Oregon and Washington BS thread

Probably going All-Pro when my day comes. I don't have an old lady yet, so I do what I want

 

Me too. It works well with my new bumper. But... There's so much hate around here for them.

 

cuz they're cheap and not made out of a solid plate of 1 inch steel?

They'll work fine for the level of use they would be seeing on my DD/weekend wheeler

 

Yeah I'm worried about it. I'm already adding 300 lbs with timchas rockrails, bumper, winch etc.

 

I was being sarcastic. I think they're actually lighter weight than bud builts.

 

It's a thinner cut of steal. But built is nice but lowers your ground clearance by over an inch. What u running on ur fj

 

Just the stock TRD Skid. It covers my engine but not the transmission or transfer case. And its mounted on really skinny stand-off mounts that don't hold it tight to the body so I don't really trust it for anything besides trapping mud in a really hard to clean area...

 

alright i might check that out. im stuck in corvallis till mid august for summer school and its gettin pretty boring.

by the sound of it, that place seems like somewhere i would i like haha.
not much for "technical" stuff since im still scared to break or scratch something lol.

plus its hard when the gf is in the passenger going, "..OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG"

shoulda seen how see was reacting when i was about to go over that steep part at TSF haha

 

Bro my girl turns into the biggest little bitch when wheeling. "omg omg there is a 3 inch rock in front of you. Wait babe that's a 20 degree incline were gonna die. What if something breaks Hun? "? I leave her at home now.

 

LOL yeah. the other day we went up to marys peak. there were a few little power line type trails but there were a little tight and i had to power through some bushes.

she was more mad about than i was haha

there was also a bit of snow so we didnt have the greatest traction, but we were a good 5-8ft from the edge of the road and shes worried about us falling over

 

I learned on the most recent trip, it's best to leave the GF at home. At least until you know more of what you're doing. Confidence transfers to your passenger without saying a word a lot of times. If it's clear you're freaking out - the passenger will be too.

 

this...at least most of the time for me






is not an option.

 

You whipped? My girl works 12 hours a day and has busy weekends so she can almost always find something to do with her free time if I'm not available

You just need to go out when she's working. I know she works at that new Hawaiian place on 9th

 

It was taken as a compliment You going up in front of me showed me the right line to take. I paid close attention to the trail master!

 

It's because the vendor tends to do a good marketing job, then says they aren't made for abuse... most complaints are about the front bumper. They also drag themselves into flamefests.
Bbusiness aside, here's word from Anton (hope he doesn't mind me quoting)

Since the prices are near equal, I'd rather go Elite or Relentless, and I can guarantee they are built for an apocalypse.

 

Yeah but that leaves this FJ guy high and dry

 

crap brain read sliders, you guys were talking skids. I've bugged both guys, but neither are doing skids. All I know is ATO, Beefed, MetalMiller, and Bud for skids, with Bud being the end all be all.

Relentless has done some FJ stuff, and you shouldn't complain - I thought the blue was crawling with vendors?

 

As we've discussed, the blue room is full of high-rollers that buy Icon Stage 2 suspension on their lunch break on a whim. So, prices for FJ stuff seems to be set accordingly

 

I have an excuse to come back up to the hobby shop YET ONCE MORE... but I don't want to

If you guys in the west portland area want to meet up somewhere and swap stories, then I might find the energy... but you need to let me know by 330 because I'm not going to get stuck on the wrong side of the 26 tunnel again!

 

Best I can do is dinner, but I'm out by the hillsboro airport