This is me in one of my favorite places, Mesquite NV, right across the Utah / Arizona state line.
This is one of the latest pics I have. I've done a bit of work since this pic. I plan on building a fairly respectable trail rig. I plan on replacing my current winch for a XD9000. I plan on upgrading as needed for the most part.
When I bought her, she was a mess. It was loaded for a Wrangler, had air conditioning even. After the ride home and back & forth to work one day, I realized the motor was hosed. I knew this because it was wearing all the oil on the outside!
I had more money than time, so $4,700.00 got me a NEW 4.2L long block. And yes, I should have put a small block Chevy in it and saved about 2 grand, but I had no time. It runs good though......then the BA/10 trans blew ($2,500.00) ON THE ROAD AGAIN.. Then the BA/10 blew AGAIN!!!!!!
Here is a short list of work done to Her so far:
New Long Block
Wiring harness Under dash
Wiring harness Under hood
New Carpeting (Going to strip it & Rhino the inside)
New Overhead console
New center console
New roll bar padding
Pro Comp Mud terrain tires
New Motorcraft Carb (Hell Yeh!)
AX/15 5 spd (Good call!)
New NP231 transfer case
New rear drive shaft
MAYBE I SHOULD TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE NOT REPLACED!
Stereo
Viper Alarm (w/prox sensor for goin' TOPLESS!)
2" front shackles
Center speaker pod
Roll bar speaker pods
Pro-Comp 4" (it actually give me 5" when I replaced my old HAMMERED springs!)
GM HEI distributor set-up from CRT Performance. (Great Idle & Performance when installed with the Motorcraft Carb!)
Diamond corner gaurds
Halo headlights (AWSOME)
WARN 8000# (want an XD9000I)
Winch mount, with stinger hoop (Actually a TJ piece I modified)
Made a rock crawler front bumper
New Charging SYSTEM
Optima Red-top battery
Salvaged Hard Top
3 sets of Half doors ('till I found the pair I wanted)
Made some inner door panels for my hard full doors (traded them all off......MISTAKE!)
Made a front frame cover (sold it when I put my winch on)
All fluids are Synthetic (using Royal Purple in trans, t-case & diffs.)
MY favorite.....SKULL SHIFTER KNOBS! (modified to thread on)
All stainless hinges
Stainless grille overlay (not installed)
Converted Vacuum disconnect front axle to cable op. (got stuck in my cousins YJ. don't want it to happen to me!
Diamond tread 1/2 door panels
Clear front Marker Lights.
Borla Stainless cat back.
Magnaflow custom fit hi flow catalytic converter.
