Four Wheeler – September 2019

36 SEPTEMBER 2019 FOUR WHEELER fourwheeler.com

SAFARI FINDS

21 off-road goods from the 2019 Easter Jeep Safari

vendor show

By Jered Korfhage [email protected] Photos: Jered Korfhage

Feature

<-LONG-ARM JL

BDS Suspension brought a JL Wrangler with 40-inch tires

loaded with the company’s goodies, including its new 6.5-inch

Long Arm Kit. The lower arms are contoured to improve the JL’s

ground clearance. Learn more at bds-suspension.com.

<-SHOCK FACTOR

We know it’s satisfying to hear the power from a big-block as

your rig rumbles down the trail, but what if you could buzz up the

next obstacle with battery power? The students at Utah Valley

University’s Automotive Department built a battery-powered rock

buggy and spent time testing it on Moab’s rocks before showing

it off at the vendor show. Perhaps we will see electric ’crawling

technology in the near future?

|>LED GRILLE

Want to seamlessly integrate an LED lightbar into your Jeep

JL’s grille? Westin’s HDX LED Grille does just that, and it’s also

available for Chevy, Ford, Ram, and Toyota vehicles. See all

applications at westinautomotive.com.

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FTER DUSTY, HEART-POUNDING DAYS ON THE

4x4 trails of Moab, Utah, thousands

of off-road enthusiasts came to the

Old Spanish Trail Arena to peruse the

rows of exciting wares and goodies offered by

vendors and exhibitors. The indoor arena was

packed with Safari-goers, and the fun didn’t

stop there. Displays spilled out into the outdoor

lot, where folks shopped for new parts, tried on

event T-shirts, and took pictures next to their

favorite trail rigs. We walked every aisle of the

show looking for the newest and coolest prod-

ucts, all with the picturesque La Sal Mountains

over our shoulders in the background. Read on

for 21 of the off-road goods we found.