Oregon and Washington BS thread

Yup. Got this from Carl this afternoon.

 

Oh fuck no!!! I wish I would have gotten the dual compressor instead of the one I got. I get impatient filling up my tires...

 

Which way were they headed? I live around Tanasbourne and there was about 20 cop cars, 10 fire trucks and ambulances and a few unmarked by my house in a parking lot and they did another test run at the hospital.

 

Looks like those are from WA state though.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXEwXVSbscE

 

That's what I get for not being observant!

 

In beautiful Cashmere right now, they're going to try and get the truck done by this evening.. Kind of a little bummed, the estimate I just got was about $600 more than what I got over the phone.

Lets hope they like to overestimate.

 

i was thinking of getting a scanguage, mainly so i can see real time mpgs.

is there a big difference between the scangaugeII and the regular one, scangaugeE?

 

Damn, those intense crashes. Call me weird, but I'm not a fan of the whole "buggy" ethos. While I don't know any of those guys personally, they remind me of a rich friend I used to hang out with.

It just seems like they always want to push the envelope with little regard or respect to others. Too much money, too much pride, too much HP, too much speed. It's like they don't give a fuck about anyone/anything but themselves and their buggys. Again, this is just my subjective opinion.

Shit, I hope so. Isn't that the reason you went with them instead of ecgs? It is nice that they are relatively local though if something goes wrong.

 

Ultraguage is cheaper and has a bigger screen. Only upside I know of for the scanguage over the ultraguage is that the scanguage can read the auto tranny temp.

 

Yeah.. It's a kick ass shop, like I said I think they may be overestimating by a little bit. I've got a buyer for my 4.10 3rd, so I'll be able to recoup a little from that.

To anyone passing through, make sure you stop at the BBQ place. Best. Pulled pork. Ever.

Definitely a tiny town, talked to a couple of old farts in the diner this AM - they were joking about how one of them has Alzheimer's and the other one has dimentia! I was busting their balls telling them that I'm never going to get old!

Might just crash here instead of hitting the pass this PM.

 

Score for me! RAPR pay attention lol

Got a key generator for spotify, spotify premium is wayyyy better then Pandora. If any of you are familiar with those two applications lol. Hello rock time!

 

Eh, depends. There are plenty of guys who don't have savings, retirement fund, and at best a mediocre, old home and work multiple jobs to afford some of the buggies. There are certainly plenty of guys that fit your description though. If they have the money, more power to them. My entertainment on their dime.

They have a comp series for the rock bouncing now. Its starting out the same way Ultra4 did. Used to just be a small group of buddies that got together to go mob it. You used to be able to get on the course and touch buggies a few years ago at KOH and now its a 200' set back. They hammered just as hard, well...different kind of hard in order to keep the car together for hundreds of miles instead of a few trails. They are there to beat times, push the limits, and put on a show, its the entire purpose of these events. Spectators are there at their own risk.

The thing that bothers me with the Southern rock bouncing is good luck saying we tread lightly...not to mention some of this looks like it is near water...fuckulating water quality is the quickest way to shut down offroading trails and parks.

If only I had a $100k to spare...can't drive a nice M3 our similar sports car where I live, this would be a perfect alternative. haha. I can dream at least.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OetiD8rL1KU&feature=share

 

Just checked into Best Western in Wanatchee. Final price came out to around 2k, with ARB compressor and hose kit.

Great group of guys and the run a solid business, Carl just dropped me off at the hotel and will be picking me up in the AM.

Put all new bearings in front diff, solid spacer and ARB air seal as compensation for under shooting original estimate. Oh, going to throw my 886s on in the morning, too.

The financial side is a little hard to swallow, but it was either regear/locker or a new truck. This option is a little less $.

 

Does the $2K include the cost of the ARB locker as well, or just the gears, install and compressor?

 

Gears and install - had to replace pinion yoke on my Craigslist ARB as well as a bonnet seal.

New rear axle seals, master rebuild kit in front diff as well.

All in all I feel like it's fair.

 

Ok, yeah that's not bad. I went through ECGS and paid about $2600 for the preassembled diffs. Master rebuild kit on front diff with ARB locker and the same compressor you ordered,

$323 CKMA12 On-Board Air Compressor High Performance 12 Volt for Air Locker Differentials and Tire Inflation

CKMA12 and a rear diff with the solid spacer. I had to swap mine out myself though and mail the old ones back.

 

Yeah I was kind of pissed/not sure what to do when I first got the estimate. But they're solid guys and hooked me up with bearings/solid spacer. It still penciled out to less than ECGS, and they went through the whole drivetrain.

Gonna sell my 4.10 3rd also..

ECGS buys gears from JTs.

 

I like ARB, but they seriously bone you on little things!

$60 solenoid, $36 quick connect fitting an hose, $18 rocker switch..

You like that compressor?

 

Yeah for the most part. I wish it were a little faster, but I shouldn't complain too much about 4 minutes per tire. haha. Some people have it much worse.. On paper it beats out all of Viair's non dual compressors and ARB's dual compressor beats out their duals (haven't ever compared it to them in person, but a lot of people like the viair compressors), so we can't be too bad off as far as compressors go. I know it is pretty reliable too. I picked it because I got to use one a lot in Moab. We filled up 14 or 15 tires before it overheated (overheat protection shut it off) in the summer and it only took about 5 minutes for it to kick back on and do the last 6 tires and the guy still has it and it is working great for him.