Heres the scenario, you have the dough, the time and the resources to turn your XJ into a tough, reliable crawler (think Moab 4+ trails). If you were going to build such a rig over the course of say two years and had the dough to put into it, what would your dream rig consist of? What lift/tire/wheel combo, what axles, lockers, armor, transfer case, drive shafts, steering set up or anything else you can think of, would you guys/gals go with and why?

 

Good question! I need to think on that for a bit.

 

98 XJ auto
4.6L stroker
Staangs fab 6.5" triangulated 4link lift
SF rear coil conversion
Dana 60s
Eaton Elockers front and rear
37 Mickey Baja Claws
Titan TWC12 Winch
Rockers
Hydro Steer
SF hidden winch bumper
SF rear bumper w/tire carrier

Thats about it for the big stuff.

 

RC 4.5" long arm lift
32" Goodyear Wrangler M/TR Kevlar
15x8 Steelies
Superior axles all the way around
SYE
Bedlined floors
Mastercraft Rubicon seats W/ 4 point harness
Cold air intake
frame stiffeners
diff. covers
glass pack exhaust
custom bumpers, sliders and roof rack
Smitty Built XRC-10 winch
8 KC Hi-Light 100W Daylighters
onboard air compressor
tube doors
bushwacker flares
Custom rear 4 link
Custom Front 3 link
Dodge 9.25 rear end
dana 44 front
4.6 stroker

to haul it around i would get a military M35A2 with a custom box on the back to carry the rig and haul all necessary replacement parts plus a generator, welder and some other stuff

 

Ls1 with 4l80e
dana 44's front and rear
Suspension seats (mastercraft or corbeu)
5in long arm iron rock or RE
wicked roof rack
protofab bumbers
winch
flat cans
portable welder
spairs
and a smoking hot redhead who also can fix everthing while i chill and enjoy the scenery

 

I'm loving the ideas so far guys, keep em coming! We are missing the why though, why would you build them this way?

 

I dunno what would be on the outside, but the inside would be stuffed with enough money to pay off my student loans and the tires would be big enough to run over citibank....

 

Unimog portal axles
37s on beadlocks
Coil rear suspension
Stretched wheelbase (however much to accommodate portal pinion)
Cummins 4bt
Doubled t-case (not sure what trans/tcase mates with 4bt)
4-5" lift
Snorkel
Frame stiffeners
Exo cage
Onboard air and welder



BTW random question, but has anyone ever stuck a dually axle in an XJ?

 

Cummins swap
Rear steering
38s on 3-4in lift
2500 front end
Mj bed and cab
On board air+welder
Hmmm....
Unibody stiffeners
**** load of lights
Optional campershell for bed. Fridge. Coffeemaker. Tv. (sweet camping truck)
Front bumper with grille guard

 

oh boy...
front dana 60 with an ox locker
rear GM 14 bolt with a spool
Atlas t-case
4.7 stroker
NV4500 transmission
3 link front, 4 link rear, coilovers all around
38ish Iroks
internal & external roll cage tied into rock sliders and both bumpers
warn 12000 pound winch
racing seats & 5 point harneses
onboard air & welder
full custom underbody skid with recessed rock lights
lights on the roof
everything that's not needed goes- carpet, back seat, ac,...etc, etc.

....and somehow make all that street legal and put some more trails around here where I would actually need it

Why? because I spend way too much time lurking on pirate

 

o for got the why part...

Cuz i Could!!!!!!!!!