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    Went out with the Jeep guys again

    The local jeep group invited me out to a place called Mobile Swamp today, it's basically a HUGE area with tons of trails, mud pits, hill climbs etc. It started pouring while we were out so it made the clay trails super slick but tons of fun! Like last time though, the good pics/vids are on my friend Chase's camera, he's got a few good vids of my climbing and runnign through the trails. There was one hill in particular that was pretty steep and fairly slick with the recent thunderstorms. some of the Jeep guys had some trouble with it even in 4WD (one was running Maxxis Bighorn's and the other had Swamper TSL Radials). Will (my friend with the Rubicon) had no problems with the hill in 4WD and made it look easy, but in 2WD he couldn't get far at all. Then they turned and asked what the VX could do and said give it a shot. I said sure, I'll try in 2WD first (my CV's are still clacking, waiting on my new ones) for the heck of it. They kinda giggled and said sure thing, when you get stuck just try and back down and try in 4WD. I made it up that f'er in 2WD on the first shot! I stopped at the top and got a standing ovation lol. I only got stuck once and it was in this deep wet clay pit that I was a little over confident with, I thought I'd try it in 2wd since I made it through all the trails even in pouring rain on steep clay inclines in 2wd, ya I had to be winched out lol. I made it through in 4wd but sunk in with the front hubs unlocked and it was over. When we got done with one of our long trail runs and they found out I was in 2wd the whole time they were like 'are you serious!" Ive always said the most important mod for any vehicle is the driver mod, I showed the Jeep guys that today :lol: They are great bunch of guys with some sweet rigs, they loved the VX though! One of the girls with them called it cute though Here are a few pics that I snapped and I'll post the rest probably tomorrow or wednesday, sucks that it rained so much, couldn't get out and snap as many pics as I wanted to:





















    I actually aired down this time, which I didn't do in my last sand run (was far away from an air pump and forgot my compressor at home).
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    Quote Originally Posted by RamAirZ View Post





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    Gotta remember to roll up the windows in the mud. I learned that the hard way. The clay in Uhwarrie stained my leather in some spots.

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    Ya we were going through a small trail, come around a blind turn and BAM, mud/water hole. I kept them up after that, I didn't think I'd need to worry about it in the beginning, it was nice out lol

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    I have to keep mine down with the tint as dark as it is.

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    Nice pics ! and it's ok if a chic calls it cute.
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    Thanks man! I'm hoping to get the rest of the pics/videos from Chase tomorrow

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    I really dig this first shot!
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    The last two made me miss my VX. I really didn't miss it too much till this last pic. Sniff sniff...

    Look like a great time!
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    Thanks man! and now that you miss it, are you gonna run out and get another one wink wink

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    HAHA! Maybe after I get the Blazer on the trail, yeah, I might get another VX.

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    You know you want another one

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    Ya I usually keep them down until I see something that I should have them up for, easy to see out and look down. That and since I need a new AC clutch, it's not fun running around with the windows up with black.red leather seats in Florida lol. I try to clean everything after I wheel. Got the other pics and the vids from Chase, here ya go (if you want to come down, I'll show you that hill in person, doesn't look near as steep in the video):

    Video of hill climb (click to watch)


    Video of me just running through the trails (click to watch)












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    Did u take a picture of that girls rear end or was that supposed to be a pic of the jeep being worked on... !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Barker View Post
    Did u take a picture of that girls rear end or was that supposed to be a pic of the jeep being worked on... !
    What jeep?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Triathlete View Post
    Note to photographer...learn to use zoom function on camera!
    This!

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    lol didn't notice her bent over until after the pic was taken. I can crop the image and enlarge it for you guys

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