***Raptor Expeditions - Rerunning of the El Bandito 500 ***

[CWCSVT]

Those are the new 37" BFG Mud Terrains. I think they will work pretty well. The truck is just going to keep getting better. Talked to Jarrett today at SVC, with all the mods its been decided to make sure the rear end will keep up with the front and the SC... Looking forward to a very well built machine!

 

[slowjoe]

Outlaws gusseted spindles

Didn't think I had to do this upgrade, it's more so for preventing a failure, or so I thought...
I had picked up a set or gussets and also some new spindles and had Marvin @ outlaw weld them up. I believe there's a technique to welding these. I have no welding experience, so I'm putting my faith in these guys to handle it.
After getting the old oem off, and comparing, I see that I did have a need for these. One was noticeably bent.. Also I had noticed I had some negative camber on the passenger side, this fixed it visually. I'm going to take it in and have the alignment checked to verify. (No more pull to the left, too!)
Should get me down the road and back from Baja.

 

[Bigg50]

Nice Joe. I did the same thing. Figured it's one of those things that if it breaks you're truck is completely immobilized.


Picked up a helmet for the wife at Cycle Gear. Figured it was time since she's nearly bumped her head a couple times on past trips.

 

[Glassman]

Now that she's into jumping the truck it's probably a good thing

 

[Bigg50]

I know haha. She was like a little kid out at Pismo "can we do it again?!?!".

 

[Bussy]

Amsoil blood transfusion ...getting excited!

 

[CWCSVT]

A little more getting done..

A little more getting done.

 

[Bulletnjm]

Lookin good!

 

[Bigg50]

Amsoil blood transfusion ...getting excited!

Looking good Bussy. Digging the new bumper!




Did a little truck prep myself yesterday...with Gordon's help of course haha. Replaced one of the Icon shock guards I destroyed on a run.

Also, get your shocks and bumpstops charged every six months or so folks! My bumps were down on pressure. We did the rear shocks since we let the pressure out to make it easier to pull them. Once we had them back in and charged up we went on some errands. Noticeable difference on the street right off the bat. We then decided to do the fronts and checked the pressure before filling them. They were down from 220 to 140! Luckily for me Gordon has the equipment to do this. You can get this done at 4wheelparts and I'm sure other offroad shops.

Drooping out the rear suspension to recharge the shocks:

 

[slowjoe]

Where was my invite? Might have saved me a trip to urgent care, bigg...lol