Brad! You guys are awesome. I have a 2020 Trailhawk fitted almost exactly like yours with full Chief skids, rear and corner, and front lower and recovery points and winch, minus the bull bar and I'm still living through your vids because I don't have the guts you do...lol Thanks for putting the graphic with the offrioad settings, that is an awesome addition!
Wow! I live vicariously through your videos. I have an old 2005 jgc with 5.7 hemi and QD2, lifted 2.5 inches and full skid plates. The story I’m telling myself is that if they offered QD2 with front and rear limited slip diffs on your jeep, it would be easier on some sections. You did very well, and you and your bride make an excellent team. I love watching your videos. Sending good vibes your way.
Enjoy watching ur fun. Thats exactly why I got a Limited and put a 2.5" lift with 32" AT3Ws, skids and tow hooks. Didnt want to mess with the air lift system.
Excellent video, great driving skills, great(er) spotting/guiding skills (kudos to Lauren) and phenomenal capabilities of the Jeep! Bravo! (as usual). I look forward to watching the sequel and find out what happened!
I just did those 2 trails yesterday in the FJ. They are harder now due to corrosion plus that fun run for me was wet. The jeep looks capable but in the wet I wouldn't attempt either. My locking diffs saved my ass
I would have never guessed the Grand Cherokee could do those obstacles. Scary! You have big lug nuts. Wife\girl friend is great for guiding and sharing the experience. I wouldn't want to buy a vehicle that has done the 3 runs! Seems to beat them up. But I am a candy-ass.
The rock over in Arkansas is tough to ride on. Just so slick and loos and crumbly, and moisture doesn’t make it any better. I’ve been riding a MTB all my life in rocky chundery NJ and was surprised at how much a chump I felt out there. Good rock for shredding tires for sure.
I can tell you not from experience on those trails but cameras don't do justice on camber situations and how steep drop offs are and hill climbs. Major props to you all on trusting your rig.
Very true. In a couple of shots, seeing Lauren negotiate the intended path did add perspective, both with regards to the size of the rocks and angle of climb and camber. Often, the camera alone doesn’t do the degree-of-difficulty justice. This was a good test of that GC!
im surprised it didnt happen before or it doesnt happen more often. u really take that GC beyond its limits and more. I love it tho, shows how much beat they can handle and it's super entertaining to watch! after i graduate from veterinary school in 2 years this is the suv ill buy
Again a really fun to watch video. I hope you can get your air suspension working again. I've got an idea for a video: Make it about changing oil (when, which oil für 5.7l, 3.6l, 3.0l CRD), differencial, .... (Especially for the diesel (I drive myself) it's so hard to know which oil to use. In Germany I really don't get the right information. The manual recommends an oil that we can't buy (5W-40, MS-10902 and ACEA E9/E7 or A3/B4 - I can buy 5w-40, but no MS-10902. I can buy A3/B4 but C3 is usually recommended to diesel cars with particel filter). I guess you know many diesel GC driver which do the oil change themselves.
Nice trail Brad. Trailhawk was a champ. Those pitch angles are very challenging for our vehicles for sure. Feels sketchy often. I hit 31 degree once. Thought for sure I was going over. Looking forward to the next video.
Wow I tensed up watching yall go through some of these parts, cant imagine how you all felt going through some of these obstacles. Seems like the air suspension is becoming a headache, hope everything is okay there
@@ProdigalOverland My air suspension and electronics got a little wonky on broken arrow trail. Air lift stopped responding to commands. The thermometer stopped updating the temperature. Realize that when it was 1 PM and it said it was still 28F outside. I ended up bypassing a couple obstacles because my front bumper kept wanting to catch rocks. I thought it seemed lower than normal maxed out. Maybe it was not lifting after all. Now ill have to check it tomorrow to see if I was having the same problem. Did you find out what went wrong yet?
Damn that tree section was hard. Great video as usual man. The air suspension going out is my worst nightmare when off roading. So far so good for me and I hope yours is nothing srs and it's back in no time.
Hope you get your Quadralift fixed. I smashed my Jeep's front end about 2 mile's from my Cabin 3 years ago. Passenger front wheel well liner got slightly torn out (which I hadn't realized until too late), which allowed the front passenger tire to rub through an air suspension line on left turns. Jeep was down onto it's bump stops just as I pulled into my place. Had to flatbed it down to the Jeep dealer in Cadillac, MI, about 25 mile's away. It was an easy fix. We made sure to zip tie that air line further away from the engine compartment side of a replacement wheel well liner. My Quadralift has always been a little quirky, especially in extremely cold ("zero" degree F) weather.
Great trails and great driving. Looks like a lot of fun. Air suspension is a great technology but as everything complex it can fail. From what I have read in the forums it usually becomes a problem when it is cold outside. If only the front is down, then the compressor is probably OK and you dont have a leak, so it some control system, sensors or valves? Or there is moisture in the system? Anyway As for people commenting that it is beyond Trailhawk's mission. I disagree. THIS IS TRAILHAWK'S MISSION ;-) When I went for 4x4 safety clinic some people commented that it a bit silly to take fairly new somewhat luxurious rig on trails and pinstripe the crap out of it on a trail. But this is why they were created. Not for driving over curbs in the mall parking lot. That is why I love this car. I can comfortably cruise on the highway, take it to the trail and come back. And it drives over curbs like a boss! Can't wait for the next video!
I wonder if you could reset the suspension with alfaobd. You can force air to and from the bags/reservoir manually as well as force it into any ride height for testing purposes. Might not be a bad idea to look into/invest in as a backup measure .
That was some gnarly, craggy, chunky trail brother! Definitely a gutsy attempt at several obstacles. How would you compare this trail to some others? It seems like the conditions (cold, icy) seems to impact the air suspension the most from online comments and discussions. Hopefully your are up and running again soon. Great video.
Thanks for watching. I actually was very impressed with the trails and the overall park. I would definitely recommend them. The cold and Ice certainly added some traction issues.
Wow! That's the roughest, toughest test for the Grand Cherokee yet! Incredible rock crawling in an amazing vehicle, considering you just drive it home afterwards. Air suspension front height regulator plastic units may be knocked out of alignment? Thanks
With as much as you push the limits with the WK2, I'm surprised you aren't running a much more aggressive tire more off-road oriented. With some better tires, I think you'd climb up some of these rocks you just spin with the ATs.
@@OriginalMasters they are good tires, but they are definitely less suited for the kind of off roading he is doing haha. Like using a butter knife to cut steak. I do understand he does a ton of driving on the pavement, so I get it a guess
You are going to be limited to about a 2.5 inch lift because of the stress higher lifts put on the CV joints. Also you can't get the Quadra Drive 2 system without the air lift.
Hello, Brad! I have one question about you air suspension fail. Did you check the fuse? I've just bought new WK2 and talked with guy from dealer about quadralift issues on low temperatures (below freezing). He said that the most common reason of air suspension fail in theese conditions is the compressor overloading. When ice freezes on air springs, compressor tries to brake this ice and the fuse blows due overload. Or computer can detect overloading and just disable suspension lift (in this case it will work again after car restart, shutting down for 15 min or disconnecting battery). So you need only take a spare fuse and replace it on place. In most cases no refill required and you don't need to go to the dealer. I'm curious, how far it is from truth.
Hi! I was referring to the difficulty rating system at this park specifically which rates their trail on a 1-5 (diamond) scale on their trail map. Thanks for watching!
That looked like a super fun trail (or set of trails). Lauren sounded a little stressed at first, LOL! And I was here spotting you, out loud, like a drunken idiot. Did you get the suspension figured out?
@@ProdigalOverland, AlfaOBD will help you diagnose the problem with the Quadra-Lift system. I tried to post a link but the comment got deleted. AlfaOBD runs on either an Android or Windows device. You will also need a bluetooth scan tool to plug into the ODB port on your JGC.
Jesus Christ!!!! Jeep did not mean this when they said trail rated!!! My word!! 😆😆😆 Edit: And its basically stock besides tires, bull bar & Mopar sliders right!? Watching this is just like drinking a dozen IPAs, I'm getting wasted!!
