Badzook is back [Archive]

badzook

11-21-2005, 08:51 PM

Badzook is up and running like a champ.

I was wheeling it locally today and testing some of the mods.. So far all is well.

The lockers and gears are working great. The new 4:16 T/C gears are awesome . It crawls like a Turtle now.. And I now have 2 wd Low a very unusual option for any 4x4 rig.

http://www.tri-state4x4.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10004/normal_228.JPG

It was pretty funny trying to drive it while sitting on a milkcrate... :lmao: :lmao: While trying out the crawler gears I let off the gas and I shot forward and then hit the gas and it lurched again throwing my but off the crate... :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

http://www.tri-state4x4.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10004/normal_231.JPG

Badzook I and Badzook II Posing together...

http://www.tri-state4x4.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10004/normal_244.JPG

This time I made some serious frame reinforcements. I tied the 1/4 plate steel bumpers directly through the frame. I'm ready for 65k line pull tow test now....

Should only be just a few weeks until it's finished... Just in time for some snow wheelin'.. It turned out to be about a 9 month buildup....

NYWheeler

11-21-2005, 08:59 PM

Looks good Rod. Glad you got it back together better than before. See you on Saturday with #2.

badzook

11-21-2005, 09:02 PM

Looks good Rod. Glad you got it back together better than before. See you on Saturday with #2.

Looking forward to it.. Can't wait.... Hook-up with you in the parking area..

XEON

11-21-2005, 09:05 PM

Wahoo! Nice work Rod, finally up and running. Very nice work, no more bending frames! Also keep off the lakes at Paragon in the snow :). We now know where they are ;-). Hope to see you Saturday.

Halo Performance

11-22-2005, 03:20 AM

Looks really great. Hopefully I'll get to wheel with you this weekend

rockdawg

11-22-2005, 11:37 AM

The Zook is looking great Rod.
Did you repaint the whole thing?

badzook

11-22-2005, 07:27 PM

The Zook is looking great Rod.
Did you repaint the whole thing?

The topside has retained it's Factory Paint. It's still in pretty good shape... The Underside, Frame and Tub and inside the Tub were completely refinished. They were stripped, Primed and redone with Four Coats of Durabak coating. That stuff is indestructable. It takes a grinder with a coarse wirewheel to get it off. :wtg: