10 years with a heavily modified Mahindra MM550: The journey so far

Over the last ~10+ years, this Jeep has undergone countless part replacements (Atleast 10 axle swaps), Numerous Changes to its body structure, different tyre rim combinations, different steering and suspension set ups and what not.

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So.. this... is about a Jeep I own for over a decade now. Over the last ~10+ years, this Jeep has undergone countless part replacements (eg: Atleast 10 axle swaps), Numerous Changes to its body structure, different tyre rim combinations, different steering and suspension set ups and what not. All this has imparted me with tremendous learnings and knowledge which I will cherish for the rest of my life. This Jeep is also probably one of the reasons my Career and Life has taken a U-Turn to from being a Villager to a Corporate Employee  (Apart from my personal reasons)

I will not be getting too deep into how this build, but, I will try to share some pics of the entire lifetime of this Jeep.

This is probably few of the first pics after when I bought the Jeep. With the alloys and tyres it came with. I may have only added the canopy to it.

Further which I changed the steering to RCBT and Upgraded the tyres rims and rear axle, IIRC.

Further into the build, I put a proper door, windshield, some lights here and there, some changes to the suspension and some other functional modifications.

Then came a winch, Hi Lift Jack.. some more mechanical mods like the LSD, New Axle, Better steering, Suspension etc...

And a Full page feature in the Local News paper.

Then came MT tyres into the picture.. Some body lift.. Minor mechanical mods..

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