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Done. Good luck!

Didn't use flooring, it's too thick and heavy. I used some molding we got at Lowe's. It's in some metric dimension, roughly 1/4" thick. Maybe I didn't need to screw each board down, but I did to make sure everything stayed tight. There's no structural reason we used tongue and groove, I just...

Back on the first page of this thread there are some pictures of how I dis the walls, etc. Pretty much just 1x 2s screwed to the metal, wood screwed to that, or 2 x 2 frames with wood screwed to that. The top is 1 x 2s screwed and glued into plywood reinforcement in the top, sheeted with 1/4...

I just put a Rodlouvers Jeep louver on my van, I think it's good stuff.

And now I have a hole in my hood. Rodlouvers Jeep kit, fits pretty well in the spot over the air filter.

Hello Joe, and welcome! We're in Idaho too. There's a nice bunch of OB members local to the Boise area, I met up with several of them once. Maybe you find a trail partner there. We mostly go off by ourselves, and it ain't that hard. Make sure your vehicle is sound. You don't want to break down...

From the trip to/around Grand Junction

Got'em! Alcan springs are the way to go. Rides so much better, feels more solid, and it seems like I have better bite on washboard gravel roads. The folks at Alcan are great to deal with. They kept me informed about everything involved in this deal and answered any questions I had. If you want...

Heading for AlCan Springs in Grand Junction tomorrow. I finally have the build close enough to complete that I think the weight is established. Trip ready I'm at 4860 on the back axle, so they built me a set of 5000 pound springs, with 5" of lift (to eliminate the blocks that are in there now)...

We had a chipmunk chew off two wiring harnesses under our side by side, so I'm all in on the rodent prevention! What we're doing now is the peppermint oil spray and Irish spring soap. Got my fingers crossed.

I have a 23Zero on the van. Haven't used it a lot, but I like it. It's a little high to unzip/put away, but that's because of the van, not an awning fault. I had to build angled brackets to compensate for the slant in the uprights of the rack. They might be a little overbuilt, I have 2 U-bolts...

Airlift, I forget the number but they're the universal kit, by spring size. Seriously woke up the front suspension for me.

Been busy. Cleaned up the side bars and welded expanded metal in the step areas, painted them with POR 15 and Herculiner (really rough texture, like 36 grit!). Installed front and rear sway bars from an F350. The back was easy, bolted right to the axle (I used F350 axles), just need to cut and...

I have a build thread here: Our van build | OVERLAND BOUND COMMUNITY I still have a lot of trim work to do inside, but the broad strokes are there.

Out in the desert today.

And now with added side steps! I modified a Brophy scissor step and welded some tabs to one of the side bars. Now we can just pin the steps on when we're camping, and fold them up and strap them on the cook box for travel/storage.

If it was me, I'd go for an XJ with the 4.0. Had an '87 MJ Comanche (bought it new) and it was a lot of fun on trails. But, it depends on your priorities. You're going to have to drive a lot of miles to make the mpg pay off the purchase price, vs just putting a topper on the Ram you already have.

Having 7 feet of roof all around is pretty handy!

Diesel, or maybe propane heater (furnace type, not a buddy heater) maybe?

Well, now we have a real awning instead of a tarp, and we have a propane furnace for cold weather. Bought a 23 Zero 270 awning. Had to make brackets because the rack slopes in, and I wanted to mount the awning flat. Installed a Propex HS 2211 under the floor with ducts to bring the supply and...