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Took the family for a snow run in the Norther California Sierras after a good storm. This was also the first time taking the budget Mercedes project "ML4Dirty" on a real off-road adventure.

Backstory: Picked the ML430 up a year ago for $1000. Yes, $1k. It was tattered, neglected, 180k miles and ready for the junk yard but I had other plans. I got it into good mechanical condition and used it as a daily beater until I thought how great it may do in the snow with independent front and rear suspension and a powerful little V8.

A friend sold me a set of decent 315/70/17s for $100 and I let them sit till I was ready to do the lift but nothing ever works out like you want it. One of the little tires decided to blow on me and rather than get a replacement I took the opportunity to throw the 34s on. They fit but rubbed over every bump. Ran to another buddy's place and we cut 1" lift spaces with his plasma table. I got all new shocks and struts as on of my springs was cracked. Installed it all, cranked the torsion bars to the max and that's all the suspension work it has. Some love taps with a hammer were required in places but no major surgery.

It's got a cold air I threw together. I removed the muffler and resonator then routed the axle back portion to the driver's side with a shiny chrome 4" tip left over from my GTO. I built the bumpers myself. The 35x12.50 Federal tires are 2 weeks old and only had them down to 10psi for the first run. Next time we'll try 6 or 4psi for snow.

Plans are in the works for getting a spare rear diff and welding it since there are absolutely no lockers available for it.

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