okay, I've been wondering. At what point do you consider a jeep to be "built"

 

Axle swaps, motor swaps, chop tops, cages when it reaches the point when you actually have to build things to meant your demands

 

So after building my own front/rear bumpers, sliders, roof rack, axle trusses, long arms, bastard packs, does that still considered s built jeep?

 

There's a date on the door jam (I think) that will tell you when it was built.

 

haha, good one lol

 

I'm just sayin...

I wouldn't put too much thought into when your XJ is considered "built"

If you have to put a meaning with it. I'd say you XJ is "built" when there's more tube and plate than factory metal. When it doesn't resemble anything XJ. When you realize it would've been better to start a tube buggy/crawler than make the frankenstein you created lol...

 

Lmao. Good one

 

When there are more parts that aren't Jeep than are. Or when it's been modified for a specific purpose.

 

Agree

 

Built Jeep:

4.5+ inch lift
33"+ tires
lockers
bumper
roof rack
steering upgrades

That's all I would need to consider a Jeep built. 8.25 is already tough enough of an axle that swapping it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. But it never hurts to go stronger, and props to those that do.

 

-long arms
-low gears
-lockers
-body protection (functional not asthetic)
-35" tires and bigger ( many with 33s are very capable)


or untile someone else comes up to you and tells you your jeep is built..
ie. stranger comes up to you in parking lot or on street and says "nice snorkel you must go through some deep **** with that" ...ect

 

Agree with everything except for the lift part....

 

Okay, my jeep, built or not?
5.5"lift with CAD/flex control arms/shackle relocation/boomerangs.
35" mt/rs
D30 with aussie locker
Chrysler 8.25 29spl/disc brakes
Sye
Jcr 1 ton utk steering
Nates 4x4 bumpers front and rear
Soon to be 4.56 gears

 

Your Jeep is built when you consider it built, when it will do what you want it to do.
That could be an extensive list of modifications, or a 2" budget lift with 30" tall tires
and front and rear extraction points.

 

Th reason I asked about mine is because my stepdad said it wasn't, I really don't care, just thought I would ask lol