Mettowee NY
Mettowee mud boggers in whitehall ny have an awesome trail network. it was well worth it to go pay $25 and rip around all day long.
i shredded a sidewall on one of my mtr's, it was not repairable. so for most of the day i rocked this bald 35 (passenger side)
i also choked my exhaust and it pretty much fell off. that got me through the day hanging by wire.
also bent my radius arm...
got really bad axle wrap
and im not sure exactly how it played out, but in some string of events i bent the shit out of my crossmember under my gas tank and also bent the shit out of my driveshaft.
i cut both ends off the driveshaft, got a new tube with the same diameter and twice the wall thickness.
and i took care of the crossmember with some leftover 1.75" .120 wall tube. bent it and welded it to my sliders and frame because that was just the easiest thing to do.
as for my exhaust, i cut it off behind the last o2 sensor and made a new one from there back. my room mate put a 5.3 vortec in his FJ60 and put a 3" exhaust on it, so there were some 3" scraps laying around the garage. i took 7 pieces of scrap and turned them into my new exhaust. i even had a sweet turndown for the back end. i widened the inlet and outlet on my flowmaster so i could keep it and relocated it so i wouldnt bash it on rocks anymore. the most important part is that the pipe actually goes OVER the crossmember now. im glad that all happened because i have wanted to change that forever.
here it is all done: you can see how many pieces i welded together because the paint only stuck to the parts i hit with the grinder.
well thats all for now,
till next time...