Ausjeeper
Observer
I guess this'll be a bit of an intro as well as a build thread for my JK.
I'm from New South Wales Australia, and do as much camping and four wheel driving with my family as work permits. We either camp in swags or in our camper trailer. The trailer gets towed when the whole family is coming, and the swags get used if only my wife or son is coming along.
We owned a Nissan Patrol for about 15 years, and built it up into quite a capable tourer/overlander. It was a brilliant vehicle for touring, and was a sad day when it was sold and went down the driveway for the last time.
My old Patrol with my new Jeep. Yep I still get away with the new owners.
At that time I'd ordered a brand new 2013 Unlimited Rubicon, and had to wait four months for its arrival in Australia. Time really dragged. I ended up with the 960074 th one built apparently.
Delivery day.
First camping trip with camper in tow.
First trip with the Jeep into the snow of the Victorian High Country.
Swag only trip.
Well it's almost 12 months that I've had my Jeep now, and have been steadily adding bits and pieces to make it suit what we do a bit better. I hope to make it more expedition/tourer than rock crawler, but I still want it to be very capable of conquering the tough stuff if required.
This is how it looks now.
And that is what has brought me to the Expedition Portal. I've hung out on a few Jeep forums, both locally and from other countries, but most seem more focussed on rock crawling than touring, however this forum has that expedition/overlander/touring focus, which I hope to gain some advice and information from.
So far I've added (I've probably forgot some):
I'm from New South Wales Australia, and do as much camping and four wheel driving with my family as work permits. We either camp in swags or in our camper trailer. The trailer gets towed when the whole family is coming, and the swags get used if only my wife or son is coming along.
We owned a Nissan Patrol for about 15 years, and built it up into quite a capable tourer/overlander. It was a brilliant vehicle for touring, and was a sad day when it was sold and went down the driveway for the last time.
My old Patrol with my new Jeep. Yep I still get away with the new owners.
At that time I'd ordered a brand new 2013 Unlimited Rubicon, and had to wait four months for its arrival in Australia. Time really dragged. I ended up with the 960074 th one built apparently.
Delivery day.
First camping trip with camper in tow.
First trip with the Jeep into the snow of the Victorian High Country.
Swag only trip.
Well it's almost 12 months that I've had my Jeep now, and have been steadily adding bits and pieces to make it suit what we do a bit better. I hope to make it more expedition/tourer than rock crawler, but I still want it to be very capable of conquering the tough stuff if required.
This is how it looks now.
And that is what has brought me to the Expedition Portal. I've hung out on a few Jeep forums, both locally and from other countries, but most seem more focussed on rock crawling than touring, however this forum has that expedition/overlander/touring focus, which I hope to gain some advice and information from.
So far I've added (I've probably forgot some):
- 4 1/2" Synergy lift
- Fox remote reservoir shocks
- High Steer kit
- Tom Wood's Drive shafts (1350 rear and 1310 front)
- ARB compresssor
- AEV Premium front bar
- Warn M8000 winch with dyneema rope
- GME electrophone 80 channel UHF
- Gobi Stealth roofrack
- 125 watt solar panel
- 285/70R16 BFG Mud-terrain tyres
- Procomp alloy rims
