Ive had my jeep since may of 09 for my first jeep . i knew i wanted a 4x4 and i always loved jeeps so my dad told my to get a Wrangler but i decided i wanted to be different from everyone else and started looking for grand cherokee's in the 99-04 range which is a WJ .... soon enough i found my jeep with 108xxx miles with the I6 engine
Before
After. 4inch rough country lift and 32s
7.25 IRO lift and 35s
AND HERES THE BUILD..
its wasn't too far after the day i got it and i took it out on some trails
when i got home
i know my rims are still clean.. on the way out of the trail was just water
ok so now for the small mods i did to keep me busy until i got some cash
blacked out tail light (seriously)
i tried to put a clear coat on the tail lights to make them shine better but i messed them up and they got all foggy so i had to order a new set of tail lights and i re tinted them lighter
got my front windows tinted 20%
i hated the stock radio because it had a cassette player so i picked up this alpine head unit
my ipod nano perfectly fits in that little box below the air controls
my brother gave me his old subs..for awhile i had them hooked up to my rear door speakers with no amp since all my stock door speakers were blown
heres where i installed my amp and capacitor later on
my jeep came with pin stripping on it and i hated it because it looked so girly so one day i borrowed my moms hair dryer, heated up the stripes and peeled them away heres some pics
BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER
i wanted to make my jeep look more like a "jeep" so i decided to put two lights on my roof rack.. so i found out i looked like a bunny eaking:
i wanted to see what my jeep would look like with a black grille so i just took the chrome one off
soon after i painted it
made a piece together air intake ..only had it on for a week then i put it on my buddies civic
a long time after selling that intake i made my own out of 3" PVC and a real K&N air filter
i also added a heat shield which i made out of sheet metal and sprayed with high heat paint
since im trying to put my build thread in order of how everything happened im starting to find out its pretty hard haha. But after i got the lift on i started doing more trail riding and i got a cb radio and 2 foot firestik antenna .. i soon realized that a 2 foot was too short sooo later on i ordered a 4 foot firestik firefly
here is my first cb radio
i liked where i mounted it because the mic was in a easy reach spot
then a long time after i broke my first cb trying to mod a RF gain on it so i ordered a midland 5001Z which is basically a cobra 25
i had the 4 foot antenna way before i got the midland this is just the only picture i have of it ( dont mind the tail light guards they come in the build later :shhh: )
Must say I think it looks great. I live in jersey too and see so many stock wjs with blacked out tailamps and subs in the back so when I first started reading I thought it was gonna be another one of those.:laugh: But after the lift and rims along with the lights, it made a complete 180 and is a great looking wj. I have the same cb as you, my only question is that is it comfortable to have it in that location, I can upload a picture of where I put mine if you are thinking of moving it.
if your wondering if i still got the jeep dirty since the lift here are some pics
my favorite picture yet
as all you WJ owners know when you lift her your front DS isnt too happy so i ordered this
i got some very small vibrating only when i put it in 4 wheel
yeah i only did this for one day and it was scary ha.. but it gave me some ideas for tubed doors
my mom wasnt too happy about it cause she was concerned over my safety hah and my friends uncle said my jeep could of been red tagged and towed away so i put them back on really quick
over the summer i found out about the PA jeep show in york .. so i took my jeep there entered her and surprisingly took third place in my class .. i wasn't expecting this at all
but to anyone on JEEPFORUM that was there and voted on my jeep thanks!
tell me if any of these jeeps are yours my dad took this pic haha
heres me .. on the left and my buddy on the right .. he has a YJ but didnt bring it to the show
over the summer i had alot of extra spending money so i decided to tint my whole front windshield with 35%
my windshield isnt tinted in this pic but i took my lights off one day so i could go through the car wash .. and found out my jeep looks really weird with no lights on top
but anyway heres some more pics of the windshield
difference between tint and no tint
i know some of you guys are going to ask why i would ever tint my whole front windshield.. and the only reason is because i really like the look..and i do have 8000k HIDS to help with seeing at night
so to help with the rubbing i had on my front bumper during flex i decided to cut out the fog lights
these are the last pics i have before i cut the bumper
this is at a sand pit where i usually go wheeling.. sadly this is the biggest hill we have there
next i got some RC quick discos, freedom ed. side rails that i painted gloss black, and put my two old roof lights in front of my grille with 6000k l.e.d bulbs
while searching on JF i found a jeep show that was pretty close to me.. the grass roots jeep club hosted "jeeps in the vineyard" in shamong nj.. entered my jeep and took third place again.. i was still surprised because there were alot of jeeps that caught my eye and i thought were better but hey i didn't vote .. but thank you for who ever voted!
Nice Jeep man! Ive seen it around the site a few times. I have a few questions about your front DS. I saw you paid $218 shipped was that with the tcase yoke? Are their any vibrations in 2wd or 4wd? Do you have a tcase drop installed?
Nice Jeep man! Ive seen it around the site a few times. I have a few questions about your front DS. I saw you paid $218 shipped was that with the tcase yoke? Are their any vibrations in 2wd or 4wd? Do you have a tcase drop installed?
yeah it came with the transfer case yoke ..but i bought a new yoke for my font axle from rugged ridge because the stock yoke uses straps to hold on the u joint..and my new yoke uses a u-bolt to hold in the u- joint.. and i have no vibs in 2 wheel but in 4 wheel i have slight vibs
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