Learnd my lesson

dr drae · Feb 15, 2007

cisco said:
If you do that, you will wish you had started with a toyota, and if you do that, you will wish you started with tube.

I can see that path...

2pwrlftrs4u · Feb 15, 2007

i wished texas bolt pattern D300's were a dime a dozen...

maybe a CJ7 instead of the CJ5... hard to get certian parts for '75 older CJ's

skrause · Feb 15, 2007

MIG'DHORSE said:
and you gotta love the unibody to a degree... it's a weakness you must embrace... like a 22re.

I feel like embracing my 22RE with a 12ga slug. :flipoff:

skrause · Feb 15, 2007

dr drae said:
What's the biggest regret you've had after a build? Wish I would have done this, wish I hadn't done that, etc.

I wish I would have gone straight to coilovers instead of wasting time and money on leafs.

CrustyJeep · Feb 15, 2007

2pwrlftrs4u said:
maybe a CJ7 instead of the CJ5... hard to get certian parts for '75 older CJ's

You're doing something all wrong... I can't remember the last time I bought an actual CJ5 part

skrause · Feb 15, 2007

cisco said:
If you do that, you will wish you had started with a toyota, and if you do that, you will wish you started with tube.

He's right, I wish I started with tube. :redneck:

Eric · Feb 15, 2007

skrause said:
He's right, I wish I started with tube. :redneck:

then why start your fj40? just go strait to tube on the next rig

skrause · Feb 15, 2007

Eric said:
then why start your fj40? just go strait to tube on the next rig

Exactly :clappy: Next time. :haha:

That is pure blasphemy btw, telling me to not build the fj. :wtf: It'll have plenty of tube. :flipoff:

Eric · Feb 15, 2007

skrause said:
Exactly :clappy: Next time. :haha:

That is pure blasphemy btw, telling me to not build the fj. :wtf: It'll have plenty of tube. :flipoff:

so you are saying you are going to end up with 3 wheeling rigs? you are going to need a bigger shop, or is the pickup going to become the doner for the 3rd one?

skrause · Feb 15, 2007

Eric said:
so you are saying you are going to end up with 3 wheeling rigs? you are going to need a bigger shop, or is the pickup going to become the doner for the 3rd one?

What third one. :redneck:

Eric · Feb 15, 2007

skrause said:
What third one. :redneck:

ok........so the fj is going to be mostly tube then? I am easily confused tonight, darn midterm

skrause · Feb 15, 2007

Eric said:
ok........so the fj is going to be mostly tube then? I am easily confused tonight, darn midterm

Then turn off the intarweb and go back to studying. :flipoff:

Eric · Feb 16, 2007

skrause said:
Then turn off the intarweb and go back to studying. :flipoff:

I already took it today, I am done for the weekend :clappy:

skrause · Feb 16, 2007

Eric said:
I already took it today, I am done for the weekend :clappy:

oh you suck. :flipoff: :haha:

Bunk1 · Feb 16, 2007

MIG'DHORSE said:
and you gotta love the unibody to a degree... it's a weakness you must embrace... like a 22re.

THIS IS THE BEST QUOTE EVER.

Bunk1 · Feb 16, 2007

I wish i woulda bought that 2 year used Campbell 4ws buggy a week before i spent too much money on my can. I found the add after i spent a metric crap ton of money on my rig, And i could have bought it outright and been wheeling LAST YEAR!

Look out fawkers, If you see me anywhere this year im on my way to getting it awn.

rockabilly · Feb 16, 2007

****ing around with a scout for so many years, lesson learned, farm equipment is for the farm

junkyard jim · Feb 19, 2007

Wish I hadn't trusted UPS with my steering parts (knuckle and high ster disappeared right before I was to go to Ouray in '01) and I wish I'd known then what I know now about doing EFI in my J10. Would've made life MUCH easier!

Also should not have listened to guy at Les Schwab who talked me into 36.6" tires (he claimed they were 38" and the biggest I could get) instead of keeping the Avon 33" tires and buying newer bigger tires for my J10!

Totalled · Feb 19, 2007

I wish I would have started with a bigger radiator.. and a smaller amount cut out of the support to fit it...

JEEPFREEK1 · Feb 19, 2007

I wish I would have just coughed up the extra dough for a TJ when I bought my jeep back in '01..

After driving my fiancee's TJ, I'm so coil spring jealous it's not funny.. but I'm almost done with my YJ.. at least, it's got lockers, tires, lift, bumpers, winch... etc.. all the important stuff..

I know.. stupid question.. but I'm doubting there is a way to get an SOA jeep to have the same ride and feel of a coil springs.. or at least 1/10 of the feel.. damn.. why, oh why, did I ever have to drive her rig.. I didn't know what I was missing..