Been lurking for some time, figured i'd say hello. The forum here has been growing well.

John B from the Philly suburbs. Been into XJ's since the early 90's when i bought my first. Did the rockcrawling thing and got bored with it, and the rig sat for quite awhile and i contemplated selling it.

I'v always been into camping in the remote backcountry as much as i could so i needed a 4WD vehicle. Decided to lower my lift and rebuild it to make it a better rig to run cross country in. Been working on it since last fall and it's coming around, heres a pic as it sits now.

 

That jeep is BA man, good work on it. Additionally glad you found us and we are looking forward to seeing more of you

 

Welcome to CF from Deep South Texas. Glad you decided to stop lurking and join. That as Kyle already mentioned is one BA Jeep. I like the rooftop tent. Does it sleep well? Is it removeable or a permanent placement on your roof?
Give us more details.

 

Thanks for the welcome.

It's a work in progress, have quite a few more things planned.

Blue, used to visit relatives in Corpus and spend the summers on Padre Island.

The tent is from Autohome. www.autohomeus.com It is attached to 4 Thule crossbars and is removable when not going to be used, it weighs in at ~125lbs. The Wilderness rack sits on roof when tent is not. I have a camp trailer i'm working on and the tent will eventually sit atop that.

Tent is the large 1.8 model which is roughly the size of a king size bed. The mattress is decent but i use a queen size aerobed with featherbed on it for cooler temps. This tent takes up all the roof area on an XJ at 72" wide.

Heres a pic in the closed position.

 

Thanks Overland We should move his to OT as we are clogging up the Intro area.
It doesn't take long to get to SPI but I get to it less frequently than CC. I have to take the boss (wife) to regional meetings in CC 'bout 3 times a year. Last was in May. I have relatives in Philly area but have never visited them. Just see them at Weddings and Funerals.

 

Your Jeep is what owning a Jeep is all about. love the Flat black and olive drab. Tent coming out of roof. Looks like you still got a nice rock crawler if need be. Love the Jeep man. Welcome to CF. Hopefully you can teach us a few things

 

welcome to our addiction.... awesome Jeep and its even in my favorite color.

 

i am in love with that jeep, it's amazing! that would be a nifty addition to my jeep as we're going camping in a couple days. what's the tallest height you could fit in it?

 

Welcome from Indiana. I have been following your build on Expedition Portal. Great job. I have been thinking about going more of a backwoods, camping rig with mine. Love to camp and hunt and my daughter is taking an interest in it as well. Great XJ

 

Welcome from WV!

 

welcome from WV x2

 

Welcome from Va. Nice Jeep

 

Welcome to CF from COS!!Nice rig!! If that is lowered, what did it look like when it was at it's highest?? Got pics?? BTW, we are pic hounds here, we love XJs!! Later!!

 

Hello John...

Welcome From IL...

I remember talking with you some years ago on NAXJA when they had the old software.

 

Nice XJ, one of the nicest I have seen. Welcome