Scott knocked out the bumper out of 1.75' DOM with a 1/4" aluminum skid. Then he ripped the old torsion bar/A arm suspension and replaced it with a Total Chaos Gen 2 Caddy system. This includes upper and lower chromoly A arms w/uniballs and bushings, steering extensions, brake lines, shock hoop, and King coilovers w/remote reservoirs.

Been a busy week. Chris got the 4 link done on the FJ Cruiser and is in the process of making shock mounts as well as a new rear frame. Camren is knocking out the YJ exocage. I have been working on Mack's Antirock swaybar and should have it done tomorrow. We welcome Scott Samuel, a new fabricator to the mix. He will be working with us this summer before returning to his Premed path at Southwestern College. Today he built a Prerunner bumper on Blake's Tacoma. Tomorrow we will mount the lights and skid plate. The rest of the week we will continue on these projects, as well as some maintenance work on a pair of TJ's.

A lot has been going on in the past couple of weeks. We are all making some changes. Camren Moureau from the dissolved Atomic 4x4 joins the Krawltex Team, and Ted is moving to JeepMasters. We wish Mr Morris the best and plan to keep him as part of our desert racing endeavors. Hopefully we will be in the next issue of Dirtsports in our red Tacoma, as part of the BRT's Inaugural race at Texana last month. Look for a three page spread on the race. Krawltex will also be in Crawl magazine soon. Look for Tony Arledge's rock buggy that we built from the ground up.

Work wise... well let's just say we have been more than swamped lately. Ted is almost wrapped up in Chris' AW4 TJ wiring and a CJ7 cage for Andrew. Chris has been knocking out some very trick TIG welded chromoly plate bracketry for Ed's FJCruiser 4 link. Camren M. and I have been working on Mike's Baja rack/exo-cage on his YJ. Rico is doing some finishing touches on Mack's CJ7. We have also had our hands in some leveling kits here and there, suspension maintenance for a few people, exhaust work for a Lightning, and other random projects... such as a telescoping projector A frame with a touch screen 4x6' Smart Board.

In the next few weeks we will be continuing the FJCruiser build with a Fuelsafe cell, interior roll cage, slider and rear bumper work. A Gen 2 4Runner will be in next week for a Total Chaos "Caddy" long travel suspension. The Osterhus SAS 1 ton Tahoe is in here for an interior roll cage. And another Wrangler is in for suspension upgrades.

In the mean time, here are some finished pics of the adjustable upper frame link brackets for Ed's FJ.

Here's some pics of Alex's 6" BDS lift and 35's on his F150

Ted and Camren are finishing up Mack's CJ7. Camren built a beefy rear bumper and tire carrier for it. Ted has it running and shifting with a custom cue-ball tcase shifter. Chris finished up the chromoly truss for Ed's 9inch and has it mocked up under the FJ.
Last weekend was BRT's debut at the Blackwell 250. We were running very strong, number 1 in class and only minutes behind the overall, when a catastrophic fuel pump failure put us out of the race only 5 miles from the finish. Since the race, the truck's fuel cell is out and on its way to Fuel Safe for a new bladder and foam. We hope to have it all ironed for the Chupacabra 250 Sept. 29th- Oct. 2nd .

This week Ted has been ironing out Mack's CJ7 5.3L wiring and should have it running early next week. Ed's FJ cruiser is back in the shop for another transformation. chris pulled the FJ gas tank and shipped it to Fuel Safe for the new cell that will be mounted in the rear. He also reworked the air shock mounts and rasied the ride height on Al's Copperhead fab 4 seat buggy. Rico pulled the factory Toyota axle and Icon Stage 5 rear suspension off the Toyota. He also assembled the Currie Fab 9 chromoly housing, Hi9 35 spline center section with 4.88 gears and an ARB, pressed the factory brake backing plates on to the Currie 35 spline shafts. Mack's cage got the final welding, harness mounts and paint. Our new employee Camren, stripped the interior panels, rear bumper, and lobbed off the rear frame. He installed the Lokar shifter and fuel sending unit in Mack's CJ7.

Here are some initial pics of the FJ cruiser project.

Next week we will be reworking the lower links on Al's buggy, Tuning Mack's CJ7, assembling the 4 link truss and link mounts in stacked 1/8' chromoly plate, building a swingout tire carrier on the CJ7, finishing the wiring on Chris' TJ AW4 swap, and lifting Alex's F150 with a 6" BDS kit.

Here's some finished pics of Travis' 09 Xterra Prerunner bumper that chris built, with the end caps and 1/4" aluminum skid