January 2013 Table of Contents
Departments
6 4xForward 86 On the Web
8 In Box 88 New Products
12 Readers’ Rides 90 Nuts & Bolts
16 Drivelines 93 Marketplace
98 Whoops!
Cover Section
Tire Testing Blowout
24 40-Inch Nitto Trail Grapplers
Race tires with tech you can use
26 Pit Bull Rockers Are Monsters
Looking for Sasquatch to prove it
28 Dick Cepeck Mud Country
This heavy hauler is a real work tire
30 40-Inch Toyo Open Country M/T
Tall Toyos are daily driver friendly too
32 Beefy Carlisle Trailer Tire
We slap on a set to make our trailer sexy
Technical
46 Do-It-Yourself Truck Bedliner
Better than a can of goo cover-up
52 Sloppy Handling Quick Fix
We stiffen a Dodge with poly bushings
60 Lifting a GM Pickup Right
Just use a combo of BDS and Fox
66 American Axle Upgrades
Beefing the factory Dodge and GM axles
72 A Great Recipe for Distraction
How to build an Ultimate Adventure truck
78 Rear-Eye View
Backup cameras fit nearly everything
Features
38 Restomud GMC on 46s
A classic ’60 GMC in the slop
40 Jeepers Jamboree Rubicon Birthday
The 60th annual run on the rocks
58 AMC Mighty Mite Aluminum 4x4
One tin soldier leads the way
70 Dirt-Simple Tahoe
Big-block, solid axle, stick shift
80 Vintage Racing Jeep
Famous ’76 CJ-7 comes back to the track
82 New Southwest Terror Trail
The Warpath lives up to its name
On The Cover: Art Director Alan Huber caught Rocky Dorame from Hazzard Fabworx testing his Nittos on the Ultimate Adventure in his blue TJ. Meanwhile Bobby Baird from El Paso was on the Warpath trail in New Mexico. Chris Pearson photo.