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Expedition Modded Jeeps - Let's see 'em!!

Old Apr 13, 2015 | 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by BADDANDY
I got my Neon on it's new suspension, from 23" slipper to 29" eye to eye, SOA, shocks, 15" wheels and 29" TRXs. Extended the tongue jack and corner jackstands. Somehow I haven't run out of cutoff wheels nor welding wire.

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Found some time (30 mins) to install hood prop kit. Fear of having wind slam the hood on the windshield and denting it like what happened on my old TJ, gone.

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looks great! who makes the hood kit?
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by crusaderJK
Waeco belongs to the Dometic Group and ARB chose Dometic Group to manufacture their fridges. So maybe ARB fridges are designed by ARB and manufactured by WAECO.
Actually, the ARB looks pretty much the same as one of the Waeco models so maybe the ARB is just a re-branded Waeco?
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 01:23 AM
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Found this pdf-file about the ARB fridge.
Also looked at youtube videos about ARB fridges....controlls/display and operation are the same as on my WAECO.
I think it's safe to say the ARB fridges aren't rebranded but redesigned WAECO fridges.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by crusaderJK
Found this pdf-file about the ARB fridge.
Also looked at youtube videos about ARB fridges....controlls/display and operation are the same as on my WAECO.
I think it's safe to say the ARB fridges aren't rebranded but redesigned WAECO fridges.
Makes sense. Waeco produce some very good products. I have one of their 600w inverters under the passenger seat of my JK. New it was a $1200 unit here in the UK but I managed to find one on eBay that had been taken out of a work van and got it for $130. It's a cracking inverter and has served me well for some time now.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 02:52 AM
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Originally Posted by UKCRD
Yep, I'm with you. I lived in Israel and Africa for many years and spent most of the weekends in the desert.
Hard to imagine the hot weather right now, as we're having a very rainy, windy and relatively cold week...

I'm UK based now with a family so most of my trips are European ones, though the south of Spain will get to the kind of temps you're talking about. TBH, the trips I do nowadays are not full expeditions so I can get away with not always running the absolute top of the line kit. Here's the "expedition" trailer I just built over the last couple of weeks. It's done one trip with me and has functioned exactly to my needs, though. I keep the fridge strapped to the roof-rack on top of the trailer and just run a lead into the JK to a heavy duty inverter I have mounted under the passenger seat. BTW, I think the Dometic line of fridges is made by Waeco.
I thought of a trailer a few times, but I manage without one, so... but a 220V inverter is on the list.

BTW, just noticed you're in Israel. Where abouts are you. I was in Tel Aviv (Bogatov St) and a group of us Jeep enthusiasts used to meet in the desert every Friday afternoon. We'd sometimes stay over 'til Saturday. I was running a CJ5 back then!
That's not far from where I grew up
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by GJeep
Hard to imagine the hot weather right now, as we're having a very rainy, windy and relatively cold week...



I thought of a trailer a few times, but I manage without one, so... but a 220V inverter is on the list.



That's not far from where I grew up
Small world!! I used to love off-roading in the desert. Used to get a few competition Jeeps out there, too. The inverters are handy. I just wish there was space in the diesel engine bay for a second battery. It's tight as heck in there.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by UKCRD
Small world!!
Yes it is

I used to love off-roading in the desert. Used to get a few competition Jeeps out there, too.
Have you seen the really wild and rugged scenery on the west side of the desert? (Along the border with Egypt)

The inverters are handy.
My main use for an inverter would be for a wood saw. Often, after the winter storms, fallen trees block trails. The situation often makes a winch useless, so it's either turning back or cutting and clearing.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by anviljk
Bald eagle state park. Look into state forests in maryland/virginia too. Also look into Mid-Atlantic Overland Festival in August. Should be a good time.
Have you been to Bald Eagle? That's not too far from where I am in Pittsburgh.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by kevjeep
Have you been to Bald Eagle? That's not too far from where I am in Pittsburgh.
I personally have not but am planning on going one weekend this summer. Look into mid atlantic overland festival coming up in august this year. Its by bald eagle.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 03:44 PM
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Is the midatlantic Overland Festival new? I've never heard of it.
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