Eh it doesn’t look like a purpose-built offroader to me. I mean you could do a lot worse offroad than with this thing, but there’s a few reasons that make it pretty obvious that this was just made for the fun aesthetic: 1 It doesn’t have very much room for suspension to travel at all, compromising high-speed desert and dune riding. 2. Due to reason 1, it’s articulation is likely very poor, compromising it’s technical trail riding abilities. Maybe it could hold it’s own when mudding? But then again, those aren’t quite the best wheels and tires for the job and I see no snorkel either, so I doubt that it does. So yeah I’m almost certain that they chopped it up not with the intention to make a solid off-road vehicle but because “lol wouldn’t it be hilarious?” Don’t look for logic in or underestimate the enginuity of a bored, slightly buzzed dude with a welder.
Its most likely a little of both. Definitely agree about the suspension travel, its like the first thing I noticed. Sacrificing the most ideal offroading design for the silliness of the build does not make it not purpose-built, and it also is not the same category as your average lifted grocery getter with massive rims and paper thin tires
Eh it doesn’t look like a purpose-built offroader to me. I mean you could do a lot worse offroad than with this thing, but there’s a few reasons that make it pretty obvious that this was just made for the fun aesthetic: 1 It doesn’t have very much room for suspension to travel at all, compromising high-speed desert and dune riding. 2. Due to reason 1, it’s articulation is likely very poor, compromising it’s technical trail riding abilities. Maybe it could hold it’s own when mudding? But then again, those aren’t quite the best wheels and tires for the job and I see no snorkel either, so I doubt that it does. So yeah I’m almost certain that they chopped it up not with the intention to make a solid off-road vehicle but because “lol wouldn’t it be hilarious?” Don’t look for logic in or underestimate the enginuity of a bored, slightly buzzed dude with a welder.
Its most likely a little of both. Definitely agree about the suspension travel, its like the first thing I noticed. Sacrificing the most ideal offroading design for the silliness of the build does not make it not purpose-built, and it also is not the same category as your average lifted grocery getter with massive rims and paper thin tires
For sure, this thing actually looks hella fun to drive!