Snobrdrkid's WJ Build Thread

snobrdrkid07 · Dec 2, 2010

I figured I would start one of these for the fun of it! Unfortunately no lifts yet. But my WJ is at least not bone stock anymore!

I will start from the beginning.

The build Sheet

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Sales Code:  ---    Description:
*E7 Cloth Low-Back Bucket Seats
-L5 Taupe
ADC Convenience Group
AHT Trailer Tow Group
APAS Monotone Paint
A24P 4.0L Engine(ERH)/4Spd Auto Trans(DGK
BAZS 136 Amp Alternator
BC6S 625 Amp Maintenance Free Battery
BRYS Anti-Lock 4-Wheel Disc Brakes
CACS Low Back Bucket Seats
CBWS Highline Door Trim Panel
CFNS Rear 60/40 Folding Seat
CGUS Child Seat Anchor System-LATCH Ready
CG1S Next Gen Multistage Front Air Bags**
CKDS Floor Carpet
CKNS Cargo Compartment Carpet
CKTS Cargo Tie Down Loops
CLE Front & Rear Floor Mats
CLHS Cargo Trim Panel w/Storage Net
CLPS Door Sill Scuff Pads
CSC Cargo Compartment Cover
CSRS Passenger Assist Handles
CUDP Mini Overhead Console
CUFS Full Length Floor Console
DGBS All 4-Speed Automatic Transmissions
DGK 4-Spd. Automatic 42RE Transmission
DHAS Lock-Up Torque Converter
DHPS Selec-Trac Full Time 4WD System
DJJS Dana 30/186MM Front Axle
DMEP 3.73 Rear Axle Ratio
DRMS Dana 35C/194MM Rear Axle
ERH 4.0L I6 Power Tech Engine
GBBS Tinted Windshield Glass
GCBS Front Door Tinted Glass
GEGS Deep Tint Sunscreen Glass
GEPS Flipper Liftgate Glass
GFAS Rear Window Defroster
GNAS Rear View Day/Night Mirror
GNVS Sun Visors w/Vanity Mirror
GTNS Power Mirrors, Fold-Away
GWA Power Sunroof
GXMP Remote Keyless Entry
GXXS Sentry Key Theft Deterrent System
HAAS Air Conditioning
HGAS Hood Insulation
HGDS Deluxe Insulation Group
I38S Route 38 - UP, Mesquite, TX
JAYS Instrument Cluster w/Tach
JCBS 120 MPH Primary Speedometer
JHAS Var Intermittent Windshield Wipers
JHBS Rear Window Wiper/Washer
JJBS Dual Note Electric Horns
JKAS Locking Glove Box
JKPS 12V Auxiliary Power Outlet
JKYS Power Accessory Delay
JPBS Power Locks
JPDS Power Windows, Driver One-Touch
JPSS Power 6-Way Driver Seat
KRSS STRIPE/BADGE/MOLDING/COLOR
KWSS STRIPE/BADGE/MOLDING/COLOR
K4SS STRIPE/BADGE/MOLDING/COLOR
K5SS STRIPE/BADGE/MOLDING/COLOR
LACS Illuminated Entry
LAGS Warning Chime
LAZP Vehicle Information Center
LBBS Courtesy Lamps
LBCS Glove Box Lamp
LCES Rear Courtesy/Reading Lamps
LDBS Cargo Compartment Lamp
LETP Traveler/Mini Trip Computer
LMBS Halogen Headlamps
LPSS CHMSL Lamp
MDAS Front License Plate Bracket
MFTS Body Color Grille
MHAS Black Windshield Moldings
MT2S Trail Rated Badge
MVCS Jeep Badge
MWES Side Roof Rails
NAS 50 State Emissions
NBGP Federal Tier 2, Bin 9A Emissions
NFPS 20.5 Gallon Fuel Tank
NHMS Speed Control
PB8 Midnight Blue Pearl Coat
QB8S Midnight Blue Pearl Coat
RAAC All Radio Equipped Vehicles
RBKS AM/FM Compact Disc Radio w/Chgr Ctrl
RCGS 6 Speakers
RDDS Fixed Long Mast Antenna
SBAS Power Rack and Pinion Steering
SCAS Steering Wheel
SDAS Normal Duty Suspension
SUAS Tilt Steering Column
TBBS Full Size Spare Tire
TBLS Inside Mounted Spare Tire
TTB P245/70R16 OWL All Terrain Tires
TZAP Goodyear Brand Tires
WDQP 16" Steel Spare Wheel
WDRS 16X7.0 Lux Alum Silver Wheels
WLYC All Steel Wheels
WLZC All Aluminum Wheels
XFJP Class III Receiver Hitch
XFKP 7 Pin Wiring Harness
XFLP 7 to 4 Pin Wiring Adaptor
XPFS Protective Coating and Remover
YAAS Build To U.S. Mkt. Specifications
YGCA 7 Additional Gallons of Gas
ZKFP Spring - Left Front
ZKYP Spring - Left Rear
ZYFP Spring - Right Front
ZYYP Spring - Right Rear
Z6DS GVW/Payload Rating
1AAS U.S. Dealer Retail
135S Zone 35-Washington
2TEA Customer Preferred Package 2TE
26E Customer Preferred Package 26E
3FTA Convenience Group Discount
39BA New Price Tracking
4X7A Virginia Chapter-90 Recovery
5I1S WJ-Vehicle Family
5I4S Four Wheel Drive (4WD)/(4X4)
5I8S Left Hand Drive (LHD)
594S Vehicle Order Tracking
6USS U.S. Specifications Label
647S Virginia Ship to State Code
947S Virginia Sold to State Code

My 2004 Grand Cherokee was bought brand new in 04, It was the family SUV until it was given to me in the Summer of 2010. I have been driving it and loving it ever since!

When I got the Jeep - could not wait to start making it my own

New Steering Stablilzer
4 Skyjacker Nitro 8000 Gas charged shocks
New tailgate lift struts. (June 2010)
Projector and Halo headlights (Aug 2010)
Kenwood eXcelon KDC-X794 Head Unit (Aug 2010)
Interior white LED's put in. (September 2010)
New Yokohama Geolander All Terrain 245/70/16's (November 2010)
Memphis Coax 3-way 6x9's Fronts and Memphis Coax 2-Way 6.5 Rears. (which are freaking loud) (November 27th 2010)
55w H1 HID Lights at 6000K Color Temperature (December 1st 2010)
Alpine MRP-M500 amp with Alpine 12" 1223D Dual Voice Coil Subs running at 2-Ohms (500 watts RMS)
Alpine MRX-F30 amp for the doors pushing 75 watts x4 (August 2011)
SuperChips - Flashpack
Painted the bottom part of the bumper to look like an Overland.
Got the Front Windows Tinted
Put on a set of Overland Rims
Electro-Luminescent Overland Gauges

Table of Contents
1. HID's
2. Halo Lights
3. Subs
4. Snow Jan 2011
5. Kenwood Headunit
6. Factory Build Sheet
7. NC Pictures, OBX
8. Fuel Filter Change with Picture
9. Mopar Skid Plate
10. Auto-Dim Mirror
11. Rear 3/4 Inch Spacer Install
12. Front Bumper Painted Silver Strip
13. Yard Work
14. Left for VT
15. Front Drive Shaft
16. Sinking Creek - Potts Run 1
17. Double Din Face Plate
18. Highlights from Callalantee, Mountain City, TN
19. Maintenance Day
20. Hit the 4Runner Pretty Good with the Trailer - Pictures
21. Idle Videos
22. First Look at the OME HD Coils
23. OME HD and JKS Adjustable TB - Pictures
24. Overland Rims 1
25. Gear Oil Change and Differential Pictures
26. Overland Rims on
27. Overland Rims 2
28. Window Tint Pictures
29. Rock Light Switch 1
30. Rock Lights On!
31. Car Show - Jeeps!
32. Ready to go back to Tech
33. Rolled 100,000
34. Overland Gauges Came in
35. Overland Gauges at Night!
36. Mountain Lake Wheeling
37. To-Do List
38. Kickdown Video
39. Snow at VT
40. Another Wheeling Picture
41. Wheeling Aftermath Clean Up and EVIC disassembly
42. Rear Axle Seal Going
43. Cleaned up
44. OME HD Coil Spring Update!!
45. 0-60 Videos
46. Back at VT - Spring 2012
47. K&N Filter Numbers
48. Cold Start Up Video
49. HID's driving
50. Auxiliary Transmission Cooler 1
51. Auxiliary Transmission Cooler Install
52. Copperhead Wheeling Pictures
53. Copperhead Rocks with the WJ
54. Mechanical Fan Hitting the Electric Fan
55. Noob Lift Chart
56. Turbo Encabulator
57. Freedom Roof Rail Teaser
58. Freedom Roof Rails Installed with Pictures
59. Cam Talk
60. Can't Trade in my Jeep
61. City Driving and Acceleration Videos
62. 2/10 Would no Drive - VERY FUNNY
63. OME HD LIFT - FINALLY
64. Trunk LED's
65. Painted Rear D.S.
66. Cleaned Up with the Lift
67. Moog Order - Open boxes
68. Stillen Brakes
69. Moog TRE - Measurements
70. Brakes and Tie Rods Installed
71. Rear 5100's
72. JKS Track Bar Movement 1
73. Air Box Mod
74. 4.0 Wheel Spin
75. Front D.S. Angle

76. IRO Control Arm Info
77. Broken U-Joint
78. JKS Track Bar Movement 2
79. AP Run-Down
80. Results from Southern Performance

Pictures:

Current:

snobrdrkid07 · May 22, 2011

Anyone need a ZJ washer bottle with the pumps? Here.

straty1987 · May 22, 2011

man you got a ebay addiction.

noticed the skyjacker 2 inch BB with 4 pucks and 4 shocks. dose not seam right. if the pucks are 2" its worth it and trash the shocks
also the 3" lift kit is back on his listing so i guess the winner did not pay.

snobrdrkid07 · May 22, 2011

straty1987 said:
man you got a ebay addiction.

noticed the skyjacker 2 inch BB with 4 pucks and 4 shocks. dose not seam right. if the pucks are 2" its worth it and trash the shocks
also the 3" lift kit is back on his listing so i guess the winner did not pay.

EBay addiction is an understatement. Haha. I've sold so much on there. Made about 450 selling. Yea I am watching it just for those pucks. Those shocks look like garbage. They don't even extend out and there is nothing holding them back

snobrdrkid07 · May 22, 2011

straty1987 said:
man you got a ebay addiction.

noticed the skyjacker 2 inch BB with 4 pucks and 4 shocks. dose not seam right. if the pucks are 2" its worth it and trash the shocks
also the 3" lift kit is back on his listing so i guess the winner did not pay.

EBay addiction is an understatement. Haha. I've sold so much on there. Made about 450 selling. Yea I am watching it just for those pucks. Those shocks look like garbage. They don't even extend out and there is nothing holding them back.

That other lift looks like garbage. Haha

straty1987 · May 22, 2011

lol with all the selling your doing on ebay might have to start claiming it on taxes.

it would be nieces if he could say the thickness of the pucks but its not listed

snobrdrkid07 · May 22, 2011

straty1987 said:
lol with all the selling your doing on ebay might have to start claiming it on taxes.

it would be nieces if he could say the thickness of the pucks but its not listed

Wouldn't even know how to do taxes. Haha. My dad is a CPA though. The seller said that the Spacers are 1-1.5 inches. But skyjacker only makes 2 inch Spacers.

straty1987 · May 22, 2011

yea i notice that as well. might of just did a body measurement. 1.5" spacers are odd.
shocks might have BPE.

as for the tax when you start making a cretin amount of money off of selling thing have to start clamming it off eBay or any site, think its $500. in a year or 2 if you get a job on paper will have taxs to do and wil either get money back or owe money

snobrdrkid07 · May 22, 2011

straty1987 said:
yea i notice that as well. might of just did a body measurement. 1.5" spacers are odd.
shocks might have BPE.

as for the tax when you start making a cretin amount of money off of selling thing have to start clamming it off eBay or any site, think its $500. in a year or 2 if you get a job on paper will have taxs to do and wil either get money back or owe money

I'm pretty sure the spacers are 2 inches. Didnt really look at the shocks. Bar pin eliminatior?

I'll have dad do my taxes. Hahaha

straty1987 · May 22, 2011

Bar pin eliminator or BPE is for the bottom of the front shocks since the WJ bottom front shocks get botled on, so when you get an aftermarket shocks with a bolt threw it bottom u need the BPE. sorry if is confusing
BPE look like this

this is how it looks mounted on the front bottom of the shocks

snobrdrkid07 · May 22, 2011

Okay that does make sense... I have aftermarket shocks but no BPE... We just put them on like the stock ones....

Apollo21 · May 23, 2011

BPEs add a small amount of down travel at the expense of up travel. They are know to get rid of the WJ shock thumps.

snobrdrkid07 · May 24, 2011

Yea I want some of those because I have those shock thumps... or something haha

snobrdrkid07 · May 23, 2011

Omg. Freaking out. I'm on the beach in obx. It's 85 ambient and my coolant temp is this. Should I freak out? The electric fan was going fast too

Apollo21 · May 23, 2011

I would be pretty worried about that.

snobrdrkid07 · May 23, 2011

Apollo21 said:
I would be pretty worried about that.

Once it got that high I stopped and turned it off to chill on the beach. I just checked the temp and its at 210 again. Why did it get so hot? I was really on it but haven't seen it that high ever. Coolant level is good too.

straty1987 · May 23, 2011

anything look odd in the engine bay or sand sand anywere?

there was a thread of engines getting hotter on the beach

snobrdrkid07 · May 23, 2011

straty1987 said:
anything look odd in the engine bay or sand sand anywere?

there was a thread of engines getting hotter on the beach

It didn't get that hot again. I think it may have been me pushing the gas hard. It stayed

snobrdrkid07 · May 23, 2011

straty1987 said:
anything look odd in the engine bay or sand sand anywere?

there was a thread of engines getting hotter on the beach

It didn't get that hot again. I think it may have been me pushing the gas hard. It stayed under 210 the rest of the time.

snobrdrkid07 · May 23, 2011

straty1987 said:
anything look odd in the engine bay or sand sand anywere?

there was a thread of engines getting hotter on the beach

Probably user error. I was really on the gas when it got that hot. It never got over 210 again when I was easier on it. I put it in 4 Lo so I wasn't in the gas so much

snobrdrkid07 · May 23, 2011

On the beach.

Averaged 28 mpg on an instant reset and doing 60 mph on cruise. Soley highway mpgs were 25-26 mpg @ 60 with a fully loaded truck and passenger heavy vehicle. Not to bad haha. didnt have any other overheat problems.

straty1987 · May 24, 2011

how long were you on the highway for?

looks like you have 100 lbs in the trunk only

snobrdrkid07 · May 24, 2011

I reset the avg mpg when i got the cruise control set at 60. it peaked at 28 at the beginning and then averaged 25-26 mpg after about 50-65 miles of pure highway at about 58-60 mph.

Weight:
4 people, I know I am about 200 haha
3/4 tank of gas
sub box which in know is about 100+ pounds total
cooler with a 40 pound bag of ice and a bunch of drinks
trailer hitch and ratchet straps
3 beach chairs
a shovel
5 gallon bucket worth of shells and sand.

straty1987 · May 24, 2011

oh just thought it was u and a few things from pic. it looks like fun, do you need a permit to drive on the beaches around you

your sub box is over 100lbs with subs?
SWS-1223D 12 are like 17 lbs each what is the box made of ?

snobrdrkid07 · May 24, 2011

me and three friends! yea it was a blast! no walking from a parking lot to get onto the beach. no permits, or alt east none that i know of. never had an issue.

Some thick wood... idk the whole amp/box/subs is heavy enough to make the back end sink down a bit when they threw it in there.

snobrdrkid07 · May 24, 2011

Had to much crap/weight. I almost got stuck cause it was bottoming out in the sand. Got into some soft stuff and i got out to look when i wasnt making anymore headway, the t-case skid is on the sand along with the muffler... need a lift haha

Kitchen · May 24, 2011

28 mpg? dang i get 14 mpg going down hill haha

snobrdrkid07 · May 24, 2011

it averaged out to about 25 ish for pure highway haha. which is not to shabby at all! :rofl:

straty1987 · May 24, 2011

i believe stock it was its 18" in the front and 19" in the rear

snobrdrkid07 · May 24, 2011

Yea I am definitely loosing some ride height in the front
I measured just now with a full tank of gas and just the sub box back there with no people in the Jeep.

Driver Front 18.2 inches
Passenger Front 18.0 inches
Driver Rear 18.1-18.2 inches
Passenger Rear 18.1-18.2 inches.

SnowLeopard · May 24, 2011

I'd check into that overheating... That was running quite hot. Take a look at your oil, also. Did you have the AC going while you were pushing her hard. The 4.0 is notorious for running hot when you push it in 4wd with the AC going.

snobrdrkid07 · May 24, 2011

SnowLeopard said:
I'd check into that overheating... That was running quite hot. Take a look at your oil, also. Did you have the AC going while you were pushing her hard. The 4.0 is notorious for running hot when you push it in 4wd with the AC going.

Looked at oil this morning. Normal level and color. AC was on. Was in part time when it got hot.

It stayed under 210 the rest of the time.

This is where it normally sits.

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