Wild Watsonvillian
Vehicle: '99 Chevy Tahoe two-door
Owner: Rory Jensen, Watsonville, CA
Tires: 13x10.50-16 Saveros mud tires
Wheels: Stock
Suspension: Stock
Drivetrain: Vortec 350ci, 4L60E auto tranny, 10-bolt rear axle, IFS front
Performance: K&N air filter, Flowmaster mufflers, Power programmer
Other Mods:Loud-ass stereo system
Does Everything Work the Way You Want?: The exhaust is too loud; sets off car alarms
Anything You Would Change: Maybe the suspension
Funniest Wheeling Incident: Borrowed my grandpa's Tahoe while mine was in the shop, got it so stuck that it took two Z71s to get it out.
Thumper
Vehicle: '84 Suzuki Samurai
Owner: Brian Longmire, Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada
Tires: Free 31-inch Uniroyals
Wheels: Stock
Suspension: Stock
Drivetrain: 1.6L Chevette engine, auto tranny, divorced transfer case, 5.13 axle gears
Performance: Doesn't the Chevette engine speak for itself?
Other Mods:Rear floor and fenderwell rusted away a long time ago, replaced with plastic bedliner and sheetmetal screws, Chevette seats
Does Everything Work the Way You Want?: The engine is a tad unresponsive
Anything You Would Change: A little snappier engine, like from a Tracker
Choppy
Vehicle: '90 Ford Bronco II
Owner: Matt Francis, Columbus, OH
Tires: 33x13.50-15 Swamper LTBs
Wheels: 15x10 American Racing
Suspension: First generation Bronco front suspension, custom front coil buckets, Skyjacker long-travel shocks, 6-inch rear leaves
Drivetrain: 2.9L stock engine, Tom Woods driveshafts
Performance: K&N air filter
Other Mods:Shortened front driveshaft, Warn hubs, Harbor Freight 8,000-pound winch, chopped top and handmade soft top, six-point rollcage
Does Everything Work the Way You Want?: No, the front brake line setup is too short
Anything You Would Change: The open diffs need to be changed to lockers
True Blue
Vehicle: '88 Toyota FJ62 Land Cruiser
Owner: Chad Jones, Lake Alfred, FL
Tires: 37x12.50-15 Swamper SSRs
Wheels: 15x12 American Racing 589s
Suspension: 121/2-inch lift, 6 inches via spring-over-axle conversion, 4-inch re-arched springs, add-a-leaf
Drivetrain: Inline six-cylinder engine, A440F auto tranny, 4.11 gears
Performance: Juice Box computer module, K&N air filter, dual exhaust
Does Everything Work the Way You Want?: I couldn't ask for more, a great daily driver and off-road runner
Anything You Would Change: More horsepower to the torquey engine
Big Sheep
Vehicle: '00 Dodge Ram Sport
Owner: Steven Wallace, Bentonville, AR
Tires: 37x12.50-17 Swamper TSL radials
Wheels: 17x9 MHTs
Suspension: 7-inch Skyjacker double-flex kit, 21/2-inch spacers
Drivetrain: Dana 44 front, Chrysler 9.25 rear, 4.10 gears
Performance: K&N air filter, Magnaflow muffler
Other Mods:Rollbar, Hella lights, nerf bars, spray-in bedliner, braided brake lines
Does Everything Work the Way You Want?: The brake lines were giving me issues, so I replaced them with braided ones, now everything is great
Anything You Would Change: The stock tranny