Sunday's trip

smorison · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:41 am

(CD, probably lucky for you you didn't come... )

We found a hill... not just any hill either, and it seemed like a good shortcut to the pub.
took 2 hours to climb 550m's up a hill, taking turns spotting, road building and driving. I think the girls thought we were a bit crazy, my wife kind of freaked when the view from through the windscreen went... bush... bush with bit of sky... then SKY (HEY WHERE'S THE BUSH!!!) front right wheel was way way in the air... couldn't say exactly how far as i was too busy trying to gently back it down after the left rear slid into a huge rut, looks pretty good on the video.

no pictures just yet.. i have to try and get some stills out of the video..

EXCELLENT DAY

damage bill from this little climb was
broken side step (needed to replace those factory ones anyway they we're pretty beaten up)
bent the left support bracket for the nudge bar... car dropped into a rut and the weight/momentum all ended up on this corner, i guess enough to bend it good and proper (Sorry cmohr they just weren't Stephen Tough)
pushed the front bumper around a bit... part of the fall into the rut

now to get some rock rails and a bullbar.

one question, lifting in IFS is pretty common, are disco's or removing the swaybar really worth it?

cmohr · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:49 am

Taking off the swaybar can give a little more stability off road, as it lets the front settle a bit better and doesn't just force all the flex to the rear... having said that, A big rut, and anything will probably lift a wheel.. :lol:

Looking forward to the pics and vid..

CD · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:05 am

smorison wrote:

(CD, probably lucky for you you didn't come... )

Yes, well we had a quiet day with the kids which was nice.

Looking forward to the pics and vid if you can post it.

CD · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:11 pm

Stephen, did you ever get the pic's from your mates?

smorison · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:49 pm

haven't had time to scratch my n***s

cmohr · **Posted:** Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:56 pm

smorison wrote:

haven't had time to scratch my n***s

Yes, strangely off topic............ But ................................what about the pics.. :lol:

AUS-KJ · **Joined:** Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:22 am **Posts:** 28

cmohr wrote:

smorison wrote:

haven't had time to scratch my n***s

Yes, strangely off topic............ But ................................what about the pics.. :lol:

You've had another 6 days now where's the pics? :lol:

Fouros · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:43 am

he is still finding time to scratch his nuts :wink:

smorison · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:37 pm

here's one... appears that the wife hasn't recorded some of the more exiciting moments... although this was kinda fun when all i could see was sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agI7S7f9zI4

CD · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:15 pm

Nice bit of air there mate :wink:

smorison · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:49 pm

i couldn't quite get the right angle on my mapping software...

this kind of shows the climb.

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