Your going to school for engineering?
yep, architectural (hvac) engineer.. although ive taken more mechanical/structural classes than anything else
thanks for the info zeus.. terrain out here is all wooded.. so small rocks, trees, and dirt/grass/mud hills mostly, no slickrock like in moab.. some light rock crawling.. but im not confident enough in my abilities to get into any major rock crawling..... yet
found some 31x10.5 Firestone A/Ts for $150 that seem to be in pretty good shape, so we'll see if that works out..
also got a quote to powdercoat the wheels.. $48 per wheel color matched to the vx.. not sure that i was expecting less, but I was certainly hoping for less