Category Archive: Videos, XL Off Road Feature, XL Spotlight, XL Videos
Finnegan Bought A Used LS-Powered Pro 2 Race Truck And Is Already Breaking Things On Day 1
Remember when you were a kid and on the first day playing with some new RC car, bike, or toy you broke it? That’s sorta what’s going on here with Finnegan, and somehow I think he and...
Hot Stuff: The 2023 Ranger Raptor Will Have Nearly 400hp and Pack Gnarly Suspension Like Its Larger Brother
(By Tom Lohnes) – Since it came out in 2018, the Ford Ranger Raptor has been the truck America said they wanted, but probably wouldn’t buy. Although extremely capable on a trail, the 210-hp...
This Squarebody Swapped Sherman Tank Project Keeps Knocking Down Trees And Then Needs Some Work
Tracked vehicles are cool, and tanks are the ultimate tracked vehicle. Unfortunately, or should I say fortunately, it isn’t the kind of vehicle that everyone has access to. But if you like...
Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: Custom Fitting The Bed So The Big Wheel And Tire Combo Tucks When It’s On The Ground
In this episode of the COE project the bed gets fitted over the giant dually wheels out back, including some custom fitting and widening so it all fits when laid on the ground. There is some creative...
They Bought a Squarebody swapped WW2 Tank! What Would You Do With The Shermanator?
Tracked vehicles are cool, and tanks are the ultimate tracked vehicle. Unfortunately, or should I say fortunately, it isn’t the kind of vehicle that everyone has access to. But if you like...
FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: Safety Third! This Is The Safest The FJ45 Has Ever Been!
No belts and no roll cage is no way to go to Johnson Valley, so the Fab Rats are getting their tubing on. This is going to be snug. If you know old Toyota Land Cruisers then you know that an FJ40 is...
Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: It’s Bag Mount Time And Stuff Is Going Together!
In this episode of the Bello’s Customs COE project the big C-Notch and rear 4-Link are getting bag mounts so they will be ready to haul any heavy load they want. This is going to be a cool...
Will Cleetus Fix The 700 Horsepower RIPSAW Tank? The Mud Awakes!
The RIPSAW rips, but not without causing some serious grief with multiple breakdowns in the first couple days of ownership. Cleetus and the boys have been thrashing the thing hard, too hard in fact,...
Cleetus Bought AND BROKE a RIPSAW Tank!!! 700hp Duramax Powered Tank That Does 70mph!
It shouldn’t surprise you that Cleetus would end up with something awesome like this 700hp Duramax powered RIPSAW, and it also shouldn’t surprise you that it took just two days to break...
Introducing The Misfit Toys RONchero Project: A 1957 Ford Ranchero On A 4×4 Chassis!
Trars are awesome! If you don’t know what a TRAR is, it’s a truck chassis with a car on top of it. Sounds weird? Yeah, it is, but it is also fun and if they are done right it’s...
FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: When Will The Cutting Stop! More Hacking And Welding
Just when you think this thing has got to be almost done, they start hacking more sheet metal off of it! If you know old Toyota Land Cruisers then you know that an FJ40 is an iconic off-roader. Like...
The New New: Toyota Reveals The All-New 2023 Sequoia – Lots Of Tundra Goodness In This One
(By Tom Lohnes) – Since it debuted alongside its Tundra sibling in 2007, the Toyota Sequoia has not seen much change. With a dependable V8 under the hood, a comfortable interior, and some...
Project Hay Hauler: The Rust Repair Continues, And Boy Is This Project Snowballing! Is It Getting Too Nice?
Sometimes you start in on an already driving project, with the best intentions of just doing some minor stuff and getting it back on the road, only to end up falling down a rabbit hole of repairs...
