{"id":21043,"date":"2016-10-09T21:07:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T04:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/?p=21043"},"modified":"2022-06-24T00:25:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T00:25:26","slug":"2006-jeep-commander-xk-overland-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/2006-jeep-commander-xk-overland-build\/","title":{"rendered":"2006 Jeep Commander XK Overland Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent Overland Bound Off the Grid Rally we had more time to spend with @jdunk and his 2006 Jeep Commander XK Overland Build. The Commander did a billy-goat routine up the mountain, escorting a wide variety of vehicles. For a full list of stats see below and if you have more questions head on over to the forums build thread to ask away! Thanks to Josh!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/forums\/threads\/2006-jeep-commander-xk-overland-and-sar-build.194\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeep Commander Forum Build Thread<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m building it for 2 primary uses. Local Search and Rescue, and Overlanding.<\/p>\n<p>I had to give up my WK about a year ago due to the absolutely HORRIBLE gas mileage I was getting, and all the driving that I have to do for work.<\/p>\n<p>I replaced it with a &#8217;14 Trailhawk as my daily driver, and mild trail car. (It impresses me all the time&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, back to the reason for this tread&#8230; I picked up an &#8217;06 HEMI QD-II with a fraction over 100k about a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>Completed:<br \/>\n<a class=\"externalLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocky-road.com\/jeep-commander-lift-kit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RR Lift Kit<\/a> (Removed)<br \/>\nOME HD Springs with HD front Struts and Rancho Rear Adjustable.<br \/>\nRocky Road 2.5 in. spacers (Rear)<br \/>\nRocky Road Outfitters Upper Control Arms<br \/>\n<a class=\"externalLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wildernessracks.com\/index.php\/sport-series-rack-06-08-commander-60-l.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Garvin Roof Rack<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"externalLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bfgoodrichtires.com\/tire-selector\/category\/off-road-tires\/all-terrain-t-a-ko2\/tire-details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BFG T\/A KO2<\/a> &#8211; 265\/70R17 w\/ <a class=\"externalLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rocky-road.com\/jeep-commander-wheel-spacers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1.5in spacers<\/a><br \/>\nAmber Warning Lights<br \/>\n<a class=\"externalLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/forums\/index.php?threads\/jeep-xk-overland-and-sar-build.194\/page-2#post-2444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Electrical installed fuse box and electrical relays<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"externalLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.visionxusa.com\/product\/atv-utv-industry\/xmitter-low-profile-xtreme-led-bar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VisionX LED<\/a><br \/>\nHigh Band Radio<br \/>\n3rd row replaced with storage<br \/>\nRear Bumper w\/tire and Jerry can storage<br \/>\nFront bumper with 12k Winch and Rigid Dually&#8217;s<br \/>\nPioneer SPH-DA120 (AppRadio4 w\/Car Play)<br \/>\n<a class=\"externalLink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weathertech.com\/side-window-deflectors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WeatherTech Window Deflectors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the immediate future:<br \/>\nNew Roof Rack<br \/>\nRigid LED (removed from my WK)<\/p>\n<p>Here is what she looked like when I brought her home:<\/p>\n<p>Most Recent Picture:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Still missing a nickname though&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent Overland Bound Off the Grid Rally we had more time to spend with @jdunk and his 2006 Jeep Commander XK Overland Build. The Commander did a billy-goat routine up the mountain, escorting a wide variety of vehicles. For a full list of stats see below and if you have more questions head [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vehicle","category-videos","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.overlandbound.com\/marketing-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}