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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 14:57:40 GMT -5
Or am I alone on this one? I had a run of the mill 2001 TJ until a few days ago. I've been carrying out some Home Improvements.
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Post by athens on Mar 26, 2009 14:59:19 GMT -5
I've always wanted one, but they get bad gas mileage, not much room, etc. Maybe when the kids are gone....
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 15:02:55 GMT -5
Yea but they're so much fun.
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Post by UF04 on Mar 26, 2009 15:03:33 GMT -5
Guilty.
2000 TJ Black Sahara 2.5 inch suspension 33x12.5 BFG ATs Snorkel Roof rack Warn 8000 lb winch Front & rear brush guards etc.
Happy hear about your toy...
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Post by UF04 on Mar 26, 2009 15:05:20 GMT -5
And Athens you're right about the room & gas-So I knew I better get the jeep BEFORE the wife & kids or I'd be SOL!
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Post by goirish on Mar 26, 2009 15:06:15 GMT -5
I have always wanted one, I had a Liberty Renegade but had to trade that in once I started living in the city. Chrysler products are the easiest car to steal.
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 15:19:29 GMT -5
UF04 here's what I installed 2 days ago.
4 JKS Adjustable Coil Over Spacers, set them to 3 1/2" 4 JKS Adjustable Bump Stops 4 Edelbrock Shocks 4 ProComp 16" black Alloys 4 33 x 12.5" Super Swamper Trsux tires 4 Bushwacker Fender Flares
Soon as we got into the front we knew the chasis would need adjusting so I have on order 1 Adjustable Track Bar 2 Adjustable Lower Control Arms 2 Front Brakeline Extensions 2 Adjustable Rear Swaybar End Links
I also have a new soft top with tinted windows ready to to go on it. Jeep is looking good.
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 15:20:46 GMT -5
I'm lucky on the gas part because my Jeep is actually my work vehicle and my work pays for all the gas and oil changes.
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 15:25:16 GMT -5
I have always wanted one, I had a Liberty Renegade but had to trade that in once I started living in the city. Chrysler products are the easiest car to steal. Soft top Chrysler products must be near the top of the easy to steal list.
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 15:31:29 GMT -5
Guilty. 2000 TJ Black Sahara 2.5 inch suspension 33x12.5 BFG ATs Snorkel Roof rack Warn 8000 lb winch Front & rear brush guards etc. Happy hear about your toy... Did you do the upgrades yourself?
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Post by skibum25 on Mar 26, 2009 15:37:02 GMT -5
1966 International Scout, Dana 44 front/rear 4spd Manual with the granny low. in the process of replacing Body mounts, and putting in a new floor pan. By the way Jeeps are for pussies (G).
Just messing with you. They make the most capable offroad vehicle availible. I did not see sway bar disconnects. I hope you have those added as well.
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Post by wheat on Mar 26, 2009 15:40:18 GMT -5
back in the day, I had a little ole Landrover, and that was one tough little mo-fo. it only had a little 4 banger, but those are geared so low, you can just about walk it out of anything. we'd try and get it stuck and it was hard.
wish I still had it.....
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 15:43:09 GMT -5
1966 International Scout, Dana 44 front/rear 4spd Manual with the granny low. in the process of replacing Body mounts, and putting in a new floor pan. By the way Jeeps are for pussies (G). Just messing with you. They make the most capable offroad vehicle availible. I did not see sway bar disconnects. I hope you have those added as well. I'm not planning to put the sway bar disconnects on until I upgrade the axles. All the upgrades I've put on thus far are compatible with an axle upgrade. I'm in rock crawling country and I don't want those shitty c-clamps coming loose and my axle walking out on me. Once I put my new axles on I will go with some quick sway bar disconnects. I love seeing the Jeeps in Moab with the dual transfer cases. Those things could just about climb a vertical wall. What type of offroading you do skibum?
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 15:45:56 GMT -5
Check out this sick Jeep rock crawling in Moab. Watch the travel on this thing when he comes out of it.
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 15:54:02 GMT -5
They have this sweet old Unimog in Moab too, that thing is unstoppable.
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Post by utexas2010 on Mar 26, 2009 15:57:10 GMT -5
Yep, just went this past week: 03 Rubicon 39 superswampers Dynatrac Dana 60's about 5'' of lift Tummytuck Lots of little details ![](http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k113/teamair2k2/Gilmer%20Halloween%2008/HalloweenRun08056.jpg)
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Post by skibum25 on Mar 26, 2009 16:02:22 GMT -5
1966 International Scout, Dana 44 front/rear 4spd Manual with the granny low. in the process of replacing Body mounts, and putting in a new floor pan. By the way Jeeps are for pussies (G). Just messing with you. They make the most capable offroad vehicle availible. I did not see sway bar disconnects. I hope you have those added as well. I'm not planning to put the sway bar disconnects on until I upgrade the axles. All the upgrades I've put on thus far are compatible with an axle upgrade. I'm in rock crawling country and I don't want those shitty c-clamps coming loose and my axle walking out on me. Once I put my new axles on I will go with some quick sway bar disconnects. I love seeing the Jeeps in Moab with the dual transfer cases. Those things could just about climb a vertical wall. What type of offroading you do skibum? A friend and I head up to Greystone in Bham for trail riding. Some decent rock trails nothing like Moab. That is what i am building my scout for. It has the Dual stick Dana 20 coupled with the t-18 4spd Tranny. I plan on doing a SOA lift/ cut and turn on the 44s. It has a Factory Powerlock that can be rebuilt for with the HD washers that work OK but would prefer to lock the rear. In Bham we ride a Cheeroke with a 6in teraflex, with ARBs front and rear it is a bad MF. Sway bar disconnects and cut fenders it will climb over anything.
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Post by skibum25 on Mar 26, 2009 16:06:37 GMT -5
Yep, just went this past week: 03 Rubicon 39 superswampers Dynatrac Dana 60's about 5'' of lift Tummytuck Lots of little details ![](http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k113/teamair2k2/Gilmer%20Halloween%2008/HalloweenRun08056.jpg) Nice Pic, whats the opinions on the V6s they are putting in over the straight 6. The 4.0's are some torquey SOBs.
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 16:07:56 GMT -5
Yep, just went this past week: 03 Rubicon 39 superswampers Dynatrac Dana 60's about 5'' of lift Tummytuck Lots of little details ![](http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k113/teamair2k2/Gilmer%20Halloween%2008/HalloweenRun08056.jpg) Very Nice!
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 16:10:27 GMT -5
I'm not planning to put the sway bar disconnects on until I upgrade the axles. All the upgrades I've put on thus far are compatible with an axle upgrade. I'm in rock crawling country and I don't want those shitty c-clamps coming loose and my axle walking out on me. Once I put my new axles on I will go with some quick sway bar disconnects. I love seeing the Jeeps in Moab with the dual transfer cases. Those things could just about climb a vertical wall. What type of offroading you do skibum? A friend and I head up to Greystone in Bham for trail riding. Some decent rock trails nothing like Moab. That is what i am building my scout for. It has the Dual stick Dana 20 coupled with the t-18 4spd Tranny. I plan on doing a SOA lift/ cut and turn on the 44s. It has a Factory Powerlock that can be rebuilt for with the HD washers that work OK but would prefer to lock the rear. In Bham we ride a Cheeroke with a 6in teraflex, with ARBs front and rear it is a bad MF. Sway bar disconnects and cut fenders it will climb over anything. I'm building for Moab like you. I've done Hell's Revenge in a Rubicon with just spings/shocks and 33's and front/rear lockers. You need much more to do BFE and the hardcore trails. Don't even bother with sway bars in Moab. That dual stick Dana is badass, that's getting into the hardcore stuff there. I wouldn't dare rock crawl the serious trails without both front and rear lockers and it's better to have an automatic over a standard.
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 16:14:09 GMT -5
One thing I've already learned. There's always something else you'd like to upgrade.
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Post by UF04 on Mar 26, 2009 16:20:46 GMT -5
Guilty. 2000 TJ Black Sahara 2.5 inch suspension 33x12.5 BFG ATs Snorkel Roof rack Warn 8000 lb winch Front & rear brush guards etc. Happy hear about your toy... Did you do the upgrades yourself? No. Long story short, I've always wanted a TJ from ages 15-25 so last year I finally got one. The funny part is that I bought it from a dealership in Georgia but it was traded in by a....girl! Apparently, her boyfriend had put all the toys on it just for show and she just drove it around town. It was 8 yrs old and only had 40k miles. Yours sounds great. If my computer ignorant self can figure out how to slap a pic up I will. ;D
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 16:25:26 GMT -5
Dude half the people you see on the trails in Moab? You guessed it, GIRLS! I was there last October and saw this smoking hot girl, her smoking hot friend, and with one's kid in the back seat of a fine ass Jeep.
You'd be shocked how many girls are into offroading in this part of the country.
BTW, to show pictures you need to upload them to Photobucket (it's free) then link them from Photobucket in your post.
My Jeep is in my buddie's garage right now until I finish my upgrades. I'm driving his Tacoma which is a little beast itself. Soon as I get pics of my Jeep I'll be putting them up.
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Post by skibum25 on Mar 26, 2009 16:28:15 GMT -5
I did not mean Moab in particular but for climbing not mudriding.
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 16:51:28 GMT -5
I did not mean Moab in particular but for climbing not mudriding. I gotcha. Moab sets the bar for rock crawling so I understand. I work in W. CO and Moab is only about 3 hours away so I try to make at least one trip per year. I'm hoping to make a trip in my own Jeep one of these days.
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Post by huntgator on Mar 26, 2009 16:52:51 GMT -5
Oh yeah! I had a very nice CJ7 while I was stationed in Iceland and I loved it! I sold it before returning to the States and have regretted it ever since! In June, 2008, my wife and I split up and she took off...No dudes, it's a GOOD thing! ;D Anyway, the day she hauled ass, I hauled ass to the local Jeep dealership and purchased a beautiful black Wrangler X, soft top, six speed manuel, V-6...very stock I know and I plan to upgrade things once I wear the tires out! I LOVE it! I think that once you own a Jeep, you have to have one parked in your driveway or you might feel like a piece of your heart is missing!
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Post by wheat on Mar 26, 2009 16:55:42 GMT -5
redstick, I know you'd appreciate this. I think I've told you my dad was a geologist and was an independent for most of his life. he doodlebugged all over the country and all his seismic and dynomite trucks were old Dodge PowerWagons. He had them beefed up, wench on the front that could also go out the back end of the truck. the doghouse was made of stainless steel and those suckers were freakin hot in the summer. we used to go out in the field with him when we were kids and got to even push the plunger, for the shot holes, on occasion. I bought one of them from him years ago with the intentions of rebuilding it, but never did. as far as I know, it' still up on a hill, out in the middle of nowhere in south central Kansas, LOL! ![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/sooner/explorationtruckdads.jpg)
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Post by huntgator on Mar 26, 2009 16:56:00 GMT -5
Hey Red, a couple of questions...how do these tires hold up on the pavement and, are they loud? For the 33's, is a lift required?
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Post by huntgator on Mar 26, 2009 17:04:36 GMT -5
Wheat..I had a Power Wagon and I loved it!
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Post by redstick13 on Mar 26, 2009 17:08:39 GMT -5
redstick, I know you'd appreciate this. I think I've told you my dad was a geologist and was an independent for most of his life. he doodlebugged all over the country and all his seismic and dynomite trucks were old Dodge PowerWagons. He had them beefed up, wench on the front that could also go out the back end of the truck. the doghouse was made of stainless steel and those suckers were freakin hot in the summer. we used to go out in the field with him when we were kids and got to even push the plunger, for the shot holes, on occasion. I bought one of them from him years ago with the intentions of rebuilding it, but never did. as far as I know, it' still up on a hill, out in the middle of nowhere in south central Kansas, LOL! ![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v618/sooner/explorationtruckdads.jpg) That's kick ass wheat! I wish I could have went with him.
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