{"id":252,"date":"2009-10-17T19:24:23","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T23:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/?p=252"},"modified":"2009-10-17T19:24:23","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T23:24:23","slug":"pimp-my-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"Pimp my ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/side_shocks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-253\" title=\"side_shocks\" src=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/side_shocks-540x271.jpg\" alt=\"side_shocks\" width=\"540\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/side_shocks-540x271.jpg 540w, https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/side_shocks.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/shocks_front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"shocks_front\" src=\"http:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/shocks_front-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Mike installs OME shocks\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike installs OME shocks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To cope with the heavy load in the car as well as the difficult terrain in Africa and Central America, I knew I had to get some better suspension than the stock ones. I went wit Old Man Emu nitro charger shocks and heavy duty coil springs. This is some serious Australian equipment you need for a year of driving on rough roads. An Oregon company, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltech4x4.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">metaltech4x4<\/a>, import and sell OME shocks and springs in the U.S.<br \/>\nThey shipped it to me and Mike from <a href=\"http:\/\/newBKshop.com\" target=\"_blank\">New BK Shop<\/a> in Brooklyn took care of the installation. Count a grand for the complete setup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To cope with the heavy load in the car as well as the difficult terrain in Africa and Central America, I knew I had to get some better suspension than the stock ones. I went wit Old Man Emu nitro charger shocks and heavy duty coil springs. This is some serious Australian equipment you need &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/?p=252\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pimp my ride&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5,4],"tags":[310,309,8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transworldexpedition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}