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Got the lift kit installed in the front suspension... see the latest post on TJRicochet's 2000 Wrangler Sport Build

It took me three weeks to get "a round tuit", but last night I finally started on the lift kit with the help of a truck mechanic from the truck stop down the street. I'm trading him some tractor work for helping me out with the lift. Turns out that was a good decision. We only did the front...

Yesterday, I got the hardtop hoist reconfigured. Need to drop it again and adjust the straps as it lifted high in the front and low in the back. Good news is it's off the garage floor and I can now get the TJ in the garage with the door closed. I forgot to mention in my previous post that I do...

Not much the last two weeks... All the parts are here for the lift kit and all the fluids for a total refresh. More here: https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/tjricochets-2000-wrangler-sport-build.51506/post-908767

Not much going on the last two weeks... except work. UGH! I've been asking around for an extra set of experienced eyes/hands to help me with the lift kit — just in case. Looks like I'm gonna trade some tractor work for an assist from a young mechanic (who is also an off-roader) that works at...

No, those are for the OEM wheels. I ordered 4 of these: TACTIK Center Cap for Tactik Steel Wheels

Well, now I know why 4WheelParts.com did not offer wheel caps when I ordered the wheels and tires. These wheels are ProComp Series 97 Rock Crawlers. The Pro Comp 3.3" center caps / hub covers are not in stock anywhere that I can find. At one point, I saw they were marked as Discontinued...

This: https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/tjricochets-2000-wrangler-sport-build.51506/post-899856

This afternoon, I had a couple of hours to wrench. I didn't get the daylight pictures I previously promised. That will have to wait until tomorrow... maybe. I did manage to find time to swap the out the tires and wheels, including replacing to broken wheel studs — one on each side on the rear...

Yessir, that is UV fade. This TJ has spent its entire life in New Mexico where we are just about ten miles from the sun — similar in some respects to the Australian Outback, but not as remote. I like hour handle, @Fishtaco. There’s a mythical character here called TacoCat... and TacoCat spelled...

This: https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/tjricochets-2000-wrangler-sport-build.51506/post-899313

As with all the best laid plans of mice and men, I didn't accomplish nearly as much as I had hoped today. For one thing, I had some monthly chores to do like hauling trash for two households, taking the recycling and some bookkeeping for an organization that I am leaving. For another thing...

I've read — and will soon be re-reading — @Chris' post, A recipe for an affordable but quality 2.5" lift. All the parts were ordered on 21-May and arrived over the last 10 days. new tires and wheels — already mounted and balanced — arrived yesterday. I had to make one part substitution on the...

This looks like the interior of my TJ and my F-150 every day. We live in the desert in Central New Mexico. The dust here would get into an hermetically sealed vacuum... really... To make it worse, we live a couple miles off the pavement. So, if I wash it at home, still nobody ever sees it...

Thanks!

This post is a near duplicate of my previous post in [What did you do to your TJ today?](https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/what-did-you-do-to-your-tj-today.1784). ———————————————— My wife and I have previously owned a 2018 Jeep Cherokee TrailHawk — good and quite capable...

@L J : Thanks! That was the "boost" I needed. Ordered mine last night...