Jeep XJ STORAGE!

[rctr03]

great idea, i really like the fan idea!

jimmy

[bldeagle10]

Well I left Chicago on Monday for Colorado. Spent the night in the jeep Monday night at a truck stop, it's a little tight but not too bad. I arrived tuesday morning and while getting my gear on to snowboard, a local woman happend to see the inside of the jeep. She asked me "do you live in there?" I told her I was planning on it for a few days, she insisted that I stay with her while I was in town. So I did. I have to say, you colordo folk are quite hospitable! The heater works great with the exaust fan, windows barely fog up. I had to put some 1/2 inch foam on the windows where the sleeping bad is, cause the first night my sleeping bag was a bit wet from condensation. I tried that rain-X no fog, waste of money, doesnt work!

you know. ive watched alot of movies and documentaries about people traveling the country and even the world, and its always suprised me that when on expeditions as such, people are extremely hospitibal. offering up their homes and cooking hot meals for complete strangers out of pure generosity. it really helps make a trip spectacular. meeting new people and making friends all over the place. its just great.

Like I had stated earlier, I am from the flatlands of the midwest. I had a little trouble making in through some of the passes. I have the ax-15 5 speed and a magnaflow exaust with high flow cat, any ideas for a little more power. I was suprised that I had to downshift into 3rd gear as much as I did. Do engines have a "memory" from always driving at low altitudes?

alot of cars have this issue. at higher elevations the air is thinner, the ecu needs time to basically, reprogram to compensate for the lack of air. a good way to look at this. is if you tune a car to i think, 425hp in colorado. then you take it to the beach in california. it will end up being 500hp cause of the air density changes.
along with regearing and such as needed. your motor runs weaker because of all this not much you can do short of sticking around that elevation long enough for your ecu to adjust. or re tuning lol. hopefully when my xj is all built up it wont have this issue. it will. but i should have enough done that when it looses the hp it ends up being right around stock hp lol

[cico7]

I have been building this storage/sleeping platform for a vacation I have been planning to Colorado. I dont have any build pics, just finished pics. I am 5'10 and can sleep on my side no problem....

I like your platform, but I would be rolling off of it. I am liking the rooftop tent idea for camping trips.

[scarysharkface]

I like your idea of sleeping above the floor. That has lots of potential. The exhaust fan is nice as well.

John