North and South Carolina thread

those are nice tires. i just got some in a 265/75R16 put on friday. took the truck off roading sat with them and i love them.

 

hey guys im doing a summer internship at Duke. sadly i flew out here so i wont have my truck . but whats cool to do around durham and what are some places that have good food? my roommate has a car and were planning on taking trips to the beach and lakes on the weekends. what do you guys reccomend we do?

i just saw you guys were talking about the differences in this weather vs. the desert.... well i was born and raised in albuquerque, NM, which is a high altidude desert. so im trying to get used to being sweaty all the time haha

 

dont get shot

 

x2

 

That's not a joke for Durham.

 

i’m laughing at the way he responded. their are places around knoxville and surrounding area i wont go to unless i really have to for same reason.

 

^^^

i was serious. i mean, you can come to my cousins wedding there saturday and the Bulls are playing now, but other than that..... ah.... yeah, just try to stay alive brotha.

 

And not get shot.

By the way, stripped out a second ring gear yesterday (almost 24,000 miles! Almost!). I'm starting to see why you gave this game up. This is gonna cost me.

 

that helps to avoid the reality of having to be in durham, yes.

but seriously white toy, im not really sure. it is known for its crime, childrens hospital, tobacco history, and the Bulls lol. there are some good parts of durham for sure, i just rarely end up there. username Gtechoma lives out there and is a real straight dude. he pipes in here some and could probably tell you a few things.

 

Did you have a spare? Guess gears are coming sooner than later now.

 

damn. i read in that thread the you front wheel drove it all the way back to wherever the hell you live. that sucks man.

 

pfff, dukies.

 

that's me and my brothers plan here soon. waiting on the bidding to start on my fire departments recently decommissioned brush truck. 80's model chevy with a 454 and solid front axle. strip it down and build a roll cage. want to race it in class A, ECORS races one day, so we'll see.

 

Nope. Pulled the shrapnel and took it home in FWD 4hi. Puttered along at 55mph with my hazard blinkers on on I-85 and pissed off about half the state.

I'll be calling ECGS tomorrow. This being the second stock Toyota diff I've blown, I'm obviously done with them. If the Nitro gears choke, the next step is ripping that e-locker housing out and looking at an 8.4 ARB setup.

Once I get this truck paid off the plan is to find something already built at around $5k and trailer it. I pretty much did the math and figured out if I wanted to wheel harder than I do now, I'm gonna need a SFA, and if I do that I'm gonna start getting on shit that could roll me, and I'm NOT rolling a truck I bought new with so much life left in it.

It looks boss like it is now, with just enough scratches and dents for anyone looking to know it's an honest truck and not a street queen. I plan to get it geared, take care of a few misc accessories (OBA, Winch) and then it'll basically be finalized. At that point it'll see a lot less frequent action at about the same level of difficulty it does now.

Eh, play the game, pay the price.

 

Dukies wolf pack and camels all the way lol

 

haha thats funny i will definitely try to stay alive. too bad duke doesnt let firearms on campus otherwise i would packin my springfield XDm. do you guys have concealed carry out here?

damn well im only 20 so i wont be doing much of that