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Pure 4x4 Basecamp 3.0 SoCal Recap

Basecamp 3.0 arrived in Big Bear with a bang! Over 300 vehicles showed up at Holcomb Ranch to get dirty, party, run trails, and talk shop. When we saw all the rigs rolling out of Tahoe from Basecamp 2.0 a few months back, we knew we couldn’t miss this one. People from all over the country showed up to Basecamp; Washington, Florida, the midwest, Norcal - “We dont have these mountains back east!” It was great putting faces to names; Baja Designs, VTX Wheels, Yotamafia, American Adventure Lab, Long Beach Overland, CORVA and a bunch of others. Wayne from Suspension...

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Shock Surplus Sponsors Pure 4x4 Basecamp 3.0 SoCal

Pure 4x4 is at it again with another BASECAMP Event and this time it's in our neck of the woods... SoCal. We're happy to sponsor the event with a raffle for a brand new set of Eibach Pro-Truck Coilovers and Shocks for the Toyota Tacoma. We're excited about hosting a trail run at Gold Mountain during the always photogenic "Golden Hour" before sunset. Come on out, enjoy some summer time Big Bear camping vibes, hit up some trail runs, enjoy the live music, games, and more! On top of all that, if you make it out we've got event exclusive...

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Upgrading the Jeep Wrangler JL’s Ride Control on Trail

With the fresh heaping of snow that pounded the Big Bear mountains, we took the opportunity to hit some off-road trails for a before-and-after ride test with our friend Eric’s new Jeep Wrangler JL. Gold Mountain trail was the first destination to crawl some aggressive obstacles, and then on to 3N16, the famous easy-going trail that runs through the length of Big Bear. Eric's 2019 Wrangler JL is equipped with a Metal Cloak 3.5” lift kit, sitting on their proprietary Rock Sport twin-tube shocks. He didn’t have any complaints about the current ride quality on the Jeep, but wanted to...

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