SoCal Offroad Trip

[panda24619]

damn. nvy we could have used you today! haha yanking my ass out of a rutt for an hour with a 2wd expo isnt too funn! o well. gf dosent want to do that again for a loooooong time but she says desert is okay! haha so i guess thats where the next trip is going to be at. not any time soon though. gotta get a lift and bigger tires.

the goods: we all had funn! it was a blast! were all dirty!

the bads: Smooth is missing a mirror. i think talls has a picture. smooth picked up a rock and flung it at his mirror! he has no driver mirror. im missing some sidewall on my right rear and left front. and talls. a little side step damage.

 

[nvycrmn]

well make sure to post up some pics of that fun. sorry couldnt make it boys. would have been more than happy to put that winch to use!

 

[tallsville]

here are some pics. really could of used your winch

 

[panda24619]

yeah you can see how bad i was stuck. i need bigger tires. kept getting hung up on the diff or the cross member or both. i think we got lucky that last time when smooth yanked me out. the one where it shows him with no mirror was the beginning of getting me out. i winch or even a hi lift would have helped. to bad i was sick.

 

[tallsville]

panda and smooth when r u 2 going to post pics?

 

[panda24619]

when i can get my gfs camera. which is who knows when. ill try and take it tomorrow then ill post them up. i dont have a lot but its a few.

 

[smo0othride]

panda and smooth when r u 2 going to post pics?

That was a fun trip, besides my mirror I think the tires took the most beating this time. In the rain I was able to have my front sit still and flip donuts with the rear. I've been super busy, I took mostly vids which I'll most on youtube in a few days when I have some time to edit them. Tall do you have vids to post?
I got a new mirror assembly for $60
Not sure if I'll install myself, or give ford $99 bucks to do it.. depends on how much time I have.
When I got home that day the guy in the parking spot next to me was waxing his car and I asked if he minded doing mine next while he was at it. Instead I just got a free wash from the rain.

 

[panda24619]

yeah it was funn. gf says not that for a long time. i get stuck once... what ever. she did say desert was fine for next time. haha so i guess well be doing that next time. and $60 not too bad. could be worse. at least it was just a mirror. are you still driving around with out it on? haha i bet your getting looks.

 

[tallsville]

smooth got one vid on my youtube channel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbZPOnEBXfE

 

[smo0othride]

yeah it was funn. gf says not that for a long time. i get stuck once... what ever. she did say desert was fine for next time. haha so i guess well be doing that next time. and $60 not too bad. could be worse. at least it was just a mirror. are you still driving around with out it on? haha i bet your getting looks.

I drove without it until today, it was a pain to drive without it. I finally installed it myself, only took about 30 minutes and was super easy.. so yeah it only cost me $60 overall and I think the new mirror looks better than the old one (the light housing is flush instead of set-in and it looks better). I'm driving to Vegas for Halloween.. should be a fun road trip. I'll post my vids of us offroading once I get back from my trip.

Edit: The dealership wanted $279 for just labor and I think $180 for parts if I bought it there... so I'm glad I saved some money.