Spinoff: Changing Rigs - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

mrtoddb · 01-22-2010, 06:33 AM

Who has some really contrasting pics of your rig from day 1 to current? Fun to go back and see how much they change!!

This was after the very first trip ever, and it was to Clayton!!! SOA, 34's, stock everything except gears, suspension and cage. 4 banger to boot, and I DROVE IT there and back!!!

Current incarnation. 5.3 Vortec, Atlas 3.8, TH400, 60's, 38.5's, etc...

linked&bobbed_S10 · 01-22-2010, 07:25 AM

You mean you didn't haul it down there with the Impala? Dammit Jim!

mrtoddb · 01-22-2010, 07:26 AM

Didn't have a trailer then... I was given her all she had!!!! She was about to blow!!!!

Redruuster · 01-22-2010, 04:05 PM

I'll play.

Silver is what it started as, a mean Florida street cruiser, now its a Red Rooster'n rock crawlin funship.

COPPERHEAD42 · 01-22-2010, 09:08 PM

Mine went from this

to this

and NOW to this

linked&bobbed_S10 · 01-23-2010, 12:52 PM

Are you keeping the Rockers?

COPPERHEAD42 · 01-23-2010, 02:46 PM

Yes and no. I had 16.5's and switched to 17" trailreadys. So I got rid of those old rockers but bought a new set

Love those tires

linked&bobbed_S10 · 01-23-2010, 07:34 PM

After only 2 runs though, I am really loving them also! I went with the 39.5, but I am double thinking myself and wishing that I would've gone with the narrower 42.

COPPERHEAD42 · 01-23-2010, 07:42 PM

Yep. My brother had 39.5 rockers on his CJ, took them off and put on my old 42's. He is alot happier with the 42's

linked&bobbed_S10 · 01-23-2010, 07:48 PM

The only reason I didn't was because of the weight difference between the tires!

BeastJeep · 01-24-2010, 01:40 PM

I'll post pics later... I've had my same rig for almost 25 yrs (25 in May)... so, It's undergone some changes... lol. I gotta find those pics from Thanksgiving run @ Clayton in '94, lol. OLDEST pic I have is on top of Greenie Peak outside of Red River, NM in May of '86.

So ya'll lovin' those Pit Bull Rockers, huh?? I've always run Swampers, but fixin' to buy a set of 44" Rockers... haven't heard ANYTHING bad about them, but don't know anyone personally who runs 'em...

linked&bobbed_S10 · 01-24-2010, 01:48 PM

My dad and I are both running the 39.5 Rockers, and there is a group of guys that are running them in Arkansas, that I think will be in Clayton during the South Central Pirate Run, we ran into them at Cass during the Rockertoberfest run and they absolutely love them. I'm not saying that they are better than any Interco tire, but I really love them! The 19.5 inch width of the 44 Rocker might deter some people, but once they are mounted, you really notice that your thought of a tire that wide isn't what it actually is!

COPPERHEAD42 · 01-24-2010, 02:47 PM

Here is my dads scout on 44"s rockers and stock 8 bolt H1's

They dwarf my 42's.

4wdParakeet · 01-24-2010, 03:26 PM

I ran the 33's and loved them but mine was a DD so they only lasted about 1 1/2 years before they were only worthy for trail duty. Man I miss them...

Parakeet

linked&bobbed_S10 · 01-24-2010, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by COPPERHEAD42

Here is my dads scout on 44"s rockers and stock 8 bolt H1's

They dwarf my 42's.

Damn! That is a sweet Scout! Its the exact build that I eventually want to do!

katesoffspring · 01-25-2010, 05:29 PM

Cut this from another FJ 40 and the fun started,first pic and some of where its at now

j20brett · 01-26-2010, 02:24 PM

When i brought it home

As of a week ago

45acp · 01-28-2010, 06:41 AM

What the heck...

1-stock

2-too tall on 35's

3-lowered down 4", stretched to 108", iroks

mrtoddb · 01-28-2010, 07:31 PM

Thats a pretty cool looking Xploder you got there! Don't see many.

mental-elf · 01-29-2010, 05:37 AM

my 1975 K5 Blazer
this is a pic from the first week i owned it...1997

this is how it looked for most of its life, up til about '02

this what it looks like now. its not wild, but its on the high side of mild.

the_white_shadow · 01-29-2010, 05:28 PM

Ill play too.

The day I drug it onto the trailer minus the bed:

Two weeks ago at Gilmer about 1.5 years of building:

All cleaned up:

flame proof · 01-29-2010, 05:46 PM

not finished yet but looks different than it did

alanevans10 · 01-30-2010, 03:30 PM

From this

To this

Several months and several dollars.

jackson76550 · 01-31-2010, 10:20 AM

mine hasnt changed much

now

Art101 · 01-31-2010, 09:09 PM

drove it like this for a while durring my parts collecting...

once i got all the parts i needed i threw it together in a weekend... now it looks like this

01-22-2010, 06:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
mrtoddb Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110184 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 2,817	Spinoff: Changing Rigs Who has some really contrasting pics of your rig from day 1 to current? Fun to go back and see how much they change!! This was after the very first trip ever, and it was to Clayton!!! SOA, 34's, stock everything except gears, suspension and cage. 4 banger to boot, and I DROVE IT there and back!!! Current incarnation. 5.3 Vortec, Atlas 3.8, TH400, 60's, 38.5's, etc... __________________ Life is tough, it's even tougher when you're stupid.- John Wayne 91 YJ, 5.3, TH400, Atlas 3.8, 35 spl 60's f&r Pick up your trash you nancy little bastards or sell that shit and go buy a fawkin low rider so you can be around more of your own kind! :flipoff:

01-22-2010, 07:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
mrtoddb Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110184 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 2,817	Didn't have a trailer then... I was given her all she had!!!! She was about to blow!!!! __________________ Life is tough, it's even tougher when you're stupid.- John Wayne 91 YJ, 5.3, TH400, Atlas 3.8, 35 spl 60's f&r Pick up your trash you nancy little bastards or sell that shit and go buy a fawkin low rider so you can be around more of your own kind! :flipoff:

01-22-2010, 04:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
Redruuster Spin Doctor Supreme Join Date: Sep 2008 Member # 119713 Location: Moore, OK Posts: 333	I'll play. Silver is what it started as, a mean Florida street cruiser, now its a Red Rooster'n rock crawlin funship. Attached Images

01-22-2010, 09:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
COPPERHEAD42 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Member # 135736 Location: Paola' KS Posts: 1,394	Mine went from this to this to this and NOW to this Last edited by COPPERHEAD42; 10-08-2010 at 11:15 PM.

01-24-2010, 01:40 PM	#11 (permalink)
BeastJeep BEAST Join Date: Mar 2005 Member # 45102 Location: Checotah, OK Posts: 586	I'll post pics later... I've had my same rig for almost 25 yrs (25 in May)... so, It's undergone some changes... lol. I gotta find those pics from Thanksgiving run @ Clayton in '94, lol. OLDEST pic I have is on top of Greenie Peak outside of Red River, NM in May of '86. So ya'll lovin' those Pit Bull Rockers, huh?? I've always run Swampers, but fixin' to buy a set of 44" Rockers... haven't heard ANYTHING bad about them, but don't know anyone personally who runs 'em... __________________ BEASTJEEP.COM --- GREENCOUNTRYOFFROAD.COM ROCKTOBERINDISNEY.COM ROCKTOBER 2012 - CLAYTON, OK Last edited by BeastJeep; 01-24-2010 at 01:43 PM.

01-22-2010, 07:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
linked&bobbed_S10 Rock God Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 77089 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 2,410	You mean you didn't haul it down there with the Impala? Dammit Jim!

01-23-2010, 12:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
linked&bobbed_S10 Rock God Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 77089 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 2,410	Are you keeping the Rockers?

01-23-2010, 02:46 PM	#7 (permalink)
COPPERHEAD42 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Member # 135736 Location: Paola' KS Posts: 1,394	Yes and no. I had 16.5's and switched to 17" trailreadys. So I got rid of those old rockers but bought a new set Love those tires

01-23-2010, 07:34 PM	#8 (permalink)
linked&bobbed_S10 Rock God Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 77089 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 2,410	After only 2 runs though, I am really loving them also! I went with the 39.5, but I am double thinking myself and wishing that I would've gone with the narrower 42.

01-23-2010, 07:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
COPPERHEAD42 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Member # 135736 Location: Paola' KS Posts: 1,394	Yep. My brother had 39.5 rockers on his CJ, took them off and put on my old 42's. He is alot happier with the 42's

01-23-2010, 07:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
linked&bobbed_S10 Rock God Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 77089 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 2,410	The only reason I didn't was because of the weight difference between the tires!

01-24-2010, 01:48 PM	#12 (permalink)
linked&bobbed_S10 Rock God Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 77089 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 2,410	My dad and I are both running the 39.5 Rockers, and there is a group of guys that are running them in Arkansas, that I think will be in Clayton during the South Central Pirate Run, we ran into them at Cass during the Rockertoberfest run and they absolutely love them. I'm not saying that they are better than any Interco tire, but I really love them! The 19.5 inch width of the 44 Rocker might deter some people, but once they are mounted, you really notice that your thought of a tire that wide isn't what it actually is!

01-24-2010, 02:47 PM	#13 (permalink)
COPPERHEAD42 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Member # 135736 Location: Paola' KS Posts: 1,394	Here is my dads scout on 44"s rockers and stock 8 bolt H1's They dwarf my 42's. Last edited by COPPERHEAD42; 01-24-2010 at 02:50 PM.

01-24-2010, 03:26 PM	#14 (permalink)
4wdParakeet Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Member # 72772 Location: olathe ks Posts: 84	I ran the 33's and loved them but mine was a DD so they only lasted about 1 1/2 years before they were only worthy for trail duty. Man I miss them... Parakeet __________________ I know about the search button. It's like a needle in a haystack.

01-25-2010, 05:29 PM	#16 (permalink)
katesoffspring Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Member # 66838 Location: Harrison, AR Posts: 1,057	Cut this from another FJ 40 and the fun started,first pic and some of where its at now Attached Images __________________ JT Automotive & Off Road Harrison AR Shop 870 743 3188 Cell 870 688 3954 Here's a link to our rig(Project Blue Bitch) [url]http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=808501&highlight=project+blue+bitch[/url]

01-29-2010, 05:28 PM	#21 (permalink)
the_white_shadow Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Nov 2007 Member # 103621 Location: East Bernard, TX Posts: 2,744	Ill play too. The day I drug it onto the trailer minus the bed: Two weeks ago at Gilmer about 1.5 years of building: All cleaned up: __________________ --Alex-- 1982 Toyota 4x4 - The Dirt Squirrel: Phase II underway: 4.3L CPI, TH350, Marlin 4.7s/D300 doubler, D60/14B/5.13s, f150 leafs up front, artec 4-linked rear, Coilovers, blah, blah blah. Last edited by the_white_shadow; 01-29-2010 at 05:29 PM.

01-28-2010, 06:41 AM	#18 (permalink)
45acp says "yall" alot Join Date: Sep 2002 Member # 13671 Location: north of Caddo parish Posts: 3,245	What the heck... 1-stock 2-too tall on 35's 3-lowered down 4", stretched to 108", iroks Attached Images

01-28-2010, 07:31 PM	#19 (permalink)
mrtoddb Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 110184 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Posts: 2,817	Thats a pretty cool looking Xploder you got there! Don't see many. __________________ Life is tough, it's even tougher when you're stupid.- John Wayne 91 YJ, 5.3, TH400, Atlas 3.8, 35 spl 60's f&r Pick up your trash you nancy little bastards or sell that shit and go buy a fawkin low rider so you can be around more of your own kind! :flipoff:

01-29-2010, 05:37 AM	#20 (permalink)
mental-elf Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Member # 108293 Location: joplin, mo. Posts: 276	Mutant-Blazer my 1975 K5 Blazer this is a pic from the first week i owned it...1997 this is how it looked for most of its life, up til about '02 this what it looks like now. its not wild, but its on the high side of mild. __________________ '75 K5. 355,th350,205,d44/14ff,36"tsl's

01-29-2010, 05:46 PM	#22 (permalink)
flame proof Matthew 16:18 Join Date: Oct 2007 Member # 101975 Location: Harrison Ar Posts: 129	not finished yet but looks different than it did Attached Images __________________ in the works 89 juggy 6.0 th350 atlas 4.3 dana 60/14 fox coilovers 42"iroks

01-30-2010, 03:30 PM	#23 (permalink)
alanevans10 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Member # 111670 Location: DeRidder, La. Posts: 122	From this To this Several months and several dollars. __________________ 89 YJ, 350/350, 60/60, stak, 115 WB, 44" TSL's

01-31-2010, 10:20 AM	#24 (permalink)
jackson76550 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Member # 88396 Location: lampasas texas Posts: 443	mine hasnt changed much now

01-31-2010, 09:09 PM	#25 (permalink)
Art101 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Member # 134860 Location: San Antonio TX Posts: 84	drove it like this for a while durring my parts collecting... once i got all the parts i needed i threw it together in a weekend... now it looks like this

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