For the win! [emoji60]




If I had the cash to do what I wanted... my jeep would have a budget boost and 35s. Over built jeeps make little sense, buy a buggy

 

Rock Bouncer?

 

Oh that's easy.

Jku with:

1) Pro Rock 60 front, 2) Pro Rock 80 rear, 3) ARB's f&R, 4) Cummins 4BT, 5) NV4500, 6) Atlas 4 TC, 7) Rubicon Express 4 link long arm with Metal Cloak ends, 8) EVO double throwdown with rear lever system, 9) 20" ATX Slabs with 40's or 42's(Pitbull Rockers), 10) Metal Cloak front and rear bumpers with winch and tire carrier, 11) Metal Cloak overline fenders,...etc. etc.

 

Not meant to cause offense, but when does this become "not a Jeep"? Seems to me you'd be better to build from scratch and just call it your own design.

 

I think it becomes "not a jeep" when the body and/or frame are mostly gone. If you think about it, even though his list is pretty "extreme"..the minute we start modding, we are doing the same thing to a lesser extent.

 

Of course, which is why I posed the question. Well, and also because I have to wonder if financially it isn't just smarter to build from scratch.

 

Id probably switch out my steel bumpers and tire carrier for aluminum. Might try the aluminum under armor but I honestly dont know if the weight savings would be worth the sticking/galling. Set of TR wheels. Have a custom cage built to replace the stock crap. I need gears so I would get that done.

 

More sense financially? Probably, but if you want a Jeep you start with a Jeep. If you want a buggy, you start with tubing. Just my take on it.

 

Okay. Thanks.

 

I would build a CJ8 scrambler from the ground up with a new TDK frame with TJ suspension mount points and new tub, etc.

5.3 LS with a NV4500... etc.