Lol, I think some missed the "Tongue 'n Cheek" of that Cheap Redneck statement. . .
man you assume a lot. . .I guess I'll go air up my tires for a comfy ride, jump in my truck and pop'er into 2wd Hi, and head on back to my "Place"
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Originally Posted by Truckin4life
Sure cant, but they need to support the real sport here of actual off roading, flexing on mall curbs is bs.
Chrome fender flares, No thanks, Fender flares at all, no thanks, Powder coated bannan spring no thinks, powder coated springs, yes in black ONLY. Z bars?!?!?!? wtf are you kidding me, yea i would buy one!!! And use it to beat the dumb ****s who istalled them on there trucks.
Junkyards are like a toy store for me, even if i buy nothing, its just fun! I like bling, but my truck it aint worth it, i could drive a bling vehicle, my next project is just that actually either a 429 ranger, or an oil burner... 2wd of course... and no lifts.
Jealous, nah not really, its not my cup of tea. Trucks dedicated just for show kinda sicken me, seems like there all big and jacked up and shiny, makes me wanna vomit. I drive a super duty.
Might be a good idea.
I can respect that
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2004 F150 STX
1978 F-250 4X4
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Not true at all. The red truck in my sig is a show truck, and may be considered a mall crawler, but it does spend a good bit of time in the mud, even since the $25000 frame off, and 10,000 in repairs after a dent or break, or fresh paint and is going through a 10,000 engine rebuild. That totals 45,000 into that truck. That is a nice truck, I have a soft spot for old metal. I doubt you would ever get anywhere near that if you sell it but I doubt you would ever sell it anyways.
The black truck in my sig was bought new at $32,000, and another 20,000 into functionality and the engine is gonna get a 10,000 engine overhaul as well. This truck sees trail use and mud as well. So this truck totals 62,000. that black truck is a 1996 and you were born in 1986. So unless at the ripe age of 10 you had 32,000 dollars and bought a brand new f350 your parents must have bought it. So essentially you must have done the same thing that you claimed the guy have your parent buy the truck.
The Bronco in my sig has 10 grand into it as well with another 5-10,000 to go into it for more functionality. That is my weekly abused offroader. So that will total about 20 grand. No offense but considering you are trying to sell a stock bronco for 1800, I severly doubt it has 10,000 into it. I cant see the front end in the pics to see if it has a SAS or anythign like that but considering its folling on some 31 inch mall terrains, I am sure it offroad ability is limited. Considering that account was updated the 31st of August unless there is a big sack of money in the back seat there is no where near 10,000 into it.
So grand total, I have $127,000 into all very FUNCTIONAL and USED rigs. So I could have had 2.5 of your trucks, but looks like you (or mommy and daddy) could only afford 1. It seems to me you are one of them guys that add up all the horse power numbers on the performance parts and claims your engines make 1000 horse power because that is what all the boxes added up said. In my town the only vehicle of yours tat would be worth anywhere near what your claiming is the 77. The rest would be a fifth of what you are claiming.
SO yes I'm a redneck and yes mall crawler is a derogatory term, but most of us put the same money into function instead of bling. Some of the guys here throw 20 grand into an engine to get it through the mud, or thousands of dollars to prevent breaks. So no we're not cheap...we just decide to use the money we spend. So to get back on topic, if you have to ask if you have a mall crawler then yes you do. If you use the price tag to justify that you have a mall crawler then that's why you have a mall crawler. And yes there are purpose built rigs...but that's what they are for...a purpose. This thread wasn't entitled "what makes a racecar a racecar" or "what makes a tow rig a tow rig". So please stop bringing your pussified views on why you don't want to scratch/ding/dent your rig and know your place. Either wheel or stop whining and justifying your non-offroad rig in an OFFROAD forum.
Pussified views; I believe you are the only one getting butt hurt over the thread. It started out as a simple joke because I knew you guys were goign to attempt to make fun of my truck; which is why I went and took a picture of my truck in a parking lot. It was all fun an games until people had to cry foul. Offroading is an expensive sport; I will concur on that ideal, but a capable offroader could be built for 5000 dollars using junkyard parts like. Unlike you I dont need to list all of my vehicles for the entire world to see. There are so many old trucks in the bone yards wih dana 60 and 10.25 (have the vss wire for your abs in that bronco already; hint hint) that your trucks could be built very cheap. Im sure you are going to fly off the handle and take my comments as an insult to you for which they were not intended, but honest I really dont care. I didn't mean to offend anyone but this is an talk amoungst men, dont like it get out.
TexasDiesel, you philosopy is ridicolous. Yes i may have bolt on a lift kit; but my lift kit has went under thousand of hours of engineering and testing for my specific Application. Also they dont came in fancy boxes just the plain old brown ones for the record. Whats doesn't make sence is without the aftermarket support of vendors our automotive hobby would seize to exist. You mean to tell me that in all of your years you didn't once feel like making a part and decided to buy a premade part that was engineed specifically for an application. Im calling bull-**** on that. Thats my thoughts on this matter. I think we are comparing different hobbies; some like going fast(me) and some liek to go wheeling. Neither are cheap hobby and bout excell in different area's. We are both on the same side but most of you offroaders are ignoring that. Im now have a hurricane to contend with,
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No offense at all... we're all entitled to our own opinions. And you're right I never would sell my red truck...and the majority of the cost was a frame off, and when I do wreck it, spending the money to get it back to that condition. You got me on the black truck, my dad did buy it first, but then I bought it from my father for 15,000...so you can deduct 17,000 from my total. As far as the Bronco I was referring to, the one in my sig which is a '79, not the '87 I was selling. The engine costs do add up once you jump into the big boy leagues (hell 3 grand just for a good stroker kit, much less comparable parts to outfit the rest of the engine). I dunno where any of that came from, I wasn't even dogging your truck...I was simply saying that us "rednecks" decide to put the same money into functionality instead of style and bling. And just for the record, I never said my trucks were worth what I put into them, I'm well aware of that. I was just pointing out the fact that I took the same money you guys did and put it into something I'm not afraid to wheel like you SD guys debating what a mallcrawler is seem to be. Another thing...how the hell did you have any idea about my other Bronco...are you stalking me haha.
Yea i know what motors cost and diesels arent much cheaper. my arp head studs were 700 for just 8 bolts. Anyway I was talkign about your 87; I had no clue about the 79. Lol yes I am stalking you; all the information I foundotu about you was from your profile you posted and I searched some of your posts. I don't like to be misinformed and I can admit when I am wrong. Anyway I think this conversation is starting to wind down lol.
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Mall Crawler= A truck made to look pretty but is not equiped to do any real off roading. Part 2... A truck that has been "rigged" to be tall a look like an off road truck but would break or die on it's first journey off the pavement.
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that is my opinion of a mall crawler if that discussion is still up to debate.
oh for texastech_diesel make sure to add on the bottom of your sig line (aggies lost at home) make sure to put the name of the team.. LOL LOL LOL.. wasnt it a highschool team too.. ha ha..
^^^------------ Red Raider football fan in Aggie Land and has lots of POed friends since the aggies couldn't even pull out the season opener while TT did..
heck it is off subject (i know) but so is this whole thread..
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+1
that is my opinion of a mall crawler if that discussion is still up to debate.
oh for texastech_diesel make sure to add on the bottom of your sig line (aggies lost at home) make sure to put the name of the team.. LOL LOL LOL.. wasnt it a highschool team too.. ha ha..
^^^------------ Red Raider football fan in Aggie Land and has lots of POed friends since the aggies couldn't even pull out the season opener while TT did..
heck it is off subject (i know) but so is this whole thread..
I would like to add, that if a truck is built for looks before functionality... Then its a mall crawler... 20" rims=mall crawler, unless your rolling on 54" rubbers....
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I like bacon.
95. f250 4X4. "stock" 5.8l mated to a zf 5speed.
37" good years and some fender trimmin.
rebel... how do you like that cherry bomb extreme muffler... I was considering gettin it, but was lookin for some opinions on it first...
its a great muffler..
i have heard the muffler on all types of vehicles and i haven't heard a bad one yet.. even heard one on a V6 and it was really good.
expect the loudness of a glasspack but with the chamber muffler sound.
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stock height (for NOW), T3 grille guard with hella lights, cherrybomb extreme muffler, cb and satellite radios, many minor mods with more be putting on everyday.
thats kinda what i was lookin for... Sweet, ill give them a try, the glasspacks i have on now im not to happy with, i guess im just to used to cherry bombs
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I like bacon.
95. f250 4X4. "stock" 5.8l mated to a zf 5speed.
37" good years and some fender trimmin.
thats kinda what i was lookin for... Sweet, ill give them a try, the glasspacks i have on now im not to happy with, i guess im just to used to cherry bombs
yeah. they sound a whole lot better than glasspacks. look at the Extreme muffler and the Pro muffler (2 chamber muffler that would be a little louder than the flowmaster 40 in sound), just depending on if you want really loud or just loud.
being that you are using glasspacks already you'll like the extreme better i bet.
__________________ 2000 Ford F-250 Crewcab Shortbed 4X4 5.4, 4.10 gears
stock height (for NOW), T3 grille guard with hella lights, cherrybomb extreme muffler, cb and satellite radios, many minor mods with more be putting on everyday.
Well, ya know, it really depends on how you look at it.
I'm getting ready to build myself a "mall crawler";
It's an 86 F-150 SCSB 4x4 with a winch bumper and 12K winch, 4.11's, 35" A/T's (Not BFG), 6" lift, NP 435, twin sticked 205, locked D44- all that fun stuff.
But since I'm building it to use when I NEED to use it and not when I CAN use it (it's for work, but still capable), I'm calling it a mall carwler even though it's going to be more capable thatn my 85 "trail truck" that saw more dirt than pavement.
Purpose built.... Twin sticked... locked... gear change... All stuff that is done for a purpose... To wheel, as it is a work truck, but built to wheel, it doesnt make it a mall crawler, i think it falls into the weekend warrior catagory. Thats where i think i fall... The only thing that ive done to my truck that wasnt either for work or for wheeling, was the stereo system, but i love my music loud...
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I like bacon.
95. f250 4X4. "stock" 5.8l mated to a zf 5speed.
37" good years and some fender trimmin.
I think the line between weekend warrior and mall crawler is very fine, but blurred nonetheless.
I'd call it a weekend warrior if I was planning on wheeling the truck. As it sits, the only time it will leave a road is if it HAS to (but what i consider a road is kind of blurry as well ) ; therefore it falls under my definition of "mall crawler".
If a guy has 20's and 35's with 14" of lift on an '08 SD but still takes it out and uses it on something worse than a logging road, then I'd still consider it a weekend warrior even though my eye makes my brain scream "mall crawler".
It's like the guys that swap D60's under their wranglers and run 44's just to go down to the local DQ and say, "look how little my dick is!". Even though it's purpose built and capable, it's still a mall crawler.
Ah yes. I see your point... And a valid point it is... So that negates my statement, if a vehicle is built for a certain look, MALL crawler... 20"s is mall crawler, and so is an over abundance of bling, and underbody neon lights, no matter how manytimes you call them rock lights, are still derived from the fast and the furious, so mall crawler... Not to be mistaken with REAL rock lights, which basically bring the awesome!
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I like bacon.
95. f250 4X4. "stock" 5.8l mated to a zf 5speed.
37" good years and some fender trimmin.
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