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You can see the battery tray and such back in here: And starting on the harness for the fans. This is where the breaker will live, which makes for a nice-short power wire up into the fuse box. If you look close you can see the harness is getting ground from the preexisting ground screw...

The shroud is going to be pretty close on the steering box, but once the actual rubber mounts are in it'll clear. Hindsight 20-20 I could have offset the shroud on the radiator more to the passenger side and up to clear better, but I like things symmetrical and my previous "dry-fits" didn't...

Well, I got some good work done today, but honestly I'm a little annoyed I got blocked by some parts not showing up that "should" have. Specifically the correct pulley for the ATI didn't show up, and the injectors didn't show up. Both shipped by USPS Priority Mail this week, and both had ETAs...

3.5" of total lift gets to be about where you really want to consider long-arming the front to maintain that ride and proper suspension geometry. -TJ

Well, I only had ~90 min to do anything on the Jeep today between work and dinner plans (probably shouldn't be taking the time to post now... but ya know forums are important!), but knocked a couple little things out. On the shroud assembly I started looking at how the fans would get wired...

All probably true. Having come from more of a rock-crawling, then high speed off road background I think gives some of us an advantage. If you're used to picking rock-crawling lines, and have figured out how to get out of some tight jams with one broken driveshaft, a broken axle shaft, etc. it...

Me too. I think this is often the limiting factor in capability for an Overlander: -TJ

Nice! -TJ

I think capable also depends on how much you care about your vehicle. The old joke was always "what's the fastest car made: a rental car." I think you could extend that to "what's the most capable off road vehicle: a rental." Having things over-built means you don't have to over-drive and...

Fair 'nough, I'm just saying what *I* would choose. -TJ

Nice, that's a good look. We also really considered the bronze wheels. Truth-be-told the truck is her vehicle, so it won't get any real Overland use (though it does go offroad on occasion). I wouldn't have gotten the color-matched front end and everything if it was going spend any real time...

Right, re-read my post you quoted and you'll see I covered that at the end. I pointed out most WJs don't even book for $5k, so it doesn't take much to make it a salvage at this point... but then again, when they don't book or sell for more than $5k is it worth getting a salvage for $500-1000...

A lot has to do with WHY it was salvaged, and what particular vehicle you're talking about. I probably wouldn't mess with a XJ, ZJ or WJ that's been crashed bad enough to salvage it, since they're unibody and it's hard to imagine the "flipper" that bought it as a wrecked car to fix and sell...

Ah, sorry misunderstood your original post. -TJ

There's nothing wrong with a full-size for Overlanding: Fool-size Overland Trip: Tamarack Lake in Shasta-Trinity National Forest Everybody has their own definition and by *some* definitions no, your IFS 1500 probably won't do everything that's out there. But it will still do a lot. I would...

You bring up a VERY good point. Not many folks think about what would happen if a giant storm rolled through the trial they came in on before they leave to go back out... -TJ

Not to start a war here, but what about an OG Defender is great than a 4 door Rubi? Some of the Defenders are obviously shorter and thus have a tighter turning radius and better break-over angle... but there are 2 door Rubis for that. -TJ

Trust me, I know you can get lots of places with them: Fool-size Overland Trip: Tamarack Lake in Shasta-Trinity National Forest -TJ

I was going to say the same. As for the actual question, my answer is "it depends." People certainly felt like the KL Jeep Cherokees weren't capable enough and didn't properly carry the XJ's torch when they came out, most still feel that way. The KL is a "better vehicle" in nearly every...

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh... -TJ