What did you do to your Expo Jeep today?

[VagabondExpedition]

Another weekend excursion...


brazeau reservoir alberta


brazeau river bed, alberta


Mud and Bugs... expect any different with a Jeep?!?


Rocky Mountain House river


Big Horn Dam Reservoir (I was driving on this lake bed in the spring)


Hwy 11 Alberta


Looking back to the mountains


Rocky Road


in the river bed


Sasquatch lives here... somewhere!

Those photos should click through into my flickr account for those looking for many more.

 

[Mowgli]

What's you gas millage like with the agrassive tires and rack/tent

 

[VagabondExpedition]

What's you gas millage like with the agrassive tires and rack/tent

15-16mpg seems to be about the norm... in strong winds I'll see about 13mpg.. the best I've seen is 19mpg.

 

[kojackJKU]

mrcoyote, whats your suspension/wheel setup?

 

[big4rocks]

Had some parts left from previous builds and decided to better the stance of my '94 XJ Country. $0 and way too many hours for what it is but is makes a difference! As this is my daily driver and sees 120+ miles a day 2" is all it's probably going to get. I'll go up one tire size when I need them. This will get me anywhere I need and most places I want to go. BeforeAfter

 

[VagabondExpedition]

mrcoyote, whats your suspension/wheel setup?

3.5" procomp lift and 35x12.5" dunlop 'fierce attitude' MT tires.

If (when) I rebuild... I'm heavily thinking of 2.5" and smaller tires - or at least not as wide. I don't do any hardcore mudding to put a tire like this to work and think that a 1" drop in lift might improve mpg.

 

[Lacy Hershey]

Just got it back from alignment. Finally got my lift, rear tire carrier, and sliders installed. Mounted the tires up and balanced. Added windshield lights/mounts and upgraded my headlights (best mod yet). Now time to go have some fun!

 

[engineerd]

As promised...

Looks good! Yeah, I DD mine so 32" tires and a 2.5" lift are about as "extreme" as I want to go. In all my trail riding it's been a good combo and plenty capable.

 

[Septu]

3.5" procomp lift and 35x12.5" dunlop 'fierce attitude' MT tires.

If (when) I rebuild... I'm heavily thinking of 2.5" and smaller tires - or at least not as wide. I don't do any hardcore mudding to put a tire like this to work and think that a 1" drop in lift might improve mpg.

While it's possible... I doubt it makes much of a difference. That said, I've yet to find myself in a situation where my 33s (either these 33x13.5, or my old ones 33x12.5) were the reason why I had issues vs having 35s.

 

[Goul6891]

Interesting choice of bulb, any reasons why? I am running them in my fog lights with great results.

Hoping to get some better vision when its snowy. I've got some VisionX that are clear for longer range.

 

[bldeagle10]

Broke a fuel line but not when pulling it out, oh no, my genius self broke it while cleaning the tank.. New fuel pump and line coming up, and while tanks out of the way gonna do some work back there, rear shocks change diff fluid, and whatever else I find

"Keep close to Nature's heart... And break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." - John Muir

 

[65BAJA]

While it's out you should give GenRight a call and order their 30 gallon tank.

 

[Acerwin]

Hidden winch attempt #2 success. And it works!

Do you have a write up on how you did that? Looks great I've been wanting to do that for awhile!

 

[BADDANDY]

Do you have a write up on how you did that? Looks great I've been wanting to do that for awhile!

I used this thread to do mine
http://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-write-ups-39/winch-mount-w-factory-bumper-2001/

 

[Septu]

My first trail damage (to this JK).

It was a nice day today... decided to check out a trail near my place. Kinda wish I'd turned back way before I did. I mostly kept going because I didn't want to have to go back through the crap I came through on the way in... It was mostly a quad trail... so lots of tight tree's....

Just the way the tree's were, I made it through just fine on the way in. Tight, but not a big deal... unfortunately the tree's on the way out were just in the wrong spots for me to get the right line... Almost tore off my door handle, bent in my rocker panel, bent my stock rock guard down, and bent my fender in. Whops. The sad thing is I have rocker panel guards that I bought last summer that I haven't installed yet. Not sure it would have prevented this, as I think it bent due to how the stock rock guards mount. But now when I do install it... it'll at least hide this. I'll be getting my buddy to make some brackets and will weld the rock guards to the frame sometime this winter now.

This is actually my first real trail damage to my JK (at least this one).