natander2ksometime Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 I took it on a few longer highway trips. Aside from the horribly cracked Gibson header and horribly bent rear bumper, it was perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natander2ksometime Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 I did some solo wheeling on my birthday... And some wheeling with my best friend and his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natander2ksometime Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 A friend of mine sent me this from the Golden Cruise in Golden, CO. I wasn't there, so I don't know anything about it. Looks pretty well done though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natander2ksometime Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 We did Red Cone and Radical Hill sometime in August. Always my favorite trail! Pic credits: Patrick H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natander2ksometime Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 In a mad rush before the MJ Takeover this year, I built a new exhaust for the Jeep. Don't judge the welds. I used flux core and did it all in an apartment garage lol I also took the Gibson header off, and replaced it with a Banks. The Banks seemed like a much higher quality. Fitment, design....overall better. I also did poly motor mounts at the same time. Here's the Gibson after only a few years. Then, I took the insurance money from the accident and bought something I wouldn't have spent the money on otherwise. It ended up being well worth it. I also added new Metalcloak 4.5" springs, along with a poly spacer. It turns out, dual rate springs do not work well with spacers. I still have them on there, but by the end of Moab, the spring began to eat the spacer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natander2ksometime Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 One last thing was a new hitch and bumper brackets from Dirtbound. We took the topper off for Moab again this year. It's nice to see it like this once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natander2ksometime Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 This year, my girlfriend and I actually planned the MJ Takeover for the first time! It was a lot of work, but ended up being absolutely worth it. We drove out in separate cars again (because redundancy when road tripping this is smart), but didn't make it to town for the first run. The rest of the group ran Cliffhanger on Thursday, and we ended up catching them at the exit. Here's Tim making his way out. The Hanson's with the giant long bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natander2ksometime Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 Later that afternoon, we planned a barbeque in one of the city parks. It was an amazing time and a lot of people stepped up to make it happen. Big thanks to everyone who put work into this! Afterwards, we went with Ruben to see if you could run Hells Revenge at night. Turns out, you can! It's a lot harder to navigate at night, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natander2ksometime Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 On Friday, we ran Metal Masher. My good friend Andy's Slamche. I got this sweet shot of Dave getting wild on this obstacle. PC: Robyn PC: Tyler PC: Rachel We ended up taking a different way back than the rest of the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natander2ksometime Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 On Saturday, we started with the first half of Fins n Things. After lunch, two of us went and did a trail we had never done before. It was honestly a great trail, and I'd definitely do it again. We didn't see another person on the entire trail, on a Saturday nonetheless! Then we did a bit of exploring in Arches. The next day, we drove back home without issues! After all of the engine work, I was able to turn the cruise control on, blast the AC, and still do the speed limit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natander2ksometime Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 The weekend after Moab, I went out with some friends and did Bill Moore Lake. It's definitely unique for me to be able to wheel in Moab, and again the next weekend haha Then, a friend and I took an overlandy trip to go mountain biking in Canon City. Again, it performed flawlessly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natander2ksometime Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 And that catches me up once again! Unfortunately, I recently discovered that the MJ Takeover will not happen in Moab again. Strange, because we were the ones that planned it, but apparently it's out of my hands. It looks like Sand Hollow is the new destination. I refuse to break down in St. George again. It's too high risk. So, the MJ Takeover was nice while it lasted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natander2ksometime Posted April 16 Author Share Posted April 16 Well, it has been over a year since I last updated this! If anyone still reads this, I'll get it updated in the next few weeks. I'm currently working on putting engine #3 in this thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzaman09 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago I'm curious on your opinion on taking a stock 4x4 short bed Comanche to Moab or St. George. I've been to Moab twice and rented two door JKs both times that were mega built, however I have an itch to make the 3000 mile drive in my MJ to run it somewhere not muddy. I feel like it could easily handle the first half of Hells Revenge and probably a lot of Fins and Things but am worried about dragging the rear bumper. I'm confident it wouldn't get far in Poison Spider Mesa. I plan to scout out the St. George area this year when I head out and rent some side by sides for a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, pizzaman09 said: I'm curious on your opinion on taking a stock 4x4 short bed Comanche to Moab or St. George. I've been to Moab twice and rented two door JKs both times that were mega built, however I have an itch to make the 3000 mile drive in my MJ to run it somewhere not muddy. I feel like it could easily handle the first half of Hells Revenge and probably a lot of Fins and Things but am worried about dragging the rear bumper. I'm confident it wouldn't get far in Poison Spider Mesa. I plan to scout out the St. George area this year when I head out and rent some side by sides for a day. I’ve been wondering about this as well. Hopefully we get an answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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