Welcome to the Official SoCal BS/ Shenanigans, Tundras and What’s Happening Thread

In SoCal aren’t we all celebrities in our own way. I’m just hoping I can make it rain at the gas pump one day

 

I just got that. Yeah @Darkness, your our local celebrity your Obama on 33s

 

I see. So this was how the pump looked after the guy in front of you pumped. 171 Gal, can you imagine?

 

I won't be a celebrity until I cut up my body and stuff 35s.

 

Hopefully soon brotha

 

Thanks homie! I wasn't gonna try it. but I had a couple mtn dews and next thing I knew... LOL

So there are a couple finer points we can talk about here. "Straight" is a relative term. When you are behind the wheel and spotter says straight, he shouldn't mean put your steering wheel at 12 o'clock. He should mean to move your truck forward in a straight line. The reason is because the trail will move your truck in different ways. Sometime to move forward in a straight line you might have to have your wheels turned. Now, if the spotter wanted your steering wheel at 12 o'clock, he should tell you which direction to turn it until it is at the point where he likes it. Now, lots of people have different ways of calling out spots. I have found its best to keep things super simple and repeat repeat repeat until you get the wheels where you want them. So I'll say thing like, driver driver driver. Or passenger passenger passenger. When controlling speed I keep it simple as well. I will also tell you what to expect when your wheels drop into a hole or you have to crest a rock.

In the video, Jimmy says straight, but I was fighting the rock on my passenger wheel. Sometimes, you can't follow the spotter because the trail won't let you. It's up to the spotter to recognize that you can't turn because of a rock and its up to the driver to feel the rock and not fight the steering wheel. That an easy way to blow your rack.

Also, modified suspension isn't really a learning curve. when you have LT, you have massive amounts of articulation and with the bigger tires the result is that the obstacles on the trail start to feel smaller. Everything becomes MUCH easier. I can literally take obstacles with my eyes closed that I would have to have a spotter for if I was MT.

I'll be honest with you man. I'm self taught. The best way to learn to off road is to off road. When I was stock I did hundreds of miles through Anza solo. I didn't break anything. I stayed within my limits and over time I increased those limits. Over the years I have learned many lessons, but the number one lesson is know your truck and its limits.

The number two lesson I learned is to get out of your comfort zone. If you aren't pushing those limits they will never increase. Its a fine line, but those rules apply to a lot of things in life. Besides, it's fun to get your heart pumping

 

Thank you for your detailed response, Alex.

It sure is! Have a great day!

 

I've got the Sawzall on standby!

 

Nice, I know where I’m going when I go bigger on the tires

 

No problem Marty! I got the BFH too!

 

Hahaha I have a sawzall and several grinders, its putting metal back to complete the tub that I'm worried about. When I get there if I mess up I'll need Marty on standby to fire up the flux capacitor.

 

U my friend have a lot of knowledge. Hopefully one day u will join us rookies and we can pick your brain for all the help we need.

 

Thanks homie! I plan on trying to make the anza run

also, don't be afraid to go on one of our runs lol we do one once a month.

Oh and if you ever want to do a local day trip let me know, Fri afternoon and Sat morning are good days for me. There are a few places in the IE that I've been wanting to check out

 

One of my favourite San Diego Locals pleasures: watching the Blue Angels practicing for the Air Show. Like synchronized long-travel airplanes.

 

Thanks man appreciate it. I’ll get with u on something local soon as long as it’s not to crazy but if I brake u better not leave my ass with my bracket lift stranded haha

 

Haha you won't break. But I never leave anyone behind. Actually, come to think about it, the last bracket lift I went wheeling did break, but we didn't leave him behind.

 

Hi, @Grendel! Any chance you'll bring the Fambly out to camp and explore in a Anza-Borrego with us, October 19-21?

 

Synchronized freedom a$$ whoopin!!!!!

 

Yes, exactly!

Hey, Ali, when you gonna come out with us and get your truck dirty?

 

Agreed. They were shaking the building at work today. That's the sound of freedom alright.

 

prolly october 19 anza

 

Been a slow day here, I’ll just drop this in for anyone who wants a fun read with a happy ending!

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/do-not-buy-from-autoanything.570460/

 

Way to come thru Mike! You truly are an asset to the company. Your goodwill will go a long way! On another note, wtf happened to the AZ crew? Specifically Conner, 4runningdaily, heard he got permabanned? I've known and wheeled with him since '12 with T4R. He's a great kid! Wtf happened?

 

Anyone notice what Mike's avatar and mine have in common???

 

Appreciate it man!

I’ve never met Connor, but talked to him over the forum a bunch. Good dude.

Idk what happened exactly, through the grapevine what I heard is they were posting too much about “Gay this” “gay that” and it went over the line for too long.

I was thinking about changing it though

 

Wait n see if anyone figures it out!
(Probably not, bunch a newbs!)

That's sucks about those guys getting permanently kicked. Maybe a 30-day...?
Seems excessive but what do I know.

 

Same spot, both commercial white?!

 

I actually thought you were him a few times, beer goggles I suppose.

 

We have a winner! Same exact spot on the trail.

Bonus points if you can name the trail!