Gotta be honest, after going all the way...I'd never go above 35's maybe 37's on an XJ.

Full Body and having 1 tons just doesn't play very well together.

Otherwise, it looks like you're off to a good start.

 

For around here it’ll be perfect. Seen a lot of them on the trails and they perform great. Before I 4 link the rear it’ll be a buggy. Just wanted something that I can tow and not give a hell about on the trails.

 

Got any pics of your buggy?

 

As long as you keep stuff like that in mind, you'll be fine. Going to a point with an XJ can be a long, black rabbit hole. You end up needing to beef the hell out of it to withstand the running gear, which in turn adds significant weight, which in turns just hurts you more on the hard technical trails.

Then, you start wheeling more technical, end up smashing it up pretty good, fix, upgrade, cut off, repeat...until you realize you should have just started with a tube chassis

Here's a few:

 

Ah I see what you mean. Very true indeed.
Very nice buggy for sure! I’d like to get a TJ or something down the road and and stretch it out and add a V8 in it. Or hell just make a tube buggy from the get go.

Here’s a pic of my buddies rock bouncer he’s building with an LS

 

Looking good. I guess that answers whether you'd be at Gulches this weekend or not. lol

 

Yeah man wish I could. So ready to be wheeling again. Should come by my buddies shop in Lauren’s sometime and give me some pointers.

 

I'll come check it out one day. I'm getting ready to swap an LS into my rig.

 

Awesome bud I’ll have to come check that out. Last time I came to your house you was getting ready to start building your new house.

 

That was 4 years ago. lol I've got 27 XJ's in my yard now.

I need to make friends with Eddy so I can get some tube work done.

 

Lol 27 xjs. He’s a good guy. Come to his shop one weekend. I’m there working when I’m not working at my real job haha.

 

Going to go and get this for just an overland build and to DD. Hopefully it’ll still be available Sunday.

 

Well this thing is definitely sturdier

 

Got some more work done today. Starting to make progress. We got the actual ride height setup and it looks to be ~5”. My buddy got the driver side tube rockers installed also today. Going to finish the boat sides here soon.

 

Do you have a build thread?