Building an Overland Ready Jeep Wrangler JLUR

[@leemen]

We love our Metalcloak. So much flex and drives better then stock.

[@RevereOverland]

The flex really surprised me. I got out to see how much further I had to go up the log and realized I was already at the top 😂

[@leemen]

@@RevereOverland nice. We did a test on my 392 Metalcloak sping vs Teraflex springs. We got almost 2 more inches of droop in the rear with the Metalcloak. On it we run the Metalcloak 6pak shocks. Front and rear has an insane amount of droop. Love them!

[@nathanklemm179]

Great looking rig! Thanks for showing us your updates

[@WolfOverland]

I have the aev 3.0hd on my fat diesel gladiator. I already had to replace the factory track bars with metal cloak adjustable and all the metal cloak steering stuff. Diesel weight destroyed factory steering need to do metal cloak arm kit You will want the bypass shocks. I can’t stress enough how much better they are not only in the sand (Baja mode) but even rock crawling. Complete overkill. Worth it.

[@overlandtowater]

Wes does great work!!!!!

[@RevereOverland]

They’re good people!

[@JoshuaSeward]

I wanna do the log test!

[@RevereOverland]

Just gotta drive to Kentucky!

[@JoshuaSeward]

@@RevereOverland maybe the next meet up. Would like advice on regearing. Not sure I can have it done in Kentucky though. It's recommended to not drive long distances after the swap.

[@JoshuaSeward]

Also I run air bags in the back coils to help with the weight. Not sure that's a great solution but it has worked for me

[@Raptor-gd6sk]

Link below clicked!!!

[@RevereOverland]

Thank you!

[@climbgrenadiers8897]

I guess that diff skid will work unless you need to back up. I put a full skid over my diff on my 4Runner.

[@RevereOverland]

Yeah they protect the front from the front, and the back from the back!

[@DarksideOffRoad]

Did that kit come with the coil correction pads for the front? If so 👌, if not get them asap so you don’t rub your springs on the bump stop pucks. When I did my 2.5” true dual MC lift they didn’t come with it. The springs bowed like crazy and these little $35 parts fixed it.

[@tomassanesson902]

Awesome

[@rb30athorn]

If you switch your max trax with your roto pax, you can siphon gas into your tank without lifting or removing it. Just saying. Cheers!

[@jeromeburrasca6710]

All roads lead to Jeep Wrangler, then to 40’s and finally a Chevy LS V8 swap. Or you could just straight axle swap a Chevy Tahoe or Suburban and cross the Rubicon. 😊

[@storminmoorman7444]

Aluminum skid plates are great until you hit something. Metalcloak skids are the way to go

[@one-WildCard]

are you using beads to balance the tires or stick on weights?

[@jonzaremba]

Wait what....did I miss part 3 of that Pony Xpress trip???

[@RevereOverland]

It wasn’t quite ready to go, so it’ll be next Monday, same time.

[@jonzaremba]

@RevereOverland ok. My therapist and I will discuss my anxiety related to the cliffhanger tonight.

[@djp1234]

My favorite JLUR overland build is on the KZbin channel "The Road Chose Me"

[@Mandingobull]

Dan’s jeep is a proper overland vehicle. Thinking you need big tires and more lift for overloading is ridiculous.

[@coleworld18]

How is your wind noise? I have a 392 with the Rhino Rack Pioneer backbone system and a skycamp 2.0 and when I got over 45-50 mph I get some good whistling from wind.

[@RevereOverland]

Awful with any tent. I’ve had the iKamper, GFC, and a Tuff Stuff on there, and they all whistle, but there’s no noise without. I should have mentioned that in the video. I have a wind fairing ready to install that I hope helps!

[@coleworld18]

@@RevereOverland I’m looking into getting the ikamper wind deflector, would love to hear any feedback (if that is the one you have). Excellent video!

[@RevereOverland]

@@coleworld18 that is the one I have, but I still haven't installed it!

[@samclausen1]

Which mounting brackets did you have to use with the recon bars? The 1.0 or 2.0 from ikamper?

[@RevereOverland]

@@samclausen1 1.0

[@justinturner93]

Define overland ready.... lol.

[@RevereOverland]

Whatever makes the KZbin algorithm happy

[@MSchumacherfan]

Disappointed they don’t make stuff for Ram 1500 gen 5

[@davidwelty9763]

The big problem I have with Jeeps and they make crummy daily drivers.

[@VideosOffRoad]

Put literally 300 lbs just on the roof of a stock Jeep (let alone all the gear inside, fridge, battery bank, whatever plus winch, skid plates, pack-racks/maxtrax/rotopax, drawer system, etc.), and **of course** it's going to sag and scrape. You're probably over the rated cargo weight capacity, too, especially when you factor in passengers. The Wrangler wasn't really built for overlanding, much more built for rock crawling or at least for tackling harder trails. If you're going to put noticeably over 1000 lbs of cargo (including passengers and bolt-ons) on a vehicle, you'd **really** be best off getting a vehicle RATED for that capacity, and the Wrangler ain't it.

[@RevereOverland]

Yeah it’s definitely more of a wheeler, but it can be built out for overland use. For the trip where I scraped I probably had 350lbs of gear, tent, food, bumper, winch, etc., plus 200lbs of me, then whatever fuel weighs, and that was a light load since I hadn’t planned on doing that trip.

[@roncraig7887]

And what vehicle would you recommend

[@VideosOffRoad]

@@roncraig7887 Any vehicle rated by the manufacturer to carry the actual weight added to it after coming from the factory.

[@VideosOffRoad]

@@RevereOverland **A video exploring the additional weight actually added to the vehicle vs. official vehicle payload rating would be very interesting.** I don't know about the trip where you scraped, but looking at the rig as it sits in this video, it seems to me you've got 72 lbs skid plates, guessing 15lbs Pak Rax + Rotopax + 24 lbs fuel + 18lbs MaxTrax + 44lbs drawers, 165 lbs tent (3.0), 25lbs Backbone, 37 lbs awning, 30 lbs Reconn Deck bars, 74 lbs front bumper, 73 lbs winch, 24 lbs LiPo4, 40 lbs fridge, so far 641 lbs. Tack on lights, comms, redarc, sleeping bags, recovery gear, tools, spare fluids, kitchen stuff, food, water, clothes, heavier spare tire and rim, and you're probably looking at another 200 lbs-ish easy. Say you're at 850. Avg Rubicon payload is about 1200 lbs, leaving you 350 lbs for people plus whatever has been forgotten (car seats, and whatever else you bring). I'm not saying it's terrible to go over the official rating, I'm not saying if you did you'd be illegal (in the USA, though your insurance company may have something to say about that if you get in an accident). I'm just saying weight is the enemy, it can be very hard on the drivetrain, it sneaks up on you REALLY FAST, and IMO the Wrangler is not a great platform for full-blown overlanding, especially with multiple people, which is what you do. I'd bet if you added everything up you'd be darn close to the official limit, and quite likely over. As a Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon driver myself who goes camping I know first hand it's not easy to keep the weight reasonable, especially if you armor up to protect the rig so you can go more places, and double-especially if you bring passengers and their gear, extra food/water, etc.

[@roncraig7887]

Seems like most overland vehicles are overweight I was hoping you could share something more specific for us new guys to overlanding.@@VideosOffRoad