We drove from Edmonton down past Calgary, thru the Crows Nest Pass, up through Kelowna to Kamloops and back to Edmonton. 2500km round trip. Saw some amazing views, great swimming spots and beautiful camp spots.
Great video Aaron. Been waiting for another one from you. Next time you come down to the Pass area, send me a message and maybe we can meet up. SW Alberta and SE BC is pretty much my neck of the woods and I spend alot of time out there. Could show you some really nice spots. Just finished a trip last week and spent 4 days of the trip up in between Radium and Skookumchuck. I did a trip back in June and went from the Pass to the Kettle River and only about 10% of that trip was on pavement. Keep the vids coming.
So if I get this right the guy with the impending heart operation peddles up a long grade while others were using E bikes pretending to peddle LOL. About the suspension you currently have on your Jeep, what was the lift height of it over stock ?
Haha, yeah I didn’t think about that to much. Probably why I was so winded after. Right now the Jeep is a stock suspension with a 2.5” spacer kit. I’ll be removing that and putting in a real 3.5” AEV lift kit.
@@aj.adventures That would be interesting to know what your current caster angle is with what it sounds like are the stock length upper and lower control arms as I am surprised from what I read and have personally heard, typically the jeep is all over the road or at least unpredictable with poor handling due to a horrible caster angle. Not only that, stock non adjustable track bars with the lift spacers you have ( or if it had been longer springs instead cause the same thing ) puts both axles slightly off center of the vehicle. Hopefully the kit you have purchased has all the goodies to adjust in a proper caster angle and yet being mindful of the front drive shaft angle. This summer talked briefly to a JK owner who had installed a somewhat lower budget lift but did come with the taller springs as well as new control arms but non adjustable. He said it handled absolutely horrible because of the lack of caster and the steep angle of the arms so he bought a front end trailing arm lowering kit that lowered the pivot point on the frame end of both upper and lower trailing arms and made all the difference to the handling. Unfortunately he had not taken it to an alignment shop to know what the caster had been with the lift and then with the front axle trailing arm lowering kit. Anyway thought I would mention all of that but sort of assume you bought a more comprehensive lift kit giving the ability to dial in the suspension better.
