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Posted October 24 2011 06:38 AM by Phil Howell_4Wheel Drive Magazine Editor-in-Chief
The 4x4 community lost a friend last week. Dave Caouette was shot and killed as he sat in his Land Rover Discovery outside the salon where eight others had been shot in Seal Beach, California.
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Posted October 21 2011 10:26 AM by Phil Howell_4Wheel Drive Magazine Editor-in-Chief
Thousands of Jeep enthusiasts from all over the Northeast attended the 6th Annual Quadratec Tent Sale on Saturday, October 8th 2011. The annual October event started as a "scratch and dent" clearance sale,but has grown to...
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Posted October 21 2011 08:05 AM by Phil Howell_4Wheel Drive Magazine Editor-in-Chief
While there are only so many ways to skin a cat, Metal Cloak is a company that refuses to copy others when designing parts for Jeeps.
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Bumper-to-Bumper Safety Products
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Posted October 21 2011 02:01 AM by Kevin Blumer - Assistant Editor
We've mentioned the personal safety products made by Mastercraft, but the company's portfolio also includes parts that keep your vehicle safe.
As mentioned in a previous blog, it was awesome to see not only the products,...
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Safety Products Include Racing Suits
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Posted October 20 2011 03:35 PM by Kevin Blumer - Assistant Editor
How does a seat company become a safety company? One product at a time.
Mastercraft manufactures racing suits under the Mastercraft name as well as under the recently-acquired Impact Racing name.
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Posted October 20 2011 07:27 AM by Phil Howell_4Wheel Drive Magazine Editor-in-Chief
The regular November clean-up near Barstow that is facilitated by Clean-Dezert.org was canceled this year.
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Posted October 20 2011 06:07 AM by Phil Howell_4Wheel Drive Magazine Editor-in-Chief
Stock axle shafts might be adequate for stock applications, but any combination of large tires, low gears, high horsepower and demanding terrain can easily result in failure of the stock shafts.
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Race Proven...and Combat Proven
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Posted October 19 2011 12:37 PM by Kevin Blumer - Assistant Editor
If you've seen a Mastercraft ad lately, you'll notice that the company's name now says "Mastercraft Safety."
Indeed, Mastercraft has branched out way, way beyond off-road seats to provide a number of safety products that...
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Posted October 19 2011 06:30 AM by Phil Howell_4Wheel Drive Magazine Editor-in-Chief
Introducing the Indel B Travel Box Portable Fridge Series. A combination of the latest electronic technology, the most efficient portable compressor available (Danfoss DB35F), and a very well insulated enclosure...
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Posted October 18 2011 05:13 AM by Phil Howell_4Wheel Drive Magazine Editor-in-Chief
Nate Williams has built a FABulous CJ that I was able to photograph yesterday.
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Posted October 17 2011 06:04 AM by Phil Howell_4Wheel Drive Magazine Editor-in-Chief
Lazer Star, manufacturers of top quality lighting products for over 18 years, has introduced the latest in LED Light Bar technology.
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These Things are FAST!
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Posted October 14 2011 12:57 PM by Kevin Blumer - Assistant Editor
After all the installation notes, there's no way I'm going to skip over talking about how Monster Valves work once installed.
"Fast" is an understatement. "Smokin' fast" is more like it. Imagine 1 psi per second!
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Stay Safe!
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Posted October 14 2011 12:38 PM by Kevin Blumer - Assistant Editor
There's an excellent installation video on the Monster Valve page at www.powertank.com . I've touched on many of the points here, but the video puts it all together in a real-time sequence. I watched the video before...
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A Perfect Match to these DC-1's
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Posted October 14 2011 12:21 PM by Kevin Blumer - Assistant Editor
I've got a set of Dick Cepek DC-1 wheels, and they've already got OMF reinforcement rings welded onto the outer lip for additional strength. In addition to strengthening the wheel, the reinforcment rings help keep...
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Posted October 14 2011 06:37 AM by Phil Howell_4Wheel Drive Magazine Editor-in-Chief
Superlift's 2" and 4" JK kits now cover 2012 models.
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