Big Black's 1st SFA Trail Run...

Inc · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:48 pm

Some friends and I ran a trail called Dolores, also known as Misery, last night. 6 rigs went, 5 made it through. A busted front hub, rear tail light, one winching, and a smoked clutch were all on the menu for the run.

This YJ is built really well and handled the trail pretty easily. e is running 37s and lockers front and rear.

This TJ also did really really well. He too is running lockers front and rear and 37s. The woman driving is his friend that does some of his driving after he had a stroke recently, and she did well. She almost put it on its side, but all in all she did good.

This XJ is also built really well, but he blew a front passenger Mile Marker hub because he had way too much tire spin and then it caught traction. He backed up after it blew and smashed his rear passenger tail light too. He decided to take the bypasses after that and I had to winch him out of the nasty part of the trail

The next guy had a Tj on 32s and was open in both diffs. He did really well but smoked his clutch a bit and may have to have it replaced soon. We had to stack a lot of rock s though, which were al unstacked to keep it tough for the bigger rigs.

This guy and I have run this trail before. I dented my door on it actually and he had a locker last time we ran it, but he fried it so he was open open on this run, but did good with minimal stacking.
Cheap Harbor Freight Rock Lights work well

Inc · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:54 pm

Here is Big Black making it through...

Inc · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:00 pm

More shots of everyone:

wheeee32 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:00 pm

Very nice.

Looks like that last rock is achingly close still.

Inc · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:04 pm

Even more...

This is the same rock that got my door last time. It almost did again, and would have if I didn't have a ton of extra clearance this time.

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:26 pm

Looking good Mike!

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:36 pm

Super sweet......The more I see, the more I think of hacking up the KK to do an SFA :shock:

Neatus · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:02 pm

Great job on your rig man....looks great and looks like it works great!

Inc · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:08 pm

Thanks fellas. There are a few things I need to adjust, simple things like bleeding the brakes again and cutting the unibody up front, but all in all it performed near flawlessly and I am very pleased with it. The difference between the first run I did and this run was night and day. I took all the more difficult lines and never had any issues.

That rock is still way close to the door and with it being wet and loose, it was sketchy for a bit, but the rock rails did their job.

JeepBumm68 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 2:57 pm

darn military networks never let me see pic;s ha ha. guess i have to wait for next week he he.

jeepmedic46 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:18 pm

Pics look awesome. Looks like you had no trouble going over anything.

STINGN · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:48 pm

big black got dirty

Inc · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 7:24 pm

The jeep did awesome. It performed just as I'd hope. I wish I had gone with 12-14" coilovers up front, but for now the 10" will do.

STINGN · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:14 pm

come to think of it, i have never seen you jeep with the roof lights on

ATXKJ · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:25 pm

What is this thing with Night Runs??
you've posted a couple of them now - is it like driving through using 'The Force' - kinda blindfolded???

oh yeah - Big Black is incredible - looks great.

Inc · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:34 pm

STINGN wrote:

come to think of it, i have never seen you jeep with the roof lights on

I had them on for a little while, but they blned all the guys watching me drive the trail. :lol:

ATXKJ wrote:

What is this thing with Night Runs??
you've posted a couple of them now - is it like driving through using 'The Force' - kinda blindfolded???

oh yeah - Big Black is incredible - looks great.

I love night runs. Makes them more challenging. A good spotter is a necessity though. Have you ever gone on a night run? If not, you should and thanks for the compliment.

teckman02 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:29 pm

hey inc the jeep looks sweet and who ever was in the grand that thing is is very nice.... do you know what kind of lift setup if has

durangotang · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:03 pm

Looks great!!! I'm glad to see your project come full circle and turn into a sweet working rig!

Much props!

STINGN · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:16 pm

who is next (besides Troy)

Inc · **Posted:** Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:29 pm

teckman02 wrote:

hey inc the jeep looks sweet and who ever was in the grand that thing is is very nice.... do you know what kind of lift setup if has

He has a Clayton long arm kit. He also trimmed a couple inches off his fender wells, so he can run bigger tires, and not need more lift. He is going to run 35s, but wants to wear his 33s out first.

durangotang wrote:

Looks great!!! I'm glad to see your project come full circle and turn into a sweet working rig!

Much props!

Thanks. It is really nice to see all the hard work pay off. I spent today buttoning a few things up and the more I drive it the better it feels.

STINGN wrote:

who is next (besides Troy)

I think JeepBumm68 is building his girlfriend's CRD. :shock:

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