thank you very much

and i know that..i just dont want to be the weakest link  

Sidekick or samuri

I'll try it a little later

i have a 1991 geo tracker/suzuki side kick 2 door soft top 4wd 5spd..cant think of anything else..if i left something out let me know

It's good that you want to cover every angle of your truck and beef it up. But remember that you can go wheeling in your stock tracker and still get pretty far.


Before I lifted my truck I never took it off road much because I was always under the impression that you wouldn’t get anywhere in a stock vehicle.

Sure the lift and big tires make a huge difference, but I go wheeling now and then with people who are running stock Trackers or Samurais and I'm amazed at how far they get into the bush before they need a little help.

I'm kind of kicking myself in the ass for not enjoying my truck as much as I could have before I put the lift in.


So don't live under the impression that if you take your stock tracker into the bush that its gonna blow up or something. Its good to beef up parts, but its also good to enjoy your vehicle. Because in retrospect you can spend ten years beefing up your truck, but what good is it if you never use it for what its made for?

So don’t be scared to hook up with some friends or a local club and take your vehicle out wheeling the way it is.  Then with every mod you install, you will notice what performance increase it gives you, and what new limits you can push your vehicle to.  

There is a difference in the mounting brackets on the 8 Valve and the 16 Valve. That is the only thing I ran into switching the powersteering from my 97 to my 89. And a quick call to Hawk and the brackets are on the way
Zig

I wheeled my Kick at Moab 2 years ago, stock.  Now, I'm up to 31's, and still running the manual steering, and the Calmini steering stabilizer.  The stabilizer helps absorb some of the shock, when a rock tries to rip the wheel out of your hands, but it still hits pretty hard.  And keep those thumbs OUT of the inside of the wheel when wheeling.  Good way to break a thumb.

If you have the money and the fab skills, you can go full hydro ram for steering.

Here's Spidertrax's Steering Page:

http://www.spidertrax.com/steering.htm

Think Howe double ended ram, Howe high flow TC pump, Howe remote reservoir, howe full hydraulic orbital valve, etc.

It's good that you want to cover every angle of your truck and beef it up. But remember that you can go wheeling in your stock tracker and still get pretty far.


Before I lifted my truck I never took it off road much because I was always under the impression that you wouldn’t get anywhere in a stock vehicle.

Sure the lift and big tires make a huge difference, but I go wheeling now and then with people who are running stock Trackers or Samurais and I'm amazed at how far they get into the bush before they need a little help.

I'm kind of kicking myself in the ass for not enjoying my truck as much as I could have before I put the lift in.


So don't live under the impression that if you take your stock tracker into the bush that its gonna blow up or something. Its good to beef up parts, but its also good to enjoy your vehicle. Because in retrospect you can spend ten years beefing up your truck, but what good is it if you never use it for what its made for?

So don’t be scared to hook up with some friends or a local club and take your vehicle out wheeling the way it is.  Then with every mod you install, you will notice what performance increase it gives you, and what new limits you can push your vehicle to.  

i accctually went wheeling a few weeks ago in AZ with 3 stock 00-03 GV/trackers 1 sotck honda pilot( damn hoe has a read locker and full time AWD!)..and a stock 95 tracker with a skid plate..and yes that thing went everywhere my grandpas 00 tracker went

the only reason i dont wheel now is because i am affraid of breaking something..i also dont know any around me that wheels i live near sacromento in Cali.,.so i am not sure how much wheeling there is here

There is a difference in the mounting brackets on the 8 Valve and the 16 Valve. That is the only thing I ran into switching the powersteering from my 97 to my 89. And a quick call to Hawk and the brackets are on the way
Zig

so when i do need PS ur the man to call =) i have everything i think for PS..all the lines and all that stuff..so i might just do it

I wheeled my Kick at Moab 2 years ago, stock.  Now, I'm up to 31's, and still running the manual steering, and the Calmini steering stabilizer.  The stabilizer helps absorb some of the shock, when a rock tries to rip the wheel out of your hands, but it still hits pretty hard.  And keep those thumbs OUT of the inside of the wheel when wheeling.  Good way to break a thumb.

If you have the money and the fab skills, you can go full hydro ram for steering.

Here's Spidertrax's Steering Page:

http://www.spidertrax.com/steering.htm

Think Howe double ended ram, Howe high flow TC pump, Howe remote reservoir, howe full hydraulic orbital valve, etc.

thanks for the suggestion on thumbs out..probably saved me another round of x-rays lol

i also have no fab skills at all.. planning on learning just gota get the welder and stuff(its in the list)

i have also seen that hydraulic steering thing mentioned before..isnt that not street legal? i dont know if my lil truck will need anyhting that major lol

thanks for all the advise guys =) now go over yo mt break thread.,..i need more help

The only reason i dont wheel now is because i am affraid of breaking something..

Heh, breaking stuff is as much of the sport as pulling jeeps up a hill.  

If you beef up one piece, the next piece that its attached to will break instead.  It's inevitable.

Half of the sport is sitting in your garage wrenching on your truck while you slam back a few beers.  I haven’t been able to take my truck off road for the last few weeks because I'm discovering more and more pieces that are worn out and need replacing.  

Even though it’s hard on the bank account, I'm enjoying every step of the way.

i also dont know any around me that wheels i live near sacromento in Cali.,.so i am not sure how much wheeling there is here

Oh, man, buzz up US50 to the Rubicon Trail!  

There are a LOT of wheelers around you, they just mostly hang out on Pirate.  Rough crowd, lots of hazing of noobies.  I can probably get you a hookup with somebody there that'll "treat you nice"...

that would be awesome bob...=) id really really apreciate it

and the rubicon trail is near me??..i find it hard for people to take me seriously when i ask to wheel with them because i drive a tracker..they seem to think it is the biggest pos on the road..even though stock for stock the tracker would keep up with most anything

the reason i am affraid to break things is because i havent had a steady job since i was givin this car..but i am going to be working for the rail road it seems..so the bank will be able to take some breakage =)

Sh1t,ain't nobody around here to wheel with much less somewhere to wheel.To ride my 4-wheeler LEGALLY,I've gotta drive 65-70 miles away to Lynchburg,Va

hey if i had someone to wheel with a good spot to wheel id drive 70 miles =)..hell all the 4 wheelin i have done i have had to drive 800 miles