Which part of Texas are you in? I have a place in Sienna south of Houston. I'm living in Dallas right now. If you can cook decent BBQ maybe we have a bumper install party at your place soon.
LOL. I'm in the Rio Grande Valley. So it would be too long a drive unless you plan to just randomly visit South padre Island anytime soon. I still haven't purchased the bumpers though. Need to do lift and tires first.
I'm just lost on lifts and tires. Max 35" tires for me I think. Leaning towards a dual rate spring with adjustable shocks like a Teraflex CT 2.5-3.5 with 3.3 falcon shocks. Something like that. Being an overlander/camping rig I'm going to max out GVWR and need all of the anti-sag I can find.
The bumper and tire carrier took a lot of thought for me. I really liked the Teraflex Alta Cargo rack. Close call. Wilco also offers some great options for my set up. In the end LOD just offers too much customization. They already have all of the relocation figured out for over size spare tires, jerry cans, roto pax, double roto pax, power tanks, propane tank, high lift jack (vertical or horizontal), shovel and tools attachments, cargo rack, license plate relo, the list just goes on and on. Plus I read a lot of good feedback from other Jeep owners. Once I saw the styling, the weight was transferred to the frame rails, it was a no-brainer after that. I just works for what I want to do. Did I mention how much I liked that Alta Cargo rack?
I'm leaning toward this as an option. I see all of the manufacturers offering "a la carte" components. I don't need as much clearance as I do weight distribution and energy absorption. Once my Gobi rack and RTT are installed my center of gravity will be all messed up.
Ahhh man you're my hero, I'm going to review these numbers all afternoon. I am building a house and I made sure to max out the garage door opening at 8 feet. Now I'm constantly adding 6.5" for Gobi and unlimited RTT configurations.ah. Ive got the Maximus 3 rack now. Strongly considering the UrsaMinor top to kill a few birds with one stone. I created this spreadsheet to help me understand increases in height because Ive got some garage door restrictions.
sent you the spreadsheet so you can calc this for your situation rather than squint on the pics
Hi three- this may have been asked so sorry about the possible dupe. How long did the install take? I am ordering exactly the same thing and I am wondering if I should have the place I order from do the installation. It doesn't seem to be that complicated so I may just do it myself--depending on how much they will want to charge me to install it. Thanks in advance.2018 JLUR
I think this is actually my first post ever. The Goose Gear plate system and 60/40 seat delete sleeping platforms were my first purchase. They took about 30 days to arrive. They were well packaged but included no instructions, stickers, or patches. I also did not find any Youtube videos for the JL install. It's not incredibly difficult but i did have a few questions along the way. I received answers to my questions when I contacted Goose Gear directly via email.
It didn't take that many tools to install. I did have to pull out the bad-boy pneumatic impact wrench for one of the seat belt bolts. Other than that I did it all by hand plus a cordless drill. The quality of the product is very nice. I think Goose Gear carries that reputation. Yes it was expensive. Yes you could have done that in your garage with routers. If I made my own product it would not fit as nicely and I don't care to purchase bulk hardware and specialty tools that will be stored away in my garage for the next 20 years. I especially like that I can install some of their other equipment in the future if I so choose. For right now it makes a killer sleeping floor and I have plenty of space to tuck away gear in the thru-floor compartments.
My long term plan is a roof top tent. Once my 7 month waiting period is up for my Gobi Stealth rack i'll pull the trigger on a RTT. After that I can start building the interior with a fridge and other storage options. In the meantime I am trying not to melt my credit card.
My true first "mod" was the 67 Designs rail mount. You can kind of see them in some of the pictures. Great product. Up next are bumpers! I have a LOD Destroyer rear shorty with tire carrier and the LOD signature shorty front with stinger arriving later this week. They're on a Fedex freight truck right now. I will update the thread after install. Even further down the road after bumpers I think that a Genesis dual battery set up and the SPOD Bantam with touch screen are a good idea as I add electronics like winch and lights.
I look forward to your input and advice! Let me know if you have the Goose Gear floor and how your build progressed after that. Time to plan a trip!
@nbtchicago I don't use this as a daily driver so I was able to break up the install into small segments over several days. I probably spent three hours or so working on it. Some of that includes time to organize and store the factory parts that we remove. I did the 100% delete so I had an entire back seat plus trim panels to store away. I think the most difficult part are the seat bolts. They're pretty tough and might have some lock-tite on them from the factory.
Thanks for the reply. I appreciate it. I think I will opt for installing it myself--Unless I get stopped at the seat delete level if I can't remove them... We'll see!! Thanks again!!
