Petersen’s 4-Wheel & Off-Road JK in the shop
Fred Williams, Tech Editor of Petersen’s 4-Wheel & Off-Road Magazine stopped by Zone’s R&D facilities earlier this week with a brand spankin’ new 2012 Jeep Wrangler JK Rubicon. This rig is being built up for the 2012 Ultimate Adventure and will be featuring some pretty radical modification by the time its finished. Fred’s stop at Zone was to get the Zone prototype long arm suspension installed on the JK and swap the stock tires for a set of 35” Nitto Trail Grapplers. In the end, a Zone 4” prototype longarm lift kit with Zone Nitro shocks and stabilizer were installed
4W&OR’s Fred Williams stops by Zone today!
Tech Editor of 4-Wheel & Off-Road Magazine, Fred Williams stopped by Zone Offroad today after picking up a brand spankin’ new 2012 Wrangler JK Rubicon to build as the official 2012 Ultimate Adventure vehicle. He’s bringing it by for a upgrade the suspension in preparation for the summer’s events. What kits going on it you might ask…. you’ll have to wait to the end of the day to see… Keep up with the live updates throughout the day on 4W&OR’s Facebook and Zone’s Facebook pages and follow the Jeep as it crosses the country getting built up for the UA.
Project MJ brings home the Jan.’12 Comanche Club honors
A big thanks to everyone over at ComancheClub.com for picking our Project MJ as the Comanche of the Month for January 2012. We’re starting off the year strong and have big plans for 2012. If you’re into Comanches then check out the club’s website for tons of other cool projects, tech, and more. For the Comanche of the Month article complete with photos, check out http://www.comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=33736 -Zone Offroad Products
Ultimate Adventure Recap (Part 3 of 3)
(Click here to read Part 1 and Part 2) The Rigs of UA One of the cool things about UA is seeing the diversity of rigs that are driven on the Ultimate Adventure, from Péwé’s long travel IFS F150 to a mid-80s Land Cruiser, ’70s F250 to a couple of Samaris, an Amigo, a pair of solid-axed Nissans, 1-ton Chevys, an E-350 van, and all breeds of Jeeps. All had their advantages as well as their shortcomings, but what a sight to see the cruising through the back roads of America. This year Zone Offroad decided to build something a
Ultimate Adventure Recap (Part 2 of 3 )
(If you missed Part 1, check it out here) Now that the dust has settled and we’ve all had the chance to read up on the Ultimate Adventure (aka UA) online and in the pages of Petersen’s 4Wheel & Off-Road magazine I felt it would be good to include addition commentary on the trip, show some photos of the rigs in action, and re-hype the story. First, let me start off by saying it was an epic journey. Not in the sense of we were on a quest to find a ring or anything, but for 2 guys that grew up reading