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    Don't touch it man! what are you thinkin? these puv are collectable, thats one of the cleanest I've seen. Why OH why would you want to loose gas milage and distroy something as nice as that? I just don't understand WHY!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cris View Post
    Don't touch it man! what are you thinkin? these puv are collectable, thats one of the cleanest I've seen. Why OH why would you want to loose gas milage and distroy something as nice as that? I just don't understand WHY!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tom4bren View Post
    IMHO, the VX is made for lift .... & offset.
    I agree... well some offset.

    I think the VX is awesome and rare but at least right now, not collectible. Unless it has an O2 stamped on it.

    ...but it really depends on your idea of collectible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cris View Post
    Don't touch it man! what are you thinkin? these puv are collectable, thats one of the cleanest I've seen. Why OH why would you want to loose gas milage and distroy something as nice as that? I just don't understand WHY!
    I'm not doing anything that can't be undone. If you have watched the Barrett Jackson auctions, you might notice that the customized cars go for more than the stock cars. But if you would like to give me $20 grand for my baby I will stop.
    3" suspension lift, shocks: Rancho 9000, tires 33"x11.5", wheels 16"x8", offset= 0, no front sway bar

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cris View Post
    Don't touch it man! what are you thinkin? these puv are collectable, thats one of the cleanest I've seen. Why OH why would you want to loose gas milage and distroy something as nice as that? I just don't understand WHY!
    Sez the guy with this under his hood...



    The point I'm making is: it's all subjective, and I quote...

    "the world don't mooooove, to the beat of just one drum...what might be right for you, might not be right for suuuuh-m"...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ldub View Post
    Sez the guy with this under his hood...



    The point I'm making is: it's all subjective, and I quote...

    "the world don't mooooove, to the beat of just one drum...what might be right for you, might not be right for suuuuh-m"...
    I must have missed where you took off the Alpine Blower?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bulldoggie View Post
    I must have missed where you took off the Alpine Blower?
    No...that's a pic from the gallery of the member I was quoting...

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    Today the tires got mounted on the wheels. Tomorrow they get fitted to the car (just leaning against the existing wheel for now.) Oooooh, I'm so excited, I won't sleep at all tonight.
    Last edited by Maddawg : 01/10/2013 at 04:56 PM

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    Yup...

    Thats gonna look OK......

    OK..as in Freak'n awesome.

    Nice ...and all ready for Moab next year

    You, me & frankd....road trip!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoFotoz View Post
    Yup...

    Thats gonna look OK......

    OK..as in Freak'n awesome.

    Nice ...and all ready for Moab next year

    You, me & frankd....road trip!

    Jo
    Where do the guys usually stay when in Moab? Just motel it or take RV's?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maddawg View Post
    Where do the guys usually stay when in Moab? Just motel it or take RV's?
    Most of us stay at "The Red Rock Lodge"....an older motel that has two rows of rooms, with a parking lot in between.
    The rooms are clean, and they give us a 10% discount. Run about $59-$69 giver or take.

    There's a wide sidewalk in front of the rooms and we've somehow adopted it as our own and call it "The Stoop". Most of us gather on the stoop in the evening to cavort and have fun and do some wrenching. Alcohol may be involved.....
    Some have called us the "Moab mafia".... laugho:

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    sorry for the late post here, and even more sorry for the TJ to maddawg, but...

    how come no one ever looks at swapping their front IFS to something with more readily available gears and lockers?? (i know Alan-bigmeatvx, swapped his front IFS for a dana 44 IFS, and therefore opened up more options for parts?)

    Wouldnt it be relatively easy to drop a IFS out of a vehicle with the same amount of splines on the CV axles? If the CV axles plug in, you make brackets to mount it, and you make an adapter to get the driveshaft to work?
    I guess i've been getting more into swapping stuff off other vehicles rather than keeping stuff that breaks and keep on fixing it. Maybe thats the thoughts of an SAS on my own vehicle speaking, i dunno.
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    I don't believe Alan ever actually completed the swap. He looked into it and was collecting parts but I believe that was as far as it got. He was also planning on changing out the spinddles and going to use larger (bigger spline count) shafts.
    If you're going to do all that you might as well do a SAS unless you love ifs that much.
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    SAS? Solid axle suspension? Don't laugh please.

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