Land Rover ideas for Jeeps

[jscherb]

Would be nice if Wranglers had roll bars more like these Defender roll bars. The Wrangler roll bar just takes up too much valuable space inside with its slanted rear down bars and the ample clearance for the factory soft and hard tops; something like this seems much more practical for an overlanding/camping vehicle:

A nice mesh cover for these roll bars:

A NAS (North American Spec) roll cage would provide even more room inside. Has anyone seen good examples of exocage roll cages replacing the factory roll cage on a street/overland Jeep? I've seen them on buggies but not on Jeeps for more general use.

 

[jscherb]

This is the nicest implementation of a Land Rover style set of roll bars/Exocage I've ever seen on a Wrangler; and it just happens to be on a Safari Cab . It's a build by TNT Customs; they've removed the factory roll bars and built a custom roll bar setup that follows the inside of the hardtop very closely. Since the Safari Cab is tall than the factory top and the rear wall is nearly vertical, the hardtop-hugging roll bars provide lots more space inside. TNT posted a video about the Jeep on YouTube, these are some stills from the video:

In this next photo you can see how the replacement of the angled rear down bar with a vertical bar hugging the corner of the hardtop adds a lot of space:

The Exocage is a nice piece of work too; it hugs the outside of the hardtop.

A ladder is part of the Exocage:

A full video on this Safari Cab LJ can be found here:

 

[pith helmet]

That extra space in the Wrangler would be a dream for some of us. I wonder about the strength of the factory cage in a real world accident, not a trail roll over but a highway speed exiting of the roadway. Too scared to look it up because I think I already know the answer. ?

 

[jscherb]

That extra space in the Wrangler would be a dream for some of us. I wonder about the strength of the factory cage in a real world accident, not a trail roll over but a highway speed exiting of the roadway. Too scared to look it up because I think I already know the answer. ?

The base LJ Safari Cab has a lot more space inside than the factory hardtop because it's taller; enough space so that I can store my half door uppers in the "attic" - on top of the roll bars.

But if the rear down bars were tucked into the corner rather than being at an angle, there would be more room on the sides to do some interesting things. A view in with the soft sides rolled up, the half door uppers are stored in the attic in this photo too:

My JKU Safari Cab has more headroom than the factory top too, but not as much extra as the LJ Safari does.

 

[RainGoat]

I think the container on the rack of this Defender is a cargo box but on first glance I thought it might be a water tank. The article doesn't say what it is.

But it made me think - there are many sizes and shapes of water tanks available in the RV and marine market. Within reasonable weight limits, one of these tanks on a roof rack might be a good place to store water for cooking, showers, etc. One source: https://www.tank-mart.com/rv-marine-tanks/rv-water-tanks/

Tanks like that are pretty common in equestrian & livestock applications. You’ll see them on the roofs of stock trailers. They do tend to be larger than you’d probably want. Here’s an example of a smaller one.

https://www.statelinetack.com/item/35-gal-water-tank-with-hose/BSA51/

 

[Jurfie]

Love that TNT LJ with the Safari Cab. I’d love to do the 10” stretch on my JK to make a JKL and add a custom roll cage similar to the TNT version and build a custom stretched JK Safari Cab. But alas, time and money are in short supply right now. Maybe one day!

 

[jscherb]

Love that TNT LJ with the Safari Cab. I’d love to do the 10” stretch on my JK to make a JKL and add a custom roll cage similar to the TNT version and build a custom stretched JK Safari Cab. But alas, time and money are in short supply right now. Maybe one day!

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I stretched it in the middle for you and added a Safari Cab roof. You can add an exocage yourself if you want one .

 

[jscherb]

NATO/Jerry Can Luggage/Storage Cases...

More versions are here: https://g-case.myshopify.com/

Could be a DIY project, you could start with a surplus NATO can on sale - this was the price during a recent sale at Coleman's:

The sale is off now but they go on sale regularly: https://colemans.com/nato-military-jerry-can

I posted about DIY foam interiors like the case above here: https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/land-rover-ideas-for-jeeps.218029/page-44#post-2900907

 

[pith helmet]

NATO/Jerry Can Luggage/Storage Cases...

More versions are here: https://g-case.myshopify.com/

Could be a DIY project, you could start with a surplus NATO can on sale - this was the price during a recent sale at Coleman's:

The sale is off now but they go on sale regularly: https://colemans.com/nato-military-jerry-can

I posted about DIY foam interiors like the case above here: https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/land-rover-ideas-for-jeeps.218029/page-44#post-2900907

Would make a good wet bar. Would hold 2-3 bottles and all the wino accoutrements.

 

[Jurfie]

Thanks, but the image I posted was of an already stretch JK. No worries though; your photoshop gives me a great idea of how awesome it would look!

I stretched it in the middle for you and added a Safari Cab roof. You can add an exocage yourself if you want one .

 

[jscherb]

Thanks, but the image I posted was of an already stretch JK. No worries though; your photoshop gives me a great idea of how awesome it would look!

I know, but I didn't think it was stretched enough

 

[jscherb]

I stretched it in the middle for you and added a Safari Cab roof. You can add an exocage yourself if you want one .

How to build one? I've got the JKU Safari Cab roof mold here so I would just mold another one and start with that but since I'm the only one with that mold someone who wanted to build one themselves would have to find another way, here is one...

As I was mowing the lawn last week I looked at my collection of fiberglass parts in the wooded area of the property I use for storage and had an idea... what if I put the Toyota FJ40 roof on top of a JK hardtop? I stopped the mower and did this:

Wouldn't take too much cutting and splicing to create a raised roof hardtop using these parts.

The FJ roof doesn't match the curve of any Alpine windows that I'm aware of, but you could make your own out of plexiglass using a little heat to form them to the proper curve (the Smittybilt Safari hardtop has plastic Alpine windows).

The 70's FJs had a modular hardtop, it was mostly metal but the roof was fiberglass.



They also had nice corner windows but the radius of them is larger than the radius of the Jeep tub; I've got a pair here but have never found a way to use them.

 

[jscherb]

Been There, Done That, part 14

This photo taken from the other side:

This rock feature is about halfway down Long Canyon. Long Canyon Road runs from the high ground west/northwest of Moab town down to the Colorado River and it's a fun way to end the day and head back to town.

A fun, scenic, relatively easy day out from Moab is to start on the Gemini Bridges Trail, make a side trip to the bottom of the Bull Canyon Trail, take a short hike from the end of the Bull Canyon trail to see the Gemini natural bridges from the bottom, then go back the way you came out of Bull Canyon and pick up the Gemini Bridges trail again to the Bridges; take a walk across the natural bridges and enjoy the view, then head back to town down Long Canyon and back up to Moab along the Colorado river and if you have time make a stop to see the dinosaur tracks and petroglyphs on Potash Road at the Poison Spider trailhead.

 

[Vinman]

Been There, Done That, part 14

This photo taken from the other side:

This rock feature is about halfway down Long Canyon. Long Canyon Road runs from the high ground west/northwest of Moab town down to the Colorado River and it's a fun way to end the day and head back to town.

A fun, scenic, relatively easy day out from Moab is to start on the Gemini Bridges Trail, make a side trip to the bottom of the Bull Canyon Trail, take a short hike from the end of the Bull Canyon trail to see the Gemini natural bridges from the bottom, then go back the way you came out of Bull Canyon and pick up the Gemini Bridges trail again to the Bridges; take a walk across the natural bridges and enjoy the view, then head back to town down Long Canyon and back up to Moab along the Colorado river and if you have time make a stop to see the dinosaur tracks and petroglyphs on Potash Road at the Poison Spider trailhead.

Thats probably one of the most scenic trails in Moab

 

[jscherb]

This isn't strictly a Land Rover idea because Quickfists are a U.S. product, but they have been featured in the Land Rover magazines a few times:

In use holding a hatchet on a Defender rear door:

I use a pair to secure a small shovel to my overhead/swing-down Molle panel, shown here in my JKU:

Quickfists can be used anywhere there's Can also be used on the tailgate, in this net photo a pair of Quickfists is attached to a small accessory panel on the tailgate and they're holding a shovel (two photos at right). The shovel might a bit too tall for this location, but lots of other things could be held here in Quickfists - a flashlight, for example.

Different sizes of Quickfists and lots of example uses can be found on the Quickfist web site: https://quickfist.com/