Growing up my dad had an '89 XJ lifted and locked on 33s that we would always take out. I got the jeep bug early with that, and I was hooked. When he lost his Jeep due to an electrical fire, he was done with the crawling thing and wanted a more comfortable ride to take him hunting and camping. Ever since then I wanted my own Jeep. In January of '09 I picked up a clean, stock, never wheeled '06 LJ with 12,500 miles for $17k.
I knew I wanted to build my Jeep up to be able to handle some of California's toughest trails, while still being a daily driver. I started wheeling it stock and had a lot of fun. I quickly learned that I hated mud
Boring updates these days, but I got a new top. My rampage frameless fell apart to **** so I got the bestop trektop nx. Fits better than the rampage ever did, and feels a whole lot sturdier.
Saving up to get a motorcycle. I'm commuting 20 miles to and from work on the 405 which takes an hour each way in the traffic. 12mpg is raping my bank account. Once I get a bike, I'll have more money for the jeep too.
I'm not in Lakewood that much. I work in Torrance and spend my weekends in the South Bay.
Whatever I get will be my first bike, but I like the Honda shadow 600s. Maybe a vulcan 500. Something not too crazy, but I want something I can make into a fun little bobber.
I'll be putting my jeep up for sale in the next few weeks. Before I get *****ed at, hell no I'm not getting out of Jeeps! Plan is to sell it and use the money to buy a clean 97-99 fully loaded XJ, pay off some debt, and buy another motorcycle.
After selling the LJ I picked up an 04 WJ Overland and did a mild build on it. It ended up being too much of a pain in the *** to maintain so I sold it and got a super clean 94 ZJ with only 61k miles at the time that I'm currently building. Anyone still follow build threads? Should I start one for the ZJ?
ZJ's are getting more love all the time. If you enjoyed documenting and sharing on the LJ, then why not? I'm sure there would be at least SOME interest.
Shameless self promotion.. started a build thread for the ZJ.. Rockpile ZJ.
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