Ferrari Recalls the 458 Italia

Ferrari 458 Italia

Ferrari recalled 3,082 of their flagship super car, the 458 Italia, because humans can get trapped in the trunk and won’t be able to escape. The reason is that the trunk release latch on the inside of the trunk is defective, most cars hoods have two latches, one on the inside of the car to … Read more

The Worlds First 3D Printed Car. “Strati” by Local Motors

3D printed car

Imagine being able to walk into a dealership, and being able to buy a 3D printed car, designed as your dream car, and then drive it home the next day. This sounds crazy, but it will soon be a reality in 2015, Local Motors debuted its 3D printed car named “Strati” at the International Manufacturing Technology … Read more

800 Horsepower Baja Truck Rips Through Ensenada, Mexico

Similar to Ken Block’s “Gymkhana” viral YouTube videos, BJ Baldwin and Monster Energy saw an opportunity to make a viral video “#Recoil”, “Recoil” was such a viral video they decided to make a sequel, “#Recoil 2”. But instead of a tarmac rally car like Gymkhana, its an 800 HP baja race truck! Ensenada is home … Read more

Cole’s Mean Green XJ Cherokee

XJ Cherokee

Dust Runners Automotive Journal is proud to present our first vehicle feature. Cole Bruns and his XJ Jeep Cherokee! Cole comes from a family of Jeepers, when Cole was a child, his father bought old Jeep’s and restored them. The Jeep “Bug” caught onto Cole when he bought his XJ Cherokee. He fell in love with it, and made it his baby. Modifying it to his style and needs, also with some flare on his interior.

XJ Cherokee

His XJ has a full spring 4″ Rubicon Express lift with upgrading shackles and spacers giving it a total of about 5″ inches of lift. It also has 32″ tires on 16″ rims, custom bumpers, a rear swing-away tire carrier, custom rock sliders to protect his Jeep’s body. He also has a Super Winch “Tiger Shark” 9500 lb. winch tucked away inside the bumper, to get him out of sticky situations. All of his fender flares have been coated with heavy duty bed-liner, as well as the rocker panels on all four doors.4.5

The sound system is three Rockford Fosgate P1’s, 1500 watts total, the sub box is sealed and custom built by Cole himself, all the door speakers are 5.5″ inch Pioneer speakers, he also has green LED light strips throughout his interior the give it a fresh and cool new look. “I rarely use my side mirrors, because they’re vibrating to much.” Cole said.

Rockford Fosgate P1 12

He likes to take his XJ Cherokee to the local car shows and hang out with the local off-road groups, and show off his XJ.

Car show xj cherokee

Cole’s future plans for his XJ Cherokee are to add a roof rack, LED lights, a bigger lift, and a bigger tires. Eventually upgraded the weak factory axles, to something much beefer to handle larger tire sizes.