Bigjerm
SE Expedition Society
Well this is my 3rd Wrangler now and I plan to actually build this one. I had a 2 door JK, 4 door Rubicon and after owning both I didnt find what I wanted. After driving around in a truck we (I say we because this is the lady's favorite Jeep too) found a 2006 LJ. Believe it or not it only had 14,000 miles on it :wings: It has a soft top with tinted windows, 6 speed, D30 front, D44 rear with LSD and looks like the poor Jeep has never seen anything but maybe a gravel road.
It does have some mods done to it:
Good
-2" Pro Comp suspension lift
-Best top rear tire carrier (bolts to the body)
-35" pro comp mud terrains
Bad
-3" body lift
-Chrome front/rear tube bumpers
-Chrome tube steps
-Chrome grille overlay
-Chrome tail light covers
-Mickey Thompson classics simulated beadlocks 15x10
The plan: I am going for this idea in my mind of a hybrid of many styles: Budget, Rock Crawler, Overland and general purpose vehicle. I want it to do a lot good, but I don't plan for my budget to make it do anything great. I am not going to tear the body up on the jeep rock crawling, I don't get enough time off for big Overland trips, and most of my driving is daily and would love to have a rig that was a cool tailgate vehile. Oh and I love the LCG builds so that too!
Stage 1:
-Stock front and rear bumpers without the floaties (done)
-Metalcloak front highline fenders and rear fender flares (ordered)
-1" BL for the 3" BL (ordered)
-CB (done)
-Body Armor rock rails
-Spartan front auto locker
-Steering skid
-Engine skid
Stage 2:
-Winch Plate
-Smittybuilt XRC8
-Hi-lift and mount it on the spare tire carrier
-On board air
Later mods in no certain order:
-Belly up
-Fridge (i like the ARB)
-Roof rack maybe? I like and dislike it all the same
-If I get a roof rack, I will get something going with an awning system
-Quick disco's or maybe the anti-rock sway system
And then just keep on going. Parts will get bought as sales and price drops or I find them used. Its all about budget but doing it right. Thanks for reading my long post, pretty bored at work.
It does have some mods done to it:
Good
-2" Pro Comp suspension lift
-Best top rear tire carrier (bolts to the body)
-35" pro comp mud terrains
Bad
-3" body lift
-Chrome front/rear tube bumpers
-Chrome tube steps
-Chrome grille overlay
-Chrome tail light covers
-Mickey Thompson classics simulated beadlocks 15x10
The plan: I am going for this idea in my mind of a hybrid of many styles: Budget, Rock Crawler, Overland and general purpose vehicle. I want it to do a lot good, but I don't plan for my budget to make it do anything great. I am not going to tear the body up on the jeep rock crawling, I don't get enough time off for big Overland trips, and most of my driving is daily and would love to have a rig that was a cool tailgate vehile. Oh and I love the LCG builds so that too!
Stage 1:
-Stock front and rear bumpers without the floaties (done)
-Metalcloak front highline fenders and rear fender flares (ordered)
-1" BL for the 3" BL (ordered)
-CB (done)
-Body Armor rock rails
-Spartan front auto locker
-Steering skid
-Engine skid
Stage 2:
-Winch Plate
-Smittybuilt XRC8
-Hi-lift and mount it on the spare tire carrier
-On board air
Later mods in no certain order:
-Belly up
-Fridge (i like the ARB)
-Roof rack maybe? I like and dislike it all the same
-If I get a roof rack, I will get something going with an awning system
-Quick disco's or maybe the anti-rock sway system
And then just keep on going. Parts will get bought as sales and price drops or I find them used. Its all about budget but doing it right. Thanks for reading my long post, pretty bored at work.