My Camper/Crawler build:

[brennanriddle1]

another solution for sleeping

see post #35
http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36548&page=4

That's a nice set-up. :ylsmoke:

I decided to go with an SUV tent. I figured it was easily detachable and easy enough to set up/ take down. The sleeping platform is fully covered and plenty off the ground. Works for me.

And i also fabbed up a new roof rack mount and stole my dad's old roof rack since he can't use it anymore. Plus, a pair of ProComp 9" HID's we had in the garage from a christmas or two ago.

If you thought it was top heavy before!..



no i'm kidding, it's not that bad really.

Pics:

and also, i'm about to break ground on the m116a2. I drew the lines which i'll cut. Try to trim some of the excess fat off of it so we can make it down the Rubicon. I'll start a trailer build thread once i make some hedgeway.

 

[Black Dog]

Does anyone use an inclinometer?

I use to have the one in your picture, it was a piece of junk. For one thing, the compass was 180 degrees off. If it said S I was really going north, and with E I was really going west. It was kind of fun watching the little jeep picture do wheelies whenever I would step on the gas real hard though. Luckily I only paid a few bucks for it because I had a discount coupon for 4 wheel drive hardware, basically just shipping I paid. I traded it to a friend for a cigar a year or two ago.

 

[Root Moose]

I had a inclinometer in the old LWB Sidekick. It was the factory one that sat on top of the dash in an OEM housing. It was more of an artificial horizon like you see in a plane (left, right, up, and down all in one gauge). It was paired with an altimeter.

It worked well enough for what it was. I never really looked at it when off-road. The altimeter was what I really liked. When climbing hills/mountains it was fun to see what the altitude was. It was surprisingly accurate for what it was too... within a few meters IIRC.

Both were pretty much novelty items. The altimeter would be replaced by a GPS unit nowadays. Knowing your vehicle replaces the inclinometer.

 

[brennanriddle1]

Yeah i can imagine how much help it would be on a rocky, bumpy trail.

nevermind :sombrero:

 

[rroadkilll]

How did you mount the rack???

 

[brennanriddle1]

Those four brackets sticking down bolt straight on to the roll cage on the inside. They pass through little slits in the soft top and support the perforated angle iron.

The rack just easily bolts and unbolts to the angle iron. Same with the lights. And obviously, the entire thing is removable if i want to put the top down. 4 bolts and it's off.

 

[brennanriddle1]

Rubicon trail:

Buck island lake:

Grillin:

rubicon springs

 

[Black Dog]

Grillin' and chillin'.

 

[brennanriddle1]

you know kc0tma, you're dream(in your sig) sounds like one hell of a dream.

I can't imagine it would be too difficult to do the backhalf yourself (subject to you have some welding/ fab skills). Cabbing off the body of the TJ is the tough part. I've followed a lot of crazy builds on pirate4x4.com and based on some of the stuff these guys do with a welder and a grinder, I bet it could be done with a few months and a few grand.


here's a good thread on Jeep truck builds:
http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=856210