Do you lift, bro?

"Rock Bottom" (rockbottom81) 05/15/2016 at 17:44 • Filed to: None

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So I spent like 12 hours busting my knuckles on Statutory Grape yesterday. Rear suspension work, beer drinking, front suspension work, swearing, drive shaft work, tool-throwing, and transmission surgery. Also, I discovered a leaking oil cooler and radiator that I never caught before. Might need rear wheel bearings too. Awesome. All this work on something that’s probably just going to end up on the bottom of Lake Michigan or upside down in a tree before the end of the summer.

Stay tuned to find out if this thing get’s balled up on it’s first trail trip in a few weeks.

Gone > Rock Bottom 05/15/2016 at 17:56

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User name checks out.

KO2 all the things. I see those everywhere now.

Good looking WJ.

PS9 > Rock Bottom 05/15/2016 at 17:58

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Statutory grape

Oh, did that weird soda company add a new flavor?

Clown Shoe Pilot > PS9 05/15/2016 at 18:33

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Quadradeuce > Rock Bottom 05/15/2016 at 19:03

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I see a rig just like yours running around green bay. How popular was that color?

Rock Bottom > Gone 05/15/2016 at 20:23

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This thing is a solid 50 footer... it’s pretty ugly up close. Banged up quarter panels, clear coat coming off in sheets, and Pep Boyz rain deflectors. Low rust content, though. It’s destined to be a trail/dune beater so I can keep my beloved XJ in one presentable piece.

As for these tires... I really preferred the look of the old TAs. These look a little too “bro-dozer meets mall-crawler” for my taste. They do work well and live forever, though.

Rock Bottom > PS9 05/15/2016 at 20:27

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I’m oddly intrigued by your tentacle pop.

Yeah, I asked a friend to help me find a better (read: more offensive) name for a purple Jeep Grand Minivan than Barney and he came up with this. I won’t call it by it’s name in front of my grandparents, but Oppo seems pretty tolerant of offense.

Rock Bottom > Quadradeuce 05/15/2016 at 20:33

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Here in Michigan is seems like half of them were purple. The WJ came out when I was in high school and can distinctly remember thinking “why would you ever choose purple over a normal color like red or silver?” Still baffles me, but now the ugly color makes me feel a lot less bad about leaning it against a tree out on the trail! I feel like scars will only improve the appearance from here.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Rock Bottom 05/15/2016 at 20:34

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My first “car” was a Suburban. My friends in high school called it “The Fuck Truck”. I only wish it had lived up to that name, but it didn’t see any action and get a musky window fogging until after my first year in college.

Your car’s name is better.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Rock Bottom 05/15/2016 at 20:40

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I approve. One of my co-workers calls his white Chevy Express the “TRV” for tactical rape van. Whether we use the full name or abbreviation depends on the audience.

Rock Bottom > Clown Shoe Pilot 05/15/2016 at 20:41

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Dude, “Fuck Truck” is fantastic! Saying it out loud is hilarious! I’m actually saying it over and over in my living room with a Dirty South drawl right now!

Gone > Rock Bottom 05/15/2016 at 20:41

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That’s about average for a WJ. I haven’t seen a clean one in a long time.

KO2s definitely are that. See a lot of FX4s with them and they look silly. Coworker has ‘em in 37s on his Fox 3.0/mid-perch/Deaver sprung/fender’d Raptor. At least it can do things.

Rock Bottom > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 05/15/2016 at 20:47

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That’s a terrible/awesome name! Similarly, my cousin had a lowered S10 a while ago that I called the STD, or Sport Truck Deluxe.

Rock Bottom > Gone 05/15/2016 at 20:50

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Yeah, a friend of mine just finished building a 17" travel Bronco for dune jumping and was visibly pissed about the look of these when I got them. He was hoping he could still get some old ones but no luck.

Clown Shoe Pilot > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 05/15/2016 at 22:35

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A friend of mine had a van that was useful for returning from work after lunch at the Brazilian steakhouse. Of course, after a lunch like that everyone had a meat coma (moma) so the van was the MMRU - Mobile Moma Recovery Unit.