Skronked both rockers, and worst of all I lost my glasses!
Still fun though. I need to get sliders before it's too late.
Still fun though. I need to get sliders before it's too late.
Expensive day wheeling...
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Ouch. Sliders are good.
Nice wheel lift!
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Woohoo! Found the glasses.
Um,
It already is.
It will cost more to repair the rockers than it does for a pair of good sliders. :whoops:
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Yeah, I know. But as bad as it looks in the photo, I was able to pound both sides into submission so the doors open and seal properly. the light parts are where the Line-X was scraped away, and a little epoxy and paint has already fixed that. All I have left is two 6"-8" indentations that don't look too bad, and don't affect the functionality.
I need sliders so I don't majorly *%@% anything!
From the FAQ
Why should I get Sliders? - If you plan on wheeling, Sliders are great protection
A picture says a 1000 words, or several thousand dollars of body damage:
Why should I get Sliders? - If you plan on wheeling, Sliders are great protection
A picture says a 1000 words, or several thousand dollars of body damage:
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That's not from the FAQ, that's from the ITYS (I Told You So) thread.
And, yeah, you did. ;p
That too
It actually is in the FAQ in Chapter 2 General, right below "Diffs for dummies"
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showpost.php?p=1012338&postcount=4
If you have a better picture, I'll add it there as well.
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That too
It actually is in the FAQ in Chapter 2 General, right below "Diffs for dummies"
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showpost.php?p=1012338&postcount=4
If you have a better picture, I'll add it there as well.
Mine wasn't that bad. The rear DS door was stuck, but I pushed it open and used a long 2x4 and a mallet to hammer the rocker level, and I bent the seam straight with vise-grips. Then I patched the scraped-away bedliner with epoxy and blasted it with gloss black Tremclad (matches the bedliner). It's actually a good-looking fix, all said and done. It's a bit
, But once the sliders are installed it won't even be visible.
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Just noticed today... I bent a rear link that day, too!
Note to self: sliders, then link gussets.
Note to self: sliders, then link gussets.
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It's always good to see a Land Cruiser in its element: the dirt!
For your kind of wheeling, you might look into stronger rear links. Several companies make beefed up rear links for the 80: Slee Offroad, Wild West Offroad Fab, Outback Offroad, Man-A-Fre, etc, do a search and ye shall be rewarded--and post more pics!
For your kind of wheeling, you might look into stronger rear links. Several companies make beefed up rear links for the 80: Slee Offroad, Wild West Offroad Fab, Outback Offroad, Man-A-Fre, etc, do a search and ye shall be rewarded--and post more pics!
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From the Better Late Than Never file: Sliders are on the bench now. Build thread will be up soon...
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I know. I'm dangerously poised on the edge of Mickydom.
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Those Wild West units look good. My only concern is that by raising the links you're exposing the driveshaft to more potential contact with rocks and junk. My rear yoke is already scored from contact; I kind of think having the links lower is protecting the shaft a little.
Our trails are littered with huge rocks that are either sheared abruptly by tectonic movement, or eroded in odd shapes by flash-flooding in the Spring. Lots of V-shapes and sharp, off-camber angles... prime shaft-eaters.