Rancho Cucamonga Crew Roll Call

Finally got the alignment done on my truck lol. @Dropitmore let me know if you ever need an alignment again.

 

Painted my fenders this weekend. Started Friday around 10am and just finished them now. All rattle cans but I must say they turned out excellent.

 

That turned out sick dude!

 

Thank you sir! Don't mean to toot my own horn but I was seriously impressed at the result. Didn't think it was possible lol

 

Look great!

 

thank you very much!

 

Wow how much did that cost you?
Very nice DIY.

 

probably $90 at the end of the day with sand paper, paint remover, paint, and clear. and about 20 hours of my life lol thanks!

 

thanks! so was i lol didnt think it was possible

 

Sweet!

 

sure i could make a thread about it so it doesnt get lost in here.

 

thanks ron!

 

Looks like you knew when wet sanding(color sanding)the fenders that they were going to come out great if you can relate to what i mean!

 

i know exactly what you mean lol i was a bit worried after i sprayed the clear. there were some pretty bad runs cuz my hands were dead from spraying at that point lol. but luckily i was able to knock em down with 1k. probably a bit too rough but it worked out at the end of the day lol

 

Impressive rattle caning the whole process!Rattle can clear coat can be a bitch compared to primer and paint process outta the rattle can's!to you Mike!

 

here's the thread i made! hope it helps.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/how-to-diy-painted-fenders.434592/

 

Hey Guys
I'm planning a trip for next month. I'll be driving the first 280 miles of the Utah Backcountry Discovery Route, ending in Moab. The crux of the route, just south of Moab, is a steep, tippy decent with sketchy stair steps and plenty of shit to inflict body damage if I fuck it up. I figured some training was in order, so I called Jimbow @NotRed, AKA Macgyver, and asked if he'd like to run a trail called Burns Canyon off of 138 near Big Bear. He was game, and met me at my place on the appointed day. We got comms and our route squared away and then headed up to the breakfast place we all went to last year. The weather was perfect.


After breakfast we headed further up 138 to FR 2N01 near mile marker 41 and aired down. The trail is easy for the first 5.8 miles, and passes through a beautiful mixed forest of pine and Joshua trees:

Here the trail started to get a little more interesting. At about the 7 mile mark we faced a steep ascent through a rock garden. This required careful line choice, but we spotted each other through with no drama. The hill ended at a saddle where we took a break before beginning the steep and difficult descent:

No worries for MacGyver with his BAMF .25 IFS skid:



I put my skids to good use over this unavoidable boulder:


Here MacGyver had to cut it close to the driver's side boulder in order to avoid a tippy situation if one is too far right:


I put my slider into it at the same spot:

After we made it through these principle difficulties we found ourselves having to make a decision. We could bear left at 2N02 and head back towards Big Bear, or go right and drop down into Pioneer Town and head home via Morongo Valley on Hwy 62. We went right.

I don't think it would have been smart to do this trail solo, although in retrospect no single obstacle was really that hard. 4WD is required on the steep ascent, and low-range is very helpful on the bouldery downhill sections, so I would say it is not 2WD friendly, although I'm guessing Ron might just head up there and prove me wrong. Our trucks performed beautifully, and being in communication via ham radio was very helpful. Best of all, I feel like the UTBDR will be doable without undue drama. Many thanks to Jimbow, who is about as stand-up a guy as I have ever known.

 

Cool guys!

 

Another Bruce and Jimbow adventure.
In the words of Sydney...Are you guys brothers.

 

Great write up and pics Bruce, and thanks for the kind words. Can't believe I didn't scrape up my sliders on that rock! Happy trails on your trip and look forward to seeing some shots from that!