Kia sportage sas w vortec

traildemon · Jan 3, 2011

It was a nice day here is a shot of the mountain
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traffic jam on the way down
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Charlie Snyder gettin some snow action
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longfield · Jan 3, 2011

Nice job mister i like your door bars.:awesomework:

traildemon · Jan 3, 2011

longfield said:
Nice job mister i like your door bars.:awesomework:

thanks bobby It will look alot better when I get a set of shiny axles for it. I will be calling ya pretty soon :awesomework:

charliesnyder · Jan 3, 2011

Everyone has a boner for you door bars Jason! Dispite the fact that they are on a exoed Kia with 39s!!! I have to admit man, this thing is WAY crazier in person than the pics show! Was a blast Saturday!

Brian H · Jan 3, 2011

This thing is tits.... nice job bro.

traildemon · Jan 4, 2011

charliesnyder said:
Everyone has a boner for you door bars Jason! Dispite the fact that they are on a exoed Kia with 39s!!! I have to admit man, this thing is WAY crazier in person than the pics show! Was a blast Saturday!

often imitated never duplicated

It was a good time. Im thinkin shakedown #2 saturday but we will see. Im taking a fire extinguisher this time :haha:

Brian H said:
This thing is tits.... nice job bro.

Thanks Brian, its finally done :beer:

here is a couple cell pics a friend took of me plowing trail. I was having too much fun to get any pics myself

KarlVP · Jan 4, 2011

Glad to see that thing out wheeling.

I like it. :awesomework:

traildemon · Jan 4, 2011

KarlVP said:
Glad to see that thing out wheeling.

I like it. :awesomework:

Me too it seems like it took 5 years to build it, but it was definately worth it, thanks

whatthe? · Jan 4, 2011

Good build, it was a interesting thread to read through. Any thoughts on getting a winch on there? I put receiver tubing on each end of my rigs and run power. I can use one winch for front or rear and then keep it in the truck when not in use.

traildemon · Jan 4, 2011

whatthe? said:
Good build, it was a interesting thread to read through. Any thoughts on getting a winch on there? I put receiver tubing on each end of my rigs and run power. I can use one winch for front or rear and then keep it in the truck when not in use.

Thanks, Yeah I ordered an xrc8 for it and it should be here tomorrow afternoon. I'm still not sure if I will put recievers on it, that was the original plan but Im going to try and stuff it into the front bumper. either way I will have a winch somewhere on it by this weekend :awesomework:

brokenparts · Jan 5, 2011

Pretty cool idea and even better execution... definitely outside of the box.

traildemon · Jan 8, 2011

brokenparts said:
Pretty cool idea and even better execution... definitely outside of the box.

Its definately different, and thanks

Here are a few pics of the last couple days in the shop I ended up throwing a scoop on the hood to try and let some of the heat out the top. It was getting a little warm last weekend, it never overheated but it was pretty cold up there too. I also got the winch to fit in the bumper it was a little tight but after the plama cutter came out it was just a matter of time before it dropped in there. I just have a few more little things to wrap up and its rollin up to Elbe hills for shakedown #2 :awesomework: this weekend sometime

traildemon · Jan 8, 2011

Oh and sorry about the pics my camera got some oil on it or somethin

charliesnyder · Jan 9, 2011

Did you take it out this weekend Jason? How'd it do?

traildemon · Jan 10, 2011

charliesnyder said:
Did you take it out this weekend Jason? How'd it do?

Yeah I just got home a little couple hours ago. I never got a chance to use the new winch and the truck did great. I got to put a couple dents in it. It has a couple issues with the engine, for some reason when it gets hot it starts running like crap but other than that it was awesome. I will try and get some pics up tomorrow afternoon

Rainier vista trail was like a mile long slip & slide, it was alot of fun up there in the snow, The drive home sucked tho, it was snowing so hard when we left elbe I had to use the rumble strips to stay on the road :eeek: and had to lock the hubs in to get over alder cutoff road, there were cars spun out all over the place in the middle of the road :shaking:, the wheeling was fun and the drive home was a nightmare.

Brian H · Jan 10, 2011

traildemon said:
Yeah I just got home a little couple hours ago. I never got a chance to use the new winch and the truck did great. I got to put a couple dents in it. It has a couple issues with the engine, for some reason when it gets hot it starts running like crap but other than that it was awesome. I will try and get some pics up tomorrow afternoon

Rainier vista trail was like a mile long slip & slide, it was alot of fun up there in the snow, The drive home sucked tho, it was snowing so hard when we left elbe I had to use the rumble strips to stay on the road :eeek: and had to lock the hubs in to get over alder cutoff road, there were cars spun out all over the place in the middle of the road :shaking:, the wheeling was fun and the drive home was a nightmare.

Suprised we missed you.I was up there all day.

traildemon · Jan 10, 2011

Brian H said:
Suprised we missed you.I was up there all day.

I saw one other truck right when we got there, they were working on a fullsize chevy in the parking area. Once we hit the trails we never saw anyone. We ran quite a few trails too. we didnt get up there till about 11 and we loaded up at dark down at the lions club. I think we ran every trail Besides the busy and alder loop. Im sure you heard us you just didnt see us, :beer:

ChrisStewart · Jan 10, 2011

Wish I had video of my truck going backwards down rainier vista. Something about uncontrolled freerolls downhill that makes a guy poop himself. :awesomework:

Brian H · Jan 10, 2011

traildemon said:
I saw one other truck right when we got there, they were working on a fullsize chevy in the parking area. Once we hit the trails we never saw anyone. We ran quite a few trails too. we didnt get up there till about 11 and we loaded up at dark down at the lions club. I think we ran every trail Besides the busy and alder loop. Im sure you heard us you just didnt see us, :beer:

Then you saw our tracks. We were the only ones up there for a long time. Gowinator popped out of rainier vista when we were gettin ready to leave.

charliesnyder · Jan 10, 2011

I saw a couple guys coming off Alder cutoff last night too. Looked pretty bad. Saw your buddy with the Grey 3rd Gen fueling up, thats what made me ask!:cheer: