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Expedition / Overland styled Jeeps

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#1 ·
Like the title says. Although I love rock crawlers, chopped and dropped, I am thinking of taking my LJ into an Overland style build. One that comes to mind is LO2AY 2:drool:

 
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#80 ·
so I am finally making progress after 30 or 40 changes to my build plan I decided to keep it simple. I have an LJ and I dont want to mangle it as one day it might be a sought after body style. Went with an OME HD lift, JKS trac bars, Anti rock, JKS 1.25" bodylift (so I can flat belly it).

I am only going to run 33x10.5 KM2s on factory wheels so I will stay D44/30 and upgrade to cromos and ARB lockers.

Aside from that I am probably going ARB front bumper with WARN xdi. OUt back I have a bestop integrate tire carrier so I will keep that and do some sort of frame cover with Drings like the ROKMEN.... topped with a roof rach and I think I will be set
 
#82 ·
Just about finished up with my new trailer. Next I'm researching solar panels and battery set-ups to run a fridge in the tub. Then getting a winch on a receiver hitch for the trailer to also run to previously mentioned battery
 

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#84 ·
If you have never seen this, it is a must:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=585918

One of the coolest reads I have ever seen. These guys take their bikes through Borneo and there are pics of land cruisers, rovers and a jeep all running a parallel course through the jungle, over cliffs, rickety bridges, etc.
I think someone else mentioned it earlier.

My other (and equal) favorite is this one:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...atic-Republic-of-Congo-Lubumbashi-to-Kinshasa
A belgian couple drives their underequipped 70 series through the Congo and encounter a series of dangers that reads better than the best adventure novels. Also with great pictures!
This is the adventure of a lifetime.
:2thumbsup:
 
#89 ·
i'v tried to keep mine a decent daily driver while still prepping it for expedition duty and weekend trails runs, so it might not look like a typical "overland" rig...















features include: on-board hot water shower with on-demand electric pump, engine oven, slide out rear table, CB + HAM + GPS + SPOT + Laptop/dock/touch-screen with TOPO/OBDII/FSM, roof basket with custom load distributed mounting & custom locking mounts for Hi-Lift/Shovel/Axe, spares of all sensors & many other parts, 65lbs of tools, battery welding setup, fridge on quick release mount, dual sealed AGM extended-amp-hour batteries with intelligent charge management, on-board high CFM air (with 5lb tank to run tools), auxiliary red LED map lights for preserving nightvision, lift/skids/lockers/tires and such, beefed up JK Rubicon axles with RCV & Superior alloy shafts for reliability, bug-out-bag with large Adventure Medical supply kit + survival equipment/water/rations

no RTT due to the daily driver status, i use a tent-cot on solo trips:

 
#100 ·




it's just a secure place to warm food with the engine heat. it sits directly above the headers and on a normal trail ride it gets food steaming hot. on freeway rides in the winter it doesn't work so well - apparently gets to much wind zapping away the heat.

on a day trip, i just grab a burrito or two from a local mexican hole-in-the-wall and throw it there and at lunch time the cheese is all melty and it's piping hot.

on expeditions trips, my girlfriend will often pre-cook me some meals and package them in those little foil loaf pans (they fit perfect). i'll throw one on after lunch time and have a hot supper ready when we get to camp.



BBQ pulled pork, chili, cheesy potatoes and any kind of caserole works great.

it doesn't get hot enough to "cook" meat safely IMO, just to warm stuff. if i had room to set it right on the headers i'm sure i could cook anything.

i know a lot of people that use those $30 12v "lunch box" type cookers. they work great, and get hotter. i like the engine oven because it's simple, can't fail, and uses heat that you are already producing anyway.
 
#94 ·
My name is Commander Shepard, and this is my favourite thread in JPR. :thumbsup:

Seriously, some serious quality Jeep porn here, for those of us more interested in going on backwoods trips with our Jeeps and not just driving through mudpits or over large rocks. Giving me some great ideas for my ZJ.
 
#99 ·
^^Cool! Maybe it's just cause I was born in the 50's and the autos of the 60's and 70s have a lot of memories for me.. These type of pics and the builds people do to them always bring back some good memories. If I ever get in the state where I can do something along those lines I'm def. going to be looking into it. Just have to convince "she who must be obeyed". :rolleyes:
 
#102 ·
made it out of a pan from the grocery store and a brass hinge, stainless steel latch, pot lid handle, and piece of aluminum plate from Ace. cut the aluminum plate with a jigsaw. pop-riveted the hinge onto the pan lip and the aluminum at the back. and you can see how the latch works in the pic. used some aluminum bar to mount it to an engine hoist stud location on one side and on the other side to the ABS mounting bolt.

i've seen all sorts of variations of these. if you have the 4.0L you can just wrap stuff in aluminum foil and bungey it down on the intake manifold.
 
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