4wd Nitto Terra Grappler 30k mile review Nitto is well known for its wide variety of performance tires, with many catered specifically to off-road and race applications. One of Nitto’s earliest entries into the all-terrain segment
4wd Well that's diff-erent, Is my LSD bad? Sometimes things don’t go to plan. Like when your limited slip differential mysteriously goes out without warning. This is what we discovered last week after it began making the
What a year - Adventure Bent turns one What a wild ride this first year back at blogging has been. Today the Adventure Bent celebrates its first anniversary. It’s kind of hard to believe it’s already
4wd Everything looks better in red even shocks I’ll be the first to admit shock absorbers are not the most glamorous part on a Jeep, but this week that’s exactly what we're talking about. A little
4wd On rust patrol, going to war on the red rot 4x4s are designed to take a beating; for this reason, most are still made from steel. Steel skid plates protect vulnerable parts like your engine and fuel tanks from rocks
dealer The Wrangler is back with a new heart Project Wrangler is back, complete with a new factory-built engine banging away quietly under the hood. My Jeep has a new heart. After almost three weeks of extensive engine repairs,
dealer Is the Wrangler dead? Repairs threaten project's future No, the Wrangler isn’t dead, at least not yet, but Project Wrangler is on hold. It’ll stay in a state of suspended animation until I get my Jeep
Cherokee The dreaded Pentastar tick makes a ruthless return In late February 2017, I parked my Jeep at the dealer’s lot for the second time in three months. The tick, tick, tick of my Wrangler’s ill-fated Pentastar
4wd Is less more? Why downsizing can the be right solution The space in my trunk where a great big footlocker containing all my camping gear, tools, and other equipment now sits empty. Actually, I can’t remember the last time
4wd Overlanding? What makes the perfect rig? Overlanding is self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not exclusively, it is accomplished with mechanized off-road capable transport (from bicycles to
4wd Project Wrangler to focus on overland travel in 2017 I’ve learned a lot in the last few months, I’ve made some mistakes, like when I almost put my Wrangler into a ravine, or when I found myself
4wd Have Jeep - will travel Back in March, I bought my dream car, a True Blue Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. I’d been drooling over this weird four-door convertible ever since I first saw one back
4x4 Project Wrangler: Swapping the springs Last weekend, I manged to complete the suspension overhaul on my Wrangler I started back in August. Ever since I got my Jeep back in March, I’ve had no end of suspension trouble. I’ve had everything from bad shocks to bent steering
coils How I rebuilt my Jeep's suspension on the cheap This summer, I started picking away at my Jeep’s suspension. When I bought my Wrangler this past spring, with a little over 50,000 miles on it, I knew
aftermarket How we found the best off-road bumper for our rig It wasn’t until recently that I started thinking about swapping my Jeep’s lightweight plastic bumper for one better suited for the off-road abuse I was likely to experience
Conversion Lighting the way, why these LED headlights made all the difference I’ve wanted to swap the stock headlights on my Jeep with LEDs ever since I left the dealership. The Wrangler’s factory headlights don’t get very bright. I
