Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Suspension Tech, XL Tech Stories, XL Videos

Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: Building A 1950 GMC Cab Over Using A Late Model Dually Chassis

Whenever I see a COE, which stands for Cab Over Engine, I wish I had one. I have always thought a COE ramp truck would be cool, or even just a slammed COE pickup. They are just cool looking since...

Legit $50 PAINT JOB On A Crusty K5 Blazer (Surprisingly Good Results!)

Cheap paint is something that every one of us cars guys and gals have wanted at some point or another when we’ve found ourselves with a vehicle that is cool but has ugly paint and no good...

Reviving A 1950 Ford That’s Been Sitting In A Quonset Hut For Years! Will It Run And Drive?

This family-owned truck has been left to sit for decades in a Quonset hut in Canada and is now getting its chance at life again. There is no restoration happening here, and no big money spend, just...

Project Ronnie: Stevie Fast Is Building A Hot Rod Chevy Truck In The Memory Of His Step-Dad

It is weird to say but a lot of hardcore racers are not that much into street driven hot rods. They like cars but they like them made of steel tubing and making 3,000hp or more. Stevie Fast has...

Fresh Project Video: Hagerty’s Next Redline Rebuild Is A Clean 1993 4.0L Jeep XJ – The Work Starts Here

There’s no rest for the wicked in the Hagerty shop as just a short time after finishing their Mini build, the next subject of fun has rolled in. This time the vehicle is a 1993 Jeep Cherokee XJ...

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...

FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: IT’S ALIVE!! The FJ45 Ultimate Rock Crawler STARTS UP, But Not Without A Few Hiccups!

Why should it surprise us that the first startup on the FJ45 Rock Crawler project would be a little more exciting than it should be? I mean, everyone is excited when their new project starts for the...

2022 Kentucky Invitational Finals! Super Modified 2WD Truck Pulling At The TNT Truck & Tractor Pull

If you have never been to a truck and tractor pull then you really are missing out on something. They are way different than anything else you’ll see racing, but there is something about them that...

How Not To Drive A Sherp, And How To Save It After It Flips Over

If you haven’t seen a Sherp before then you have missed out on seeing an off-road rig that will do amazing things in amazing terrain, including floating down rivers, plowing over and through...

I’m Confused. Will It Make It 2,100 Miles? It’s Nicer Than Most Of The Things I Own!

I own some nice cars and a bunch of not nice cars, and if they are running then thoughts on their reliability don’t even cross my mind. If it is running and will drive me around town, then it...

Glorious Failure Video: This Film Documents NASA Space Shuttle Main Engine Test Failures – They Blew Up A LOT Of Stuff!

The old expression, “If you want to make an omelette, you’ve got to break a few eggs,” has never been illustrated more clearly than it is in this video. You are going to watch a...

Summernats 34: More Power, More Burnouts, More Fun!

Day 4 action from Summernats 2022 is right here, and if you missed Day 3 use the link below to check it out! Every single hot rodder on the planet knows about Summernats and there isn’t anyone out...

Alaskan Expedition: X Overlands Frontier Series Returns To Alaska

Off-roading adventures can be had almost anywhere in the world, and on all kinds of terrain, but overland expeditions are some of the coolest we’ve ever seen. I love what goes into an...

2022 Kentucky Invitational Finals! Super Modified 4WD Truck Pulling! TNT Truck & Tractor Pull!

If you have never been to a truck and tractor pull then you really are missing out on something. They are way different than anything else you’ll see racing, but there is something about them...