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4×4 Adventure BBC Style

December 28th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management

Awhile back our friends at Metal Tech were approached by the BBC to help them with a Toyota FJ40 they were taking on a 4×4 Adventure from Bolivia to the Pacific Ocean. And true to Top Gear antics, it was not your average off road adventure.
Mark and LT spent time in the jungle, the [...]

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Sick Suspension

November 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management

Sick is how 4WD Toyota Owner described our rig and the Total Chaos 2″ long travel kit after they published our article on the install Metal Tech did for us a while back…  If you liked the on-line Total Chaos 2″ Long Travel Install video and story, you’ll love this article.
While we didn’t make the [...]

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The Gang Is Mostly Here

September 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · 2009 Rubicon Adventure

Today was the day the gang (or at least most of them) came into town.
Bernd is joining the group from Portland along with his son.  I met Bernd a couple of years back in Ouray, Co. at the second annual FJ Summit.  Since then I’ve had a few opportunities to run trails with him including [...]

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Whooo Hooo! Blue Bunny on the CON!

September 5th, 2009 · 4 Comments · 2009 Rubicon Adventure

That was the the message I received back after I let Mark (those of you who remember the tail of the Blue Bunny understand Mark’s affection for the nick name) know I would be able to join him on Metal Tech ’s Rubicon Trail adventure planned for the end of summer.
The Rubicon Trail is perhaps [...]

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Metal Tech 4×4 Off Road Tube Bumper

May 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments · off road adventure accessories

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 [...]

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