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[HippoNZ]

First trip out with the lift and really found out I need to get rid of the stock disconnects and buy some quick disconnects to maximize my flex. But it was really awesome going over hills and through ruts without bellying out or crunching the front and rear ends all the time. Came across a toyota stuck in some swamp with black smoke coming from the engine then his truck died. 2 of his toyota mates rocked up to the rescue then both got stuck themselves. So after pulling them out we got the dead toyota out aswell. Also found out what it is like trying to climb a 2-3 story high hill that was steep as sh!t and having the rear wheels bite down and the front lifting up, I will be honest and say I shat my pants and required a durry afterwards lol

http://s1138.photobucket.com/albums/...t=IMG_0358.mp4

[HippoNZ]

And some more

[Clunk]

yeah I can see why you needed that durry after watching the vid mate............. nice effort though and great piccies

[Bigrig]

Haha ... hairy stuff!! End up picking the sheepskin out of the date region after hills like those!!! lmao

Good job on backing off and heading backwards too - it was wanting to go further skyward!!

[growler2058]

What pressures were ya runnin i rekon lower pressures n you woulda been up n ova........or fornt lokka mate:-)

[HippoNZ]

Yeah as soon as I felt the front end coming up I was straight on the clutch and in reverse, if I had delayed it any longer I reckon it could have been a different story. Lokka would have defiantly helped but tyre wise I was running 30psi at the front and 35psi on the rear. I play around in a lot of ruts and don't let them down much because I need the clearance on the 31's and all the people before me have made ruts with 33's 35's. When I get bigger tyres and a compressor I will be defiantly playing around with pressures.

[HippoNZ]

Here some photos and video from a recent trip, you will be able to see my almost finished bullbar and 36" super swampers and hear the growl of my 3" exhaust. Was a real fun day and since I still consider myself as new to the 4b game it was great having the guys helping me out here and there. I had to put up the pic of the paj getting bellied up on the mound, was a wee laugh!
http://s1138.photobucket.com/albums/...ent=MOV042.mp4
http://s1138.photobucket.com/albums/...ent=MOV019.mp4
http://s1138.photobucket.com/albums/...ent=MOV016.mp4

Cheers
Brett

[growler2058]

As the girl says "Holy ShUt" that was some ear hahahhaa

[HippoNZ]

As the girl says "Holy ShUt" hahahhaa

Yeah my heart stopped for a sec lol, that man is a very talented 4wder though, knows his stuff.

[HippoNZ]

Hi team,

Just a couple of snaps from a recent trip, the ol girl has had a few things done since her last outing.
New 35" 12.5 r15 simex's, bullbar finished excluding paint and a winch has been slapped on. Went away for a weekend in the wot wots and boy did I have fun. Only a little bit off damage, lost a battle against a tree moving out of my way and a big boulder decided my draglink was weaker than him another tree didn't like my sliding rear window and ripped that out but it did not break! score!

Cheers