Hi, I'm new here.

How I bought it in Feb this year


A few weeks ago at Crozet



Mods I've done so far: 2.5" Old Man Emu suspension lift, 1.25" JKS body lift, 33" Mickey Thompson MTZs, and I rolled it.

Insurance is sending me $3k in the mail this week, I'm going to buy a new soft top and soft doors, maybe a front locker, engine skid, and rear bumper / tire carrier.

 

looks alot better since ya got rid of the chrome outline on the gril and them wheels . . . heard the mtz is a good tire . . looks like a decent pattern

 

haha, wow.. I saw that first pic and started laughing at those wheels. Glad to have you here and glad to see you made some much needed changes after your purchase. It looks good.

 

saw that jeep up on holland rd for sale at the used car dealer am i right.

 

Yessir. Bought it for $11.5k, and a 5 year power train for $1k. Out the door for $13k total.


Thanks to everyone else. I'm pretty happy with it so far.

 

I would've kept the bling blings and threw some iroks on them or something and thrashed the hell out of em... seriously.
But, I also like what you've done with it.

 

Heh. I would've loved to, but it's my DD. I've got to keep it sane until I get another Jeep to replace this one as DD. I'm thinking of keeping this one as a show truck / recovery vehicle, and buying an old 97 4 banger as a project. Hack off all the sheet metal, chop the frame, tube it into a full roll cage, 44" tires, blah blah blah... Trailer it everywhere.

 

hope ur not gonna be running the 4 banger with 44's

 

Why not? Get some 1 ton axles and some 5.36 gears... Match that up to an Atlas 4 speed 10:1, and you've got one hell of a crawl ratio.

 

Hey, don't call my 97 Jeep 4 banger old... you stole its top!!..

The 4cyl sucks as a daily driver even with 31's.. I am going to get 4.88 gears with 33" tires..

spend the extra $500 and get a 6cyl