About Xtreme 4x4

Television's first series dedicated exclusively to showing how to fabricate hardcore trail rigs, sand buggies, lifted pickups and off-road vehicles. Xtreme 4x4 features high energy 4WD truck projects from start-to-finish plus extreme action off road events. Serious off road enthusiasts watch this TV show.

Xtreme 4x4 Season 7 Episodes

Diesel Buggy Part 4 - Suspension, Steering
The diesel rolled tube buggy gets a cantilevered suspension, and full hydraulic steering.
Season 7  Episode 1
Diesel Buggy Part 4 - Suspension, Steering
Nissan Crew Truck Part Three
Our Pathfinder gets off the shop floor and onto rebuild solid axles, and more!
Season 7  Episode 2
Nissan Crew Truck Part Three
Full Size Blazer Part One
We perform a solid axle swap on a full-size Chevy Blazer, ditching the IFS.
Season 7  Episode 3
Full Size Blazer Part One
Supercharged JK Part 3
We supercharged our stock 6 cylinder Jeep for hopefully, a 1/3 of the price of the Hermi.
Season 7  Episode 4
Supercharged JK Part 3
Diesel Buggy Part 5
Fleece Performance turns our stock Duramax into a high performance diesel monster!
Season 7  Episode 5
Diesel Buggy Part 5
Full Size Blazer Part 2
In the second stage of our full-size Blazer, we upgrade the suspension, add lockers, and more.
Season 7  Episode 6
Full Size Blazer Part 2
Full Size Blazer Part 3, Low Dollar Wheeler 2
Big tires, a worn out motor our full size Blazer is in for some engine upgrades and more!
Season 7  Episode 7
Full Size Blazer Part 3, Low Dollar Wheeler 2
Green Samurai Returns!
You loved our Samurai with its vegetable oil burning Jetta diesel, and much more!
Season 7  Episode 8
Green Samurai Returns!
14-Bolt Axle 101 / Low Dollar Wheeler Part 3
We show you all the tricks to turn your 14-bolt axle into an off-road beast, plus more!
Season 7  Episode 9
14-Bolt Axle 101 / Low Dollar Wheeler Part 3
Full-Size Blazer Part IV / Low Dollar Wheeler Part 4
Our Blazer will be trailworthy, after exhaust and engine upgrades! Plus more!
Season 7  Episode 10
Full-Size Blazer Part IV / Low Dollar Wheeler Part 4
Tig Welding 101
Learn to TIG your rig! We examine the details of TIG welding, and show you steel and aluminum applications.
Season 7  Episode 11
Tig Welding 101
Blog Buggy Part 1
We chose the chassis, but you choose the rest!
Season 7  Episode 12
Blog Buggy Part 1
Blog Buggy Part 2 / Low Dollar Wheeler 5
We continue the build of our Blog Buggy rock crawler. We'll add engine protection, a winch, and more!
Season 7  Episode 13
Blog Buggy Part 2 / Low Dollar Wheeler 5
Toyota Mini Truck on the Rocks
Our 1991 Toyota Xtra Cab tears up the trail at Mayhem Off-Road Park, after several upgrades.
Season 7  Episode 14
Toyota Mini Truck on the Rocks
Full Size Blazer Trail Ride
After several upgrades, our Blazer is transformed from a street truck to a trail rig.
Season 7  Episode 15
Full Size Blazer Trail Ride
Low Dollar Wheeler Off-Road
With our budget Cherokee complete, we're ready for the trail!
Season 7  Episode 16
Low Dollar Wheeler Off-Road
Expedition Jeep Grand Cherokee Part I
With an updated suspension kit, our 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee begins the transformation into an Expedition SUV.
Season 7  Episode 17
Expedition Jeep Grand Cherokee Part I
Shock Tuning 101
Tuning your shocks can yield major improvements in comfort and control, and more!
Season 7  Episode 18
Shock Tuning 101
Blog Buggy Part 3
The Blog Buggy comes closer to completion, as we add hydraulic steering, seating, lighting, and more!
Season 7  Episode 19
Blog Buggy Part 3

Xtreme 4x4 Builds

This 2013 Jeep JK just begs for heavy duty upgrades! We make it trail-ready with 3" of lift, complete body armor, Magnaflow exhaust, and more!
2 Episodes
'13 Jeep JK "Magnaflow JK"
When one of our viewers took us for a ride in his wobbly, lifted Jeep TJ, we told him we'd take a look at it. What he doesn't know is we're rebuilding it from the ground up, with trail-tested suspension, a powerful straight-six 4.0L and more!
4 Episodes
Team Built TJ
This 1999 Toyota Tacoma can be a very capable expedition rig with some planning and the right upgrades.
3 Episodes
'99 Toyota "Trekking Tacoma"
With only a welder and some common shop tools, we put together a buggy built in a 2-car garage setup.
6 Episodes
2-Car Garage Crawler
Xtreme 4x4 changes its boring 2007 Chevy Silverado 2500HD into a chase truck to support desert racing!
2 Episodes
'07 Chevy 2500HD Silverado "Chase Truck"
So you want the performance of the Ford Raptor, without the price? Xtreme 4x4, designs a 1997 Ford F-150 that competes with the Raptor...at half the cost!
5 Episodes
'97 Ford F-150 "Half-Price Raptor"
The Ford Raptor earned its esteemed reputation with a powerful motor, top-notch suspension, and sleek styling lines. But high-tech comes at a high price. Our plan: take a 1997 F150, and design a rig to compete with the Raptor...for half the cost!
5 Episodes
Half-Price Raptor
After its second rebuild, our Suzuki Samurai was almost perfect! But why stop at "almost"? The Sammy begins a new phase, with increased suspension travel and a lower center-of-gravity thanks to a handmade double-rail frame.
4 Episodes
Aluminum Samurai
Some hardcore offroad upgrades transformed our 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee into an Expedition SUV... ready for long-distance adventures!
3 Episodes
'03 Jeep "Expedition" Grand Cherokee
We chose the chassis, but you choose the rest! From engine to axles, suspension to stereo-we fill our rig with parts voted on by our viewers!
6 Episodes
Blog Buggy Project
Our Low Dollar Wheeler Cherokee is back for tips on an easy no-cost locker.
5 Episodes
Low Dollar Wheeler
In 1988, when GM redesigned their pickups and SUV's to a more rounded-style, and for a more comfortable ride, a lot was lost in the wheeling department! We take a full-size Blazer, and rip out the independent front suspension for a D60 solid axle swap.
5 Episodes
Full Size Blazer
We'll take raw tube, an idea, and a 6.6 liter turbo diesel Duramax and build one cool off road buggy, and take you thru the process of how to design from scratch. We'll turn a rough sketch into mechanical drawings and start bending and notching.
6 Episodes
Diesel Buggy
Our Military 6x6 is now a huge 4x4 and gets airbags and link suspension. We flip the rear hubs to match the front wheelbase, relocate the battery box, and finish up our 100% fabricated pick up bed.
3 Episodes
Military 6X6 Bobbed Deuce
Jeep never could have imagined how inventive the aftermarket would be regarding the popular 4-door Jeep Wrangler JK. Ours gets a supercharger, new gearing and heavy duty axles.
3 Episodes
Supercharged JK
What can you do with a wrecking yard TJ and a bunch of new & used parts? Find out when our "Tricked out TJ" begins with body protection, suspension, wheels & tires.
4 Episodes
Budget TJ
How to create your own ultimate fab shop by spending money on tools instead of parts.
4 Episodes
Budget Buggy
Xtreme 4x4 takes this classic 1969 International Scout and turns it into a modern dual purpose rig.
8 Episodes
'69 International Scout 4x4
This will be the start of a very inexpensive project truck that most enthusiasts can do in their own garage. And to prove it, we're putting away our fancy cold saws and tube benders, and will create our own two car garage inside our Xtreme shop with minimal tools but with all the drive and desire you guys have at home for your projects!
6 Episodes
CJ8 Scrambler
Our '87 3/4 ton Chevy pick up gets torn down from the motor to the body panels, axles and transmission. This truck is entirely stripped as our build team begins the transformation from a weekend hauler into a hardcore mud bog truck!
5 Episodes
Mud Truck
Xtreme 4x4 started out with a wrecked 2003 TJ and ended up with the ultimate trail rig!
6 Episodes
'03 "Dual Purpose" Jeep TJ
This $750 dollar junker will be the ultimate off road play toy! Custom tube frame, extended fenders, and a monster 502 horse powerplant
7 Episodes
S10 Truggy
Xtreme 4x4 goes green with their 1985 Suzuki Samurai build, converting a diesel burner to run on French fry grease!
8 Episodes
'85 Suzuki Samurai
In this unique build, our team will design and build a '91 Toyota mini truck for Xtreme off road capability.
7 Episodes
Toyota Mini
Xtreme teams with the CORR series to build their own Pro II trophy truck!
5 Episodes
Trophy Truck
Custom tube chassis building and 350 small block mods with propane injection are featured in part two of Ian and Jessi's trail rig that's built almost entirely from used parts lying around the Tech Center.
3 Episodes
Bottom Drawer Buggy
Ian and Jessi and the crew travel to West Sacramento, California to a trade school where top students in chassis fabrication get the opportunity of a life time: build a competition rock crawler on TV from scratch!
2 Episodes
Formula Toy
The desert bandit makes a return to the shop for interior finishing, dash, gauges, wiring and the suspension... all will come together
3 Episodes
Ranger Resurection
An old worn out Land Cruiser gets new life as Ian and Jessi begin project Saggin' Wagon. The project starts with new suspension.
5 Episodes
Project Saggin' Wagon
It started out as an old 1987 Suburban farm truck and has turned into the ultimate off road tow rig that can go and tow almost anything, anywhere!
10 Episodes
'87 Chevy "SubUrban Gorilla"
One of our more popular builds makes a return, this time for a junkyard transmission build and beefier transfer case
4 Episodes
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