Originally Posted by Peaches

I've been thinking for a couple of years of getting a Jeep and have just started seriously looking at them. It will be a 2nd car so I don't want anything fancy, but I do want to be able to take it offroad. It will be used because I don't want to spend more than $10K and it will be a manual 6 cyl.

Questions:

I see several with lift packages - 3 inches seems to be about standard. Good/bad?

anything over a two inch requires mods to the drive line suspension (can't use stock shocks, need slip yoke adapter, ect) if your talking about a suspension and not just a body lift.

What is a good size tire/wheel?

33s 15 inch. I like super swampers for offroading

Bikini top - what the heck is that?

A little tarp that makes your jeep look sexy

Anything I really, really need to make sure it has?

a dana 44 rear axle...saves the headache later

Any other advice you have will be greatly appreciated!!