so I pulled it to weld it up, and noticed that it had...
The main theme behind this awesome vehicle is to get parts hand me downs, or trade labor, minimal cash out of pocket. So with that theme, I came up on some Solo radius arms for free since the ears were bent. I just bolted the ear to the table at the shop and bent on em till they straightened...
After my tire mishap, Kanati tires sent me some tires as a wedding gift. I got those on in time for thanksgiving at the river! My favorite photo is me sitting at the top of the sand dunes with a 1,000$ explorer surrounded by tons of financed toys.
Got rid of the black wheels, not a fan at all. Mounted a roof rack and some Baja designs in the grille. Went to a spot out here in Az called China Dam during the day. Decided to go wheeling later that night and left with some body damage, I was super bummed since this thing was clean until now...
Ar-23s with 32s went into another vehicle I bought while the explorer waited for a trans. Came up on these 35s with wheels for 200$ so I stuffed those under it. This was probably the last time this thing was this clean and body in great shape. Also, I ran it out of gas.
I took it out almost every day for a month after that. Just enjoying it and finding new local spots!
Everything was cool until I decided one day to drive it to work 50+ miles on the freeway. Cruising 70mph the trans decided to have permanent neutrals by separating the input shaft (lack of fluid)...
Got it home and stripped it down for a good ole paint and prep session since everything was blown the fuck out. Removed the add a leaf as well to better suit the “visual” part.
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