The first thing that came in the mail was the
allprooffroad.com bumper. They were running a deal at the time so I got the diff and t case skids for free? I think thats how that worked out........:sombrero:
Well here is the bumper
And here is the install in progress
you might notice the snow on the ground. That's just how hardcore I am.
And this is what it looked like on. Note: the electrical tape holding on the turn signals was a temporary fix. I only ran it like that for about 6 months:Wow1: one day I was in home depot and randomly saw hose clamps. Problem solved!!
Also, in my infinite wisdom and supremecy, you can see I mounted the lights UNDER the bumper... Don't worry. I moved them before one got broken
Next My lift arrived in the mail:jumping:
the rear isn't anything to write home about. Just AAL and blocks.. yeah I know... total P.O.G (
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100822153642AAvk0XC) for my brothers in arms.
After the coilovers and before the blocks.. So sad to look back on..
And this is when the lift was done. Time to enjoy all my "hard" work
I had the snorkel holes cut out at jackit suspensions in Utah, I went home and bolted it on.
This is a shot to highlight some of the most important mods I have done for the money
In this picture you can clearly see seven (7) stickers and one (1) American flag stick on and (1) Texas longhorns stick on. The stickers brought roughly 10-12 hp each, and the two stick on's 15 each. Add that up and we have an extra 100 hp to the wheels!!
This next picture clearly demonstrates a big booboo that I made.. Don't ask me why I did it... It was a learning experience. Right? If you can't tell, I'm talking about the hack job done on the fenders.
After a trip to Moab, my truck was parked for about a year. I joined the Marine Corps in January went to the Easter jeep safari in April and shipped out to bootcamp in May.
Here is a picture of me after graduation posing with my two favorites. (This is now my wife)
This was around August of '09. The truck sat in this spot for roughly one year until my mom came to visit us in San Diego and drove my truck out for me. Nice lady eh?
Nothing was done to the truck when I got it out here, and to be honest I thought really hard about selling it. I was doing work ups to get ready for deployment which meant driving roughly 110 miles per day for work. I am so happy I didn't sell it now.
When I got home from Afghanistan I sold my mountain bike and got some new shoes for 'ol reliable
Put the doors back on and attempted to Fix aforementioned booboo.
I have also done 4 halogen rocklights this summer. I don't have any pictures. I am pretty new to the forum world, so it's just luck that I have pictures of most of my work. I promise to photodocument everything that I do from now on.
My wife bought me a CB for my birthday. It can be seen here. I got really bored with the dash
So I ran to the store and bought the first color of paint I thought would look good with tan.
and then I took the dash apart
Took care of the three stooges that have been plauging me since I bought the truck
Painted it and put it all back together
And that's how the truck sits today! Stay tuned for a lockright install