Is there a Currie / Savvy club here?

There are a fare share of members shaming others for questions on here. Or shaming them and not showing an example. On a side note it certainly has made me better through the years. I find myself looking further in depth at stuff to be honest. I also find some of it entertaining, not to sound evil.

I mean, when someone posts "What lift should I get?" Like a fool that hasnt tried to search a thing.....you kind of open yourself up to any response.

There's skilled craftsman on here that have defined themselves and brand. I respect that, even if I dont agree on how it was worded.

TheBoogieman said:

It's an East Coast thing or maybe just a Va thing.

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Nope, we have those idiots down here too.
https://www.louisianamudfest.com/

TimboSlice said:

There are a fare share of members shaming others for questions on here. Or shaming them and not showing an example. On a side note it certainly has made me better through the years. I find myself looking further in depth at stuff to be honest. I also find some of it entertaining, not to sound evil.

I mean, when someone posts "What lift should I get?" Like a fool that hasnt tried to search a thing.....you kind of open yourself up to any response.

There's skilled craftsman on here that have defined themselves and brand. I respect that, even if I dont agree on how it was worded.

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There really isn't much shaming going on. What does happen often is someone thinking they have an answer to a problem they don't have or trying to solve a real problem in a misguided way. What then happens is an effort to redirect the thinking into something that is better aligned with that person's actual needs.

The hard part that will never be resolved of how to balance spoon fed information with the desire to teach and get others to understand how things work on a deeper level. Some people just want a quick easy answer of what to buy so they can go about their lives. Others want to dig into the details.

jjvw said:

I'm trying to think back at all the times I've told someone to get the Savvy mid arm.

Generally, this place is pretty good at explaining the whys and why nots of things. When you try to focus on tech and understanding, certain things are inherently going to rise to the top that might appear to be brand loyalty and elitism, when it isn't necessarily that. The more you can shift through the bullshit, the easier it is to see what is really going on.

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I’ll admit that you offer some solid help and advice, I think that anyone that reads your post would agree.

But I’m sure we can remember a time or two there has been some really absurd build advice that was more of just throw money at it.

Maybe some people care to much what someone else thinks of there build and have more of the look at me mentality. Like you stated people need to be able to sift through the bull shit.

J R said:

I’ll admit that you offer some solid help and advice, I think that anyone that reads your post would agree.

But I’m sure we can remember a time or two there has been some really absurd build advice that was more of just throw money at it.

Maybe some people care to much what someone else thinks of there build and have more of the look at me mentality. Like you stated people need to be able to sift through the bull shit.

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There are several types of Jeep owners/modifiers.
Functional folks will spend lots of time and effort to make their rigs work very well for where they use them. They care little what others think, only that their rigs work.

Some folks are mod collectors and will query the group for committee most liked products and install them based purely on what other folks tell them they like. The outcome is based on which group they happen to be asking.

Some folks are attention whores and that isn't meant unkindly. They will build around whatever will get the most attention from whomever they consider to be a fairly astute group. If there are 30 light choices, they will pick the most expensive version because that will get the most attention from their selected peer group.

Some folks are old school/self considered hardcore. They will have a cut down 44 truck front axle, 8274 winch, locking hubs, lots of steel, steel winch cable, and the only thing they are actually missing is a rusty CJ and some leaf springs to make their life complete.

The challenge in all of that is identifying the type of owner you dealing with so you can give the appropriate answer.

mrblaine said:

I know you remember TJRon. TJRon was in Moab once. There was a stream crossing that was a bit higher than normal running full with that reddish silt. He crossed it. For the next year he was continually swapping out any part with a bearing because that silt got into everything.

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I can't begin to count the number of seized brake calipers and destroyed hub bearings I've seen due to the Mid-Atlantic clay/mud. It's so bad that every time I wheel, even when I try to stay out of the mud, I have to disassemble and clean all four brake corners, with special care given to cleaning and reapplying new brake grease on the guide pins. The front hub bearings also have to be disassembled and cleaned 2 -3 times a year. This stuff sucks!

Chris said:

Of course this circles back to what we always end up talking about, that just because it's Chinese doesn't mean it's bad. "Made in the USA" certainly carries a lot of weight when you say it to yourself.

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What a “Made in China” product may not lack in quality it certainly lacks in principle.