arriving in austin around 1/7 - ish

[peepers]

yes its true... another yankee moving into austin. my wife (who went to grad shcool at UT) and i are moving from boston to austin this february. the movers come in on the 23rd, we head out the 24th on a mini road trip as we make our way south and west.

i look forward to meeting the group!

of course we are shipping the subaru and take thing cruiser on our little expedition.

our truck specs:

• Factory lockers F&R
• 35" Toyo Mud Terrains or Nitto Terra Grapplers
• Custom wheels, FJ40 style with the dog bowl cap, widened & powdercoated grey
• Stock rims powdercoated grey
• Internal rear roll bar and dog cage
• Slee headlight harness
• ARB front bumper
• Aftermarket stereo stuff
• custom sliders (which have since saved my ass)
• Drilled and slotted rotors
• Lightforce 240 lights w/ slee aux light harness & OEM switch
• Interior hella map light
• Dynamat across the entire floor of the truck including the rear
• Iron Pig offroad rear bumper w/ swing out tire carrier
• Slee 4" springs
• Slee sastor plates
• Slee adjustable panhards
• Slee sway bar kits F&R
• Hellroaring dual battery system w/ optima yellow and red top
• Aussie outback rear drawer (just the single)
• HIR high and low beams
• Slee AC dryer skid plate (installed wrong)
• IPOR tranny skid plate
• DC front drive shaft
• Precision 4.88s installed

Recent maint:

• Front axles rebuild
• Tranny flush
• Radiator flush

Planned maint before the trip:

• new air filter
• new plugs and wires

this is the planned route...

[warpdriv]

Cool! Looking forward to meet'n y'all!!!

[arcteryx]

sweet! let us know when you arrive and a group of us can meet up for lunch.

cheers,
jason

[mmw68]

about damn time! Peter, you have my cell, call me if you need anything.

[peepers]

thanks fellas... chasing down a soft brake pedal tomorrow hopefully and the cruiser should be ready to go. the wife is on her way there right now to look at houses to rent while i stay home and pack. i am looking very forward to this move!

can we have lunch at the salt lick? damn i love that place unless of course there is some hidden gem...

[tucker74]

Looks like a fun road trip - look forward to meeting you. The Salt Lick might be a bit far for lunch, definitely worth the drive though!



Tucker

[davegonz]

Let us know if you need help/pointers on the housing situation. Can't wait to meet you.

[peepers]

Originally Posted by davegonz

Let us know if you need help/pointers on the housing situation. Can't wait to meet you.

thanks! the wife was just down there this weekend and we now have a cozy lil 2 bedroom house we are renting. it has a driveway thank god (a new concept to us boston-ites).

cant wait to get there...

[mmw68]

Very cool!