Super Comanche!

Pthorpe84

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Can someone at MC post up Scott Becker's Comanche!?!? After reading his profile on the website, I have to see this thing!


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NorCalScott

Jeep Newb
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Images by Jerrod Jones... except the last one of the motor, that's me.

Here is what was written about it before it went to 15in travel 6Paks and 35's:

Have you noticed more features adhering to this low-slung, more subtle-looking build theme lately? It’s not just because that’s what we like; it’s because that’s what many newer truck builds are trending toward. The days of tall lift kits and “loud looking” trucks seem to be growing even shorter as enthusiasts’ tastes change and they become more experienced and educated, wanting more overall performance out of their trucks.

Bigger tires, not bigger lifts, help when off road. We look at lift kits as devices to get bigger tires on trucks. While performance parts are often included in lift kit packages (better shocks, beefier steering, better leaf packs, etc.), you can add stronger, beefier parts to a vehicle sitting at almost stock ride height, too.

With a lower 4x4 comes a subtler look. Think, “Walk softly and carry a big stick.” It’s more fun to hide your vehicle’s might behind the cloak of an almost stock truck. Not only will it impress when performing, but it’ll impress in the parking lot, too, when someone takes a closer look.


Take Scott Becker’s 1987 Comanche for example. Scott sat his Comanche on 2-inch-taller dual-rate coil springs in front and kept factory leaf packs in the rear. Because Scott used Hannemann fiberglass fenders and bedsides, 33-inch Goodyear tires fit with room to spare on the Comanche. At a glance, you wouldn’t think this Comanche had any bigger tires than what Jeep put on.

But, there’s a long-travel runner hiding under this low-slung silver sleeper. It took some time to figure out how to get 12 inches of usable travel out of a unit-body Jeep that sits lower than most stock 4x4s—especially using bolt-on parts and doing no major fabrication. But, you’d never know it from 10 feet away. At a glance on the street, Scott’s Comanche simply looks like a clean older truck with an ARB camper tent and some new wheels and tires. Who would know that there’s an aluminum LS 5.3L V-8 packed into a long-travel truck, getting better fuel economy than the stock motor? Subtlety rules.

Hope you enjoy, I do!

Scott-
 
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Pthorpe84

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Thanks Scott. I'm loving this thing. This has to be one of my favorite trucks of all time and I hate they stopped producing it. Glad to see someone has spent some time fixing one up. Great job and write up.


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