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Spirit Overland
So this has been a bit of a slow process, but since it's expensive, it has to be slow.
I've had my truck for 2.5 years so far and plan to keep it for a while. Just did a trip to Colorado, Arizona, Utah and NM from New Jersey. 12 days and hit a lot of areas. I've done many of the places before 16 years ago but it was time to give this a shot with my wife and see if we can start planning overland/camping trips going forward.
The plan for this truck is something along the lines of a truck I can hit whoops in around 70-80mph and still use as either a camper trailer tow rig or keep the tent that I have on it now and use it as a basecamp.
I have broken the build into three phases.
Phase one:
Phase Two:
Phase Three:
There are some changes that could come along the way but this is the plan over the next 2-3 years (Phase one is done, phase 2 will be next)
Progress photos will be in the next few posts.
If anyone has questions, shoot me a pm.
I've had my truck for 2.5 years so far and plan to keep it for a while. Just did a trip to Colorado, Arizona, Utah and NM from New Jersey. 12 days and hit a lot of areas. I've done many of the places before 16 years ago but it was time to give this a shot with my wife and see if we can start planning overland/camping trips going forward.
The plan for this truck is something along the lines of a truck I can hit whoops in around 70-80mph and still use as either a camper trailer tow rig or keep the tent that I have on it now and use it as a basecamp.
I have broken the build into three phases.
Phase one:
- Icon 2.25" Perch Collars
- Icon Leaf Springs at option 2
- SDHQ A Pillar Light Mounts
- Baja Designs XL sports with amber lenses
- 5x Method Race Wheel 705s in Matte Black 17x8.5 00mm offset
- 37x12.5r17 Mickey Thompson Baja Boss A/T tires with spare
- SDHQ Bed mounts for spare tire
- Alpine Straps rear Y tire strap
- Leitner Designs Classic Bed rack system with 1x Single Gear Pod, 1x Dual Gear Pod, Universal Mounting Plates, and a Hydropod mounted to the rack
- GoFSR Apsen Lite Tent
- MPT Tune 87 tow and 93 PRX
Phase Two:
- King IBP 3.0 Coilovers with External reservoirs (will keep current shocks for rebuild swap outs)
- King 3.0 Rear Shocks in factory location
- Upgrade my Baja Designs XL Sports to XL80s through BD
- Evil MFG front Frame Cut bumper with push bar attach for 4 LP9 Baja Designs, 2 amber, 2 clear
- Cobb Front Mount Intercooler for bumper to fit.
- Evil MFG rear bumper with sensors
- Interior Radio for group rides (TBD)
- Third Brakelight chase lights by Evil MFG
- Rack Chase lights added
- Garmin or Lowrance GPS for BAJA runs
Phase Three:
- Blitzkrieg Offroad or RPG mid travel kit with bypass shock mounts
- King 3.0/3.5 Bypass shocks up front
- King 4.0x18 rear Bypass shocks with bed cage mount by SVC or Evil
- Fiberglass by ADV +2 or McNeil +2
- Frame plating, lower control up lockouts for stiffness and reinforcement
- Possible roof rack by sherpa/leitner with 7 lp6 Baja Design lights (may not need..)
- Company Wrap for Spirit Overland, new company I am working on.
- Custom Bed rack system build into bed/rearframe for RTT and Accessories to replace Leitner
- 4 Link rear by SVC.
There are some changes that could come along the way but this is the plan over the next 2-3 years (Phase one is done, phase 2 will be next)
Progress photos will be in the next few posts.
If anyone has questions, shoot me a pm.
