Off Road Adventures Magazine

 Joseph Granatelli competes in Kart Jr II.   At 15, this will be his last year racing Kart. Maybe next year we'll see him behind the wheel of a Single Buggy...

Once the decision has been made on how you"ll use your 4x4 and a body style has been selected, you"re ready to make the second most important decision in any buildup project, "What size of tire are you going to run?" Whether you"re building a 4x4 from scratch or upgrading the one you have, you"ll need a plan. There is always some fine-tuning to do after it hits the dirt, but if you don"t have a plan you may find yourself spending money reworking the vehicle instead of fine-tuning it. The first and most important decision to make on any build-up project is deciding, "How you intend to use your rig?" Is it a trail or street vehicle? Regardless of your choice there will be trade-offs...

 Tire pressure is one of the most important parts of the fuel economy formula. Our tests showed that even moderately underinflated tires could cost nearly 1 mpg, not to mention the squirrelly handling and increased tire wear that goes with it. When we last addressed the fuel economy issue back in 2004, little did we know the three buck gas was just a teaser...

  This was a different tire introduction than what Off-Road Adventures magazine usually gets invited to. Not like last year"s BF goodrich intro of their then new Mud Terrain T/A KM2 where Jim Allen got to take it through the paces off-roading in Utah. This is a BFG tire of a different nature and purpose...

  Bestop has been around for nearly 55 years. Originally, Tom Bradley stitched up fabric tops and side curtains for Jeeps during the slow periods at his Boulder, Colorado car-upholstery business. His story is like one of those garage-business bios we've shared in the past, but Bradley did it with class, later moving his Jeep-top business into an old school building with seven employees...