New AEV Brute...

[BenHedrick]

Here are some pics of my new AEV Brute!!! I LOVE this Jeep!!!

Just a few tweaks left to do... What about a rack and a RTT?

 

[nwoods]

Very nice. That rear winch install looks pretty clean, but I wonder at how hard it will be to get a good wrap back on the drum on takeup?

 

[Carolyn]

Sweet holy mother of g*d..... that's just too cool..... I would love to drive it..... bet you DO love it!

 

[owhiting]

Aev

Love the Brute!! Great color.

 

[James Pierce]

Very sharp Ben!

 

[Jwood]

That is so sweet. Good job.

 

[BenHedrick]

Thank guys! This AEV Brute kit is really a work of art. But then most products AEV makes are...

Ben

 

[Rovertrader]

WOW- looks great. The difference a month makes....

 

[TroutSafari]

Outstanding! That is on my list of builds. If you have a thread somewhere or more info on your build I would love to read it.

 

[X-plorenow]

beautiful, love the color. Have you though of relocating the solenoid on that rear winch? just looks like it could get caught up. Nice job though.

 

[BenHedrick]

Outstanding! That is on my list of builds. If you have a thread somewhere or more info on your build I would love to read it.

Yes, Wilson's 4x4 helped perform the build and there is a build page here: http://wilsons4x4.com/Brute.html

Thanks, Ben

 

[BenHedrick]

beautiful, love the color. Have you though of relocating the solenoid on that rear winch? just looks like it could get caught up. Nice job though.

Yes, we are looking right now into that. We have considered moving it into the bed or rear bumper area. Stay tuned.

 

[Rovertrader]

though it is a little bit of work, you can locate the solenoid pack anywhere, and then mount the controller hook up elsewhere- just a little wiring...

 

[4Rescue]

THAT IS AWESOME!!!!! Nice rig mate, I've always loved those trucks. I just wish they weren't standard Cab's but still, they look s sweet and it add's a certain level of utility to the chasis aye I LOVED how on their site they show the Brute heading on into the Selway river (Idaho) loaded up with rafting/kayacking gear... I've run that trip in the snow just like they did and it was pretty intense. Luckily my 4Runner is kind of like the Brute but with it's own canopy cause if we hadn't had high clearence 4wd's we weren't getting to the river. That brute just looks like the PERFECT rig to haul gear into a river over bad roads/trails... Idaho's funny that way aye. The road into the Middle Fork Salmon was just as bad well after it should have been open...

Anyway, it's such a sick truck you've got, congrats.

 

[cocco78]

So nice, I wish I had the money to do that to my TJ. I would probably do it very similar to yours, except I'm not a fan of the highline fenders.

What do you plan on doing with it? Street Jeep? Light wheeling? I would say if it were mine I would be looking into a skid plate for that gas tank with maybe some sort of splash shield for the winch, and maybe a rear axle upgrade. I always thought that was a dumb idea to put a winch under the bed like that, seems like a good way to ruin a winch, especially one that seldom gets used. But that is totally my opinion, I usually never go back