Overland XJs Unite!

[Hunter67]

Markus,

Something to consider re: led headlights.

As I understand it, the LED headlights may not generate enough heat to effectively melt any ice/snow buildup. Not such a big concern for me in the Vancouver, BC area but if you get a great deal of snow where you are it may become an issue for you.

Thanks, heard of this theoretical problem too, but non of the users I know reported such problems in reality. In addition it is more than ten years ago that I drove longer distances in real winter conditions, as since some years winter became more or less "rain and mud season" here.

Markus

 

[Itsavanman]

 

[stolz]

Woah, interested in this build! You should start a thread for it!

 

[Itsavanman]

there will be... its gonna be pretty wild.. ive been planning and designing this for over a year.. I finally have a design I can live with..

 

[rammland]

Had to stretch it's legs today.

 

[SurfGuru]

My Overland 99 XJ




I do field environmental work in austere conditions, and do as much camping as possible....always using my Jeep. I've owned my XJ since 2002 when I lived in Panama. I also use my XJ as a daily driver. It has 287,000 miles on it, everything works perfectly on it still! Even though we have a 2011 JK Unlimited 70th anniversary, the XJ is the proven expedition vehicle, and the one we take on arduous trips.

 

[OldGreen]

OK. Here's mine.

1994, 4.0, AW4, 8.25 rear.
Locked front and rear.
4.5 RE lift
2.0 Fox Resi front, 2.0 Walker Evans Resi rear.
Custom frame from the LCA mounts to the tail.
Winch
Air (for the tires)
Back-Up/Rearview camera
Remote trans cooler w/fan
Raised and midship fuel tank
Custom racks and such.
Chopped roof, sealed cab, lexan rear window.
Tons of stuff I'm missing and way more to go . . .
35s on 10" wheels, big ujoint front axles. . .
Needs cruise control BAD. . .
OH. . .and it has 356,000 miles on it runs great. . .err. . .not today. Waiting on the new radiator to get here.

Here is Overland mode:

There is room for the "soft gear" (sleeping bags, duffels, etc.) and tools/spares inside. The bulkhead is right where the the little bulkhead under the rear seat would be.

Deployed:

That trip was just me and the dog for 5 days so I had plenty of room left over. It is also my daily driver and goes down the road at any legal speed plus a little. When I drove it to and from the Rubicon from Washington, it got 17 to 19 mpg.

Here is is last weekend in "snow mode":

and here is a useful feature that I didn't see coming. It was snowing so hard the we kept losing sight of one another. I flipped on my rearward facing LED lightbar (just 18W for camp area lighting) and I could be seen from a much farther distance than just the tail lights.

 

[TMC-113]

Wow! What an awesome thread! Sooooo many awesome XJ's out there.

OldGreen, where are those snow shots from?



Looks like a blast!

 

[OldGreen]

Ahtanum State Forest. We summitted Darland Mountain at 6900'.

 

[TMC-113]

Man I gotta head that way and check out more of WA state.....Im south of Spokane, but havent ventured west too much.



I hope my XJ 2 door turns out half as nice as the rigs on this thread!
:drool:

 

[WhileInTheWild]

Here is my 2001 Sport overland build in progress that I started when I bought it completely stock a few months ago:

- RE 3.5" Super-Flex with Monotube shocks (Bilstein's badged as RE)
- 31" BFG AT tires (my only real regret so far but I didn't know any better at the time)
- Whynter 45qt fridge + cover (you'd think their own cover would have the foot holes in the right spots)
- Yakima gutter mounts, crossbars and Loadwarrior rack with the extension
- 50" LED light bar (Amazon special) with Hooligan Off Road mounts
- knucklebone hitch mounted tire and jerry can holders from Detours Off Road Hardware (Jerry can carrier was a custom build but he plans to offer it for sale)
- custom built storage box for the rear

Accessories:
- secondary accessory deep cycle battery (standalone)
- Renogy 100W Solar suitcase
- Viair 90P compressor
- ARB tire plug kit
- Hilift jack
- assortment of recover gear - straps, chains, shackles, axe, saw, shovel etc
- lots of other "crap"

Coming soon(ish):
- Foxwing awning (should get here tomorrow), am going to have to jerry-rig something up to stop the hatch going up so high, thinking some kind of strap that is easy to connect and disconnects needed
- Frame stiffeners and sliders, already on order from Detours
- front and rear backbone bumpers from Detours that use the original bumper skins
- reverse lights (after tinting it can be a bit tought seeing out the back in dark parking lots and the like)
- winch, I could cheap out on this sooner but would rather save for a Warn with synthetic rope
- Maxtrax
- Trasharoo
- Cb Radio + antenna

On the wish list:
- ARB front & rear lockers
- snorkel (would have to do it properly and breathe all that needs it unlike most builds I see where they just do the air box)

On to photos:

 

[OldGreen]

That LED mount is sweet. Nice XJ.

 

[rabies]

3.5" RE lift
31x10s r15
power inverter
cb
homemade roof rack
snorkel

 

[djwrangler]

Lots of cool rigs here!

Here's mine. Not exactly a conservative expedition rig but suits my needs very well.

4.5 inch custom long arm lift
35x12.50 15 BFG KM2
HP D30, Lockrite locker, Chromoly shafts
8.25 rear, 29 spline, LSD
4.88 gearing
Warn M8000 winch
Bunch of other stuff...

Working on a spare tire carrier and on board air currently.

 

[BigRedXJ]

My crawler/adventure XJ.
5.5" long arm lift on 35" Cooper STT's
Dana 44 front with ARB and 30 spline chromo shafts, Ford 8.8 rear with an Ausssie
4.88 gears
Bilstein 5165 13" travel front, 5125 10" travel rear
Handful of other nifty things, working on more stuff