Let’s see that trail rash…

Good back and forth.

 

All love over here

 

I'll be out there plenty once it cools down. I'm sure the rest of the shenanigans crew is anxious to get back out there as well.
I drove through last night around 7:30 and it was still 100 degrees. Felt like an oven

I would've given them a sponge and bucket if it bothered them a whole lot!

 

@jewsNbrews you know it hahaha those blue trucks make it so easy lol

 

Careful, I'll get the blue crew after you and your cable installer.

 

Not to mention learning how to really asses situations, overcome problems and drive over, through, down..... stuff that would have most people soiling themselves. Then, sitting around the fire that night for the days recap... Fucking priceless!

 

I wasn't joking when I posted the link above for paint. I don't set out to trash my truck but stuff does happen. I fixed 2 dents in my door rockers from wheeling and 2 from fucking parking lot damage.

 

The parking lot damage pisses me off more than the pin stripes from off roading. Although it is funny when small cars slam their doors into my sliders.

 

I need to look into it… I have some spots that could use some new paint…

Those parking lots will get you. Been there, done that!

 

A good friend of mine has a story where some angry Karen continually bashed her car door into his sliders thinking that she was causing damage to his truck

 

I second that!
Not to mention, nothing better than seeing the look on Jeep owners’ faces when they get out wheeled by a full size…

 

Priceless!

 

Dents and scratches don’t affect me one bit. But I get one door ding and I lose my fucking mind!!!

 

Sweet truck! I love me a good 1st gen! Miss mine everyday…

How did you reshape your exhaust? Any special tricks to share? I need to do the same.

 

Thanks! I stuck a two foot round steel pipe inside of it and just applied pressure right on the dinged in part and it pushed right back out, it was fairly malleable. Cutting the tip back a few inches is another option.

 

I've often said that if your truck doesn't have a few dings or scratches, you've never taken it anywhere fun or done truck stuff in it.

I've never met anyone that wasn't a little hurt by that first ding, but they're going to happen. I'd rather it happen while I'm having fun, than in a parking lot or while driving down the highway. If someone is setting out to trash their truck, then they should have a trail rig as you mentioned, but there's no reason someone who's invested in a nice truck shouldn't be able to do truck stuff in it.

 

Totally agree. But to think of them as a badge of accomplishment. I just can't justify that. I have had many vehicles that I destroyed for no reason other than bragging rights, ie; Street Outlaws.

 

Worth it.

 

Here’s my new decals on my skid plate from ocotillo wells!!! When your 11 year old is in charge of the GPS and routes and sends you down the wrong trail lol great times!

 

Nailed it! When I'm 10 years older, if I make it that long, would I be happier that my truck is worth 5k more from sitting in my driveway all its life, or would I rather have enjoyed the scenic places and memories made with friends and family. Going to take damn good care of my truck, but it will of course gather scars as I plan to start making memories with it. You only live once and I'm starting to realize that.

 

There was plenty of pin stripping on this run!

 

Well…. At least I have a full spare

 

old picture, I'll have to snap a new one of the result of the last couple trips.

 

Seems to work really great. What type of soap? Dawn?

 

I forgot, but were these guys on the forums?

 

I’ve got my money’s worth out of the skids and sliders. Only scraped the rear bumper corner and put some AZ pinstripes on the body…