SanDiegoOverland
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- San Diego
Name's Brian, and I've been in San Diego for the last 10 years working and raising a family.
I had an LJ that got stolen near Thanksgiving of last year, and didn't get back into the jeep scene till about June of this year.
I had been searching for the right rig, and it came down to a toyota fj60 and an XJ. I wanted solid axles, power steering, a heater and room for 5. (I'm a cheap date..haha)
I decided on the XJ for these reasons:
-Lower odometer mileage of the two choices.
-Getting parts locally is easy.
-4.0L motor is pretty legendary.
- Extensive aftermarket for me to drool over
- DD'ing made the 20mpg of the XJ a lot more enticing than the 10-14mpg of the 60 series.
-it's a Jeep, and I knew I already like the community.
What a great choice. My rig is as follows:
1992 Laredo with 168,000 miles
-HP30
-NP231
-D35
-3.55's
-AW4-auto
pretty well stock...
I've done the following:
-Full tune up (plugs, wires, cap, rotor, belt, fuel filter, etc)
-New radiator
-New fluids
-New TPS sensor
-Used class III hitch & new plug/n/play wiring kit with 4pin or 7pin ability
-Camping lab Awning mounted to thule crossbars.
On the list:
-OME 2" kit from DPG
-Full length Bajarack MegaMULE rack. (3 kids = no choice..gotta get a rack..lol)
-Logans Metal or ARB bull bar/winch mount
-Harbor frieght 8000lb winch (I had one on my LJ...great winch)
-Swing away carrier, possibly DetoursUSA Tailbone
-ZJ tie rod and drag link
-DPG offroad Tcase skid
-Sliders...not sure, probably AJ's
-stock front skid plate
-hood vent mod
-new paint (at some point)
-load area divider
-new tint
Thanks all for a great site, with an impressive knowledge base...
Regards,
Brian
pics:
Here's the awning workin' hard at a BBQ of ours...great piece of kit. I'll mount it to the side of the rack when I get it.
I had an LJ that got stolen near Thanksgiving of last year, and didn't get back into the jeep scene till about June of this year.
I had been searching for the right rig, and it came down to a toyota fj60 and an XJ. I wanted solid axles, power steering, a heater and room for 5. (I'm a cheap date..haha)
I decided on the XJ for these reasons:
-Lower odometer mileage of the two choices.
-Getting parts locally is easy.
-4.0L motor is pretty legendary.
- Extensive aftermarket for me to drool over
- DD'ing made the 20mpg of the XJ a lot more enticing than the 10-14mpg of the 60 series.
-it's a Jeep, and I knew I already like the community.
What a great choice. My rig is as follows:
1992 Laredo with 168,000 miles
-HP30
-NP231
-D35
-3.55's
-AW4-auto
pretty well stock...
I've done the following:
-Full tune up (plugs, wires, cap, rotor, belt, fuel filter, etc)
-New radiator
-New fluids
-New TPS sensor
-Used class III hitch & new plug/n/play wiring kit with 4pin or 7pin ability
-Camping lab Awning mounted to thule crossbars.
On the list:
-OME 2" kit from DPG
-Full length Bajarack MegaMULE rack. (3 kids = no choice..gotta get a rack..lol)
-Logans Metal or ARB bull bar/winch mount
-Harbor frieght 8000lb winch (I had one on my LJ...great winch)
-Swing away carrier, possibly DetoursUSA Tailbone
-ZJ tie rod and drag link
-DPG offroad Tcase skid
-Sliders...not sure, probably AJ's
-stock front skid plate
-hood vent mod
-new paint (at some point)
-load area divider
-new tint
Thanks all for a great site, with an impressive knowledge base...
Regards,
Brian
pics:
Here's the awning workin' hard at a BBQ of ours...great piece of kit. I'll mount it to the side of the rack when I get it.