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Did I pass you on 17 last night heading from Santa Cruz to the bay? If not, some other guy's cramping your style!

Got the sliders done last weekend and one welded on, just need to weld on the other side. Also went to Pismo a couple of weekends ago.

It would be cool to know how to do body work, but I really don't think I have the patience for it. I can barely spray paint something without getting runs in it, haha. I think if I ever ran into a need to do it, I would try it though. Thanks for the compliments though. My friend (screen name...

Started on rock sliders today and I'm really happy with how they're coming out. 1.75" x .120" DOM tubing, and I'm using the frame plate kit from Chassis Unlimited that will have 4 frame attachments. I will be plating in the top with a dimple died sheet, and the ends still need to be trimmed...

Went on one last trip with my current front end a few weeks ago. From the city of San Francisco to snow in Tahoe to the desert in Reno, we covered a lot of terrain. Unfortunately a vacuum leak resulted in no heater when we needed it the most, being stopped at a chain check through Donner Pass...

Why does it only have 8560 miles on it? Why the street tires if it's a Rubicon, with far fewer miles than it would take to wear out the stock MTRs? Just curious, not necessarily doubting the ad but just doesn't make sense.

Let the fun begin... Need to figure out whether I want to graft this crossmember onto my frame, or just use it as a jig to build a custom one.

Took a quick trip to Pismo about a month ago, and this was the first time ever my friend (toyick) and I had our trucks out running together after his multi-year F150 build. Lasted all of 15 minutes before he broke the u-joint flange on his driveshaft (2nd one of the day). Anyway, a couple...

Thanks, I agree. For the abuse mine's seen, it's been fairly reliable, and in stock form these trucks have some solid running gear. Aftermarket support isn't as great as a Jeep or Toyota, but you can still find plenty of off-the-shelf parts to build one into a capable rig. And it's the...

Ya it just wasn't enough to be my main light source off-road for how I drive this thing. It didn't even match the output of the 2 35w HIDs I've been running, and those weren't enough light either. It will be going on my friend's wife's Double Cab Tundra used for just cruising around instead.

Well the LED bar idea was short-lived. I chose one from ebay, received it and quickly realized it wasn't what I thought I had ordered, but I mounted it anyway. Never got it actually wired, just tested it on a battery and decided it wasn't what I wanted, so it's going to a friend and I went...

There's one other Mountaineer but with Dana 44 TTB, but he replaced his entire front frame with a Bronco frame from about the A pillar forward. When I had these springs made I told Deaver that down the road I would have a spare tire and gas can hanging off the back, plus what I usually carry...

Ya I'm on DR and post pics once in a while but no thread. The roof rack is stock, this particular design is only from 98-01 I believe. And a few reasons for TTB. Originally I was going to just bolt in a stock front diff which would be pretty straightforward, but I don't trust the strength of...

Thanks for the compliments. Madmaxwell, you must be on Explorer Forum then since that's the only other place I have a thread. You're right about Explorers being rare for offroad trucks, and even more rare for the type of driving I mostly do. Your plan you mentioned would do wonders and would...

Almost all of the fabrication work has been done by me and my buddy at Stanley Fabrication in Belmont, CA. Here's a shot of the front suspension nearing completion: Shock hoop support: Rear axle: Rear shock hoops: Shackles in their new home on the frame:

I've been a lingering member here for a while but have rarely posted, but I'm getting more interested in the self-sufficient types of vehicles and longer distance type of trips, so I thought I may as well start a thread documenting my modifications from here on out. I got it stock in '03 when...

Just paypaled you, thanks for organizing this!

Ya, maybe we'll catch up with each other one day in the desert! And I was joking about the TC kit, I know just the kit is the beginning to a much larger snowball, as I just finished up that stage on my own truck. I was just trying to put into perspective how expensive that quote you got is...

Hey Richard, this is Matt S. $1400 for balljoints (not even all 4??) and tie rod ends is insanity. I've never worked on a Nissan but I can't imagine it being significantly different than anything else. I still can't even grasp that amount...$1400?! You could be halfway to getting that Total...