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Wider, longer. Easy to see the difference between 32 and 35 inch tires. His ride was smoother and was able to track down the trail faster. I was able to single turn the tight spots while he had to k-turn. He carried the ARB fridge (dual batt setup) and Skottle (cook our meat mix: ground...

E Excellent pics. Thank you for the info. I’m removing my swing out tire & Jerry can carrier in order to reduce weight (and possible yaw movements on uneven surfaces...?). Thinking about a Gobi or Garvin rack but those add weight, although redistributed. The Yakima is lighter, just worried...

Pulling duty during one of our Moab trips last year:

Any TJ hardtop owners have a Yakima rack system installed? Wondering if any issues with the hardtop cracking or leaks developing. Thoughts during a week long overland in the CANY Maze. Plan to carry a Gazelle T3 tent, a Clam 4-sided screened shelter, and traction boards in order to clear some...

Rock Slide Engineering on my 2004 TJ

My brother’s 2015 JKUR Hard Rock on an AEV 2.5” and 35s. My 2004 TJR on a TeraFlex 2” spring lift and 32s. Also TeraFlex BellyUp, exhaust hanger mod, Tom Wood’s CV rear shaft, Metalcloak upper & lower control arms, Trucklite LED headlights, Quadratec LED taillights (recent mods for this trip to...

The Gazelle tents (T3’s in the pic) are great if the ground doesn’t permit stakes. Block the prevailing breeze with the vehicles and use recovery gear bags/water jugs to anchor certain walls. This is me and my brother at The Wall (CANY Maze District) set up for the night a couple of days ago:

We had to do a tire repair on my brother’s new to him Jeep JKUR. Used my ARB repair kit and onboard compressor to get us going again. FYI: decent cell signal on the north section of Doll House 2 campsite.

My brother and I enroute to The Wall and Dollhouse 2 & 3...surprised I have a cell signal.

Nice. Where’d you get the steering box from?

Metalcloak upper control arms today. The axle bushings are still good! Also made new door straps out of 550 cord (after watching Jeep Gear & Gadgets on YouTube). The new upper arms came with hardware. This will enable repurposing one of the OEM 10.9 control arm bolts to replace the thinner...

My previously stock 2004 TJ Rubicon was a very capable machine. The fun of turning wrenches (while questioning the lineage of the engineers at times...), problem solving, and improving your machine (so you can get stuck farther into the wilderness) is a driving factor, enjoyment. Lessons learned...

Gaze upon my new shaft...a Tom Wood’s rear CV drive shaft for my TJ. To compliment the TeraFlex BellyUp transmission skid plate (tad more clearance in order to hang with my brother’s new to him 2015 JKUR). Also, pics of the rear upper (adjustable) and lower control arms (Metalcloak) to adjust...

Weekend prior to my Canyonlands trip. Yes, interested.

My TJ is on jacks getting ready for a Woody...um, wait, that didn’t sound right...I’m installing a new Tom Woods CV rear driveshaft tonight to compliment the recent tummy tuck. Getting her ready for Canyonlands Maze District next month.

Installed a modified drink holder designed for the TJ pax hand hold. Perfect CB mic mount.

It was filthy...had to clean the light coating of dust prior to prepping the surface for the Noico...the horror! :sunglasses:

It comes in several folded sheets; the box is pretty heavy for its size. I cut/shaped the mat in order to preserve the drainage. If I understand the concept, it is not required to wall-to-wall the surface, just enough to reduce vibration. So, application involved drainage preservation and TLAR...

Applied some Noico noise mat to my 2004 TJ’s front floorboards (getting her ready for the next Canyonlands trip). I’ll see...hear...if helps reduce some road noise after my Tom Woods CV driveshaft arrives and R&R the front upper control arm bushings. Southwest Jeep, not a speck of rust...

As soon as I get her back from the shop doing the clutch and transmission mount exhaust hanger cut (~1” shorten) & weld. Maybe a rear coil bracket relocation...