For the exo-cage.... are you talking a functional exterior roll cage? Or are you thinking something like the Kargomaster cage for a rack? I don't think I've ever seen anyone doing exo-cages for the JK... very interesting idea. I don't know a lot about the ones for the defender, I wonder what they are anchoring to in front of the windscreen. Would you try to tie back into the roll bar through the top like the defender, or would you go back to the rear exterior?

External- welded to the front bumper, the rock crawlers, and back bumber, to cover the whole jeep. We had them in our jeeps in the army. not beautiful but with a 4 point harness, kept me alive several times.

 

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NO DVD - defeats the purpose of "get away"... God forbid, next we'll start talking about satellite receivers and even air-conditioners

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Only get the wench if she can handle the winch
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There is the green JK with the full exo cage that was up on ebay i believe and posted a while back on the forum... cant find the thread.

 

I loved the post of the red Rubicon with the adventure trailer and the racks (solar panels - probably with some deep cycle battery rack are TOTALLY COOL), sure seems like it can fill the "take the family for a week" requirement. A question though: how "off road" is this kind of trailer? my idea of "away" is not a gravel road, but going out to camp where only other jeepers can get to.



your not going to get a trailer that is more "off road" capable. They are amazing

 

I would probably start with a lift, protection and wheels / tires. The skids / protection is probably the most important thing you can do.

 

There was a similar thread where the guy had a budget of $15,000. This is the setup I would go with:

Full Traction 6" Long Arm Suspension Lift... $3200
37" BFG KM2's... $400 x 5
17" Pro Comp Xtreme Alloy Series 9089... $250 x 5
Superior 5.13 Gears... $500
Shrockworks Rock Sliders... $500
Shrockworks Stubby Front Bumper... $630
Shrockworks Rear Bumper/Tire Carrier... $700
Warn XD9000i Winch... $950
PIAA 525 Combo Driving & Fog Lights... $330
Airaid Cold Air Intake... $220
Magnaflow Performance Exhaust... $450

That comes to a total of $10,730 (before labor, shipping costs, etc.). This Jeep would be able to do every trail in Moab with ease. Use the extra ~$10K to either a) drop in a Hemi, b) buy a matching trailer, or c) buy some land and build your own mini off-road park.

By the way, I think exocages are overkill. They seem like more of a hassle than anything. With some of the designs I've seen, you can't even put your top down!

 

with the suspension id say the teraflex 2.5" lift with front coils so that way u can mount the winch and bumper without having to worry about sagging. id say 34" tires so u can do some rock crawling and some mudding and get good performance for both but if u do decide on the the 34s u may have to regear im getting 33s and i still gatta regear a little bit (altho i have 3.21s ) unless u have 4.10s then ull have no problem being u have a stick. tire width is up to u i like wide because i like traction, disconects help alot out if ur climbing rocks, and i'd get aussi lockers last time i checked they are the best for the money (but that was a while ago) with all that u'd eat up over 2k right there, altho this is my fantist right here lol but hey u got alot of money to play with to get all the gagets u might want. o yea and by the way thank you for serving in the greatest military in the world and defending our homeland, i one day want to do that as well.

 

omg, im going to bathroom for a minute to go think long and hard about that jeep lol

 

i know but he also orderd a jeep with all manual no power (wait is he getting a 4 door??? if he did nvm that) mine cost 21,000 i got all manual too, but i also got a 2dr