sidriptide said:
we're prety much all runing the same trail. i need to know what kind of trail you are expecting and what kind of experience you all have. i know a few already but you new guys should give me an idea. the few i have in mind arent "easy" but certainly a stock XJ will be able to run. it depends on how comfortable you are wheeling your rig and understanding that smaller rigs take more abuse. i have run a "near stock" XJ thru both of these trails, but go-arounds are going to be your friend.
Ok, i'll give you the listing of what my rig has so far...4.5" lift by springs and AAL. Drop LCA brackets, drop sway bar brackets, steering stablizer and trailmaster shocks. Smitty bars welded up with a steel pipe welded inside 2" down from the rocker pannels as rock sliders. 31X12.5 BFG a/t in the front and BFG m/t in the rear and all at near 100% tread. Size is 325/60/15 so they are wide! Olympic top hat rack loaded with 48" hi-lift jack, 5 gallon jerry can, stock spare and a 325/60/15 tire by itself incase i blow a bead. Rear floods on back of rack. Light bar with 5 hella 550's. Push guard front grill with fogs. Rear tail light protectors. 1" transfer case drop and a 1" crossmember drop.
Performance has a straight pipe into a flowmaster 40 with NO tail pipe, rustys tube with K&N air filter, MSD blaster 2 coil with there 8.5 performance wires, ngk V-groove plugs, accel brass cap & rotor (all new). Hesco hi-flow pump, bored t-housing, 160 thermostat and a 3 row CSF radiator. Yellow top optima battery (gotta get the hold down).
Gear: 20' tow strap w/o metal ends, tools, fuses, lug wrench, jumper cables, heavy duty tow chain, etc.
What i will have by then will be front tow hooks, rear hitch d-ring or hooks, t-case skid fabricated, disconnects all around and a first aid kit
Experience is minimal unless you include all the trails i like to risk on up here on private property!!
I'll send you a PM with this as well so you can give me feedback!
Thanks!!!