Off Road Adventures Magazine

SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION (SEMA) holds a little get-together each fall at the Convention Center in Las Vegas. With 100,000 in attendance it's hard to believe that it's not open to the general public. In fact, SEMA gets pretty stingy with credentials to make sure there is room in the display isles for industry leaders from over 100 countries...

THE RUBICON is unquestionably the most celebrated four-wheel drive trail on the planet. Like a place of holy worship, the Rubicon has become the focal point for many a pilgrimage, mindful providence for not only the seasoned gearhead, but for anyone who's ever shifted a transfer case into 4WD. It has been the trail by which all other trails have been measured, the barometer of the four-wheeling difficulty scale...

THIS TIME WE GIVE YOU THE BASIC XJ SKINNY ON GETTING THE POWER TO THE GROUND. THIS INCLUDES THE TRANSMISSION, TRANSFER CASE AND AXLES. TRANSMISSION Overall, the best factory manual transmissions are the Aisin AX-15 and NV-3500...

As covered in our first installment of Project FJ, Toyota's FJ Cruiser demonstrates a strong family resemblance to its respected forefather, the FJ40. The new FJ's offroad capabilities also indicate that it comes from the same end of the gene pool, but it also improves on its predecessor in several areas, thanks to modern technology. Off-road enthusiasts, however, aren't content to leave anything well enough alone...

AYBE YOU HAVEN'T MADE THIS MISTAKE, but chances are, you know a lot of 4x4 buddies who have. They buy a nice Jeep to take off-road. It's not new, but it's solid and intact with no glaring defects like fluids dripping spots on the road...