Meet the $Upercar of Rock Bouncers - This Is Attention to Detail

The team at Wide Open Design just dropped something absolutely mental - a turnkey rock bouncer that’s basically an off-road supercar wrapped in a tube chassis. This isn’t your buddy’s weekend trail rig cobbled together in his garage. This is a full-tilt, no-compromise machine built for guys who want to send it without worrying about breaking stuff.

The foundation starts with their Rocketship chassis, but this isn’t the same frame they’ve been running. They stretched it 3" to accommodate different seating options and drivetrain combos. That extra room means you can run anything from a 4L80 trans to a straight drive setup, depending on how you want to attack the rocks. The original rocket ship was locked into an LS/Turbo 400/Atlas combo, but now you’ve got options.

The visibility from the driver’s seat is absolutely insane. They redesigned the dash bar to run flatter and reworked the door bar. Sitting behind the wheel, you can see the entire contact patch of the front tire without leaning out or craning your neck. When you’re threading the needle between trees at speed or trying to place a tire on a specific line, that kind of visibility is everything.

Under this beast sits a pair of Crane Axle 14 bolts with 4.5" wall tubing that could probably survive a direct meteor strike. The Magnum inner C’s and knuckles get machined right at Wide Open Design, along with the high steer arms and unit bearing adapters. They’re running Timken unit bearings because when you’re bouncing off rocks at stupid speeds, cheap bearings are expensive repairs.

The drivetrain is where things get really spicy. A Mast Motorsports LY6 gets force-fed by a Harrop supercharger, backed by a 4L80 transmission and a 3:1 Atlas transfer case. The whole mess spins 1480 driveshafts - a serious upgrade from the 1410s they used to run. When you’re launching a 4,000 lb missile over boulders, you want driveline components that won’t tap out.

The suspension setup is pure engineering porn. Up front, you’ve got 2" coilovers with 14" of travel and remote reservoirs. Out back, 3" five-tube bypasses handle the heavy lifting. The new five-tube design hangs the compression tubes lower with bigger reservoir hoses that can move fluid around faster. Four bump stops keep everything civilized when you inevitably overdrive your talent.

PSC fully hydraulic steering runs through a 10" ram because when you’re wrestling with 40" tires at weird angles, you need all the assistance you can get. The double-shear high steer arm setup eliminates the weak points that plague bolt-on designs. Everything gets keyed into the knuckle so forces transfer properly instead of trying to tear your steering apart.

The interior is where Wide Open Design really flexed their fabrication muscles. The custom dash flows seamlessly from the exterior wrap into the cockpit without any harsh transition lines. The gauge cluster sits recessed to eliminate sun glare on screens, and all the controls fall naturally to hand. The shifters, transfer case controls, and ARB switches are positioned where you can find them without taking your eyes off the trail.

A 38" Griffin radiator keeps everything cool when you’re working the engine hard in technical sections. The big intercooler handles heat from the supercharger, while a 20 gallon fuel cell means you can run all day without worrying about range. A Warn 9.0 RC winch up front gets you out of trouble when talent runs out before traction does.

The attention to detail is what separates this build from typical rock bouncers. Every hose gets routed properly, every connection gets attention, and nothing looks like an afterthought. The powdercoated components, custom fabrication work, and machine shop precision show what happens when a shop refuses to cut corners.

Wide Open Design has their hands full with back-to-back turnkey builds and some seriously wild Jeep projects coming down the pipeline. Check out their work at wideopendesign.com and follow them on Instagram and Facebook to see what insanity they’re cooking up next.

This isn’t just another rock bouncer - it’s a statement about what’s possible when you refuse to compromise and have the skills to back up your vision. Whether you’re bouncing rocks in Moab or threading trees in the Southeast, this machine is built to handle whatever you can throw at it.