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Well I am finally almost done with my LS swap in my old CJ8. I fired it up yesterday and it started on the first try. So far everything seems to be working as expected but I haven't driven it yet due to a dead Jeep parked behind it. I know I should have been better at taking pictures along the way but here are a few. The motor is a 5.3 from an 01 GMC Yukon. It has been rebuilt with L33 flat top pistons and rods bored 30 over. It has a better cam in it. The transmission is a 4L60E that came in the Yukon, it was rebuilt with the standard improvements most put in these. The transfer case is an Atlas two speed with 3.8 ratio. To make life easier on the swap I swapped to a driver's side drop front axle. Its a 77 F150 narrowed high pinion...

Owners Name & City- Josh Miller Clearfield formerly Daniel Jacquire build Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 48 Willys cj2a Engine- 1.9 Mtdi Transmission- Ax15 T-Case- Dana 300 with 4to1 and twins stick Axles- Wagoneer 44 front with OX locker, Rcv shafts, Hardcore hubs, Reid knuckles, and PSC full hydro, spidertrax rotors and wilwood 4 piston calipers. Teraflex Crd 60 rear with Ox locker, chromoly shafts. Spidertrax rotors and wilwood 4 piston calipers Suspension- 3 link front with 14" ORI struts 4 link rear with 14" fox air shocks and bumps Wheels and Tires- 37" Pitbull Rockers on procomp beadlocks Winch- Warn 9000lb with wireless remote. Favorite Trails- Other-

So I've been mostly a lurker the last few years. I joined RME in 2003 when I was working for Rocky-Road Outfitters in Heber. I've poked around and always enjoyed reading about others adventures and everything else, but I've never had a vehicle that I felt needed a lift for my uses. I mainly poke around in the Uinta Basin and never really do what would be considered serious off roading since I know I have to be able to get home and still be able to get to work in the same vehicle. I decided to post up my current ride/project. I posted this on a blog that I haven't posted on since 2011. Here's the link Here's the most current picture, while the blog has some from the process over the last couple years. I'm not the best at taking...

Owners Name & City- Brian, South Jordan Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 2005 Chevy Colorado Engine- 3.5L inline 5 cylinder Transmission- Automatic Wheels and Tires- 245/75R16 I have been looking for new work vehicle for some time, and decided to try to cut out my work car, and work truck by using a half sized truck. I did a lot of searching and waiting until the right deal came along. I found this 2005 Colorado that was at a stealership from a trade in. Story says it's a one owner, old couple. They traveled the country, resulting in high freeway miles. The truck is in great shape. The back seat looks as though it has never been used. The driver seat shows some wear, especially on the arm rest, but in overall I give it a 7 or 10 for...

Owners Name & City- Corbin Black. Currently in West Jordan.. Moving to Cedar City October 2019! Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 2005 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited Started as a rebuilt title 2005 LJ rubicon, switched to a clean title 2004 LJ sport to get it on the road, and should finish off as a CLEAN title 05 LJ rubicon :cool: so its a 2005-ish LJ :rofl: Engine- 4.0l I6 Transmission- 42RLE T-Case- NV 241OR 4:1 TeraFlex 2 Low Savvy Cable Shifter Axles- Stock Rubicon 44's. Front is sleeved as well as a custom bracket setup to accommodate a wheelbase stretch Suspension- TeraFlex short arms with "IR" bushings, 3" TeraFlex Springs, Falcon Piggyback shocks, Artec Industries weld on 1.25" "boat-side" body lift Wheels and...

Owners Name & City- Jim, South Jordan Utah Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 2020 Jeep Gladiator Engine- 3.6L Transmission- T-Case- Axles- Dana 44 Suspension- 3" Mopar Lift, Fox Shocks Wheels and Tires- 37's Winch- Smittybilt 12k Favorite Trails- Patterson Pass, North end of Pilot Peak, Coal Wash/Devil's Racetrack, Book Cliffs, White Rocks (by Dugway) Other- State of Utah DNR Trail Host, owned the Jeep 2 months, 5000 miles of offroading on the ODO!

I'll start this off with this is my wife's and eventually my son's Jeep. They've picked everything we done to it from the options it was ordered with to the parts we've put on it. It's turned out pretty nice so far. We started looking at different vehicles a couple months ago, my wife would want the Wrangle, then she'd want something else, then go back to the Wrangler, then something else. She finally settled on the Wrangler...I didn't try to persuade her otherwise :D . After shopping around a bit, I remembered we have a resident Jeep Salesman on RME so I reached out to @TurboMinivan who was quick to give us advice, put together a custom order, and we setup a time to go put a deposit down and get it ordered. (If you're considering a...

So I've owned this 4Runner since new, it used to be my wife's. She's always said she wanted to lift it and put wheels and tires on it so I left the decision on what wheels in her court. When she could tell me that, I would do the work...she never could tell me what she wanted so it stayed stock, until now. :D Picked up an OME BP-51 lift for it yesterday from Cruiser Outfitters along with some new SPC Upper Control arms. I took the 285/70R17 BFG AT KO2 from my wife's JLUR and put them on a set of Rotiform SIX OR bronze wheels. I spent yesterday afternoon/evening installing the lift and took it over for an alignment first thing this morning. I'm super happy with how this lift rides, I'm sure if I ever actually use it, it'll be even...

Current mods: 85' front end TG High Steer with 6 shooter knuckles G2 30 spline chromoly axles and birfields 95-04 Tacoma Brake upgrade w/IFS Hubs (FROR) 6 stud hub mod High pinion w/ARB air locker Trail Gear steering assist w/stock tapped box. TG upper gusset TG diff armor Marlin knuckle gussets 5:29's IFS width rear end V6 3rd w/ARB air locker Trail Gear disk brake conversion Longfield axles LSPV delete 5:29's Other Drivetrain Mods TG 4.7 t-case gears TG twin stick setup All-Pro T-case E-brake. 3" Downey exhaust system TG stainless header battery and intake swap 1" bore master cylinder Wheels/Tires 35x12.50/r15 Mickey Thompson Baja Boss Battleborn Gatekeeper Beadlocks Suspension 63" Chevy's, 4 leaf with overload (rear) General...

Well I'm back at it again but this time i got a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT with the 5.9 Magnum to just got done putting a 2 inch lift on it and a front receiver hitch for tow points

Owners Name & City- Greg Catherine Gardner - Grand Junction, CO Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 1998 Toyota UZJ100 Land Cruiser Engine- 4.7L V8 Transmission - Factory Auto, A343F Transfer Case - HF2A full-time 2 speed transfer case with center differential lock Axles- Factory parts, IFS front, solid axle rear. Rear has factory e-locker, front has an ARB air locker. Stock 4.30 axle gears. Suspension- Old Man Emu 2.5" with 863 rear springs and OME torsion bars. Wheels and Tires- Factory wheels powder coated black, 295/75/16 BFGoodrich AT's Winch- None yet Favorite Trails- Kokopelli, White Rim, Lockhart, San Juans, Baja... anything scenic and fun. Other- It does have a Slee 2nd battery tray for dual batteries...

Don't post often on RME but figured I would make this thread to track progress of my current project and see what you guys think. I currently drive a stock 04 TJ that I just picked up a few months ago. It is for sale but im not pushing to sell it until the new jeep is ready to drive. My dad picked up this 06 LJ rubi with 79k earlier this year. I have always wanted an LJ and now I finally have one.. even though its wrecked. We picked up this jeep through an auction and the pictures didn't do the damage justice. it was hit hard in the driver side rear corner, bending the frame into the rear floor. the frame kinked really bad right behind the spring perch. The jeep is currently on a frame machine being pulled. the driver side...

Owners Name & City- Pat haun paradise utah Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 87 suzuki samurai Engine- 22re Transmission- Toyota 5 speed T-Case- Toyota Axles- Toyota Suspension- stock toyota springs for now. But have plans for future Wheels and Tires- 40x12.50r20 pro xtreme Winch- 1200# warn winch Favorite Trails- Local cache valley trails, just about everything in moab Other- love this zuk and have plans for alot of changes to make a better rock crawler

I purchased a Tepui Siberian Camo Autana RTT in 2015 and started building the trailer. I started with a $50 CL find, basically just needed a serial number and license plate. The outer rails are the only pieces left of the original trailer. I ordered a new axle and tried to match my wheels but they changed the design a bit, and had a couple old 35" tires mounted for mock up purposes. I found the side boxes on CL and used them for both storage and fenders. After the first outing, I added 50 lbs gas struts to the corners to help raise the tent to sleeping height. Next on the to-do list is to cut a door on the drivers side in front of the tool box and build a roll out platform for my large RTIC cooler and then an off road coupler.

Owners Name & City- Jim Brady - Lynden, WA Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 1999 Jeep TJ Engine- 4.0 Transmission- AX-15 T-Case- NP 231 with SYE Axles- 4:10 gears Dana 30 Front Ford 8.8 Rear Suspension- 4" lift with Rough Country Long Travel Wheels and Tires- 35" Yokohama GeoLander M/T Winch- 9500 XRC Favorite Trails- The Manashtash Ridge Other- The Jeep began it's life with a 4 cylinder and a little 5 speed. After I bought it I threw a 3" lift wheels and tires and drove it for about 5 years. Then I got the bug. I found a 1997 classic that just had a new 4 liter, new tranny, and new transfer dropped into it off of CL. Five days later I rolled it out of the garage. What a difference! I enjoy putting in the time working and...

Owners Name & City- Kenyon Anderson. Price Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ Engine- 4.0 I6 Transmission- AW4 T-Case- 231. SYE., 2 Lo kit Axles- Front: Dana 30 4.88 with lock right Rear: Chylser 8.25 4.88 Aussie lunch box. Suspension- Front: 5.5 RE Coils ACOS Rear: 4.5 RE Leaf Springs w/ 1.5 Tapered block. 1.5 Shackles. Wheels and Tires- 33 x 12.50 R15 Goodyear MTR 15 x 9 Rims Winch- Warn M12000 Favorite Trails- Poision Spyder. Gold Bar Rim. Rusty Nail. Diff Hanger. Other-

Pulled the trigger last night on a 2015 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel. That Dempsey is one hell of a salesman and was relentless! :D Here it is waiting to be detailed: The major factor for me going with the ED was fuel mileage. I loved everything about my 2010 Tundra, except the fuel mileage. When I built it, I had NO plans of pulling a trailer. Heavy steel bumpers, winch, rock sliders, lift, 35" tires...worked GREAT off-road...and I could still eek out 14-15mpg. Not bad. Then, my wife wanted a Polaris RZR. Pretty much everyone in her family has one so we found ourselves traveling at least once a month to meet up with them. Problem is, they all live in Vegas so we're typically traveling 300+ miles to meet up with them. With the...

Over the last 2 seasons Nate and I have learned what it takes to be top competitors in the world of professional rock crawling. Once we stepped up to a pro class in my home built Promod car it took an entire season of working out issues and dialing in the car along with us learning what the car was capable of. Well I sold that car this last week and turned around and bought another promod. I had grown to loathe the LS motor the weight and power was more of a nuisance than anything but it was still sad to see it to go. I learned so much building the car and I feel like I owe alot to that car. With all that being said as we dive deeper into the world of competition it was time to get a more competitive car. Being around the scene as much...

Our old camper was destroyed when one of the jacks failed. So we stripped it of all the appliances, and goods on the interior and planned to build a tough off- road camper that would take a beating and be more roomy than a traditional slide in camper. I also wanted the camper to be removable so that the truck can be used for other things. I have to get this camper all put together before Easter Jeep Safari. So I have only a few weeks. This truck tows a trailer with our Dodge T-Rex 6x6, or pulls our Jeep behind it. The Truck is a GMC 5500 4x4. I first built a custom winch bumper for it and put in new exhaust. Now I took it up to my buddy's shop in Idaho: Casper Customs. Cory the owner builds ultimate 4x4's and extreme rock buggies. You...

Figured I'd go ahead and start the build thread for my new to me 4runner. Picked up a 2010 Toyota 4runner Trail Edition, non-KDSS after being back and forth between a Lexus GX470 and a 4th Gen 4runner for the past couple of months. I'm not really sure what my plans are for this one but I'll probable keep it simple since I'm back to have a car payment. When I first got her. Made one comestic change to the 2014+ 4runner tail lights and added weather tech floor mats. I have one other interior comestic change coming that should freshen up the inside a little, just waiting on the part to come in. Took her out yesterday for her first official dirt road/snow run to Temple Canyon Park. Not a technical road in any way but if gave me a feel...