NW WA Meet / BS Thread

I'm game depending on time. College football eats most of my Saturdays. That and I'm completely stock so very limited.

 

Not as limited as you think. I ran stock on trails where people said to have 3" lift, armor, and better than stock tires, and pretty well kept pace with everybody else. That's also open differentials, a 4 cylinder engine, and a manual transmission.
Look into getting more aggressive tires and that will help. I put 265/75/16 hankook dynapro ATM on my truck right before I lifted it. That is the biggest size tire you can fit on stock suspension, and those tires were on the cheaper side by price ($150 each), plus I only found 1 bad review when looking those up in several places. Once on, wifey even commented that she thought they would be louder on the road. I now have almost 35000 miles on them and plenty of tread left to last another year or two.

 

That's the plan eventually. Only had the truck a week and a half haha.

 

Some weld-on armor to protect my new gears and lockers...

 

Can you still drain it later on?

 

Yes it only covers the thinner part of the diff. The drain is still open on the bottom.

 

Where did you pick that up from?

 

Summit 60bucks. Kind of throwaway money for how much your getting. It's 1/4 inch steel. Make sure you order the correct one for the 8.4 axle not the 8in they look identical.


Sorry it's actually 50 bucks shipped and the part number is TGI-300655-KIT

 

You also rally it like all fuck.

 

That's a bad thing?

 

I need to get a running start because I don't have the horsepower and torque for more...also I'm pretty sure we've only been on one or two wheeling trips together, and I wasn't trying to blow up my truck then.

Exactly

 

Nope

Break it then build it better

 

I need this... diff maxi pad since its not a full diff diaper.

 

At least it's an adult diaper...

This pic is a good 6 years old I believe btw

 

Diff diapers hang down so far is whats holding me back. I'd love it to be bolt on/bolt off but Ill get hung up on it a lot. Dakota is right, basically like having diff clearance with 33's, but with 35's.

 

Better than no diff I guess haha

 

The only reason I didnt go with that one. Im sure it protects more but it take away a ton of clearance.

 

Haha at least it wasnt a diff tampon

 

I'm over in Kitsap

 

The front/bottom of our diffs are 1/2" thick so it'll take a lot to damage them.