Enthusiast Builds

TERRA CREW SPECIAL FEATURES

BY DAN SANCHEZ | PHOTOS BY BLACKHAT STUDIOS

Leave it to hardcore enthusiasts to find ways to build their own pre-runners. Many are fabricators and have put their skills to work on mtheir own creations. SCORE Journal teamed up with the TERRA CREW, an organization of off-road pre-runner owners who are not afraid to take their vehicles to the extreme. Within the membership we found several pre-runner owners who either built their vehicles over long periods (5-8 years in some cases), while others are custom car builders who turned from hot roads to off-road and found an entirely new customer base. Whether the builds are a combination of readily available long-travel suspension components attached to a factory cab and tube chassis, or each component is custom fabricated, you’ll find these pre-runners at off-road shows, and out in the local desert making sky-high jumps and traveling across the terrain at Trophy Truck speeds. 

Most of these pre-runners are built with the same types of suspensions found on race vehicles, including large tires, bypass and coil-over shocks, high horsepower engines, and tube chassis. Yet most are streetable, which is part of the ideology for the typical TERRA CREW member. 

SCORE Journal wanted to look more into what the TERRA CREW was all about and talk to some of its members. In the following pages, we showcase some of their pre-runners ranging from home-made creations to those made by professional customizing shops. In either case, these pre-runners, as well as those built by the pros, are influencing off-road racers and enthusiasts to the off-road lifestyle, and what it takes to reach the highest levels of vehicle capabilities.