He’s 5,7”. Our 80’s aren’t short and we aren’t tall.
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He’s 5,7”. Our 80’s aren’t short and we aren’t tall.
puts it in perspective doesnt it
NCTrey133
@Sweet_Brown_80
Why do my 37s look so small 
Time for 40s!
Time for 40s!
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NCTrey133
@Sweet_Brown_80
Yes sir! Izzy helped me out huge recently on a rear locker actuator swap. Love the group and want to do the relic run with ya'll next go round
44” Dick Cepek fun country (tires trued)
15”x12” wheels with 2.25(?) BS
4” Slee lift + 2” body lift
Rear axel relocated about 6” to the rear
Formverk flares
Aluminum block 5.3 LS swap mated to the 6 speed AT
Garmin pic is 1st freeway trials. 2-3mph more than I would have guessed, but still close & amazing
Mine is lying flat inside now. I’ve decided it’s basically a poor man’s drawer setup.
My spare axle shafts and hi lift are held securely against the middle row by the tire and recovery gear and tool bags nest to the sides. A four point cargo tie down routed ratchet strap over the top and everything is secure.
Other stuff gets thrown on top as needed. There are few mods more functional than ditching a tire carrier.
Having to deal with a tire carrier to get into the cargo area is one of the most persistently irritating things on a 4x4. You end up using the cargo area far less because of it. Or accessing it through the middle row. It all becomes apparent once you can just walk up and open the hatch again.
Placing the extra weight straight over the suspension instead of on a heavy lever arm off a heavy rear bumper means you can afford to focus on rear suspension performance over straight load bearing.
I’ll say again it is one of the most functional things you can do while saving a couple grand in the process.
It’s a little disorganized due to ski season and some ongoing projects, but everything is easily accessible that I use regularly.
No heavy expensive clearance robbing rear bumper? Check.
No heavy expensive access robbing tire carrier? Check.
No expensive drawer system? Check.
Completely functional for carrying a spare, axle spares, trail tools and recovery gear? Check.
Style points for broverlanding? Uncheck.
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Don’t take this wrong but, it looks like you are packed for a day trip to the ball park. Most 80’s, Rover’s, and Jeeps for that matter, have a spare tire mounted on the rear in order to leave space inside for cargo or passengers you can’t bolt to the bumper.
We all have our pet peeves.
Day trip skiing, noted above
. And some grocery getter stuff.There’s a ton of room for other stuff, 80’s are huge. That’s more cargo area tire inside than a 4 door Rubicon with tire out back. If I need more, I have a Sequoia on 34’s that has its spare underneath.
It’s not really a pet peeve. The reason people add so much armor to 80s is because they drag so badly. Anything you can do to reduce the back end weight and clearance on an 80 pays dividends.
Either way, the 80 handles a tire on the roof with no issue.
Hard to have a hitch bike rack with a huge ass tire back there, too.
I actually only put the tire in the cargo area because I finally took out the third row now that my kids have outgrown it. It’s dangerous to have loose spares and tools back there and I was going to build a simple platform, but I ran out of time before my January Moab trip and realized I could use the tire and cargo straps to hold everything key in place.
Even loaded up for a 5 day trip I didn’t have to add anything to the roof rack. I make a bit of fun about overlanding, but that was a family trip with luggage and food.
At some point, I’ll build a platform, but it’s working so well that I gave @Andrew Bluemel the wood I’d bought for it as a start for his.
The 80 is my rig again after years of family duty. I’m not going to strip it, but I’m looking a lot more closely at how much it would take to fit that new 39x12.5 Kanati Mud Hog now that I have some extra lift than I am the closet level organization of my cargo area.
Redgrrr
I have a problem with 40s
Yup I can climb a lot steeper inclines from starting flat without dragging the rear body on mine. It was rusty behind the rear wheels so I chopped all that up about 6” and removed the rear crossmember tucked it in tighter I lost weight doing so. One of the best things I’ve done to my 80. I do use mine differently than a camp/expedition vehicle though.
Let’s see a better departure angle on an 80 with a tire carrier than this.
Let’s see a better departure angle on an 80 with a tire carrier than this.
This is basically the same set up I have. Although thewants a drawer system and a sleeping/dog platform in the back. That means the spare will be going to back outside.
Can’t refuse that.
It makes such a huge difference to trim the rear frame ears and quarter panels and tuck up a bumper.
There are a ton of people wheeling hard with these armored low clearance setups, and they better be beefy because you are going to hammer the crap out of them.
There is a current bumper thread going on taking about how your bumpers need to be sliders, too.
No.
Here’s a great example of a dug out climb. This is heavily dragging my hitch recessed inside the trimmed frame rails as the rear axle drops away to the base of the climb.
Extend your bumper back and down below the quarter panels and it’s an anchor, not a slider, because your rear suspension is going to be unweighted as it drops in.
This is what it looks like live.
Extend your bumper back and down below the quarter panels and it’s an anchor, not a slider, because your rear suspension is going to be unweighted as it drops in.
This is what it looks like live.
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This is my currents set up for road and trail travel. HiLift and spare driveshaft are between the 2nd row and the tire, shovel on one side during the winter and all of the rest of my crap is in the box on top of the 37. Easy access to the Yankum Rope on the right.
(I just talked the into keeping the tire inside as long as we still build a sleeping platform above it. )
(I just talked the
into keeping the tire inside as long as we still build a sleeping platform above it. )
Inside is the last place I'd want my spare though I can see why you wouldn't want it out back if you play in the rocks. I sure wouldn't want to have to put a damaged tire in the back of my truck if there was ever an issue in the mud we have around here, I'm not sure you'd ever get the carpet clean again.
My truck has a factory swing-out and I've never seen it as much of a hindrance, I guess YMMV. There's a reason they are so common even from OEM's.
My truck has a factory swing-out and I've never seen it as much of a hindrance, I guess YMMV. There's a reason they are so common even from OEM's.
