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Old 11-27-2017, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by 5-Speed
Ya I am sure that would be interesting to drive in the rain haha.
You have to think "hovercraft" when on snow or ice. lol
Old 11-27-2017, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 5-Speed
Ya I am sure that would be interesting to drive in the rain haha.I am sure those new tires dont help either! You run a sway bar though dont you? I dont and its still surprisingly stable with little body roll.

Drift-manche for the win!
Haven’t slid it with the 35s yet, it can spin them on dry concrete though. I do have a sway bar and it’s not enjoyable driving it without the sway bar. Through turns disconnected it usually just rests on the bumpstops.
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What locker do you have? My c8.25 aussie is virtually invisible on the road outside the clicking on sharp turns. Only time it locks up both wheels on turns is if I want it to. Snow, rain, sand, pavement don't matter
Old 11-27-2017, 04:09 PM
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I got a Spartan. The only time its not locked is when coasting through a turn. If I am accelerating, even just barely, it locks.
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Originally Posted by unidentifiedbomb
What locker do you have? My c8.25 aussie is virtually invisible on the road outside the clicking on sharp turns. Only time it locks up both wheels on turns is if I want it to. Snow, rain, sand, pavement don't matter
I have a powertrax no-slip and most of the time I’m turning I’m accelerating so it’s locked. There are a lot of crappy, uphill, sharp turns leaving my apartment to go to campus.
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Sold the front doors, upper control arms, and a spare wheel off the White Knight. Starting to look more like a bare bones crawler every day.

I guess it's common practice to just cut the doors off at the welded hinge part...I thought I could get them off all civilized like. I tried and tried to get those friggin Torx bolts off. #1 it's too tight to get a proper tool in. #2 I wore down my vise grips trying to keep a grip on the T-40 bit... #3 it was a hellova lot more fun to sawzall it :3

It's nearly paid for itself now, too. I'm happy about that.
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Added some reverse lights I had laying around in the garage. Ordered some KC Flood for the top light.
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Please tell me those are wired to a switch and not to your shifter
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Went ahead mounted and wired my trans temp gauge, I'll do the sender this weekend at the shop when I can get under the car.

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Originally Posted by Ecua
Added some reverse lights I had laying around in the garage. Ordered some KC Flood for the top light.
Good way to burn up NSS. Run them through a relay Bubba !!!
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown
Please tell me those are wired to a switch and not to your shifter
If not, someone is going to get ran over in a dark parking lot some night because of those.
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Originally Posted by Bugout4x4
If not, someone is going to get ran over in a dark parking lot some night because of those.
The bottom ones are wired to the reverse lights. Top one has a switch.
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Originally Posted by Ecua
The bottom ones are wired to the reverse lights. Top one has a switch.
Thank you for the update. That will help a bit with the "blinding" factor. I have a high intensity off road light mounted under my high clearance off road trailer, and it is indeed tied into my back up lights, but it is switched on the trailer for when I actually need it.
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Put final coat on the driver side 2x6, supports, and stiffeners. Tacked the supports to the 2x6s and stiffeners on the passenger side.
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Originally Posted by Bugout4x4
Thank you for the update. That will help a bit with the "blinding" factor. I have a high intensity off road light mounted under my high clearance off road trailer, and it is indeed tied into my back up lights, but it is switched on the trailer for when I actually need it.
I just ordered some KC flood lights I’ll be adding to my rear roof basket. On a switch and taken that single one off

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