Big Gay Bronco Build

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BadAssEddie
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For anybody who wasn't at Potts, here are a couple of Jake's pictures of TBGB wheeling for the first time in a long time. It was a blast. I love wrenching, but I'm glad its finally done for the most part and I can wheel again.

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Man, I bet that was a nice feeling!

Whats the story behind the axle joint?
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CJonLP wrote:Whats the story behind the axle joint?
I think I spit the caps out during some spirited night wheeling with Tom. We found three of the caps on the washout the next day after we found out that I only had 3wd on the obstacle before.
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You're welcome :flipoff2: Poser pics ftw.
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Where are the rest of the pics??? There were a ton of people and no pics....WTF?!?!?!?!?
No YOUTUBE vids? Where are the GOPRO's???

I see a winch line in one of those pics???? How come? Was this before you lost the U-joint or after?

Alec is the BGB locked? Front and rear? Or open/open or locked/open?
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I cant answer everything, but its locked front and rear (both welded)
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Well then I'm hoping it was after the u-joint failed.
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UNIMOG-GUY wrote:Well then I'm hoping it was after the u-joint failed.
Yeah it was. Probably could have gotten it if I would have aired down and spent some more time trying, but it wasn't worth it IMO.
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BadAssEddie wrote:
I think I spit the caps out during some spirited night wheeling with Tom. We found three of the caps on the washout the next day after we found out that I only had 3wd on the obstacle before.
We thought that night wheeling was harmless, ha! It was fun though!
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Just a few pictures of what's been going on with the Bronco. I have 35 spline chromos and drive flanges going in this week as well.

Some cheap waketower speakers for so I can listen to Justin Bieber while wheeling:
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21st century light bar to replace the 1980's Chuck Norris lights:
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Cut off the old stock crumple zones to try and straighten things out a bit and setup for a bumper and new winch in the future (WIP):
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Hit a tree:
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I'll post some more pictures when I'm done with the front end and everything's back together.
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Welcome to the lightbar club. Youre officially a badass. :thumby:
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FJCcrawler wrote:Welcome to the lightbar club. Youre officially a badass. :thumby:
His name is BadassEddie I am pretty sure he is already a BADASS :flipoff2:
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KOTABAD wrote:
FJCcrawler wrote:Welcome to the lightbar club. Youre officially a badass. :thumby:
His name is BadassEddie I am pretty sure he is already a BADASS :flipoff2:
Like duh.
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For those who aren't around as much, I've done a couple of things to the BGB. Need to redo my cargo setup since my new tars trashed an Action Packer and my fuckin' coooooler. So there will be some hardcore tech coming soon :flipoff2:

I need to take some more pictures and do a real update but for now:

I dovenosed the front (still need to do the hood) and bought some 40" LTB's. 4WheelParts had a good sale so I got them just in time for Big Dogs this year.

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I think I am gonna need to come see this thing this weekend you gonna be around
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