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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: wonderbrd937

Location: Batavia, Illinois

Last updated: Jul 06, 2009

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Ron’s Jeep Grand Cherokee

  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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PAGE 1- MODS AND LIFE OF JEEP

PAGE 2- FLEXING/OFFROADING

PAGE 3- 5-23-09 BADLANDS TRIP

Hi everyone, my name is Ron and i own a 1999 jeep grand cherokee, i will show you the stages of my jeep. I work on my cars, never brought to the shop besides trans and rearend. Everything else was done by me =]. Rate and comment me and ill do the same back. I hope you like my jeep!

THANKS EVERYONE FOR VOTING, IM NUMBER 1 GRAND CHEROKEE, NOW LETS MAKE IT NUMBER 1 JEEP, RATE ME AND ILL RATE YOU BACK.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

CURRENT MODS

~4" zone suspension lift kit

~detroit trutrac locker

~built trans with mild shift kit

~custom cold air intake and custom built snorkal for wet condtions

~custom dual steering stabilizer setup

~thrush muffler dumped little before bumper

~poweraid throttle body spacer

~custom winch mount bumper built by me =]

~10,000 pound vortex winch

~cb radio mount in ashtray on dash

~custom rear cb mount

~32" BF Goodrich mud terrian

~17" rubicon wheels

~custom made roof rack with 4 100w lights and full size spare mounted

~1.25" wheel spacers

~10,000k HID headlights

~custom 3rd brake light cover

~custom spare well sub box with storage

~drill and sloted rotors

~clarion double din in dash custom fitted for dash

~4x6 and 6.5 infinitys custom fitted,which are amped to sound better

~ ipod cord routed to center counsel

~white gauge faces

~hardwired garmin nuvi

~more just cant think of them

PARTS REPLACED

~3 sets of rear wheel bearings

~ sets of front wheel bearings

~radiator

~zone adjustable track bar(it snaped =/ )

~full rear end rebuild

~full trans rebuild

~front drive shaft rebuild with new CV joint

~water pump,clutch fan and new belt

~tune up

~u joints

~ much more


OVERALL TOTAL SPENT(MODS AND REPAIRS)= OVER $8000


FUTURE MODS

~custom made rear bumper with hitch

~custom made rock sliders

~custom made quick disconnects

~possibly custom long arms

~either 4.7 stroker or turbo kit




Heres the first day i picked up my baby. all clean and pretty =]

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

My next upgrade was a 2 inch budget boost and 16x8 mb gunner 5 wheels with some 31" BFG A/T.

Flexing it out a little bit.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee


Next upgrade is some powdercoated MOAB rubicon 17" wheels on 32" BFG M/T.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

In the middle of all this i blew my trans and rear end in the same week, 3 grand later i now have a detroit trutrac locker in rear and an unbreakable transmission.

Next added to the list was a 4" zone offroad lift kit. and a new set of rubicon wheels and tires.


wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

next i made a custom fiberglass ported sub box, oh my good a pain in the a$$.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

then i figured id save 600 dollars and make my own roof rack, ill show a few pics in the making of it.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

here is the rack all painted up and mounted on my studly jeep =]

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

kind of hard to see but here is a picture of my custom cb antenna mount. then another picture of my custom cb location in the exsisting ash tray thingi.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

after that i fabbed up the radio bezel to accept a double din clarion in dash tv.

heres a few pictures.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

primed it up, now a clearance picture

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

fits nice and snug.

next i did a home made dual steering stabilizer.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

i sold my fiberglass sub box and made a custom spare tire sub box with storage below still for amp,car jack,tow strap, sockets.carpet doesnt match =/ but oh well.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

I hardwired a garmin nuvi 200 so i dont get lost.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

I installed some white gauge faces, makes it look real purdy.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

My custom built snorkal that saved me a few hundred dollars =]

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

finally my last project is my front winch mount steel bumper.

heres a few pictures in the making still.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

i added 1 inch tubing to the bottom for a heavy duty radiator support.

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

updated picture of bumper and jeep

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

finished bumper and mounted winch up, im satsified =]

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

wonderbrd937's 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

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Member ID: wonderbrd937

Location: Batavia, Illinois