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I’m still a fan but fortunately, or unfortunately, coronavirus has shattered my desires to take on a large car payment. Plus I really like this cruiser
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Report on the magnets holding the snorkel to the A pillar - works great. Took the cruiser up and down this overgrown trail, and the snorkel didn't budge. I was pushing branches out of the way and there were a couple times I was afraid the snorkel head was going to get ripped off - but it survived just fine.
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Yeah, agreed. I've been embracing it for a couple years now - function over form right? One of my biggest arguments with myself against wheeling a 200 or new Tacoma or whatever is just how bad it feels to scratch up a $30K+ vehicle
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Haha yes!
For all you guys that are into paint correction and stuff:
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Time to buy an orbital polisher or something
Looks like mine did after a recent trip to Alabama. I was wondering what kind of stripes you were picking up in that video
I don't hate pinstripes, but I really like nice paint. If I had to pay for a full correction twice a year, I probably wouldn't do it. But, if you can do a $500-$1000 correction yourself, it's not a big pain to keep it nice* throughout the year. You can use a nice coating to help prevent some of that stuff, but it's still going to scratch.
*Nice is a relative term, and anyone planning on doing any wheeling with their truck needs to realize it's never going to be the same cosmetically.
I did a 6 hour wash/clay/compound/polish/seal/wax on my rig last year. We have quality paint on the 100-series and it looked absolutely amazing. A week later I went on a last-minute wheeling trip and reversed all my hard work.
I just embrace the pin striping now
I just embrace the pin striping now
The biggest issue with polishing the striping away is that eventually it wears the paint away. I can just about see through the paint to the primer on my white 100 in a few spots from the compounding/polishing the previous owner(s) did.
This is 100% truth.
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Thanks for all the advice guys. I think I'm going to wash it and then make a decision on whether I'll do a little polishing or just embrace it. I've been embracing it for 4 years now so why stop?
Even my windows have pinstripes somehow
Even my windows have pinstripes somehow
Even my windows have pinstripesThanks for all the advice guys. I think I'm going to wash it and then make a decision on whether I'll do a little polishing or just embrace it. I've been embracing it for 4 years now so why stop?
Even my windows have pinstripes somehow
Thanks for all the advice guys. I think I'm going to wash it and then make a decision on whether I'll do a little polishing or just embrace it. I've been embracing it for 4 years now so why stop?
Even my windows have pinstripes somehow
The only solution to that is wider trails.
OMG I would love to do that job... It'd be so gratifying.
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Don't know if this is that interesting but here's a little video of some time in the San Rafael Swell this week. No music, just threw some clips together. I need to bring a camera operator so I can get other shots besides GoPro..
This is a little bit of some random roads as well as the middle portion of the Devil's Racetrack running north to south, for my fellow Utahns
This is a little bit of some random roads as well as the middle portion of the Devil's Racetrack running north to south, for my fellow Utahns
Love seeing the footage. If you need better camera angles I’ll volunteer myself!
Those 315 MTs aired down have such an awesome foot print. Are you running any skid plates? Do you still have the stock exhaust resonator?
Thanks for all the advice guys. I think I'm going to wash it and then make a decision on whether I'll do a little polishing or just embrace it. I've been embracing it for 4 years now so why stop?
Even my windows have pinstripes somehow
Your pinstripes make me feel ALOT better about mine. I feel like so many rigs on here have amazing paint
Ran Devil's Racetrack the same weekend. We saw a 100, but it definitely wasn't yours. Guy did the racetrack bone stock. They had kind of the same group we had—a 100, a jacked 80-series, and a Jeep.
Still looks better than mine!Looks like mine did after a recent trip to Alabama. I was wondering what kind of stripes you were picking up in that video
I don't hate pinstripes, but I really like nice paint. If I had to pay for a full correction twice a year, I probably wouldn't do it. But, if you can do a $500-$1000 correction yourself, it's not a big pain to keep it nice* throughout the year. You can use a nice coating to help prevent some of that stuff, but it's still going to scratch.
*Nice is a relative term, and anyone planning on doing any wheeling with their truck needs to realize it's never going to be the same cosmetically.
