MississippiGal's Build Thread - 07 XTerra

OKXterra

OKXterra

First Fill-Up (of many)
Founding Member
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma
MississippiGal and I took advantage of the nice weekend weather to take care of a few minor projects for Dasypus yesterday...

New hatch struts from McMaster-Carr (175#) to replaced the worn out Gobi struts
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Replaced backseat "Oh hell handles" with more hooks...
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And snapped a pic of the Coverking Ballistic seat covers and new Raingler seat handle...
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dhyde79

dhyde79

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
Location
Amarillo, TX
how about april? can ya'll make it over to 'rillo for a wheeling weekend in april? bring one or both rigs...I'd love to see them in action...never been around anybody other than mine that was set up for wheeling very well....
 
David Boland

David Boland

Bought an X
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana
Hey I was wondering how the Firestones are holding up?? I was close to getting these once but read some reviews that gave me doubts. I love the look and the tread pattern, hows the ride and durability?
 
OKXterra

OKXterra

First Fill-Up (of many)
Founding Member
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma
David Boland said:
Hey I was wondering how the Firestones are holding up?? I was close to getting these once but read some reviews that gave me doubts. I love the look and the tread pattern, hows the ride and durability?
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David, I'm sure MississippiGal will chime in at some point, but she is stuck in meetings all week. In the meantime, I know she has over 20,000 miles (probably over 25,000) on the Firestones and they are holding up really well. It is her daily driver, so they have seen a lot of pavement, but the lugs still have a lot of life in them. I know there are mixed reviews about how well they hold up, but it seems like it might be terrain dependent. Hers have seen a lot of wet clay and lots and lots of granite rocks off roading where we are at, and they have performed great on both surfaces.
 
MississippiGal

MississippiGal

Test Drive
Founding Member
Location
SW Oklahoma (Lawton)
As OKXterra said, stuck in a lot of meetings this week, but I did want to say thanks to everyone who's given me props (GlamisDuneStar, Le Loup, drbandkgb, Macland, gorillamel, metzican, and dephep). Dasypus is still a work in progress, and I can honestly say that every single day, when I walk outside, I grin real big and think "damn that's a nice ride."

And David, the wheels are holding up very well. The ride is surprisingly smooth, and you do get a little "mudtire whine" but it just makes me smile so I don't mind it a bit. OKX and I are both rocking these tires, and I have no complaints at all. I'm going to be sad when they're worn out because they are much harder to come by now. But, if you can find them, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
 
OKXterra

OKXterra

First Fill-Up (of many)
Founding Member
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma
Well, adding the switches for the PIAAs on the Gobi rack meant sacrificing the OTRATTW switch for the integrated garage door opener. MississippiGal missed the convenience of the switch so today she installed a Homelink opener. Turned out really nice!

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drbandkgb

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
That is a great spot for those.. These are the mods I love... titan swaps are ok.. but these are well thought out and not something just anyone could come up with...

REP!
 
OKXterra

OKXterra

First Fill-Up (of many)
Founding Member
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma
The jump starter was $60, but a 20% off coupon at Harbor Feight knocks that price down quite a bit. It has a compressor built in, but since we already have a VIAIR compressor, it wasn't as impotant to us as the 12v jump and charging ability. The tire repair kit I'll have to look up, but it is a nice little all-in-one kit from Viking Offroad.

Edit: the tire repair kit runs around $40. A little on the spendy side, but it has all the tools you might need for an on the trail tire fix and everything is good quality.
 
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