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Mounting Your Off Road Adventure Stuff

Paul — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:57:44 +0000

Long off road adventures are all about having the stuff you need to get unstuck, stay safe and remain comfortable. Some of the most import safety equipment on a 4×4 adventure, a shovel and Hi-lift jack, or fire extinguisher are also the most cumbersome and difficult to store. And like a teenager reaching for the [...]

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Mounting Your Off Road Adventure Stuff

The Wheels On The Rig Go Round And Round

Paul — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:03:19 +0000

Yup, I’m talking beadlockers. IHRA Pro Stock cars, CORR trophy trucks and vertical wall scaling rock crawlers all use them. But how exactly do they work and what does it take to install them. When an IHRA Pro Stock car travels down the quarter-mile in under eight seconds or an off road rig airs down real [...]

Get The Lead Out (it is all about balance)

Paul — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:40:17 +0000

No more shakes and shimmies, better gas mileage and longer tire life what’s not to like… Spinning tires wobble if they’re not perfectly balanced. To avoid having your rig shimmy and shake while bombing down the back roads, usually means taping lead weights on the sides of the wheel until a bubble level reads top dead [...]

CB Talk For Your Off Road Adventure

Paul — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:07:53 +0000

Every once in a while we get to share advice from real experts. This time, Andrew Youderian from Right Channel CB Radios helped to explain some of the basic components that make up a complete CB package for off road communication. So give this a read and don’t hesitate to let Andrew know you appreciate [...]

Off Road Adventure Shelter – Kelty Carport Review

Paul — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:00:58 +0000

Off road adventures can be for a day, a week, a month… And at some point you need to stop for the night. Options abound for overnight accommodations ranging from a tarp on the ground to roof top tents with changing rooms and a luxuriously padded floor. In between is just about everything else. We [...]

Metal Tech 4×4 Off Road Tube Bumper

Paul — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:53:12 +0000

So why did we say good bye to our tried and true off road adventure ARB Bumper? How else could we try out and review Metal Tech’s (MT) front tube bumper? If you haven’t heard about MT and their products for Toyota Cruisers (FJ40, 60, 80, C) than you probably don’t spend a lot of [...]

ARB Bumper – Long-Term Review

Paul — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:26:08 +0000

It has been about two years since we first installed ARB’s Bull Bar on our expedition based Toyota FJ Cruiser. In the early days of the FJC, our choices were limited to only a handful and ARB was there in the beginning. These days FJC owners have a wide array of the options [...]

Off Road Adventure Recovery Made Easy

Paul — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:00:24 +0000

4x4 off road adventures can put you in some sticky places and the last thing you want is to get your 4WD truck stuck. We tested out a recover system (aka sand ladders) from Maxtrax out of Australia to find an easy one man means for getting unstuck.

Long-term Tire Report – Toyo Open Country M/T

Paul — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:15:45 +0000

30,000 miles later we can now give our long-term report on the rubber that took us to the Arctic Ocean, Telluride, Inuvik and around town. Toyo’s Open Country M/T® are an aggressive mud traction radial. Running 295×70x17 on our rig provide sure footed traction and an additional inch of lift over the stock 265s. These [...]

Bumper Talk

Paul — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:00:52 +0000

There are a number of aftermarket products for the FJ Cruiser and the list continues to grow everyday. For us one of the first mods we completed was a bumper swap-out to add protection and support a winch mount. We chose a shell style bumper designed for overland adventures that would allow us to nudge [...]

Always Carry Protection (Sliders)

PJT123 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:16:01 +0000

I always enjoy any opportunity to meet up with Mark and LT from Metal Tech and this project brought me to their shop in Newberg, OR. These guys are a couple of the most knowledgeable guys in all things Toyota 4×4 and wheeling. What makes these guys special is their willingness to spend [...]

Not Your Mother’s Headlights

Paul — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:50:42 +0000

Freud can take that headline for what it is worth… But when we started planning for the Baja we know we would need some serious lighting if we were going to explore the desert at night. Not wanting to take any chances we looked at a lot of manufactures’ lighting systems. [...]