I started a "any cigar smokers here?" thread on an off-roading forum, so it seems fitting to start an "any off-roaders here?" thread here! If so post what you have, or what you're building! I personally have the following:
Make: Jeep
Year: 2003
Model: WJ Grand Cherokee
Wheels: 17x8.5 MB TKO
Tires: 35x12.50 Goodyear Wrangler MTR Kevlar
Suspension: 6.5" Iron Rock Offroad Coils, 2 inch from spring perch, custom bumpstops, custom radius arm front and 4 link rear with currie Johnny joints
Engine Upgrades: 4.0 straight 6 K&N CAI, Hypertech Flaspaq tune, custom exhaust straight piped to a flowmaster 40 and a turndown, poweraid throttle body spacer
Mechanical Upgrades: Dana 60 rear axle with 4340 chromoly axle shafts, a teraflex t-lock, and 5.13 gears, Trussed High Pinion Dana 44 front with custom length RCV axle shafts, spool, 5.13 gears, and locking hubs. Mildly built 42re and NV242 transfercase, 1.5 inch wheel spacers on the rear only to match the width of the front axle
Interior Upgrades: Kenwood head unit, garmin GPS, locker and LED lightbar switches, LED dome lights, LED gauge and AC cluster backlighting.
Exterior Upgrades: Custom front bumper, custom tube fenders that are integrated into the bumpers as well as the rock sliders that also tie into unibody frame supports. TAG rear bumper with bumper mounted spare, Rhino lined grill with body color grill inserts, Rhino lined side molding, Lifetime LED light pods, FTI Offroad Curved 50 inch LED Bar, Spyder LED tail lights, Spyder LED projectors with CCFL halo headlights with 8k high and low beams
Steering: Custom one ton steering with a tie rod flip over the knuckle, custom track bar with heim joints (no death wobble whatsoever), PSC Hydro Assist Steering
Communications and Recovery: Rugged Ridge 8500 pound winch with wireless controllers, Uniden CB 4 foot Firestick 2, 48" highlift jack, color matched D rings
The following pictures are before the HP44:
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Originally Posted by jeepster:
It's an addiction haha. It's amazing what a stock Jeep, especially a JK is capable of. I've been amazed at the amount of stock vehicles I've seen take on trails that seemingly are impassible for an unmodified vehicle.
The blue wrangler in front of me in the last photo I posted was operating with a broken bushing in his rear sway bar - metal on metal. Slowed him down a tad, but didn't stop him even though by the end of the run we were completely off road. Jeeps are tough.
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