[Utah_jeepster]

Originally Posted by landroner

Thanks guys..I wish to go for easy trails with my two kids . But I would love to do rockcrawling step by step. I want 4x4 only for recreational activity. Jeep seems to be great but I wonder about security for my kids...
Thanks so much again for the advice.

If your going to enter the world of Rock Crawling then there is no choice but a Jeep. The amount of money it will take to convert any (new)Toyota into a rock crawling machine will out-way any cost savings or safety factor in buying a Toyota.

All wranglers come with a sports cage, with just 500 dollars you can purchase a bolt in cage components that will tie in the cage front and rear to the frame. Rock Hard 4x4 makes just this bolt in along with several other MFG's.

As a more serious rocker, I spent many of nights researching these cages and decided that for the money Rock Hard was the best for me since my welding skills are on the lacking, and trusting them with my fat arse....well the paint it and bolt it in was a better choice. I did buy the frame tie in kit but I had a local machine welder do the welding there.

I have seen several jeeps with this cage design on there tops with nothing more than windshield frame and sheet metal damage.

With the Toyota and XJ and ZJ you will be looking at a ecto-skeleton which will cost you a lot more for this type of safety.