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  • CELEBRATE FIFTY YEARS OF BAJA RACING WITH OFF-ROAD LEGENDS AT THE PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM

    Parnelli Jones and Dave Ekins will answer audience members’ questions at a tribute dinner that kicks off the Petersen’s one-day Off-Road Show and summer exhibition, Braving Baja: 1,000 Miles to Glory, presented by American Honda Motorcycle Division. 

    Dave Ekins and Bill Robertson JR Photo by Ekins FamilyLos Angeles, Calif. (April, 2013) – To prove the durability of its motorcycles, American Honda sent a CL72 Scrambler on a 950 mile trek through rocks, sand washes, dry lake beds, mountain passes and paved roads. Fifty years later, that 1960s run is remembered for  initiating one of the most significant off-road races for both two and four wheeled vehicles in the world—the Baja 1000. Legendary racers Dave Ekins and Parnelli Jones will help the Petersen Automotive Museum honor Baja with a tribute dinner, one-day off road show, and summer-long exhibition: Braving Baja, 1,000 Miles to Glory, presented by American Honda Motorcycle Division. (more…)

  • Baja Designs’ Scientists Evolve uService™ LED Lighting Systems

    uService ReplacementSAN MARCOS, CA – Baja Designs (BD) has always engineered and manufactured LED lighting systems with replaceable lenses and optics. Amazingly enough, almost all other LED bars are silicone sealed and not serviceable. If a BD lens is scratched or scored, you don’t replace the entire light as you do with most imported products, nor do you need to send it back to the manufacturer as you would with other popular LED lights. (more…)

  • TRUST YOUR TIE DOWNS? MAC’S PUTS ITS STRAPS TO THE TEST

    Macs - IMG_1231Not all tie-downs are made alike, and to prove the strength and quality of its made-in-the-USA products, the owner of Mac’s Tie Downs entrusted his Jeep to the tie-downs at the Moab Easter Jeep Safari.

    Sagle, Idaho (April, 2013) – Mac’s Tie Downs are the strong and American made. Sure, the knock off brand cost less, but strength and quality is often compromised. Tie down straps are used to secure and tow your most precious of cargo, and Mac’s proved at the Moab Easter Jeep Safari how well-built its straps really are.

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  • MICKEY THOMPSON PERFORMANCE TIRES & WHEELS TEAMS UP WITH ROCKY RIDGE CUSTOM TRUCKS TO BUILD 100 LIMITED EDITION TRUCKS

    RockyRidge-MT-TruckSTOW, OH – April 3, 2013 – Mickey Thompson has teamed up with Rocky Ridge Custom Trucks to build 100 limited edition Rocky Ridge Mickey Thompson Signature Series trucks. Each custom built 2013 Chevy or GMC 1500 truck will feature Mickey Thompson’s 20×9 Sidebiter wheels and 35×12.50R20 Baja ATZp3 tires as well as custom painted graphics featuring the ATZp3 tread design.

    “This limited edition Signature Series truck is an awesome tribute to our brand, our 50th anniversary and to our new ATZp3 all-terrain tire that we will be launching this year,” stated Ken Warner, VP sales and marketing, Mickey Thompson. “We really enjoyed working with the Rocky Ridge team on this project.”  (more…)

  • Buy Four LT Tires or Wheels, Get $50 Prepaid MasterCard

    Rebate-300x250_lt-tiresSTOW, OH – March 25, 2013 – Starting April 1 through June 30, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels (Mickey Thompson) is offering consumers who purchase a set of four Baja STZ, Baja ATZ, Baja MTZ or Baja Claw TTC tires or select four Sidebiter, Classic III, Classic III Black, Classic Big Rig, or Mickey Metal Series wheels a $50 prepaid MasterCard.

    “As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, we wanted to develop a great incentive for some of our most popular light truck tires and wheels,” stated Ken Warner, VP Sales & Marketing, Mickey Thompson. “Buy a full set of qualifying tires or wheels and earn $50 in the form of a prepaid MasterCard as our way of saying thank you for 50 great years.” (more…)

  • RCV Performance Products Introduces Jeep JK 300M Steel Rear Axles for High Strength, Stiffness, and Shock Resistance

    RCV Ultimate Rear Axles JK 300MThe RCV Performance Products Ultimate Dana 44 Rear Axle Set for Jeep JK is manufactured with 300M alloy steel for ultra-high strength, stiffness, and high shock resistance. The axle shafts are specially designed for rock crawling and other high stress off road applications. RCV uses 300M steel for several reasons; High metal strength enables axles to transmit extremely high torque loads without shaft breakage. RCV 300M rear axle shafts are proven to be 2.5 times stronger than original equipment axle shafts. (more…)