I'm still working on redoing my pages, so bear with me.
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This is my 1999 Jeep Wrangler TJ Sport. Picked it up used with ~32,000 miles on it mid-2004. Since then I've been learning how to work on vehicles and I've done all of my own maintenance, installed all my own aftermarket parts, and even fabricated my own stuff for it.
I used to have a large page here with a couple of write-ups and such, but I grew bored of it and I recently deleted everything. So here's a more up to date, and slimmed-down page of its current state with some extras here and there.
I'm going to try and follow the premise of my last page and not just have a "Here's my TJ! Look what it has on it! VOTE FOR ME!!" ... I couldn't care less. What I will do, however, is show what I've done, why I did it, what I want to do, and, in some cases, how I did it (read: write-ups). So keep checking back every once in a while I'll update things as I have time.
Here's what I started out with wayyy back in mid -2004
Here's how she sits now
Specifications :
- 1999 Jeep Wrangler TJ Sport
- OEM hard and soft tops, full steel doors
- Deep Amethyst Pearlcoat (dark purple/blue)
- 4.0L I-6 engine
- AX-15 5-speed manual transmission
- NP-231 transfer case
- D30/D35 axles, both open with 3.73 gearing
- 15" alloy wheels, Jeep "Canyons"
- Rear seat, center console, cruise control, air conditioning, sound bar
Modifications :
- Rubicon Express 2" Budget Boost w/Twin Tube shocks
- Rusty's Off-road 1" body lift and 1" motor mount lift
- 33x10.5" BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO tires
- Removed OEM carpet, Duplicolor bedlined interior (black)
- Husky Floorliners front & rear (grey)
- Faux leather shift boot from late-model TJs
- 4300K Bi-Xenons (modified to reduce glare) in Cibie H4 headlights and painted headlight bezels (black)
- Fabbed front bumper with winch/grill gaurd (gunmetal grey)
- 7" HID off-road lights mounted on front bumper gaurd
- Old Man Emu (OME) steering stabilizer
- Flowmaster Delta 40 Series muffler with 2.25" tubing
- American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) Heat Reduction Hood
- Sound system (5.25" Kenwood eXcelon speakers, Pioneer Premier headunit, 10" Pioneer Premier subwoofer, Pioneer Premier mono-block amplifier)
- Alarm system with motion detection and engine bay protection
- Cheap LED 3rd brake light in center cap of spare
- Tri-LED gauge lights (blue)
- Homemade interior lights defeat switch (for going doorless)
- Viair 100% duty cycle OBA system (in progress)
- Ford 8.8 rear axle swap (3.73 gearing, LSD) (in progress)
Future Modifications :
- 5.7L Hemi or 5.9L Magnum V8 swap
- Hi-line flat fenders
- AEV Hi-line heat reduction hood
- 35" MTs
- Ford 8.8 rear axle swap (in progress), Super 8.8 kit w/locker & 4.88 gearing
- Rubicon D44 front axle swap, Super 44 kit w/locker & 4.88 gearing
- Redo interior lining with Second Skin sound dampening and bed liner
- Strip frame and repaint, undercoat body with Second Skin product
- Refurbish OEM hardtop: retint windows, sound deaden & carpet interior, new rear window struts, new seals, repaint (black), integrated roof rack
- Complete projector HID retrofit in "secret" headlights w/integrated LED signal and parking lights
- The list goes on and on and is very boring ...
Some more pictures (before new bumper)
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I'll have the pictures of all my projects up soon.
