You pretty much need a built rig to tackle the Rubicon. The fact this guy was ignorantly arrogant enough to try to bring a stock anything on it is half of the comedy.
It was a promo stunt from the company that’s selling the aftermarket parts for the CT - and watching their other videos, basically everything they’ve done to it is cosmetic. Camper bed, goofy bumpers, locking plastic wheel covers, tie rods that are a whopping 4mm thicker… and that’s it. No reinforcing of basically any other components, and it really shows.
The Rubicon isn’t actually all that tough, Dirt Everyday did it in stock vehicles, a 70s Chevy squarebody truck and a 60s Jeep Cj2a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGGRAXhxZVA
Yeah they didn’t do it in a stock modern vehicle. Even though it’s named after it, I’d guess most people would break down trying it in a new stock Jeep Rubicon. Of course pro drivers can do better, I’m not even skilled but I have climbed easily up trails where the “more capable” rig in front of me had just struggled. If you don’t take any of the bypass routes, the Rubicon trail is a beast.
You pretty much need a built rig to tackle the Rubicon. The fact this guy was ignorantly arrogant enough to try to bring a stock anything on it is half of the comedy.
According to the article it wasn’t stock, it was kitted out for the job.
It was a promo stunt from the company that’s selling the aftermarket parts for the CT - and watching their other videos, basically everything they’ve done to it is cosmetic. Camper bed, goofy bumpers, locking plastic wheel covers, tie rods that are a whopping 4mm thicker… and that’s it. No reinforcing of basically any other components, and it really shows.
The Rubicon isn’t actually all that tough, Dirt Everyday did it in stock vehicles, a 70s Chevy squarebody truck and a 60s Jeep Cj2a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGGRAXhxZVA
Edit: URL problems
Just so you know, the text of your link looks fine but it points to https://lemmy.world/post/url
Yeah they didn’t do it in a stock modern vehicle. Even though it’s named after it, I’d guess most people would break down trying it in a new stock Jeep Rubicon. Of course pro drivers can do better, I’m not even skilled but I have climbed easily up trails where the “more capable” rig in front of me had just struggled. If you don’t take any of the bypass routes, the Rubicon trail is a beast.