New England Mod & Meetup Renaissance group

Saturday would be ideal, I got a thing Sunday, and a small bit of work on Monday in RI.
But, I understand if that is tough. Trying to see if my buddy will let me hijack a lift....

 

Saturday works fine for me. Let me know if you want to do it and I will make a pm.

 

Headstrong off-road is where I got mine

 

Someone else sent me a picture of that can, and I was curious what kind of beer it was. "It's Treehouse, it's gotta be an IPA....annnnnnd it's an IPA..."

Kinda far from everyone else BUT being the one random dude in RI, I get it when things are done closeby the few and far between and you don't have to drive far it's fantastic. I'm in.

Then we have what Ross did....

 

I would have first said Headstrong but I really don't see the presence on TW like Marie did when she was on here before Headstrong was sold. I really don't know how if if their service and quality has changed ......on the other hand I can recommend this guy:

@memario1214 calling Dr. @memario1214

 

I am just waiting to tear mine apart to see the overall damage to my 6112. The passenger side is completely blown and the Spring is broken. For the most bang for the buck, I will still recommend the 6112 all day long and twice on Sundays, especially for the beginner to moderate weekend warrior. I had to bite the Bullet and step up to Fox (living in New England this always scared me due to seeing massive amounts of rust coming from a Fox shock up here but now they have a full aluminum body I needed to upgrade). I also need to make sure that I still protect them from NE winters though even they they apparently come with a cerakote protection from the factory.

 

Oh, yeah, coat those bad boys. Shouldn't be too bad, as @jpereira2 pointed out, even though my truck is still pretty young, for being beaten on like I do, it's still pretty clean. That's just a regular spray down. Any sort of regular attention on frame/shocks and it's an absolute game changer up here.

Ross has destroyed everything he's put on his Xterra. I don't know how he's managed some of the stuff he's done. I don't know exactly what bilstein he had in his hand there (5100 I think?), but the fact that they're decent/good for...what, 95% of people? - Ross is not a good litmus test for products lasting for everyone else. Heck, I'm on my stock stuff 65k miles in. I may see if I can find some takeoffs this year, only so I can stash them away until ~150 since the next gen comes out next year

 

@crashngiggles
I'm available if you need a second pair of hands

 

any recommendations for a lunch spot in Waterbury?

@Brownmatthall @AllTacosFloat

 

@GarlicFarts CT or VT?

 

If you're talking Connecticut...

https://www.brasscitybistro.com/

 

CT

 

Matt, John....



But also....



I feel like Boneless is unnecessary there. That's like saying Chicken parm without peanuts. I'd kinda HOPE so...?

 

My Dad would eat left over bone-in pork chops in a sandwich and eat around the bone

Edit: when are you in Waterbury? I could be persuaded

 

Ross just has no mechanical sympathy. Gotta respect it though

Yeah 6112s have served me well, I almost got to the fuck it point and going with fox’s but I think I’d rather have an armored truck on bilsteins rather than a nude truck on foxs.

 

100%.

I am on stock suspension and (roughly) wheels still. Protect yo' shiz. We'll see if I get more skids next year if the trip plans look like wheeling or another year of broverlanding.

 

I think we got a lot of people that would be down for a lot of wheeling.

Maybe @Brownmatthall will wheel hard enough to rip off that pristine chrome rear bumper

 

I find it ironic that me on weenie hut jr. trails shredded mine twice, and Matt still has his on.

I'm game for wheeling, but might be riding along instead of sending stocko trucko down some of the trails. That way y'all can do whatever routes you want, and it's one less truck to get through the trails. I'm essentially stock.

 

I will be once I fix the head gasket this winter. It's been hard not being able to wheel let alone drive the truck. I haven't driven it since I put the 37s under it, just moved around the yard a couple times. May need to recruite your welding next spring if I can't get my garage power setup better, gotta make room for flexing on the 37s

I joke he hasn't lost it yet because he's waiting for it to happen. He lost part of his front bumper last time I went to NH with them lol

 

Yeah that’s tough, I forget do you have a machine and everything? Just don’t have the power to run it?