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Watch our Facebook page. Pictures always show up there first. Once the marketing guys get all the pics/video sorted out they will post more. www.facebook.com/zoneoffroad

We still have the MJ and it works better than ever. It gets out to shows about 6-7 times a year. Just loaded up for the trip to Outback Adventure Park in Eau Claire, PA this weekend. www.outbackoffroadpark.com Our sister company BDS Suspension will also be out their with their '05 Liberty CRD. If you are looking for a place to wheel this weekend and can make the trip to western PA come on out. Always a great event out there. That is why we make the trip at least once every year.

First off, Mike's Deli in Chelsea gets about 12 thumbs up. Wish I lived closer to try all the sandwiches...since it would take a couple years. Been a long time since I have been on. MJ is still going strong and is actually out in Moab as we speak running the trails and showing off at the vendor show. If you are one of the lucky ones out at EJS this week, stop by and say hello.

Just a quick thanks to everyone who stopped to see us at all the shows this summer. With show season coming to a close it will give our marketing guys some time to compile all the video/pictures from the events of the year. They hope to have some MJ video from UA 2012 up and running soon. I will let everyone here know when they are ready.

We will be in the vendor area with the MJ and our 2011 Chevy 2500HD. Stop by and see us.

Thanks :D Cover -> http://zoneoffroad.com/blog/?p=2973&utm ... ad+Blog%29 Article -> http://www.4wdandsportutility.com/featu ... roject_mj/

Just got back from Bloomsburg, PA 4wd Jamboree on Monday. Headed back out to the PA Jeeps show in York, PA tonight. Stop by and see the MJ. Bloomsburg show pics -> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 775&type=1

199 pictures from UA 2012 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 775&type=1

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Really nothing to report. The MJ worked great in everything. It did overheat once after getting the radiator jammed full of mud. We also have a new dent in the driver's side door and a broken mirror. The Nittos worked great in everything...just a little noiser than the Maxxis on the road. The MJ got back late yesterday morning. We pulled it off the flatbed and put it right into the enclosed trailer. By 5pm it was headed toward Bloomsburg, PA for the Jamboree this weekend. It will be there all weekend at our booth and then on over to the PA Jeep show in York, PA next weekend. I won't have it back here until after PA Jeeps. If you are around those two areas, stop by the show and say hi. Steve Fendt will be there and can tell you stories from the trip. http://zoneoffroad.com/blog/?p=2907&utm ... ad+Blog%29

Carter and Steve are already on day 2 of the 2012 UA. Carter has been posting up pictures on our Facebook page. Can you guess where they are? https://www.facebook.com/zoneoffroad?ref=ts

Left yesterday morning...http://zoneoffroad.com/blog/?p=2818

At this point, the front portion of the long arm are the only pre-production parts on this vehicle.

Wheeling at Bundy Hill with a couple days to spare before it heads out for UA 2012 VIDEO =>

We need to get it out in the sun and take a couple pics of the dash. It turned out pretty nice for not really having a specific plan for it starting out.

Almost there:

Found something that probably only a true Comanche guy/gal would find the least bit interesting. Digging through the pile of pieces and parts from the full year of messing with Project MJ we found the original window stickers. Total original sticker price of $15,365. We paid slightly less than that for it 21 years later. My Photobucket skills aren't up to par...thought I had this one rotated correctly.

RC trucks have come a long way since I played around with them back in the day. They are serious business now with some pretty advanced components. This one caught our attention in the early stages for obvious reasons. Just something one of our guys stumbled onto the other day that we plan to watch and see how it turns out. Here is the thread: http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/1-9-scal ... ct-mj.html

Fancy marketing blog post: http://zoneoffroad.com/blog/?p=2647

Wow. A lot has changed since the last time I looked through your thread. Nice work. You will like the recessed winch setup. Worth the extra work. Also like the bed side exhaust exit.

Pictures :clapping: First thing you will notice is the similar paint color. Well, we heard from an overwhelming amount of people who actually wanted us to stay true to the original design and keep it green. We couldn't completely leave it alone so we stepped up to one of the brightest greens I think you will see on a production vehicle today. The new color is Gecko Green which is available on the 2012 Jeep JK. We had one of these JKs in the shop a few months back and it made the old MJ green look very pale. Pictures will not do the paint justice. Grab the nearest bright green highlighter and you will get the idea. Body panels will be back today and from then on we will be wearing sunglasses in the shop around this thing. Just off the trailer, back from paint. Gecko Green will make your eyes bleed if you stare at it too long so pace yourself. Front end view. The Rigid Ind. 30" light bar will be going back on (see SEMA pics). We pulled the front end appart to mount the new TJM 12,000 lb winch and AGR Rock Ram fluid cooler. 5 new Nitto Mud Grapplers (40x13.50R17). Same size as the Maxxis that were on there - pictured above. Nitto is the sponsor of the UA again this year. We didn't wait for them to get us tires last year because of time constraints. The Maxxis did awesome wherever we went. Figure we would try this out this year. These are being mounted on Walker Evans Racing bead lock wheels (at the painter). The interior all torn out again. New gauges hanging while we trace wires. This thing had some electrically gremlins we are trying to eliminate. Gauges will be mounted in a complete custom steel dash, which is currently at the painter. Should be back today. After UA last year, we moved the reservoir out under the fenders to get away from the engine heat 2004 WJ brake booster/master cylinder with Summit racing rear adjustable proportioning valve. Fuel cell filler neck. The old one was hard to get to and a pain to open. New Rigid Ind. rear facing LED lights

Finally got around to getting some pictures last night. I need to get them uploaded from the camera and I will get them posted. We torn the top half down to get paint/interior work. Starting to go back together today.

Graphics department has been playing with new colors on the MJ. Posted them up on our Facebook. Take a look: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= ... 775&type=1

Well guys, we are once again sponsoring the Peterson's Ultimate Adventure. With a trip to an unknown location somewhere in the US in about a month, we decided to make a few updates to the MJ. On the list is a couple things we didn't like about the rig the last time out as well as some details to change up the look a bit. New storage compartments will find their way into both the cab and bed. The dash is being torn out and replaced by a custom steel piece and new gauge cluster. Mechanically the biggest change will be the NP231 transfer case being pulled out and replaced by an NP241 Rock Trac out of a Rubicon TJ. The new t-case gives us more strength and a much better 4:1 gear reduction. I will work on getting some pictures up so you can see the progress.