Z71 Adventure Wagon

[BlackBrud]

We had a blizzard back in 07 I think it was when I was working traffic and streets for the county, spent the weekend at a shack up in the mountains dispatching for the plow trucks and the loaders out working the mountain towns, first and only time I've seen snow that could bury a man, first time I ever had to dig my truck out in the morning. Gotta say y'all living with it yearly are a different breed. I'll take my earthquakes and my dust storms.

Haha I hear ya - I’ve become used to it, but I’m the same way about humid heat lol.

 

[BlackBrud]

In preparation for a road trip to Tx this weekend, I finally got my spare tire mounted. I ditched the old spare, and replaced it with an eBay z71 wheel and another Nokian.

Aside from that, I’m going to put my Yakima roof box on before we leave and that’s about it. The box looked huge on the Subaru I used to have, and now it looks tiny on the burb hahaha.

I look forward to seeing how the burb does on our first road trip with it - I assume it’ll be quite comfortable for four people and a bunch of stuff.

TYF doesn’t like my fancy photos at the moment, but I’ll upload some when I get a chance.

 

[BlackBrud]

Well I meant to make an update post when I got back from the eclipse trip, but work and life got busy. You know how it is..

The burb was a ROAD TRIP MACHINE. I fell more in love with it on the road trip. It never skipped a beat. So comfortable too!



We hit a hyuuuge rain storm on the way back to CO, but we kept rolling. When we got back, the burb threw two codes: u1500 and u1501. They were related to the active grill shutter electronics.

Turns out the wiring connection is right up front and is prone to water ingress. In my case, my active grille was stuck open, so I was able to keep driving it while I ordered a part to replace it.

While I had the bumper and grill off to replace the AGS, I replaced the old grill with a black RST-style grill. It was an easy process to replace the AGS and I took care to apply some dielectric grease to hopefully avoid the issue in the future- after install I flashed back to stock, and then re-flashed my tune. No more CEL. Took it for a drive to verify the shutter was working after I got up to temp, and then bought some victory frosties from Wendy’s on my way home. I love fixing stuff on my own when I can. Hell yeah.

Hope y’all are well - I’ll upload another photo of the front end once I wash it. This’ll do for now:

 

[buckwild27]

Great looking burb.

 

[SavageDad]

Enjoying the updates man, keep them coming!