REVIEWS

  “Traction Satisfaction” By Eric Bewley Installing a Sky Manufacturing Traction Bar After months and months of struggling with various spring combinations trying to get my SPOA, Spring Over Axle, lifted Samurai to work right, I gave up and started looking for a traction bar that would work for me. The answer came from hours of ‘surfing the net’ looking …

CALMINI ROCKCRAWLER DL Calmini’s new super low t-case; the answer.-Eric Bewley CORVALLIS, OR. -The moment the new RockCrawler DL kit arrived at my house I was extremely excited. There has been quite a buzz brewing over the last year or so about new super low transfercase gears for Samurai transfer cases.      

Portable Utility Warn Industries introduces another great product.-Junior MOAB, UT. -There’s no doubt that Warn Industries knows what the off-highway enthusiast needs. They’ve taken that tried and true reliability we’ve all become accustom to and applied it to this handy 6000-pound ‘mighty-mini’ puller. From it’s floor mounted cradle within the safety of the vehicle, a user can simply pull a …

CALMINI RockCrawler Calmini RockCrawler Gear Set for the Sidekick / Vitara Editor: Eric Bewley ALBANY, OR -With the increasing popularity of the Sidekick as a viable off-highway vehicle, it was only a matter of time before the aftermarket equipment manufacturers started making quality ‘hard parts’ for serious enthusiasts. CALMINI manufacturing has done it again with their one piece RockCrawler gears …

  SHROCKWORKS SLIDERS Rocker Panel Skids For Your Samurai. Editor/Photo: Eric Bewley ALBANY, OR – In this our final installment of the ShrockWorks armor project for our Samurai Project: Hermey, we have a great sense of completion and accomplishment. The Shrockworks armor really has finished off the Samurai well making it a formidable trail machine. The rocker skids that we …

‘Direct Coordinates’ By Junior ZUKIWORLD Reviews Magellan’s New Map 330 GPS Ever pull over to read a worn-out map that takes up nearly the entire cab of the car, or have someone give you chicken scratch notes to a far away spot spelling out ‘turn left at forest service road…then look for the fallen tree…’? Only to find yourself once …

FEATURES | ADVENTURE | TECHNICAL | INDUSTRY NEWS SUZUKI 4X4 – BACKCOUNTRY TRAVEL & ADVENTURE Fort Rock, OR – As stated by the immortal Bill and Ted, “Excellent!” would be the one word to describe this year’s event. There seemed to be a coming together of elements that made this adventure a real hootenanny. The weather as always was unpredictable but …