Old Control Road off the Highway 74 in San Jacinto, CA. This trail is just a bit further down then Bee's Canyon in my other videos.
The first 4 mins were from a couple of week ago with the stock setup. The rest of the video is with the AEM intake, roof rack, and mud tires as my current setup.
I had issues with 235/R15 Kendas in the front on the stock suspension. So until I get a lift kit I'm using 215/R15 BFGs in the front and 235/R15 Kendas in the rear. The front rub at full wheel lock. The rear rubs at full compression.
3 Different drivers through the video so the driving styles and aggressiveness is different.
Most of the clips we had the Renegade in Auto Drive Mode, 4 Low, and AWD Lock on. Anything without these options on wasn't worth filming and most of the trail was driven in Auto Drive Mode with AWD Lock off. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WzOWH8TNFo
This is a bit of the Bee Canyon Entrance when we ran into a Wrangler. There was 3 vehicles out here doing some shooting. We saw this Wrangler in town when we were filling up for the day.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4KDYEECxdE
After the first flat section at the entrance of Bee Cayon, This is the first steep climb onto the mountain. This use to be washed out a good bit, but it has been recently bulldoze a few months ago. The rain is already starting to wash it out again. The first flat bit at the entrance caters to recreational shooters.
We did this initial steep climb in Auto Mode 4WD Lock easily.
Bee Canyon, San Jacinto Mountains
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJb2UIq95_s
This is raw GoPro footage of our trip through Coyote Canyon in Borrego Anza State Park. It has a lot of wind noise from the natural wind and from the speed of the car. The purpose of these raw videos is to show you the conditions of the trail as of January 28, 2016. You can mute the videos and listen to any music you wish to.
It was about 40 minutes on the trail before the first recording at the water crossing. The videos are connected together in the order we recorded them. There will be gaps of the trails missing between some of the clips. I also cut out all the bits of me turning the camera on and off. I also cut the bits of us sitting around waiting for our camera man to move into position.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpmMnTKsKNU
3 day fishing trip at Banks Lake, WA. Fishing for Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, and saw a lot of Carp. Some shore fishing, 12ft aluminum boat with Minn Kota trolling motor, and Ron's bigger aluminum boat with an outboard motor.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fegnXhVRS_k
The rain wash out this bit and left a steep climb around some rocks. The cutout just about fit the width of the car, so we had to go through it. This tested the clearance and push/climb over large obstacles.
My brother using his camera phone on this bit. He had to hike to check the road ahead and didn't want to carry the expensive camera.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_fhHDgJQD8
March 7, 2016
Bee Canyon - San Jacinto, CA
2015 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk
Daystar 1.5" Spacer Lift Kit
15" Crager Soft 8 5x4.5, 4" back spacing, 0 offset
235/75/R15 Kenda Klever Mud tires
1" Wheel Spacers Adapter 5x110 to 5x4.5 or 5x114
K&N Intake System
GoPro Hero 3
Weather: It's been raining on and off the 2 days before. It was raining pretty good when the sun was coming up. Then it stopped raining completely. By the time I go to the bottom of the trail / the start of the trail, everything dried up but the ground was still damp. There was no puddles and all the runoff streams were dried. So I didn't expect to run into much trouble this day. But there was still a lot of clouds covering the top of the mountain. About the half way point is where everything started getting fun as you will see in the video.
By the look of the tire tracks, there was 1 other car that got out on the trail before I did, but he just missed the snow I ran into. The Renegade did get squirly 1 in the slushy trail and twice in the fresh snow. Traction control warning light came on here and there, but the tires never felt like they were spinning, nor did I ever get stopped. There was one time in the beginning, I had to back up once because I wanted to see if I could do the whole trail in FWD Auto Mode. I purposely put in on a bad line to see what it could do and ended up having to back up and change the line a bit. As I ran into the unexpected slushy road, I also engaged 4WD for the rest of the climb.
I really didn't expect it to be snowing at the top part of this trail. I was kind of expecting rain, but not snow. I was going to head up higher on the mountain to another trail to see some snow, but I got my fill here. I forgot my glasses, so I was relying on the wiper to see. Or else I would've keep the wiper at a slower setting so the GoPro could get better shots. I didn't do too much fooling around and exterior filming because I was by myself. My brother's we're able to come out with me this time.
As I got to the top of the trail... I thought of how uneasy I would've felt with the stock tires. But I was very confident with the mud tires. As I kept getting closer to the end, I realized how dangerous it was going to be coming down the mountain. The mud tires are great on dirt roads covered in snow, but not so good on pavement with ice/snow. I put the Renegade on Snow Mode and 4WD as soon as I hit pavement. I was thinking about heading down another trail down a bit further or even turning around and heading the way I came up, but both would've taken a lot longer than stay on the highway. Ultimately I chose to stay on the highway and did an average of 30 mph down the mountain. I'll post another video of me doing this and you will see why I was concerned.
Camera: The GoPro Hero 3
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIWwg68PkaU
My first attempt and my brother's attempt to record it. LOL. He was taking pictures instead of recording a video, so It only got me finishing the top of the hill.
I would rate this hill 7/10. Very short, steep hill with hard dirt and loose rocks. I had it in rock mode with the 4wd lock on. We are on Thomas Trail.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbBg9cSemss
Out off the main road on Old Idylwild Road. This particular section of the road used to be smooth flat dirt 2 years ago. It has been really washed out and I wasn't expecting these road conditions at all.
I was worried about the capability and clearance of the Trailhawk, but decided to find out what it could do. No recovery tools and no other truck to pull me out if I get stuck.
My brother got out to guide me up this part because and decided to use his phone camera. So sorry for the shake "action" shots. Parts of the road have been washed off the edge and there was deep grooves we didn't want the tires falling into.
Definitely wish we had bigger tires and a lift. With careful tire placement we got through this. The road was getting worst as we kept following this trail, so we decided to turn around after this last bit.
Trail Rating: 8.5/10
We used Rock mode with 4WD Lock and with 4 Low on.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfLCKQVPM78
Playing around with some camera angles with the Jeep Renegade Trailhawk. On Bee Canyon in the San Jacinto Mountains.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKucILd809I