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When my now-wife and I were dating, we went up to the Six Rivers National Forest to bum around and explore. Part of the trip up involved driving up the Bigfoot Scenic Highway at night. We stopped to answer a call of nature, and heard something big crashing through the underbush towards us and we...

Then in February, the inner CV joint that I screwed up finally failed, and the oscillation of it in its death throes roached the corresponding wheel bearing, so I had to tear the front end apart. AGAIN I figured that while I was in there, I'd go ahead and swap in coil springs and an ADF 1"...

I got home from work on my birthday in December and found that my wife and in-laws all chipped in to get me a set of King overload springs.

Finished product while testing the signals and parking lights: Of course, then the alternator decided to check out, so I spent Christmas afternoon swapping it out with one from an 6-cylinder BH. It's definitely and easy way to get extra juice without springing for a custom alternator.

Cruising along, Simon got upfitted with some Toyo Open Country 215/70R16s ATs which are really impressive tires. I've been a BFG A/T guy my entire car nut life, and these suckers stick to the road like a fly on the wall. Grippy, fairly quiet, reasonably priced. I also did new outer TREs, and...

Following that debacle I turned my attention to something that I knew that I could only moderately screw up: wiring. Simon is an automatic, and you can trick the TCM into locking up the center diff on a 4EAT slushbox into full-time AWD for off-road use. It's basically just a bank of resistors...

Moving along, I sourced a 3" spacer lift kit for Simon. It did not go smoothly. I accidentally dropped my bottle jack too fast, and the inner CV on the DS axle popped loose. I was able to rekerjigger it back together, but I'd been so thoroughly whipped by that failure that I chose to tuck tail...

This is from mocking up my homebrew sound system on the car. It's pretty simple: an audio in, a Pac Audio volume knob, an amp and a toggle switch. My first attempt was with a 100-wat amp that I'd had kicking around my parts pile. It wasn't enough. I stepped up to a Boss 400w amp, and it's nice...

Of course, what Subaru isn't just a rolling wall to plaster in bumper stickers?

First thing's first, his brakes were... not so good. He was in dire need of a fluid flush, his front calipers were pretty stiff, and his pads were low. My first weekend with this car was just nonstop wrenching. I also found a hashed front bearing and swapped it out. Of course, I managed to...

Simon has had a long life, but his prior owners had done all of the important maintenance and repairs and kept him in good standing so their daughter could go to school and work. When she went off to college, they sold him and the proceeds would help her pursue her education. They even gave him...

Years go by. Lots of adventures, lots of mods, amazing memories. I end up becoming a father and a Home Inspector. The Plague hits, and there's suddenly no room in my life for my beloved T100. I let her go and sped a few years car-less, driving company cars and inspecting houses. The real estate...

Anyway, I focused my attention and money on the T100. She was a solid rig: good fuel economy, spacious, reliable, and able to handle pretty rough terrain even as a one-legger. The camper shell gave me a nice place to sleep while in the woods.

Hey folks! This little misadventure began in July of 2023- well, before then. I've been into wheeling all of my life. When I was a kid, I would go with my Dad and Grandad hunting and exploring old backroads in my Dad's S-10 pickup or the family Silverado. We mostly stuck to logging roads and...

I love a JK that's been built up in a way that's both practical and understated. Bummer about the engine issues, I hope that you'll get back on the road soon enough!

What an awesome build thread! This really makes me nostalgic for the 2010's threads on places like 'Mud and Pirate. Your Troopy will absolutely rock once it's all together, especially with all of the Cruiserhead dream goodies like a 1HD-T, H155F, and radius arm front axle with lockers. I'll be...

I've recently switched over to a BH Outback (99-04 model) and it's really solid on rough roads and the remote tracks that I tend to gravitate towards. Spacious enough for my wife and I to sleep in while camping together, and enough space for us, our two kids. Not quite enough room for all of our...

Sounds like the usual rot in the typical places. Not bad.

I'm floored by how clean that Binder is. Normally the tin worms eat those old Internationals up, but this thing just has surface rust in the usual places. That's a score!

And thank you for bringing it up, I'm looking into doing that one next summer.