New 100 Owner - With Dubs

[Muddy Bean]

Nice! Glad to see it minus the chromies. Very nice looking truck.

Sent from my iPhone using IH8MUD while navigating gnarly trail. Typos are inherent.

 

[mattafact]

Got to take the cruiser out and get it dirty.

Hit up the Salton Sea for a rare stink-free visit:

It's a fun spot close to home:

 

[mattafact]

Timing belt and 2 tensioners replaced at the dealer. I feel lame for not doing it myself but with a newborn and a garage filled with a non running rock crawler I needed to get it done ASAP.

Next up, baselining all the fluids.

 

[rocktoy74]

Awesome pics! Where were they taken? It looks like really large grain sand type stuff. It didn't even get the tires dirty? Sometimes I wish I lived out west! LOL

 

[Muddy Bean]

Got to take the cruiser out and get it dirty. Hit up the Salton Sea for a rare stink-free visit: It's a fun spot close to home:

So two questions,
How did the cruiser do in that sand? Did you air down? If so, what psi did you air down to?

What filter/photo editing program are you using. I love the look more than most filters.

Sent from my iPhone using IH8MUD while navigating gnarly trail. Typos are inherent.

 

[SALTY METHODS]

Nice pics!

 

[SALTY METHODS]

PS Nice choice in tires, but should have left the white lettering on the outside!

Black side out is how we do it on the West coast.

 

[CappyKD]

Black side out is how we do it on the West coast.

Haa. Agreed, when I grew up in the North East it was all about RWL. Here in SoCal you never see them.

 

[mattafact]

Awesome pics! Where were they taken? It looks like really large grain sand type stuff. It didn't even get the tires dirty? Sometimes I wish I lived out west! LOL

It was at the Salton Sea. That "sand" is actually bones. I took my best friend and his wife who is an amazing photographer/blogger and she wrote about it here:

http://www.punkrockparents.net/2014/01/land-cruiser-adventures-salton-sea-part.html

and

http://www.punkrockparents.net/2014/01/land-cruiser-adventures-salton-sea-part_24.html

So two questions,
How did the cruiser do in that sand? Did you air down? If so, what psi did you air down to?

What filter/photo editing program are you using. I love the look more than most filters.

It did terrible in the sand. I had 50psi in the tires and didn't bother airing down.

My pics were all done using my half destroyed iPhone 4s and an app called Camera+. It's great considering it was only $.99c.

Nice pics!

Thanks!

Black side out is how we do it on the West coast.

You got it. The only time I like RWL is on race trucks. It just looks right on a trophy truck with Baja TAs, to me.

Haa. Agreed, when I grew up in the North East it was all about RWL. Here in SoCal you never see them.

You should have seen my crawler when I got it. Marty McFly bumpers and BFGs with RWL. I had to rectify that quickly.

 

[Wilsil]

50Psi??????
I don't even have that in my tires on the tarmac.
When going on the beaches here in Perth, WA I go down to 15psi.

 

[punkrockpoppa]

Looking good but you really need to get those running boards off now, and that's a pretty good looking 80 behind your 100 :thumbup:

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[mattafact]

Looking good but you really need to get those running boards off now, and that's a pretty good looking 80 behind your 100 :thumbup:

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Does that mean your driveway is open this weekend?

 

[mattafact]

Had a good time at TDS this weekend.

 

[punkrockpoppa]

Does that mean your driveway is open this weekend?

Always open for you

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[punkrockpoppa]

Always open for you

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That just looks all kinds of wrong.

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[mattafact]

That just looks all kinds of wrong.

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Way wrong.

 

[mattafact]

Had another good couple weekends with the hundy.

Went to Joshua Tree via Berdoo Canyon with @punkrockpoppa and his fam and enjoyed the sights.

Barker Dam

Random cool rocks:

All in all it was a fun trip and Berdoo canyon is always a good time. Wish we had more time to spend there.

 

[mattafact]

Couple weekends later we went to Johnson Valley (AKA The Hammers) with my inlaws and had a great time. Since my crawler isn't ready we got to hike up all the trails rather than drive but it was still a fun time.

Had to fix their heep. Again.

Had a generally great time hanging out with family and enjoying the outdoors. That's why I got into this sport and why I "enjoy" my terrible fuel economy.

Top of Chocolate Thunder (We obviously took the easy way up):

Giant Rock:

Saw this little guy meandering around:

Did some full throttle hill climbs to get up a large sand hill to get over here (gotta love that VVTi):

All I all I can't wait to get back to Johnson Valley. This is my new favorite place and once I finish my crawler it should get even better.

 

[slimbuddha]

I personally like the Toyota 20" platinum wheels (repainted to a matte finish), just wish they came in an 18" size, however I have considered it, because there are some options for a 34" narrow MT, which I think would be nice.

 

[mattafact]

I personally like the Toyota 20" platinum wheels (repainted to a matte finish), just wish they came in an 18" size, however I have considered it, because there are some options for a 34" narrow MT, which I think would be nice.

If it would had the Toyota wheels I wouldn't have minded. I just wasn't ready to go wheeling on junky aftermarket wheels with no name tires.