Been working on my Jeep for 17 months now. Part of that is getting used to it, seeing what it feels like stock, trying a few different combinations, and finally making the decisions to put the gear on it. Names it Lolita for no other reason than cars are feminine in French, so gave it a girl's name.
With these vehicles, as with most USA SUVs, payload quickly becomes an issue, especially when we will be towing a trailer with approximately 600 lb tongue weight. There will be some decoupling and the ability to shuffle weight accordingly, but weight is always in calculations. That being said reliability, and durability come first in the trade off.
We will be a family of four travelling around the Americas, selling our house, schooling our kids, and visiting as much of the outback off the beaten track as possible. The trailer will not always be with us, but will be our main living space getting from state to state.
Will add more to this later.
The Jeep itself was purchased after a fairly long research, and realizing I could not reasonably get a Landcruiser Diesel in North America.
Jeep was purchased more or less stock form a guy who was second owner. He loved it, and made it more of a street machine daily driver, but I knew she had other things deep inside her.
When purchased Lolita had 275/55/18s and Bilstein lowered suspension. Already had the green Diesel Tune with the DPF delete, which created some of my first issues. More on that later.
Will ads a few photos here to show the progression, and then add posts for the major milestones in the build and maintenance.
Few free to ask questions, PM, or on this thread.
Thanks in advance, and enjoy.
With these vehicles, as with most USA SUVs, payload quickly becomes an issue, especially when we will be towing a trailer with approximately 600 lb tongue weight. There will be some decoupling and the ability to shuffle weight accordingly, but weight is always in calculations. That being said reliability, and durability come first in the trade off.
We will be a family of four travelling around the Americas, selling our house, schooling our kids, and visiting as much of the outback off the beaten track as possible. The trailer will not always be with us, but will be our main living space getting from state to state.
Will add more to this later.
The Jeep itself was purchased after a fairly long research, and realizing I could not reasonably get a Landcruiser Diesel in North America.
Jeep was purchased more or less stock form a guy who was second owner. He loved it, and made it more of a street machine daily driver, but I knew she had other things deep inside her.
When purchased Lolita had 275/55/18s and Bilstein lowered suspension. Already had the green Diesel Tune with the DPF delete, which created some of my first issues. More on that later.
Will ads a few photos here to show the progression, and then add posts for the major milestones in the build and maintenance.
Few free to ask questions, PM, or on this thread.
Thanks in advance, and enjoy.
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