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ATTN: Those with Beaters

Do you regret denting your truck

  • Yes its beat up and I wish I did something different now

    Votes: 22 9.7%

  • Not at all, its more fun to "get on it" and beat it

    Votes: 120 53.1%

  • I Never dented mine and I'm glad I didnt.

    Votes: 30 13.3%

  • Put an exo and dont worry about rust.

    Votes: 13 5.8%

  • I dont have an opinion. I just wanted to vote because I like polls.

    Votes: 41 18.1%
  • Total voters
    226
beastofablaze said:
you beat me... while you posted that I was editing...

There are those few hills or trails where body damage is almost required to get up it.
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:haha: I seem to find most of 'em. If you can find trails that are challenging and don't wreck your body, more power to ya, I'd love to wheel with you some day. Around here, 90% of the fun stuff that isn't just a mud pit requires some sheetmetal rearranging if you're rolling a full size. Sometimes I wish it weren't that way but I bought a truck with a rusty body that would just get crushed if it went to a yard anyways...although it really would be nice to have that door still in place. :haha:
 
whats this body armor stuff? like the stuff they have for the H2's? i usually just do mud, cuz i dont wanna mess up my body alot cuz its actually really straight and its my dd. i dont mind scratches, just not dents. if i had some kind of body armor, i would be more inclined to do more trail ;)
 
buy a big pile of crap and trash it !!! I am so sick of all these really nice tucks turned into somthing that could have been built out of a pile of tubeing !! SAVE THE K5 hacking all the metal out why do you need the bodypanels? just buy a frame and do that!!
 
If you are really concerned about body damage, you shouldn't be on the trails.
 
beastofablaze said:
For example... about half the rigs in ttc have little or no dents... :thinking:
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Most of the TTC rigs are built by wealthy owners, specifically for the TTC competition. Several of these rigs look good because they were never wheeled prior to the event. Could my rig be competetive in the TTC? I seriously doubt it. Could most of the TTC rigs be driven over 3500 miles per year on the street, wheeled hard at least once, usually twice a month, and get the driver home without being trailered? I kinda doubt it.

TTC is definitely interesting, and I've watched several of them. But for an average guy, on an average budget, who likes to wheel on a regular basis, it isn't that useful of a gauge.

Roy
 
JK5 said:
LOL...If you were behind me the whole time...you may be considering the buggy thing. :wink1: :p:

I consider myself to be an aggressive driver, but I also realize that I don't have a trailer to get me home if I get too carried away. On our most recent outing, I really enjoyed the nasty 90 degree turn where I rolled. I definitely consider that to be a difficult obstacle (for a long/wide vehicle). I rolled the big Ford due to driving too aggressively...that is the first time I've rolled it...finding the limits of one's rig capability and driver skill is important, and I found both last month. :D I'm one to learn from mistakes, not repeat them. To be honest, the obstacle (rock-tree squeeze) at the end of Clay Hollow really doesn't do a lot for me. Everyone has different opionions on wheeling, and mine aren't any better than the next guy's but here is my take on the end of Clay Hollow:

It's about body damage, and fitting through it, not really conquering a difficult hill/rock/etc. I've always viewed winching as an evil necessity. If I have to winch over an obstacle, I personally don't consider it as a conquest. The greatest "kick" I get from wheeling is from going where someone says I can't, or being the only rig to complete a difficult obstacle...and I generally have what is considered (by those who rarely wheel with me) an "underdog" vehicle. The point of all this: Whenever I run that trail again, I look forward to round two with the place I rolled, and I have no interest in peeling the entire side off the truck at the end. I'd choose the "bypass" again (the bypass that no one could make without winching twice). :eek1:

My panels are ready to fall off. Now there doing damage to my tires. :eek1:

Don't worry...it will be street legal. :D :D I'm just giving you a hard time about the buggy thing...I'm sure it will be more capable when it is a Blazer frame with a buggy-body. Several people (many of them friends) have suggested that I do something similar with my Ford. I've always told them that no-matter what I do to it, it still needs to look like a truck...not a pretty one, but Buford has roots, and I don't want to "pull 'em." ;)
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Roy
 
78Buford said:
Most of the TTC rigs are built by wealthy owners, specifically for the TTC competition. Several of these rigs look good because they were never wheeled prior to the event. Could my rig be competetive in the TTC? I seriously doubt it. Could most of the TTC rigs be driven over 3500 miles per year on the street, wheeled hard at least once, usually twice a month, and get the driver home without being trailered? I kinda doubt it.

TTC is definitely interesting, and I've watched several of them. But for an average guy, on an average budget, who likes to wheel on a regular basis, it isn't that useful of a gauge.

Roy
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I agree... however i was talking about the bodies and the bodies alone... while there are those who punch holes and dents in their bodies there are also those who don't... This debate can't really be gauged by ttc (my bad) because half of them don't have bodies and half the ones that do get dented up pretty bad... but i have seen a few clean bodies after ttc is over.
 
i dont wheel my burb very hard..but if i dented it..i wouldnt cry, but so far i havent done anything too crazy with it.
 
I'll have some panels mounted..they'll be zeus clipped on. ;)
 
I stick with cheap trucks and the dollar things that i put on can be took off for the next truck i own. When you get a cheaper truck it don't seem to matter for dents. If you cannot do what you want with your ride (play) then what is the use in having it?
 
I get dents and don.t even know how I got them. If you want to keep it pretty you'd better not wheel it. Or drive it on the freeway for that matter. Just keep it in the garage where you can go out and look at it whenever you like. Or get the paint perfect and take a hundred pictures of it and then wheel it for 15 years. Then you have the perfect restoration project... or tube buggy project. Have fun and don't worry about the small stuff. Chicks dig body damage.
 
I like having a beat down body. I am not afraid to try new lines or take certain trails due to the fact I am not afraid to smash some metal. I just cut the real nasty pieces off as they start to become a hazard to me and other people.....lol
 
It's a hard question to answer but most guys have gone through it. I have a trail rig that I could care less about a dent or scratch, it's all in the wheelin! :D

But then I have another DD that I cringe to see a dent or scratch in. So what will this truck of yours be? A wheeler or mall crawler?
 
I don't know Branndon this is a tough one. I was really worried about it before too, but have started to change my mind. I don't want to completely trash it, but if it gets dented oh well. What are the plans for the 89? Maybe make that one a "nice" project. What are you planning on running? I think you can run a lot of hard trails without damage with good driving, and being careful. I mean if you are gonna start running the hammers often then yeah you are gonna take damage. It's almost impossible not to. I say get some good sliders and corner protection drive smart, and expect some damage. The only exo I really liked on a full width K5 was the one that BBoy posted about 18 months ago. The grey K5. It looked really sharp, but thats a lot of work weight and $$$ and it still doesn't guarantee no damage.
 
dont't worry about it one bit, that's what i bought it and built it for, if i wanted a show truck i would not have put all the money into the running gear.
i started with a very clean 89, no rust at all , very straight truck.
i beat the crap out of it on the rubicon, and loved every second of it.
i wouldent change a thing
 
I'm glad i don't have an exo cage. The jimmy never would have fit though the jeep sized trail. But now i have to do some repair to get the passenger door open! Every trail that i have been on with an exo cage, the exo cage is always getting caught on things.
 
I figure that had I known what I would be doing now, I certainly would not have started with...

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so, I guess I fall in with those that regret... but not the trashed truck, just the extra $$ spent on a clean truck when I could have started with a beater instead.

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- Micah
 
Micah, is that Katemcy? Oh, by the way...I started with a straight truck and now the driver side is slightly caved in (and beat back out) and I don't regret it at all, that was the plan from the start.
 
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