dezert mobbin, Budget Ballin Build!

ok let me know man if you can help, it would be much appreciated as this will be the first thing im fabbing... lol

 

oh nice. thats a little bit cheaper than what i picked up my 35s for! but think about this, woulld you rather have an aluminum rim crack into pieces or have a steel one bend on a hard impact? thats why i got rid of my fj wheels

 

i broke a aluminum wheel. sucks ass
steel bends and you can bend back with a hammer.
steel ftw

 

Steel... I bent one wheeling, took it off and bent it back by hitting it with a BFH and filled it back up with air and went on my way. Only problem is once you bend one you'll most likely have a flat spot on the lip of the rim and it's hard to get it balanced correctly

 

Story???

 

Subbed. Nice truck, and I wanna hear the story also

 

story story story story!

 

Too make a Long story short, narrow trail+haulin ass+ ninja boulder = snapped in half tie rod, snapped in half inner tie rod, busted fiberglass fender, completely destroyed rim, and mount for tie rod on the spindle completely destroyed. Was so far back in sycamore and getting it out and back home took about 20hours. Huge thanks to Juan, Jamie, and Pat for all the help getting this SOB back to the road! Defineately some life savers.

Edit: ill post pics later tonight

 

Sweet shit that had to be scary.. Glad your ok

 

Damn dude! Glad only the truck broke and nothing else!

 

Any time buddy I have some pictures to post too haha

 

post some pics up of the damage.

were you going up the wash to crystal rock when you hit that rock? there are alot of ninjas around blind corners in there

 

Good thing you didn't roll!!

 

It was up a real skinny wash that goes 2 ways. And a big bolder was in the way

 

post emm up,

So heres the carnage (sorry, crappy phone pics)

Fiberglass:


Tie rod on the spindle:




A-arm


Inner tie rod:


Good spindle tie rod mount vs bad





And got it torn apart after school, and now i gotta go to work, but noticed the passenger side mount for the steering rack is bent to shit as well

 

if my truck didnt need all my attention right now i would be over there helping you.
i got oil coming out my front diff so thats my project for tonight.

 

Good to here you and your passenger are good man. Those rocks in the wash move too after storms. Its one of the reasons I don't like going fast out there. I almost railed one in my 2nd gen. I'm surprised that you broke the inner also. I stuffed my truck before but the inners bent on both and the rack skipped a tooth.

 

Alex if you saw the rock. Haha. It stood to my hips. And was just peeking out. It was huge. Rock didn't move at all