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.
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
More Ultimate Adventure Coverage in 4W&OR Mag!
More UA Coverage! Check out the December 2011 issue of Petersen’s 4Wheel & Off-Road Magazine for more coverage of the 2011 Ultimate Adventure. This issue covers the last few days of the journey around the Midwest as 20+ rigs get pushed to max tryign to complete this week long journey full of long road days, challenging off-road terrain, and immense heat and humidity. The UA combines some lucky readers, event sponsors, magazine staff, and a number of camera guys that have an eagle eye on the action. Dave DeVormer and Carter Reed, Zone Offroad Reps piloted the company’s ’90 Jeep