Looking at the first photo, I dont understand how you can have a rack bolted to the bed AND the body, considering the two move independently of each other.
You had me until I saw the bar bolts in with small button heads. If it were welded or used much beefier hardware I'd be sold. I dont have much confidence that bar will survive a car accident, something I want. My JK rampage bumper saved me thousands of dollars in damage from a car accident...
If you are looking for a jack for the home garage (not trail repair), this is the best investment I've ever made.
https://www.proeagle.com/collections/all/products/big-wheel-jack-the-beast
It aint cheap, but it's worth every penny, and it's a lifetime tool. I cant recommend it highly enough.
Suprised that no tire company wants to capitalize and make a 37" donut. While you dont need a full size spare on a gladiator (just mount a whatever sized spare on the front, put it in 2wd, and limp off the trail (or disconnect the FAD plug before putting it into 4WD to have 3WD, it would be...
You NEED to do it yourself. If you plan on overlanding, you need to know where what is and how it's on, in case you ever need to fix something. Also, you can make sure it's done right. Do it yourself, you'll be glad you did.
You can buy them straight from rotopax. Thanks some dumb laws, their fuel caddys come with these dumb eco spouts, which in my experience, leak. This was a few years ago, maybe they have improved their design, but I didn't want to deal with it, so I got the regular non eco spout (basically...
Not even close. I made fun of bikini for ages....until I saw it in person. IMHO, it is probably the most stunning color in the automotive market today. In the sun, it is absolutely incredible.
Yes but those gearsets are meant to get the vehicle to stock parameters (nevermind the fact that dana axles are used all over the place not just JT/JL/JK) so they dont necessarily engineer them to run with a specific tire size/weight.
Not the point. The point is, both the 4.88 AND the 5.13 are smaller than 4.10...and that smaller is a certain amount of %.....as a result, it IS weaker. Coupled with the torque multiplication, and that % starts to matter. Does it for most? Probably not. However, IMHO, it is definitely...
Another key issue I don't think I saw mentioned is pinion size. Not sure if anyone has a photo of the pinion size of a 4.10 pinion vs a 4.88 and 5.13, but from what I recall on the JK, the 5.13 pinion is considerably smaller than the 4.10 while the 4.88 is slightly smaller....and with turning...
Would love to hear suggestions. I too am looking for something than can fit myself, my wife, and my 5 & 9 year old daughters. So far, I havent found what Im looking for, but I also am not sure what exactly Im looking for lol.
Fixed it for you lol. The truth is, most overlanding that I see done by most can be (and is) done with stock everything, including old VW camper vans, subarus, BMW z3 (you read that right) etc. Most things done to a rig for "overlanding purposes" SHOULD be done for....
1) reliability...to...