Ultimate Expedition Jeep (My Take On an Existing Platform)

[PGT]

if you can afford to spend $86k on a Wrangler, you can afford the extra $26k.

[Caoboy]

It is cool but the price just seems crazy to me. For around $40k you can get a powerwagon with a hemi, locking diffs, detachable sway bars, etc.

For even less, and keeping with the approximate size of the JK, you could get a double cab Tacoma. Then you can swap the axle up front to a solid front, add a locker in the front, And you are on par with the JK, already converted to a DoKa. Now all you have to do is add a camper. Minus the HEMI, you'd have the same rig.

Say the Tacoma is about 32k fully loaded, brand new. Axle swap is about 10k, not doing it yourself. You're at 42k. Pop up camper..5-10k depending on how you spend it? I'm thinking a Flippac, but if you get fancy, you might spend more.

You don't even need the axle swap, just a locker. (who are we kidding, you aren't rock crawling with a camper...) so you can save money and get a smoother ride out of your rig.

[BobA]

The one in the article is almost $86K and that's with the original V6. So, if you only have $86k, and you've already spent $60k on your JKUR/AEV, do you use the remaining $26k on a hemi, or Brute DoKa conversion?

I can get one heck of a winnebago for that and tow my jeep behind it. And still have money leftover. Not worth it to me.