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I hear you man, the only downside is what you and I think matters isn't always what sells. The demographic that wants to be scene in a hardcore offroader is who pays the bills. They want to look like they are hardcore but want to be swathed in comfort. Look at all the little kiddies in Malibu...

Dont sleep in the same area as your cooler. CO2 is the silent odorless killer. Also dont forget, when CO2 sublimates(solid to gas) it expands and your cooler will vent and some CO2 will come out. So be careful and make sure you aren't in a sealed environment. Oh and naturally, keep the kids...

Clean. I like it. -Sam

Haha. But for that price you get an extra shifter!! And while you are at it you could change the tease from being AWD& 4wd to 2WD& 4WD. I really regret that I didn't do the above when I was putting in the new tcase. It would have paid for itself in MPG efficiencies. -Sam

With all due respect, I would not recommend jacking up the truck from the rear hitch especially to change a tire. 1. You have to Jack up the entire rear end of the truck vs just one corner. This is inherently more dangerous and prone to slipping 2. The OP is unlikely to use straps to limit...

Check out toddco. He has gears and an under drive you could use. Good guy to talk to and very knowledgeable. I fashioned my motor swap based on something similar that he did. -Sam

Jimbo, I like the military trailer build. Been following your builds for a while. In terms of playing with matches, some people take advice and others don't. Some don't have a lot of knowledge and still don't listen. Its all fun and games till a hilift rips off your pretty little fender or...

Change all your fluids and do the preventative maintenance first. Where you able to take off any of the mods on the jeep to use on the rover? Glad you made it out safe. -Sam

Unrelated but did you clean the throttle body? -Sam

Jimbo, you running sliders or steel bumpers? The OP is running neither. Also with jeepers you can Jack directly from the frame on the factory plastics. Just have to be careful. He can't do that on his d1 -Sam

Or one for hi lift One for lift mate One for rubber flooring One to ask if I should consolidate it. Look at rons thread. All in one place. Loot at the expeditions west disco all in one place. Roverzilla all in one place. Stolenheron, street wolf, the list goes one. Oh and most importantly...

Sounds like everyone is having good success with there syn ropes in cold temps. It's nearly time to upgrade my wire. Before I take the plunge and contact Alex does anyone have some old syn rope I can use to get a feel if it's for me? Thanks -Sam

Similar ton what ICON does. The downside is if you are going to build a purpose built vehicle, customers will want it over engineered. Lockers. Hardened frame. All the off road goodies. Diesel motor. Can't be done for 50k let alone 30k. You just don't have scale economies. I did a lot of...

It's been done. Some guy that took a trip to south america with a friend of his had done the isuzu swap. Not sure if it was on here or another rover forum, but the thread was called trip of a lifetime or something. Looked to be a very clean swap. Only way to notice anything was the notch in...

Bears? -Sam

In cold weather with synthetic you are screwed. A big hunk of frozen ice synthetic mess. -Sam

Thanks Chris, typed that on the iPhone. Stupid spell check. Yes I meant delorme. Just pulled the trigger based on your recommendations. Can't wait to read the latest OJ!! Thanks Sam

48" hi lift fits in rear passenger footwell with no problems. Totally hidden and away from the elements. -Sam

This is what I do and lift from the rock slider. Safe and effective. -Sam

Stick with 2" lift and you will be happier. -Sam