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Still Here Because I'm Not There
Took the Frontier out for a little offroading trip this afternoon. Family wanted to see the leaves starting to change, and I wanted to see what the Fronty would do in some rougher stuff than I normally try. Overall, I was pretty impressed for a basically stock pickup.
Started off on some fairly mild rock stair steps:
Then tried out some rougher loose rock stair step stuff:
Had one little hang-up when I picked the wrong line up a pretty big step up with loose rock around it:
Ended up with a little rock rash on the TC, exhaust, and fuel tank:
Overall, no major damage done, and the family had fun for the most part. My two youngest daughters got a little scared a few times, but my oldest daughter thought it was pretty cool. I did figure out that I need to start working on some skid plates, especially for the fuel tank. I don't do much offroading in the rock, but when I do, I would like more protection. I didn't get pictures in some of the worst areas since I didn't want to stop with the truck perched precariously to try to get out and take pics, and my wife didn't want to leave the truck (except when I hung up, then she had to snap a photo of my "fail" as she called it). At least I was able to self-recover with no problems.
Enjoy.
Started off on some fairly mild rock stair steps:


Then tried out some rougher loose rock stair step stuff:


Had one little hang-up when I picked the wrong line up a pretty big step up with loose rock around it:

Ended up with a little rock rash on the TC, exhaust, and fuel tank:


Overall, no major damage done, and the family had fun for the most part. My two youngest daughters got a little scared a few times, but my oldest daughter thought it was pretty cool. I did figure out that I need to start working on some skid plates, especially for the fuel tank. I don't do much offroading in the rock, but when I do, I would like more protection. I didn't get pictures in some of the worst areas since I didn't want to stop with the truck perched precariously to try to get out and take pics, and my wife didn't want to leave the truck (except when I hung up, then she had to snap a photo of my "fail" as she called it). At least I was able to self-recover with no problems.
Enjoy.