The 2010 official unofficial ZuZoo Moab picture, video and tell your stories thread!

[tjh]

psst!

[VX KAT]

psst!

Hey Travis! Came all the way from Louisiana! You were awesome! (That's him above in the Dragon) You were on street tires, yet conquered some really tough stuff, you've got the knack for finding the perfect line and modulating the skinny pedal just right! Can't wait to see when you get your new tires & wheels, wow!

[VX KAT]

Mark goin' down drop, showin' some air on left rear tire!


Me approaching the drop with sharp drop off on right -gotta hug that left side!


Way hairier than it appears!!


My turn showin' some air!


Mark is an excellent spotter!

[VX KAT]

Lots of sand and big pits made it a harder to get up:
Here's Travis, front right tire in pit, but he then tried a different line and just nailed it, used e-brake, and up and over! I followed his line!




Gettin' heavy on the skinny pedal!




Got past the drop on right side using e-brake, got up no problem!

[Kenny]

We made it home after 8 hours of driving on Friday and 18 hours of driving on Saturday.


After almost 2 hours of driving at night through a blizzard whiteout and icy roads, I now remember why I avoided the Vail Pass most years. Man that was scary as heck! Kudos to those who have to deal with that year round.


On with the pics;

The stoop.


The gang.


Before the Jager...



Robert getting the kind of squeeze he likes...


Paul going the hard way...


The ultra-rare Utah Yeti... To find him, listen for his call: "Fix me another!"


The opportunity could just not be passed up


Yee-haw!


Start planning for next year ALL! Let's book all that one side of rooms!

Cheers.

[lasturbo]

Awesome pics VX Kat, Billy and thanks for sharing. Sue, how did you do being "stock" and hopefully did not damage that beautiful Foxfire?

[SuperBoomTurbo]

Is that a Lambert's mug by chance? LOVE That place!!

[BigSwede]

Is that a Lambert's mug by chance? LOVE That place!!

Yeah...the mug is the main point of interest here.

[VX KAT]

Awesome pics VX Kat, Billy and thanks for sharing. Sue, how did you do being "stock" and hopefully did not damage that beautiful Foxfire?

My turn showin' some air!

Last year, bone stock- got some scuffs on the gas tank skid plate, and a few scuffs on the lowest part of rear cladding (they're off to left here, black color), and flattened the front lower bars of my bull bar. Also took a 2" chunk/gash out of rim of wheel.

This year with the 285/60-18s, lifted it by 1 1/4", made a world of difference! Plus the Kilby plates came in handy, hit them a few times, but not much.
Again, caught some good scuffs on lower rear cladding, seen in this pic as a whitish triangle shape, and the gas tank skid plate. (Need some Kilby's for that area!!)

Also, front right wheel well arch cladding took a heavier scuff from a tree branch/bush....better than falling off the left side!
Plus some typical pinstripes on the side cladding, but nothing on the paint.
No tire or rim damage at all. No mechanical damage either.

None of it really bothers me though! It's well worth it!

BIGGEST ISSUE: Refinish/Restorer chips off when abraded by anything like bushes/branches!! So I have many areas on front fender cladding that's just chipped to all he!l.... Since I can't remove it, all I can do is slap on another coat.

WOULD NOT RECOMMEND R/R IF YOU DO ANY WHEELING!!!!!!!!

[Riff Raff]

Last year, bone stock- got some scuffs on the gas tank skid plate, and a few scuffs on the lowest part of rear cladding.

This year again, caught some good scuffs on lower rear cladding, seen in this pic as a whitish triangle shape, and the gas tank skid plate. (Need some Kilby's for that area!!)

Nice pic's Sue. Hmmm; regarding rear area skid plate, fellow VX member "MARLIN" mentioned earlier that the CURT Rear Hitch (hang-down model) works quite well as a rear skid on severe departure angles. Essentially, the CURT Rear Hitch will take the damage/scuffing instead of the rear cladding/gas tank. Just a thought for ya'.

EDIT: Case and point. See video in this thread Post #68 of fellow VX member "KODIAK" using his CURT Rear Hitch to slide off a large rock in the road at video time mark 1:50 -- 2:23.

[VX crazy]

I just got home an hour ago and I miss everyone so much! Very good times! Sue thanks for posting pics, I took 400 that are uploading now......way fun! Looking forward to next year, when we get the dates figured out we need to book the room #'s like Sue said!

[Kona-Vs]

JEALOUS! JEALOUS! JEALOUS! Thanks for all the great pictures. It's nice to put a face on all of your Internet personalities and it's fun to see you guys challenging yourselves on tough trails Much Aloha from Kona ( has anyone figured out how to drive one of this things over an ocean yet? )

[Riff Raff]

Much Aloha from Kona ( has anyone figured out how to drive one of this things over an ocean yet? )

Kona--- Your best solution would be to paint your VX in USAF Camo-pattern. Then simply load it on an outbound USAF C-17 cargo aircraft from Hickim AFB (Hawaii) to Hill AFB (Ogden, Utah). Do MOAB; then fly it back, problem solved. Your only challenge would be getting your VX past USAF security checkpoints (errrr, that would be a rather big challenge).

[Dumke]

I got home last night at between 00:00 - 01:00... its all a blur. The week was soo much fun and cant wait till next year. I have a CRAP load of pictures to sift through. Please all who went PM me your mailing address and I will mail you the photos I have.. I havent even looked through them all but will sort out and send what I took of you or if you want them all then I can do that as well.





Edit:: oh and kenny hahaha nice picture above looks like Christopher Loyd from "who framed Roger rabbit"

[Triathlete]

I am now safely home in one piece. Will upload all my pics and post a s%*#load as soon as I can.
I don't think anyone will challenge my reign this year as the "strap" king. 5 times on the recieving end this year...if there was a way NOT to go I tried it! (and for all of you with warped minds I am talking about a tow-strap).