Originally Posted by bpas328xi

Time to steer this thread back onto topic... Hopefully..
Not in a story telling mood, so I'll probably save the story for a campfire/parking lot story. Lol.
I still have to get under my Jeep and see what damage there is... All I can say is thank goodness for my JCR Offroad transfer case and gas tank skid plates and stage 3 sliders.

Trail damage from J... Actually lost this going INTO J. lmao.

Gotta love SOLID diff covers. This thing took one heck of a beating.

After we climbed out of J and Crawl Daddy....

idk. parking lot + snow + truck and trailer = me taking a pic for some reason.

The two guys we ended up wheeling with. The jeep in the middle tore its brake lines out trying to get out of Crawl Daddy and was the only Jeep with a winch that worked (i don't have one and the one on the other black jeep had the drum spinning on the rope)...

My dad's jeep ended up not getting stuck because he lagged behind trying to fix a swaybar link (pin popped out and link came off of bushing). Yes, my dad and I were wheeling with our swaybars connected and tires at street pressure (30psi). It was WAY too cold to disconnect them and air down.

My dad didn't like how it felt driving down the road on the way home without the swaybar properly connected, so this was the fix I came up with in a gas station parking lot..

Gassing up at our local Shell station.

Giving the jeeps a well-deserved bath.

Low washer fluid. Lol.

This was definitely a day to remember... In retrospect, getting stuck on the trail and trying to drive out for 3 hours was almost funish. Absolutely one of those "you only live once" moments. Lol.

All in all, my Jeep performed well enough. It came through for me when I really needed it and managed to power out of Crawl Daddy and J without a winch or strap. What did I learn from this trip? Well, first off don't follow someone who says "I have no idea where I'm going" in the parking lot... Unless you want to go on a bit of an adventure. Lol.
Second; a front e-locker and chromoly shafts, and a helical LSD in the rear are looking like an extremely necessary mod. Third, front and rear winches. I have it pretty much figured out in my head how I want to mount them, hide them, and keep my stock bumpers (I don't like any of the aftermarket stuff and I like the way my jeep looks as it sits). Now all I gotta do is learn how to weld and find a bunch of time to do it....

I have several more videos, but this is the only one I've gotten around to editing... Still learning how to use the video editing software. Lol. I wish I had gotten a video of me getting off of Crawl Daddy and J because it was pretty much pedal-to-the-metal the entire way up lol, but that was honestly the last thing on my mind. And I can't thank Melissa and Kyle (rausch creek staff) enough for their help. They were super nice and I probably wouldn't have gotten off of J without Kyle's expert help. I'm definitely taking a "off-roading 101" course with him in the spring/summer.
Video Link: http://youtu.be/lDH55rlyK2Q

Originally Posted by bhennessee1

Is your washer fluid tank what you use for water/meth?

Originally Posted by bpas328xi

Originally Posted by straightsixjeep

Hands down the best sounding xj, got to love superchargers. Any videos of you taking off on pavement? Keep it up!

Originally Posted by Luke95

Are you still open open?

Originally Posted by Luke95

Might I make a suggestion? Ive never had any luck with a trutrac I would save the money and go with either a Aussie or full case like a Eaton electric, Detroit full locker, yadayadayada

Originally Posted by bpas328xi

The Truetrac is for street performance more than anything else. If it helps a little off road, great. I'm just getting sick of one-wheel-peels. Plus I like the fact that it's a helical LSD, as opposed to a clutch-type LSD. Lmao.