Summer Delima

Osprey413 · Oct 15, 2004

Hey everyone. I've got a bit of a delima that I would like your input on. I'm trying to think ahead for a summer project, but I'm not sure what I want to do. Out of the four choices, what do you think I should do?

tjader · Oct 15, 2004

out of the 4 choices i would pick...umm....where are they?

Osprey413 · Oct 15, 2004

I've got to type them first, jeez.

tjader · Oct 15, 2004

well i voted for the arb front bumper before i voted for the bigger lift and tires.

Island XJ · Oct 15, 2004

i have an answer to your Delima (aka dilemma): do em all!

sidriptide · Oct 15, 2004

its really hard to tell you what to do when i have no idea what you have to work with, your mechanical ability, and your questionable alliegience to the Jeep name.. ( :viking: ) as well as what you intend to do with the rig.. i would not go for an any kind of heavy winch bumper before i did my lift and was comfortable enough to take the rig to places that will test it's abilities.. big winch bumper+ no lift= mall cruiser...
get the stroker and race it at the mall....

arty:

XJ_ranger · Oct 15, 2004

Armor, Armor, Armor.... thats all i have to say

XJJPR · Oct 15, 2004

Wheel???????????????????

hinkley

Ramsey · Oct 15, 2004

Mark Hinkley said:
Wheel???????????????????

hinkley

i'll second that

PstrKd4BrthCntrll · Oct 15, 2004

sidriptide said:
winch bumper+ no lift= mall cruiser... arty:

Snorkel! Then go play in the puddles in the parking lot XD OH! and dont forget to get a picture of your "rig" flexing on a speed bump. That would be hawt...

Island XJ · Oct 15, 2004

maybe y'oughta get a skyline with yer friend, and sit around on the roof all summer drinking beer and saying "man, someday, I'm gonna do something with this!"

Osprey413 · Oct 15, 2004

Now now, I already have a 3" Superlift. I can get the Jeep through almost anything, but I either need more rubber, more power, or a winch. I will be keeping the Jeep no matter what, the Skyline is a side car that my friend and I will race with.

small pederson · Oct 15, 2004

why is it you find yourself needing more power than the 4.0 (assuming you have a 4.0) can provide with 31-32 inch tires? maybe you need deeper gears

kewlkatdady · Oct 15, 2004

Instead of more power...why dont you do a 4:1 kit and deeper gears...
then you can do the armor also.

Osprey413 said:
Now now, I already have a 3" Superlift. I can get the Jeep through almost anything, but I either need more rubber, more power, or a winch. I will be keeping the Jeep no matter what, the Skyline is a side car that my friend and I will race with.

Puckhead21 · Oct 15, 2004

nissans suck.

Osprey413 · Oct 15, 2004

It isn't that I need more power. It is that I want more power.

Fryphax · Oct 15, 2004

sidriptide said:
its really hard to tell you what to do when i have no idea what you have to work with, your mechanical ability, and your questionable alliegience to the Jeep name.. ( :viking: ) as well as what you intend to do with the rig.. i would not go for an any kind of heavy winch bumper before i did my lift and was comfortable enough to take the rig to places that will test it's abilities.. big winch bumper+ no lift= mall cruiser...
get the stroker and race it at the mall....
arty:

How is a Winch bumper and winch on a stock height vehicle a mall cruiser? If im not mistaken you can wheel a stock XJ and get it stuck to the point of winching. I don't think its a mall cruiser I think its just a different approach to the sport.

small pederson · Oct 15, 2004

Osprey413 said:
It isn't that I need more power. It is that I want more power.

so you can race or what?

xj92 · Oct 15, 2004

Who doesn't want more power? I'm not willing to spend the money to get the power but I wish mine had more, for racing, accelerating fast, whatever. I just like the feel of the power and adding bigger lift and bigger tires makes it slower.

sidriptide · Oct 16, 2004

Fryphax said:
How is a Winch bumper and winch on a stock height vehicle a mall cruiser? If im not mistaken you can wheel a stock XJ and get it stuck to the point of winching. I don't think its a mall cruiser I think its just a different approach to the sport.

ok, i'll give ya that... but i see making the rig more drivable through more varied terrain by way of larger tires and a lift is more reasonable than the abuse a stock height vehicle would take being dragged over stuf that a taller rig would easily drive over.. the taller you are the smaller the rocks seem to your under carriage... i rank it lower on the priority scale is all than better equipment...

Summer Delima

What to do, what to do????

4.6L Stroker

Bigger lift and tires

ARB front bumper, TJM or Warn rear bumper, rocker skids

Buy a Nissan Skyline (4wd I6, Nissan caught on to what Jeep was doing) with my friend

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