arriving in austin around 1/7 - ish

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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...
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Cool! Looking forward to meet'n y'all!!!
 
sweet! let us know when you arrive and a group of us can meet up for lunch.

cheers,
jason
 
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...
 
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...
 

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