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Old 04-11-2022, 06:18 PM
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JackWagon Overlanding

Just wanted to quickly mention Jack at www.JackWagonOverlanding.com for his over-and-above commitment to customer service. He spent nearly an hour with me today walking me through every single component I might need for a lift. He made sure I fully understood everything I might need and gave me options, cheap to expensive, and explained the pros and cons of each. He didn't try and oversell, just understand exactly what I need and how to achieve it. He even offered to talk to my mechanic to make sure the mechanic is comfortable with the installation of the parts. A++++++ service. If you're planning on doing a lift, give him a call.

Also, while I am at it, Thanks to Shiann for constantly going back and forth with me answering questions about lift kits, tires, etc. Shiann did much the same that Jack did, except Shiann doesn't have any parts to sell to me

Have a good day everyone!
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Not yet, but you never know what I may come up with!

on all fronts about Jack.
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I said the exact same thing in my thread about the roof rack and ladder - excellent customer service and excellent communication!
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Ditto this on my experience with Jack as well - much like the team and Slee and JT outfitters do for the Landcruiser crowd..... I'm in the manuf/ dist biz and I brought up his approach and solution sales centric with my team last week.....

hoping to get the light spacer/G63 fronts & koni's on next week so I can mount up new tires / rims..... didn't dare try them without... I'm pushing the limit with 325's and 275 for a spare...

Looking forward to spending more $ with Jack....

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Ditto this on my experience with Jack as well - much like the team and Slee and JT outfitters do for the Landcruiser crowd..... I'm in the manuf/ dist biz and I brought up his approach and solution sales centric with my team last week.....

hoping to get the light spacer/G63 fronts & koni's on next week so I can mount up new tires / rims..... didn't dare try them without... I'm pushing the limit with 325's and 275 for a spare...

Looking forward to spending more $ with Jack....

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You should join my campaign to get Slee to also work on G Wagons! They built my 200 Series for me a few years back, and I have run LCDC a few times (I'm one of the7 original people who started LCDC). I asked Amory if they would be open to taking on the G platform, but right now it seems they are too busy with Toyotas. Maybe we can circulate a petition lol.
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Nice - I'll for sure reach out to Ben to see his thoughts and what he think it'd take to get Christo to consider it..... they did a great job on the 200 rear bumper design and few tweaks I need on isuspension when I took it out there ....

I also chatted with Delta to see if they'd take it on.... may try to get by both when I do a west coast trip in June once the G is back...( turned out to need a tranny rebuild...ugh)

My old 200 build if interested - trying to stay away from the slippery slope I fell down on it with the new G, but luckily - my wife encourages my bad behavior ......

https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/my-...951734/page-21

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Jack is the man! Got me hooked up w a Ghobi rack and some fixins for my lift at the start of the pandemic. Great guy!
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Another entrant to the Jack fan club.

Even before I bought the G, I sent him an email off his website, he immediately called me and spent an hour explaining the various generations and what they meant for an overlanding build. I subsequently bought a G and took it to him for a spacer lift, fox shocks, wheel spacers and skid plates. Jack is now doing installs in his sweet new shop by appointment only and hooked me up.

My truck being an AMG model introduced some complications due to clearance in engine bay limiting access to shock tower, but Jack figured it out. He also worked late into the night to get me finished by the time he said he would deliver.

Huge fan, @JACWAGN is an asset to our community.






Here's some more random pics from my "build" ...








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Jack continues to be a great partner. My G was in the shop recently getting some front-end work done and the shop couldn't calibrate a new radar sensor unit. Jack spent quite a bit of time with me on the phone exploring options to remedy the situation, then got on the phone with Mercedes on my behalf to offer them some suggestions on how to calibrate. His after-sales support is unbelievable.

Truck is going back to JWO shortly for some more mods, so glad that I am local to JWO!
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@xxaarraa what's next for mods ?
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Originally Posted by Texas E63
@xxaarraa what's next for mods ?
@Texas E63 I am about done! The only thing I can think of is the fold out cooking surface/picnic table for the rear tailgate that ORC makes. Otherwise I got it exactly how I want it.

How about you? Still looking to sell the G or have you changed your mind? Your truck is sweet.

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Jack is the man! Highly recommended.
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Built 2008 G55 & one big 80 Series LandCruiser !
@xxaarraa Keeping it....... despite my day job - It makes me smile..... just need to get to making some more parts for it and a few final touches....
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Another day another positive experience with @JACWAGN Texted him Saturday night about a Fox steering stabilizer, he opened the shop for me Sunday afternoon and we both got under my truck to install it in under 30 mins - he's a good man and has has most necessities in stock for our G's.



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great to hear - the Fox really helps offroad ! I may have design to share on the rear table shortly if you're still looking for one.
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Originally Posted by Texas E63
great to hear - the Fox really helps offroad ! I may have design to share on the rear table shortly if you're still looking for one.
Thank you. I bought the ORC rear table. We didn't use it as much as we anticipated on this trip though.


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The G63 fender flares I ordered from @JACWAGN are coming in today. Very excited to get them painted and installed.
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Cool - they're really well made. Mine are holding up great without paint... just a hit of 303 every now and then....
Look forward to pics once they're on !
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One more thumbs-up for @JACWAGN and his excellent customer service.

I had to change out a broken door lock on my G - it's a relative simple job but tedious with lot of stuff having to come off the inside of the door. Jack has a big project going on, but fit me in as always and we both got it knocked out after hours. While I was there, I picked up some smoked tail-lights and window auto-up modules. So glad to have JWO local and Jack is the man!




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Looking good, @xxaarraa ! I have a set of the 463 Industries auto-up window modules but haven't made time to install them. How was the installation? I know it requires some wiring splicing. And more importantly, do they work well?

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