How We Built This Jeep YJ for Rock Crawling - Full Build Walkthrough - Tribe-16

We built this Jeep YJ to take a beating — and keep crawling.
In this full build breakdown, Jason from Tribe-16 walks through every mod and upgrade on Ol’ Spot — a stretched, caged, trail-ready beast of a YJ.

🛠 Build Highlights:

Recovery & Exterior:
Poison Spyder front bumper, hood louver, trail gate, and roll cage
Smittybilt winch (with synthetic rope)
Factor 55 thimble
TRE soft shackle

Steering & Suspension:
PSC full hydro steering with reservoir and ram
AntiRock sway bar
Fox 14" coilovers (front & rear), bump stops
Eibach springs
PRP limit straps & rear seat harnesses
Artec truss & link mounts
Johnny Joints
Drivetrain & Axles:
Dana 60 (GM Kingpin) front & rear axles
Detroit Locker (front)
35-spline chromoly shafts
RCI rear fuel cell
AW4 automatic transmission (Cherokee swap)
Dana 300 twin stick (4:1)
Winters shifter from Wide Open Design

Back-half kit by Our Tech Engineering

Interior & Custom Touches:
Corbeau suspension seats + rear bench
MasterCraft harnesses
Kenwood race radio
Custom MOLLE panel & center console (Tribe-16 in-house)

Got questions about your own build? Drop them below or hit us up at Tribe-16 — we build Jeeps that work hard and wheel harder.

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