Anyone try this yet? I've searched for weeks and unable to find photos or videos of snowtracks on a JK. Looks way fun. As the winter quickly approaches here in the Northeast, I'm getting the itch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDlLt28WmOA

-J

 

Well you should be the first to try it. Ive seen em on Subaru's, Quads, Hummers and even RC cars....

Do it. Scratch that itch

 

those would be an awesome thing to have, but you can only do 40mph with them. then again, if you have enough snow to warrent getting these, you probably don't want to be doing more then 40 anyway...


wonder how limiting those would be rock climbing? for mud bogging they'd be awesome, that's for sure.

 

sweet!
how do they connect to the axle? how much cash do they set you back?

 

For those of you that dont know...mattracks.com

It says they're 33 times less expensive than a fully tracked vehicle.... Thats as close as i could get to finding a price on their site. Not very helpfull

 

I've read between $3-5K. About a 30 minute job to swap out all four tires with the tracks. They fit just like a wheel does.

mattracks.com/html/105_series.htm

 

they bolt on like bolting up a set of wheels, plus one other bolt for a anti-torquing link. real easy actually!! you could switch em out in less than a hour. the original propaganda video from the company shows a guy and girl doing the switch out on a pickup. they weigh something near 100 lbs a piece and give you an additional 4 inches of axle clearance.

but a set of half ton units for the JK could set a guy back 20,000.. not sure on the current prices, but that was the last time i looked at em....

 

a guy here has em on his super duty. but its just a show rig, never been off-road. still pretty sick looking!!! DO IT!

 

Will these things actually take some road abuse when not in snow? How's the spare gonna fit on the rear bumper?

OK, just kidding on the last part.

 

Dude those are sweet.