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Project MJ, Ultimate Adventure

With the 2012 Ultimate Adventure just one week away, the Zone crew has Project MJ prepped and ready for adventure. Next week the rig hits the road for the in route to the secret start point of the 8-day, 1000+ mile journey with organized by Petersens 4-Wheel & Off-Road Magazine’s Rick Pewe. Zone Offroad Products is proud to to be the official suspension sponsor for this year’s adventure. Zone Offroad Reps, Carter Reed and Steve Fendt will be taking the company’s ’90 Jeep Comanche MJ on the trip. Each year 4W&OR Magazine hosts this event that challenges teams as they take

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Project MJ, Ultimate Adventure

Zone’s Project MJ: Ultimate Adventure 2012 Prep (Part 2) Zone Offroad’s Jeep Comanche, dubbed Project MJ is in the final stretch of preparation for the 2012 Ultimate Adventure with Petersen’s 4-Wheel & Off-Road Magazine. Body panels are back on it with fresh paint, the 40” Nitto Mud Grapplers are mounted up on 17” Walker Evans Beadlocks, JE Reel Driveshafts are installed to the NP-241 Rocktrac T-Case, Rigid LED Lights are installed and the interior is getter wrapped up with a custom dash and PRP seats. With Ultimate Adventure less than 2 weeks away, vehicle prep is almost done as we

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4Wheel Jamborees, Events, Project Vehicles, Ultimate Adventure

Zone’s Comanche has had a busy tour of duty over the last year since being built in just 6 short weeks for the 2011 Ultimate Adventure and heading out for events all over the country from PA Jeep Show to Easter Jeep Safari and even SEMA. Once again Zone Offroad is proud to be the official suspension of the Ultimate Adventure. We’ve had some time now to rework a number of components on the rig and get it ready for the 2012 Ultimate Adventure with Petersen’s 4Wheel & Off-Road Magazine. While we can’t disclose the location of this year’s journey,

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Events, Project MJ, Ultimate Adventure

(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

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Events, Project MJ, Ultimate Adventure

(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

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