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THE EXIT OFFROAD STORY

In the 1990’s, pretty much all 4×4’s on the market were pretty tough vehicles and could quite easily be modified to suit the owners preferences for what he or she wanted to do with it.  This of course included a slew of cool vehicles from the 80’s and Mike Tomczyk from Exit Offroad got into offroading through the passion of modifying his Suzuki Samurais and Sidekicks and hitting the trails with family and friends in the Blue Mountains, a few hours West of Sydney, Australia.  A mild suspension lift, little bit bigger tires and some stronger wheels was all it took, then as things broke, they got repaired, and as extra money came in, more modifications and accessories could be added to the vehicle.  Better lights, bumpers, lockers, gears, engine upgrades, transmission swaps, full body restorations, etc.  In just a few years, Mike had been the owner of several Suzuki’s, quite often 3-4 at the same time – one usually as a parts vehicle, one being setup to flip and sell, and one as a daily driver and offroad weekend vehicle.  This is how it began, and this passion is still with Mike today.  By learning to drive offroad in a small and compact 4×4, this required proper wheel placement, gear choice and driving technique without the assistance of lockers, lower gearing, or horsepower.  That helped teach a better technical level of driving, as opposed to using all the bells and whistles that modern and highly modified vehicles come with.

As time went on...

A move from Australia to the USA in the early 2000’s and Mike was already in the auto parts industry working for large corporate-run auto parts stores across 4 different US states.  In 2005, Mike took a job with ARB 4×4 Accessories in Seattle Washington, and quickly rose through the ranks, attending hundreds of shows, 4×4 club meetings and swap meets, and too many offroad events to count in multiple states and countries throughout North and South America.  This wealth of knowledge through travel, speaking with 1000’s of people, and driving all sorts of 4×4’s has brought Mike an unprecedented amount of knowledge of how to repair, fix, and recommend parts to suit both his and his friends, families and customer’s vehicles.

Mike’s main passion in terms of parts sales has always been in suspension upgrades, since it’s the thing you will notice and feel every single time you move your vehicle.  In 2016, Mike took a job as General Manager of Dobinsons Spring & Suspension out of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia to setup a market in the USA for this awesome family-owned suspension company, and help advance their product range to suit the American market.  This leads into late 2019 when Exit Offroad was formed to allow Mike more time to travel and attend offroad events, festivals and shows, in addition to getting out of the trails more by offering sponsored trail runs, organizing specific meetups in different parts of the country, and also allowing for more frequent travel back and forth to Australia to visit family and friends, and to do more exploring that was put on pause all those years ago!!  

Exit Offroad is a small company, but rest assured that you are dealing with extremely knowledgeable and grounded staff that will only offer the best advice, products, sales and service, and most importantly, making sure you get the correct products to suit what you need the first time!!

Where it all started, 1989 Suzuki Vitara / Sidekick

WHY BECOME AN EXIT OFFROAD CUSTOMER?

Our mission

To provide the best possible solution to your needs of upgrading or modifying your 4×4 vehicle, while offering excellent advice and product suggestions along the way.

Our values

Simple – answer your questions as quickly as possible, provide whatever options are available and make recommendations based on how you use your vehicle.  Then you decide if you’d like to move forward or not.  You’ll never feel though as you have been oversold something, or been sold something that you didn’t need when dealing with Exit Offroad.

Our solution

Our website can’t list every single option and all the products we can offer, so please shoot us an email or give us a call if you have a specific need, and we can check if there’s an option for you.  We go out of the way to do spring load calculations also to make sure when you’re upgrading from your current suspension to something new that you won’t be wasting your time and hard earned money by ordering the wrong products.

Finding Mike Around the Internet

Many of you are probably here from the various internet forums that Mike is very active on.  Since the early 2000’s, Crikeymike has been the handle name used on many offroad forums around the world.  You can see posts and info from Crikeymike here on these main forums that are used today:

Tacoma World

IH8MUD

T4R.Org

4Runners.com

Expedition Portal

Tundras.com

 

 

 

 

Our talented Team

Mike tomczyk

Owner

“Roof top tents are awesome, since you get away from bears and mountain lions, and luckily they can’t climb a ladder.”

Jose Leon

Marketing / Influencer

“Overlanding is just car camping with more patches.”

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