Everyone's trying to be cool, I think my exhaust gets a lot of looks cause it sounds good and people wonder if it's a v8 and I tell them it's a l6 lol. It's not that loud either and yes bigger tires and a lift you can see but the engine you can make people wonder about right.
a well installed winch on the front, with a piece of chain wrapped around the rear bumper hooks.
and never, never drive it clean,
it should always have mud on the tires, hood and sides.
you may have to look for a big mud hole to drive through multi times to get just the right look,
also need some mud on the windshield with wiper smears.
then you have the big bad jeep look,
worst look for a jeep: whatever you do, never be seen being pulled home by a buddy with a 2x4: ford, chevy or dodge pickup,
never let this happen, if you break down, just wait until after dark and have a tow truck pull you home.
I've dropped a nice wad of cash on my CJ7 and everything I have done to it and guess what, it's still not cool. I've done everything I can so I can fit in with the cool Jeeps, but nobody likes it. I even changed out the exhaust to make it sound tough, but nobody cares. I give up! Once a nerd, always a nerd!!!
LOL.... Dude, who cares if people think your rig is cool. Build it for you, not others. The worst thing to do is trying to impress others. You have a CJ, that's cool enough for me....
I think you need to read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance as a starting point to understanding the metaphysics of quality. Change your course of direction in life with the purchase of this CJ7, make it the cornerstone of a new governing philosophy in your life. I say this because I'm concerned about the breadth of your experience in understanding what defines "cool." Id est, it is most definitely not cool to ask people how you make something cool. Even less cool, asking people how to change your own personal possessions into something that others approve of. Good luck, we were all there once.
Hey, watch it buddy :fight: My foot print gas pedal and foot print high beams switch were going to be installed this evening........
As for the few hot girls, can't help you with that
What he said^^ or a Monster energy drink sticker from the gas station. Or a big Budweiser sticker, the kind that screams, "HEY COPS, I'm driving around wasted!!!"
I agree build it like you want it, to hell with the popular kids. Think you need to decide what you are going to use it for & make the changes. The great thing about a Jeep it may change in the many years you own it.
Nothing better than a bikini top, it just shouts that creature comforts are for others, you are an outdoorsy kind of guy but appreciate your woman enough you will give her some shade, but not too much because you are COOOOOOOOOOOL.
Cool is a very interesting adjective. It is both self-defined and quantifiable (ask 1,000 people if Tina Fey is funny, you'll have stats to support that she is in fact funny) to some degree. Once you're in range, the rest is up to you.
I'll give you an example...
I think my Jeep is cool - far from stock, lifted the "right" amount, with the "right" amount of mods, etc, etc.):
I KNOW my neighbor's Jeep - bone stock, original slightly faded paint, 40,000 miles, rust-free, owned by the 75-year-old who bought it new 5 miles from where it sleeps at night:
That pic of mine was shot in his driveway. I had brought it over to show him (we'd talked Jeeps over the years... mostly me trying to buy his). He was so complimentary, so gracious in his comments - seemed genuinely interested, impressed... I just kept looking at his little CJ on those stamped steel wheels... saying "Yeah... thanks... uh huh... hmmm... " His Jeep just stirs something in me.
As much as I love my CJ, there is no question that little red CJ is "cooler"... it just is. Well, to me... and that's what makes "cool" cool.
''Gee'' Manhattan, Got the impression you were a little jealous in the winch thread, but man, now I know how you really feel.
That copy-cat red just does it for you. So, I figured I give you another shot, I know it looks a little orange in this shot, but thats just the magic of copy-cat red in the sun.
CJ's do not have to try to be cool, it is inherent. Leave the other stuff to the YJ's, TJ's and JK's. This is the mistake I made when I started looking at CJ's. I looked at all the "cool' accessories and after spending tons of money I have now decided I want the stock look. BTW, I consider 2.5"-4" of lift stock.
If you want coolest of the cool, imo, go with a tan Laredo interior, decals and whatever color black they used, original chrome wheels, 2.5" lift and a set of 31" BFG A/T's. BAM!!!
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