Hello again everyone!
I have been off this forum for quite some time. Reason being I sold my TJ and thought I'd not be back.......well I guess I'm back! I found a 2004 TJ "X", 165K on the odometer, rack, soft top, weird 32's, automatic, 4.0, 3.73 gears, dana 35 and 30 axles. El cancer is just starting. Motor runs good, 4x4 works, lights work, leaks in ALL the places. Got it for a price I couldn't pass on - and I got the go ahead from my better half! $4500.00
I've already been hearing the cash register dinging away!....Been reading here again for a few days. Seems like nothing has gotten any simpler to figure out...LOL. It rides like crap, suspension is original - yes shocks too. I'll most likely do the "budget" 2-2.5" lift discussed here to try and make it safer on the road. Thinking OME HD 2.5 springs, Rancho 5000X, replacement factory control arms, track bar relocation bracket, and the transfer case drop if needed to get me going. Have to drive it and see. Gives me "options" down the road for changes - even though the trans drop is "going backwards".... Have to address some of the leaking at some point, and a new top as this one is pretty crispy. Then there's el cancer.....it never does end with these things...SMH...
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I have been off this forum for quite some time. Reason being I sold my TJ and thought I'd not be back.......well I guess I'm back! I found a 2004 TJ "X", 165K on the odometer, rack, soft top, weird 32's, automatic, 4.0, 3.73 gears, dana 35 and 30 axles. El cancer is just starting. Motor runs good, 4x4 works, lights work, leaks in ALL the places. Got it for a price I couldn't pass on - and I got the go ahead from my better half! $4500.00
I've already been hearing the cash register dinging away!....Been reading here again for a few days. Seems like nothing has gotten any simpler to figure out...LOL. It rides like crap, suspension is original - yes shocks too. I'll most likely do the "budget" 2-2.5" lift discussed here to try and make it safer on the road. Thinking OME HD 2.5 springs, Rancho 5000X, replacement factory control arms, track bar relocation bracket, and the transfer case drop if needed to get me going. Have to drive it and see. Gives me "options" down the road for changes - even though the trans drop is "going backwards".... Have to address some of the leaking at some point, and a new top as this one is pretty crispy. Then there's el cancer.....it never does end with these things...SMH...
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