What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (42 Viewers)

[rjinga]

Went riding with my son and his girlfriend (Cherokee on the left), and a friend (Cherokee in the middle) in the Chattahoochee National Forest. This was the first real off-road ride since my son added a Dana 44 rear axle with a Spartan locker, and re-geared his Jeep (part of his vain attempt to try and match the LC ).

We were interested in comparing the performance of my son's Cherokee with its 4 1/2" lift, 33" KM2s, different gearing and rear locker, to my friend's basically stock (3" lift with worn-out 32" ATs) Cherokee. We only rode two trails before my son and his girlfriend had to leave to go back for work; however, neither of the vehicles had any problems with the terrain. After they left, my friend and I did ride three other trails that were a little more challenging. Other than backing up a few times to take a second attempt, the BS (basically stock) Cherokee did fine, so I'm confident my son's Jeep would have made it.

I enjoy just cruising the forest service roads, but my son and I have talked about going to an OHV park to get a better idea of where the outer edge of our vehicles' performance is located.

 

[rjinga]

After riding the last trail of the day, my friend and I were back on the pavement and heading home. I just assumed that my regular headlights seemed dim because I'd had my brights and driving lights on while on the trail. However, the nice State Trooper (and he really was nice) pulled me over to let me know that in fact, my passenger-side headlight was out. So, this afternoon I replaced the bulbs on both sides with Sylvania Silverstars. Two lights are indeed much better than one; and, the Silverstars do seem brighter/whiter.

 

[surfpig]

12-pt socket works perfectly. 10mm or 12mm, can't remember which.

Or a pair of pliers. Whatever. Seriously, it's pretty simple.

 

[retrofive]

Or a pair of pliers. Whatever. Seriously, it's pretty simple.

Whatever I used one of these to find the perfect wrench. #80owner

(then grabbed a crescent wrench)

 

[surfpig]

Whatever I used one of these to find the perfect wrench. #80owner

(then grabbed a crescent wrench)

That's awesome. Did you start a thread?

 

[rockstate45]

That's awesome. Did you start a thread?

Probably not. It doesn't revolve around cup holders or the value of an 80 he's looking to buy.

 

[Qball]

Did a little site-seeing, wheeling and exploring in Red Rock Canyon State park area today with 3 other cruisers.


And once again @Dr. Gil showed us that anything other than a non locked, not lifted and street tired 80(such as big tires, big lifts and big dorkels.....) are simply poor substitutions for even the cheapest infomercial male enhancement pills!

NLXTACY will start a ride report thread soon and I'll upload couple of videos. It definitely was an amazing day in our SoCal deserts today.


Here are some teaser photos:

 

[LS1FJ40]

Probably not. It doesn't revolve around cup holders or the value of an 80 he's looking to buy.

Now THAT is funny!

 

[LS1FJ40]

Did a little site-seeing, wheeling and exploring in Red Rock State park area today with 3 other cruisers.


And once again @Dr. Gil showed us that anything other than a non locked, not lifted and street tired 80(such as big tires, big lifts and big dorkels.....) are simply poor substitutions for even the cheapest infomercial male enhancement pills!

Couldn't agree more with @Dr. Gil. The 80 in it's stock form is incredibly capable. Maybe add 33s or 35s...

 

[DWHeigher]

Played in the snow

 

[DWHeigher]

Also in the last few weeks: ARB lockers F&R, 4.88s, 35s, sway bar bushings (they were completely shot) and rear lower control arm bushings. Its been a busy couple of weeks.

 

[NLXTACY]

Went with @Dr Gil @ewillis and @Qball to Last Chance Canyon and Red Rock State Park in Mojave. Great scenery!!!

Shameless plug *cough...cough*

 

[Qball]

Went with @Dr Gil @ewillis and @Qball to Last Chance Canyon and Red Rock State Park in Mojave. Great scenery!!!

Shameless plug *cough...cough*

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Wow nice rivets!

 

[Dragos80]

Finally a nice picture. No photobomb.

 

[Qball]

Uploaded the videos, sorry about the bad camera angle, it's a lot steeper than it looks.

 

[NLXTACY]

^ that's @Dr Gil with no lockers, bone stock, factory height and street tires!! Never had an issue.

 

[Dragos80]

What kind of car is it?

 

[Qball]

What kind of car is it?

It's a car that had us scratching our heads every time.

 

[120mm]

Well I extended my diff breathers front and rear last month. I unscrewed the check plug first, and the fluid level was just below the opening, not to nasty up there still kinda golden in color. The goopy stuff came out just as the drain plug came out.

Ah, you have good seals then. Or you're out of grease in your birf.

The clean parts on my birfs have a line that is a pretty good way to tell how much grease is in there. If you turn full right or full left, does the bottom half of the shiny part feel dry dry or slightly greasy?

 

[120mm]

No pictures, because I was alone and had my hands full, but I finally found a legal place to go off road in my area. It's an old unused road bed that's just between the military training area and the surrounding countryside. Therefore, no one really cares about it. Got hub deep in mud and did some fancy dancing between trees to get between broken parts of the road.