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SuicideTireZJ
04-24-2007, 02:33 AM
Got invited out there by my dad who was taking an out-of-town guest there. Ended up trailering the ZJ with my dads Escalade (HA!) and stayed in a pretty pimp-ass condo.

Wheeled Hells, Fins and Cliffhanger all the first day, then Lockhart Basin and Elephant Hill the second. My dad rented an '07 TK Rubicon with a BB and the new 32" BFG MT's that made wheeling waaay too easy with the dual lockers. I held my own, never strapped or winched, but I was denied by Hells Gate.

No real carnage, I had to fix my ghetto-rigged exhaust a couple times before I did it "right," my interior lights and door chime don't work but I think the little module wiggled loose, and my driver side door latch jammed and now I have to exit through the window a la Dukes of Hazzard.

Here's evidence I actually wheel:

The tow rig:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/ZJBuilder/CIMG3728-1.jpg

The rental;
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/ZJBuilder/CIMG1544.jpg

fucking with the exhaust
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/ZJBuilder/DSCF0076.jpg

Cliffhanger
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/ZJBuilder/CIMG1547.jpg

Hells Gate: open/open got DENIED

Went for the 4 wheel dig when the camera was rolling
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/ZJBuilder/CIMG3755.jpg


Hells Exit
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/ZJBuilder/CIMG3750.jpg

We had some crazy wind the next day. Mike the Crazy Russian could'nt even ride his bike

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/ZJBuilder/CIMG1529.jpg

Lockhart basin
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/ZJBuilder/DSCF0112.jpg


Elephant hill
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/ZJBuilder/CIMG1578-1.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/ZJBuilder/CIMG1574.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/ZJBuilder/CIMG1558.jpg

I forgot which one this is
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/ZJBuilder/CIMG1557.jpg

skydizzle
04-24-2007, 01:09 PM
sweet pics, i wish i could have made it this year.:(

ELLLLLIOTTTTT
04-24-2007, 01:30 PM
awesome pics man, I've always loved your ZJ.

BTW, how did the escalade tow the ZJ?

BigDaveZJ
04-24-2007, 01:34 PM
Looks like you managed to tweak that TerraLiner bumper a bit!

Looks like fun, I need to get back out there in a major way.

SuicideTireZJ
04-24-2007, 10:25 PM
Thanks Puma, right back atcha (especially now you got the LA's on...)

The Escalade kicked ASS! It's a 6.0L so it's got decent power and we were having no problem keeping 80 on the flats and like 60 up the passes. I don't really want to know what he ended up paying in fuel bills, but it couldn't have been too much worse than I used to pay when I drove the ZJ down there, and the ride was oh-so-nice.

Dave- That Terraliner bumper is a complete POS. It looks cool but the first time I winched over the waterfall on Carnage it bent the shit out of it. I took it home to find that the 2x4 box that slides into the "frame" hole only goes in about 3 or 4 inches and is held in by 2 bolts on the BOTTOM. No bracing on the side, and it doesn't even get as far as the radiator support. Needless to say, I called Brian and chewed him out but he was already out of business and basically told me I was on my own. So I pretty much haven't winched off it since, but I really need to get that fixed.