Mojave Day Trip 2/21/2010

[BlairB]

Took a day trip to Mojave with some of the guys from Toyota120, here are just a few of my 250 or so photos...

Our meeting place, the Trading Post

Hotel Nipton (spent the night there, it is an interesting little place)

Hitting the trail

Cool reflection in my sunglasses

Scenery (usually shot at 60mph)

 

[BlairB]

Abu flexing the Icon Suspension

My copilot and me

New York Mtns.

Woody spotting me in Crauthers Canyon

Happy to have made it through Crauthers without issue

 

[BlairB]

More Scenery

Stopping for lunch at the Rock House

What scratches...?

I think this is the first time I have actually ever used this mirror

The Mailbox

My copilot at the mailbox

 

[BlairB]

The Frog Garden

This one has always been my favorite

Woodys truck

Mine

Sunset

Drew then myself then Woody using our lights

And our dust lights

Walts Jeep

Drew and I

 

[smallfry]

Nice, looks like it was a good time. The pin stripping just adds character.

 

[Lexusbstrdchild]

Nice looks like fun! Although i dont think im going to be dedicated enough to customize the side of the truck like you have! nice ride tho!

 

[mosha20]

Nice pictures, thanks for sharing.

 

[08medic4x4]

makes me wish I lived in an area with that kind of terrain, looks very fun, minus as someone mentioned the pin striping!

 

[BlairB]

Nice, looks like it was a good time. The pin stripping just adds character.

Exactly! Definitely not my trucks first pin stripes and it definitely wont be the last

Nice looks like fun! Although i dont think im going to be dedicated enough to customize the side of the truck like you have! nice ride tho!

makes me wish I lived in an area with that kind of terrain, looks very fun, minus as someone mentioned the pin striping!

Was definitely a ton of fun. I will try to post up some pics others took of the more technical sections since I was either spotting of driving and took zero pics of them.

Those actually look a lot worse than they are. About 90% of those are just scratching through the dust of the surface. The ones that do not come off in the car wash will usually come off with some effort and scratch out. The worse they are the more effort it takes to get them out, but it won't be too bad after an afternoons work.

Nice pictures, thanks for sharing.

Not a problem

 

[BlairB]

Here are some pics Drew took of Crauthers Canyon

 

[BlairB]

 

[Adams06]

Awesome Pictures! If you dont mind me asking, what camera do you shoot, and where did you get your backup and dust lights? Thanks

 

[SkylineGTRracer]

That looks like alotta fun! one question though. weren't y'all worried about damaging the body on those rocks? I guess being careful and all but I only go mudding and thats the extent of my off-roading.

 

[BlairB]

Awesome Pictures! If you dont mind me asking, what camera do you shoot, and where did you get your backup and dust lights? Thanks

I shoot a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC H5, nothing too crazy like some of the other guys on the forum, just a basic point and shoot camera. I got my dust light from Off Road Warehouse

Off Road Warehouse - Lighting Optronics LED Tail Lights

That looks like alotta fun! one question though. weren't y'all worried about damaging the body on those rocks? I guess being careful and all but I only go mudding and thats the extent of my off-roading.

Hitting rocks is definitely something you need to look out for. I know my truck definitely has some pretty good size scrapes/nicks on the bumpers, and if you look at the GX in the pics, you can see his driverside bumper is dented in from a previous run.

Most of our day was spent on the high speed runs though, and we only did some playing in the rocks.

 

[PTY507]

Cool pics. Looks like you had a great ride there.

 

[Uneek]

Thanks for sharing BlairB! Didn't know that much interesting things exist out there.

 

[Darklight]

Looks like allot of fun out there. Thanks for sharing the pic's the trails out west are something i can only dream of from the east but maybe one day. How did the KM2's feel out on the trail and on those rocks compared to the KM's? I know the step up in size must of made a differance. Looks like you might need some Budbuilts under there with runs like that. Good time for sure....

 

[BlairB]

Thanks for sharing BlairB! Didn't know that much interesting things exist out there.

It is great out there, there are so many ghost towns, mines, and various places to explore. Just need to know where to find them.

Looks like allot of fun out there. Thanks for sharing the pic's the trails out west are something i can only dream of from the east but maybe one day. How did the KM2's feel out on the trail and on those rocks compared to the KM's? I know the step up in size must of made a differance. Looks like you might need some Budbuilts under there with runs like that. Good time for sure....

Glad to share, I definitely love the terrain and trails out here. You can really find a little bit of everything.

The KM2's did great on the trails, and I think are even better than my previous KM's. It was my first time wheeling them though, so I will need to use them some more to really get a better feel for them. The increase in size was the most noticeable difference.

I also really need to get some skids sometime soon. It will probably be either Budbuilts or something custom. I have been talking to a local fab shop, so hopefully I will figure that out sometime soon.

 

[rook]

Nice pics BB!

Now, if we only had a special thread for 4Runner of the month :shrug:

 

[BlairB]

Nice pics BB!

Now, if we only had a special thread for 4Runner of the month :shrug:

Thanks man!

It seems like they changed it to the 4Runner of the quarter. :lmao: