Home Built Diesel Swapped Wrangler VS. Modern Jeep Jk

Its a battle between factory equipped and home built. One could argue that a team of engineers with endless funding can easily build a more capable Jeep than a guy in his garage, but is that true? Lets compare this Volkswagen TDI Turbo Diesel Swapped 2002 Jeep TJ Crawler with a well equipped and more modern 2012 Jeep JK and see which out preforms the other on the trail.

[@CascadingDream]

A doubler and 40's is what your Tacoma needs.

[@ratfarmers]

Putting a diesel is definitely on my list of things to do on the Jeep! I just to whittle down all of the other projects I have in the barn and around here.

[@little_orange_az]

Ohh! Always something new and exciting!

[@NateRamsey]

Hey thanks for the kind words. The ole yota does well. It was so random running into y’all. We were taking our radio repeater up the hill for race day. Ever make it to Montana I’ll take ya wheeling.

[@tschwag1420]

A raisin toy crawler is in your future I see. 85 four runner maybe haha

[@morgan19811]

That was some boosted sneeze 🤧 💨

[@JTHendo464]

What part of Washington are you from? I’m from Richland. Live in Alaska now, but currently stationed in Hawaii. Just recently discovered your channel, love the content!

[@Maxx.Powell]

Hey man. I lived in Richland for 11 months while I worked for Hanford Fire Department! I love near Olympia now working for Lacey Fire

[@MTNJOHN]

Shout out to the Gilmore girls reference

[@WyattSanipass-jp6ty]

Love it....

[@jeffthompson8835]

Jeep! Toyota is ok too I guess

[@wazzy721]

Look into marlin crawlers

[@MattSanipass81]

Nate bought a Toyota now are you going to buy a jeep? 🤷🏻‍♂️ 😂

[@shannonbradley2879]

Marlin crawler tacobox just ask Nate I’m sure he wants one for the taco

[@Maxx.Powell]

Yeah dude I've been eyeing those Taco boxes for a while now

[@newbwheeler9777]

Hahahaha! You lost all your street cred. when you started talkin’ Gilmore girls...🧐🤓

[@jeremy8715]

Shaved your head I see or at least I just noticed since you ain’t wearing a hat.

[@mattmcgill1815]

Maxx, keep the Raptor, trade the Taco for a JEEP!

[@madman432000]

"Some people have too much money", says the guy who did brodies in a church parking lot with a new CanAm SxS till the drive belt shreds. Don't judge man. 🤣

[@Maxx.Powell]

Hahah fair enough man

[@jason.hartson]

Nate's Jeep is no joke! Awesome machine.

[@cjzx325]

Seeing Nate's Jeep just idle up those rocks was impressive. TDI FTW!!

[@WeekendWrenchTurner]

Thumbs up for Nate, and i suppose Maxx too 🍺🍺

[@larrybriggs2920]

So cool to see you hangin with Nate. He is the off road fab dude! Been watching him since Bleepin Jeep days. Stick with him and your Taco might compete on the tough stuff. Great video Matt, get back to the dirt bro.

[@josef859]

Enough with the ifs max! Do a doubler + solid axles and 40's

[@FlawedOffroad]

I would love to wheel with you guys some day! Awesome dudes, awesome channels!🤘

[@rsiboy87]

First time watcher of your channel and definitely subscribing! Great video!

[@Maxx.Powell]

Thanks for watching and subscribing! Glad you enjoyed the video 🍻👊

[@manuelthug3500]

Nice commentary 👌 loving it

[@ricksousa9480]

Must of been fun, thanks for sharing.

[@gibson5056]

Nate is tha man!

[@jdenmark1287]

Haha, too much money = spending money on different ridiculous things than what ridiculous things you would spend it on.

[@Maxx.Powell]

To be real I would probably buy a lifted stretch limo lol

[@adventureoutline]

Wish I would have known you were going to be down hear in Cali, I would have loved to meet you Maxx. You have bean a huge influence for me to start doing KZbin almost 3 years ago. Anyways hopefully some day. Until then keep dropin great videos man. 🤙

[@ipotch1]

“Some people just have to much money” not quite but just know how to have a good time. Don’t need money to put a old limo on a 78 truck frame. It’s a head turner out there for sure #27 #liftedlimo Love your videos man. Hope to see you at hammers next year.

[@ajr5195]

Hope you got to check out unleashed4x4 ‘s tacoma while you were out there! Time to solid axle swap your 3rd gen!. Very cool content... can see the hard work you put into this channel. Keep up the good work!

[@markw365]

Bwahaha, night runs at JV never end up in your favor, speaking from years of experience here. :) Left plenty of rigs on the trail overnight there.

[@MoonyJohn]

We got to go wheeling sometime dude. Im in canby oregon but travel north and south to wheel. Love your vids man!

[@mikehancho5286]

That JKU looks like a great daily / weekend warrior! I am rocking a 2016 JKUR 32 spline RCV/Ten Factory shaft 4.88 Yukon Gears Stock lockers Morpar 4" lift with reservoir shocks Rancho fully box correction bracket Trussed/gusseted 37x 17 R70 Milestar Patagonia's PSC Big Bore XD steering gear 7075 aluminum 1 ton Drag link 7075 aluminum 1 ton Track bar JKS F/R tackbars Reid Racing knuckles TerraFlex HD Ball joints So far no problems on the PNW trails!

[@OscarGarcia-tf6jg]

If you had the 4.0 instead of that 3.5 that would also make it a lot more capable

[@FlawedOffroad]

Send it!

[@jasonburton4212]

It's Jes not jessie. Duuuhhh! Lol Great video.

[@stacksmasher]

THIS is the Maxx Powell we know and love! More off road!

[@w0wsuchdoge]

Didn’t know Nate was bald he always has a hat on lol

[@KnightWheelsMedia]

How bad do those jeeps make you want to SAS the Taco? 😂😂

[@Maxx.Powell]

Its happening! As soon as my shop is built ill SAS the Tacoma

[@domeslacker]

What makes the TJ incapable of road use? Tire type or gearing too low?

[@thomasc5687]

It could be cause the engine swap can’t pass emissions.

[@tarapaul8212]

Nice filming and editing.

[@summitdave8782]

Cool......Fun times

[@matty86suk]

Nate has the coronis.

[@mikelangan2707]

Nates rig is a beast.

[@KnightWheelsMedia]

I really dig the voiceover & think you killed it honestly but the audio is left-heavy lol I've had this issue too in a video. Not sure what software you edit with but most have some way to fill right audio with left to even it out. I know you're pumping out content quick but just wanted to point it out in case you missed it. Only really noticeable when watching with headphones haha

[@Maxx.Powell]

Hey thanks. Yeah I noticed that too with headphones but ran out of time to fix it. I tried doubling the audio and overlaying it on the right hand side but then it was way to strong sounding. I actually had a hard time with capturing the voice over all you could hear was the base in my voice. I had to re do it like 5 times lol

[@KnightWheelsMedia]

@@Maxx.Powell haha did you use a phone? That's when I get the mono audio. I use DaVinci resolve to edit & found a tutorial on how to fix it which worked out in my last video. Super easy. I think premiere pro has an even easier method too. I have the same issue having a deep voice lol but now I picked up this super cheap lav mic that I use for stuff like that. A YT channel called Fulltime Filmmaker sells it on amazon for like $30 and it's super crisp. YT won't let me link it but look up "ftf lav mic" and it should come up 🤙🏼

[@RyanRKJ]

I listened with headphones, and did not even notice. I did like the voiceover.

[@KnightWheelsMedia]

@@RyanRKJ interesting what headphones? Maybe they have something built in to convert mono audio to stereo

[@jcoleman7018]

Thought I would find a 4BT instead... Disappointing

[@w0wsuchdoge]

Should’ve looked at the thumbnail

[@ranchzilla]

Pappa Moon...Old Greg!

[@patandjessicasjeepadventur3227]

Sorry Max the Jeeps killed it

[@Cosmicsurfpro]

That green yota is way cooler than any jeep bar none!!!

[@NateRamsey]

Thank you sir. She does well.

[@corpsman247]

Get rid of that junk 3rd gen and get a real off roader.

[@RyanRKJ]

Then he could stop fighting with electronics.