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How to get your Rig into the Readers Rides You will need to Copy and Paste the following Outline, start your Thread and fill in your information. Once you have completed the information about your vehicle, your Thread will not show up, untill it has been approved by a Moderator. We want the Members Rides to be accurate, specific & correct, so please take your time writing about you and your vehicle! Your Title should be something like "Jimbo's 1948 Jeep Willys" Also, please include atleast 2 good pictures. _______________________________________ Owners Name & City- Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- Engine- Transmission- T-Case- Axles- Suspension- Wheels and Tires- Winch- Favorite Trails- Other-...

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Marc Bryson's K30---Errrr '94 Wrangler----wait, '4x MB---I don't know what it is.....trail rig?

Marc Bryson's K30---Errrr '94 Wrangler----wait, '4x MB---I don't know... "Jeep" works Owners Name & City- Marc Bryson, Woods Cross, UT Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- Excellent question. Titled as a '80 CJ Engine- '89 TBI 350 Transmission- 700R4 T-Case- D300 Axles- Front: Chevy Dana 60, 4.56 gears, Eaton E-Locker. full width Rear : Shaved 14 Bolt with spool, 4.56 gears. full width Suspension- Waggy fronts XJ rears (reversed) 101" wheelbase Wheels and Tires- 38" Super Swamper TSL/SX on stock H1 wheels with PVC beadlocks Winch- T-Max 9000 Favorite Trails- Pritchett, Coyote Canyon, Mineral Basin Other- lots...... I'll get some 'action' pics next time I take it out. (it might be all one color by...

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ZMotorSports 2011 JKUR Build Thread

I am new here but thought I would throw up some pictures of my latest Jeep build. It is not real time as I have owned it now for almost two years. I bought the Jeep with only 3208 miles on the odometer and commenced building my "Dream Jeep". This is my daily driver and weekend wheeler. On lift just before sitting it down with the 4" BDS Suspension Lift and 35" KM2 tires/ATX Crawl wheels. Backed outside the shop after just barely sitting her on the ground with new lift and tires/wheels. More to come as I dig through the pictures. Also pictured here is the Warn Rockcrawler bumper/Powerplant combination that I purchased used just to get me by until I could fabricated my own bumpers. Mike.

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Stephen's 1986 Suzuki Samurai

Stephen Nielson, Cottonwood Heights, Utah 1986 Suzuki Samurai JX Hardtop Engine: G13BA SOHC TBI 1.3L bored .020 over with high compression pistons, Hawk Torquer Cam, Doug Thorley header and Trail Tough high flow 2" exhaust. Trail Tough 'Unbreakable' motor mounts Transmission: Stock 5-Speed Manual, Trail Tough 'Unbreakable' rear mount Transfer Case: 4.16:1 GRSI, Trail Tough Mighty Kong mount/skidplate Front Axle: Stock Rear Axle: Stock gears, LockRight locker, Trail Tough disc break swap using 1982 Subaru front calipers and Samurai rotors Suspension: Old Man Emu Dakar 2" lift springs, Petroworks Heavy Duty 3/4" lift shackles Steering: Sidekick Power Steering Wheels and Tires: 235/75 Goodyear Wrangler MT/R's on 15" American...

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Polaris Xpedition

When I saw the new Polaris Xpedition I new that there was now a way I could get my wife to come with me into the outdoors, good or bad, there was now a way. The problem with the Jeep is that it was slow and bumpy and when our friends showed up with a UTV and my grandkids didn’t want to get back in the Jeep, I knew a UTV was in my future, my very near future. I had snowmobiled and rode motorcycles with the GM of a powersport dealership and went to him for advice. He sold all the makes and after looking at the pros and cons of all of them, I settled on the Polaris Pro XP 4 Sport. I liked the space in the rear of this new model at the time and ordered one. It took an extra 4 months or so to get it because of COVID but when it...

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68 highboy

I was told I should do a build thread, i have had this project for a looong time, this was my first truck, I took my wife on our first date in this truck, it was my dads truck before me while I was growing up. I decided to do a body swap sometime in 2009, but a bad year in 2010 ( loosing two grandparents, a great grandma, and my father, as well as welcoming a second kid into our family took the wind out of my sail. I did work on it here and there over the years, but it has mainly been a looked over second thought. My kids are now at the age where they are starting to want to do stuff with friends over hanging with mom and dad, and I finally have the ambition to start working on the old girl again. So to keep me motivated and moving on...

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Stephen's 2017 Nissan Patrol err… Armada

Stephen's 2017 Nissan Patrol err… Armada Engine: Nissan VK56VD 5.6L V8 Transmission: Stock 7-Speed Automatic Transfer Case: Stock Front Axle: Stock Rear Axle: Stock Suspension: Front: OME 2978 springs, OME 90015 struts, SPC 25560 upper control arms Rear: OME 2986 Springs, OME 60084 shocks Steering: Stock Wheels and Tires: 35"x12.50 R18 General Grabber ATx's Communication: HAM: ICOM ID-4100A GMRS: Midland MXT-275 ______________________________________________________________________ I've loved my Trooper over the last eight and a half years, but I just got the itch about a month ago to get something new. Even with all the work and upgrades I've done to the Trooper, its still a 26-year old vehicle at heart. I wanted...

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High School TJ build

This little Tj is coming along, that big dent in the side is gone due to a friend in town, repainted the hood and part of side panel where the dent was, the paint didn't match to what I thought it would, but that's ok, it gives it character. Repainted the the fender flares black, looks so much better than it did. Put on some Rugged Ridge rockers on it, took the old front bumper off, working on building a new one. It has a cute 2" coil spacer lift, I swapped the tires I had on the XJ and put them on the TJ. I've put some quick disconnect sway bar links on her as well. The heater wasn't working very well, turns out the heater core was clogged inside the pipe and as well as the fins, cleaned it up just enough to get a welcome breeze of...

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Bill the MutTJ

Long story short. This jeep has lots of stuff. Most of it is completely custom. I have lots of cool buddies and family that has helped me along the way to design and build this Jeep. The custom parts far out number what is left of the stock parts. At least it still looks kinda like a TJ Specs: Suspension Low and lots of up travel 3 link front 4 link rear Summit Machine flex joints 14" Fox 2.0 coil overs Fox air bumps Pac Springs 2" 7075 solid aluminum links 108" wheelbase ~18" frame height (I think this equates to about 2" of lift? Ish?) Drivetrain 5.3L -> 4L80e -> TWF 3 speed Hero Front axle: Tera CRD 60, 3.5" tubes, Reid inner and outer knuckles, Yukon zip locker, shafts and u joints, TeraFlex SlimLock hubs Rear axle: later...

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Mufasa '04 LJ

2004 LJ LS Gen III Swap 4L60E SYE 3.5" Rubicon Express Lift 1" Body Lift Rubicon Express shocks Rubicon Express Heavy Duty Y-link steering kit Spidertrax wheel spacers 33" Tires Poison Spyder Rock Sliders Poison Spyder Hood Louvers Warn Winch LOD Rear bumper with Tire Carrier Pro-Comp 50" Double Row Spot/Flood combo LED lightbar ProComp 2x2 Flood pods ProComp 2x2 Spot pods

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Jeeper's Chevy Colorado 2.0

I have been waiting and waiting for the right time to buy another truck. My last Colorado seemed to just keep running, despite the nearly 300,000 miles it had on it. I have been really wanting to buy a new Ford Ranger, and with the 2019 models being on sale it seemed like a good time to look at one. I was less excited about the Ranger after we drove it. It was fine, but not everything I had made it up to be in my mind. I was really hoping for a long bed this go round.. but the Ranger doesn't have that option in a 4 door truck. I was willing to look past this.. but long story short, Larry Miller Ford played too many games when negotiating. We went over to a Chevy Dealer and tried out the 2019 Colorado. Another long story short, after...

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Glockman's Rubi LJ

Updating the build thread after oh 7 years. Specs 2006 Rubicon LJ 2003 5.3 LS 4l60E NP241C with JB conversions SYE and 1310 flange Novak Cable shifter. Magnaflow exhaust Swap details LS swap for the LJ Teraflex lcg lift Teraflex short front Upper control arms. 4" Teraflex springs 1" body lift and tummy tuck Metal cloak track bars front and rear. Teraflex Speed bumps Front and rear. Custom mounted in the frame on the rear. Details Here Teraflex dual rate front sway bar. Falcon TJ shocks Currie Correctlync steering 37x12.50 R17 BFG KM2's on aluminum modular wheels. 1.25" Spidertrax wheel spacers Factory lockers front and rear 4.88 gears Chromoly shafts in the rear RCV's up front Teraflex HD diff cover on the front. LCA skids...

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Coco's KRX4 "Build" Thread

We will use the term "build thread" loosely. Its kind of like the JK/JL stuff a lot of it is bolt on/remove/upgrade. :laughing: As many know, I have moved to SXS's from the buggies. We loved the really hard stuff, but other than that they just got to be a bit more of a burden than we wanted. Trailering everywhere, a lot slower going to get to the trails, trying to find hard-to-come-by parts when stuff breaks, or the magical combination to make everything work, etc. Do I miss it? Absolutely! Would I get or build another? At some point yes, but I am in no hurry too. The 2 seat Can Am RC was by far the best all around SXS I owned. However, with the wife and I starting a family, I knew I had to find a new option.We liked the 2...

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Bart's 2007 JKUR

Many of you know that I sold my beloved CYJ last week and started down a new path for wheeling. I've reached the point in life where I wanted something more comfortable to wheel and really wanted to drive a Jeep around town again. Also wanted to do some scenic stuff and have a trip to Silverton planned later this year. A friend made me a good deal on a fairly well built 2007 JK Rubicon and so it begins. It has 61,000 miles, a 3.5" Full Traction lift and sporting 35" BFGs for now. Also has a Ripp Supercharger, Kilby On Board Air plumbed front and rear, and a few other goodies. One thing I'll be removing this weekend is a 13 gallon auxiliary gas tank that is filled through the regular gas cap with a separate gauge and transfer pump. Cool...

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71 Scout 800B

Owners Name & City- Alex Gertsch Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 1971 International Scout 800B Engine- fuel injected 4.0 Transmission- AW4 T-Case- np231 Axles- Dana 30 and Dana 44 trussed and locked front and rear Suspension- 3 Link front with 14" ori state struts 4Link with tj rear coil springs and some cheapo hydro shocks. Wheels and Tires- 35" pitbull tires on alloy wheels. Winch- Warn M8000 Favorite Trails- Hasn't seen any trails yet. Other- Cj rear tank conversion. DandC extreme Cage. jk front bumper Going to be changing alot real soon.__________

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The LJ I have always wanted

I have been starting and mostly stopping builds on my Jeeps for years and years, this has always been my dream. I had a YJ that changed build direction so many times that I need to start fresh and just install the parts I have been acquiring. So here she is my "about time" build. I started with an LJ, requirements to buy were Auto, Hard top and working AC. I wanted to try and get my wife to go with me again. I found this one, it had a Teraflex LCG Enduro kit with 35" tires, bumpers that were just not my style and a few little issues that I had worked out. the first time I went to head up the canyon to test her out the transmission went into Limp mode. Not the best way to start. So it sat around for 4 months. Then the adventure began. I...

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Tonkaman’s Tonka truck

The time has finally come! My new truck finally found its way home! It is a 2022 Ram Powerwagon. FULLY LOADED with every possible option minus a sunroof and ram boxes. That level 3 interior is almost too luxurious! Most of you are familiar with my love for Tacomas, so this new truck may seem a bit off beat for me. The truth is the Tacoma was an AMAZING off road rig, but we were bursting at the seams. Lately we had given up on camping whenever the whole family would be going, since it was too difficult to haul a full crews gear. I got sick of always feeling like our adventures were being limited by cargo space. I was having a hard time nailing down exactly what type of vehicle suited our needs. In hind sight it’s because our...

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OKADVENTURES GX470 Build

I joined the GXOR family . I picked up my 2008 Lexus GX470 in Dallas, TX and brought it back home to Oklahoma City, OK. Details of the rig: -130,000 miles -TB/WP, Front Brakes, Radiator, and Alternator were all replaced within the past 5K miles. (Update: TB/WP done incorrectly, had to have it redone 10/28/2021!) -lifetime Texas vehicle, so no rust at all. -No wrecks - Airbags work perfect Got it home and already did the first mod: running boards removed. Hopefully much more work to be done in the coming months/years. I have been working on this build for about 6 months so over the coming weeks I'll be catching this build thread up to where we are now! Follow the build on YouTube and Facebook: OK Adventures on YouTube OKADVENTURESGX...

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Crazy Kevs 3rd and Hopefully Final XJ build.

Owners Name & City- Kevin Hurricane Ut. Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 1996 Jeep Cherokee Engine- 4.0 straight 6 with cheap warm air intake Transmission- Automatic T-Case- 4 speed Atlas with 5:1 Axles- Rear: Ford 10.5 Sterling 4.88 gears ARB Front: Ford dana 60. Artec steering and truss with arb 4.88 gears. Suspension- Hybrid: Rear IRO 5.5 leafs with 1.5 inch boomerang shackles. Front is Rock Kralwer 3 link Long arm kit with with 7.5 inch Rubicon coils. Wheels and Tires-37 Maxxis trepadors stickies with inner air bead locks. Winch- Warn 8000 Favorite Trails-Hanging tree trail, The Squeeze, Sand Hollow area and Moab area. Any trail with Friends and family having a good time. The harder the better within my rigs...

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Justin's TJ

Owners Name & City- Justin, Payson Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 2000 Jeep Wrangler Sport Engine- 4.0 Transmission- NV3550 T-Case- Advance Adapters Atlas ll 4.3:1 Axles- Gear Ratio: 4.88 Rear: Ford Explorer 8.8 w/ ARB Air Locker Front: G2 HP Core44 w/ Detroit Suspension- Hybrid: 3" BDS Coils, Currie Antirocks Fore and Aft, Home-brew 3-link front, Triangulated 4-link rear M.O.R.E. 1" Body Lift Wheels and Tires-37" STT Pro's and Walker Evans Beadlocks Winch- Warn 9.5 CTI Favorite Trails-Anything difficult enough I can get my adrenaline fix, but not destroy my junk in the process. I bought it in Oct 2008. It was wrecked, but still had a clean title. Fixed it up, and daily drove it for years. It has gone through several...

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Roger's 95 ZJ, what's next?

As it was from when I bought it in Sept of 2006. First trip to Rattlesnake Jan or Feb of 2007. ZJ is an Upcountry Laredo package, 4.0. Came with aftermarket wheels on 235/75-15s. After ths trip on Rattlesnake, I decided that 2' of lift and 31s would be perfect. Being a cheap Jeeper, and patient. I picked up a few things passed on by others. 2" budget boost pucks, Tuff Country fixed front lower control arms, and Teraflex adjustable uppers. I did swap in new bushings. So early November 2008, I lifted the ZJ 2" and added 31s. This is as it sits today. To me, it sat well, drove well, and with the home made lengthened sway bar lengths removed, flexed well. It was this rock on Rattlesnake that made me decide on my lift originally...

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