Practical Truck for the Over Prepared Woman

[jfhull71]

Not as exciting off road, but the Blue Ridge Parkway is freaking beautiful. Highly recommend

Love the BRP and I must say, very nice job building out your JT

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[fyrefight]

Yup. I used these guys for my resources. Do I make high stress stuff? NOPE.

https://www.rockwestcomposites.com/blog/yes-diy-carbon-fiber-fabrication-is-possible/

Sweet. I love carbon fiber. It's extremely light and tougher than hell.

 

[colindo]

I’ve had my Jeep for a little over a year now. It’s been an interesting build so far since I’m resolved to do as much of it myself as I can and I currently live in an apartment. Hopefully some of the lessons learned will help others, this community has certainly been super helpful to me so far.

The truck as of today

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List of modifications so far:

Steering:
Steer Smarts Aluminum Tie Rod
Steer Smarts XD Drag Link
Steer Smarts XD Trackbar reinforcement bracket
Steer Smarts Stabilizer re-location bracket
Steer Smarts Damper Bracket
Fox ATS Stabilizer

Suspension:
Rock Krawler Pro-X Kit
Fox 2.0 Performance Shocks, from Accutune
Artec Fender Liners

Protection:
Genright Front and Back bumpers
Artec Skid Plates
Motoblit Rocker Armor
RokBlokz Mud Flaps

Drivetrain:
Artec Axle Truss and Axle Skids
Adams 1350 Driveshafts (front and back)

Lighting:
KC Rock lights
KC Pro6 Bar

Under Hood:
Hauk Snorkel
Genesis Dual Battery
MBPR exhaust

Wheels:
Maxxis Razrs 35”
Method 606s

Sound Proofing:
Sound Assassin Strips for Hardtop
Cover King inside hardtop cover
Sound Assassin full floor package

Air System:
Viair 485 Compressors
Aluminum Air Tank

Storage:
Motobilt Bed Mille Panels
<3 Blue Ridge Overland Gear

Inside Stuff:
Invicus Grab Handles
MXT MicroMobile Radio

Custom Stuff:
Air Outlet in front (unregulated)
Air Outlet in bed (regulated)
3d Printed Replacement covers for dash
Aluminum brackets for wiring under hood
Aluminum brackets for air system
Aluminum bracket to mount winch electronics

Things that have been replaced as part of weight loss saga:
Ace Bumper
Ace Sliders (gap after removing Rubicon bars)
Artec Rear Bumper
DiamondBack Cover
Rubicon Rails (front and back)
Maximus 3 air cradle

Adventure Accessories (Not Permanent)
ROAM Vagabond Tent
Artec Load bars (Iove these)
Front Runner Bed Basket

Next up:
Method 17” 703s (20“ 606s do well, but they are too heavy)
Re-gear to 4.88
Motobilt Diff Covers + Magnetic Plugs

Great looking truck! I've been looking at the Genright bumpers as well. Any idea how much they weigh? I couldn't find it listed on their website

 

[cgflyer]

I wouldn't plan on getting over Skyline Drive in UT until any sooner than late May.

I think that is about my timeline, if I need to adjust, I will do my NV/CA divert first after CO (already plan on having to bypass some in CO) and then head to UT early June.

 

[DocMike]

Please remember ventilation is key. You want to keep the dust out of the epoxy and not breathe this stuff. But it's a fun project if you need to keep your hands busy. They make lots of CF with different patterns and colors. For me it was for Euro stuff. But go nuts, and enjoy it. I'd be curious to see CF dash panels to replace the red on the Rubicon.

Sweet. I love carbon fiber. It's extremely light and tougher than hell.

 

[Kindafearless]

Great looking truck! I've been looking at the Genright bumpers as well. Any idea how much they weigh? I couldn't find it listed on their website

With the winch tray it’s around 55lbs for the front and ~25 in the back.

 

[Shaqeroni]

I haven’t decided what I’m doing with the fenders yet. I quite like the aluminum fenders from Genright, but want to see what the wheels distance looks like once I’ve swapped out the current wheels and moved to 37s.

As for why I did the liners. The aluminum liners provide nice inner tire tuck and are easy to remove to take things apart.

I think you are right on the wheels. Right now I’m leaning toward the Method 703s with Toyo Open Country RT. They are going to be pushing it on backspacing, but hopefully they will work.

Will get to the air system next

I see I am in waaaay over my head here. I’m going to need a Jeep dictionary I think! it’s a whole new language!

 

[Scrambler84]

I asked genright the weight question 2weeks ago and was told

Patrick,
The weight of the front bumper is 72lbs with winch tray and tow points. The rear bumper is approx. 40 lbs.

 

[Kindafearless]

I asked genright the weight question 2weeks ago and was told

Patrick,
The weight of the front bumper is 72lbs with winch tray and tow points. The rear bumper is approx. 40 lbs.

Huh, maybe that is shipping weight? The tow points aren’t light, but I can easily hold the rear bumper in one hand. I’m not buff enough to easily lift 40lbs like that. I have a 40lb weight I use for strength training, so I’m pretty confident about the comparison.

 

[Kindafearless]

Fun picture from our detour down to Texas. Not many Jeeps in Texas, kinda surprising.

 

[jtimbrook]

That looks coastal like maybe Houston or Corpus? Try heading west then, Jeeps are a dime a dozen here in El Paso... Btw, how’s the onboard air set up working for you especially with the connector location?

 

[Kindafearless]

That looks coastal like maybe Houston or Corpus? Try heading west then, Jeeps are a dime a dozen here in El Paso... Btw, how’s the onboard air set up working for you especially with the connector location?

Corpus

Onboard outlet location is really working out. No problems so far, and the plumbing is really straight forward.

I found a nice place to mount a small aluminum air tank (where the angle in the floor is under the back seat). Haven’t taken a picture of it yet because I wanted to test it on this trip. So far it’s really working out. I’ll share more when we get back about what worked and what didn’t.

 

[Kindafearless]

I think that is about my timeline, if I need to adjust, I will do my NV/CA divert first after CO (already plan on having to bypass some in CO) and then head to UT early June.

We are in Colorado now, conditions are constantly changing but all the off road passes I’ve driven past around Ouray are closed with some pretty deep snow pack visible.

Skiing in Silverton was excellent as always though!

Colorado thaws quickly though. I hope timing and conditions work for you!

 

[Klutch]

We are in Colorado now, conditions are constantly changing but all the off road passes I’ve driven past around Ouray are closed with some pretty deep snow pack visible.

Skiing in Silverton was excellent as always though!

Colorado thaws quickly though. I hope timing and conditions work for you!

Welcome to my state! Yeah, we got spanked with another snow storm yesterday and last night. Should melt off soon, but the weather guessers are prediction snow or rain for most of this week. This is somewhat typical for March in Colorado, but for the most of the year, we don't get very much precipitation.

 

[KX L]

Fun picture from our detour down to Texas. Not many Jeeps in Texas, kinda surprising.

Hey Elise,
I've spent a lot of time in Texas and there is a reason there are so damn many Toyota trucks there. The Tundra and Tacoma TRD series trucks are made in San Antonio. Not near as many Jeeps as I expected to see.

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