06 TJ Build

[joshself]

I bought my 06 TJ about a year and a half ago and it has progressed from then. It's a 6 cylinder 4.0l with a 6 spd transmission. I've done what I can with it whenever I have time, so most of the pictures I'll add are past projects and mods and they'll eventually become present.
Picture when I bought it from the PO:

Currently:

 

[bostontj]

What did you do?

 

[joshself]

I quickly did little changes like removing what chrome I could.
Bezels were made black:

Homemade hi lift mount for $5 with u-bolts:

New bumper and winch:

 

[joshself]

What did you do?

I'm working on it. it's gonna take a while to show all of what I've done. I have a build page on wrangler forum that went in order, but I'm recreating it here.

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[joshself]

Bedlined the tub:

Homemade accessory fuse block for lights, winch, cb, etc

Mounted CB Antena

Upgraded headlights to KC day lighters:

 

[joshself]

Dash, gauge cluster, dome and courtesy lights changed to red:

PA mounted for the trail. I don't have to yell out the window now.

Replaced door bushings

 

[Travis]

I would like to install blue dash lights. How difficult was that to do, and what did it cost you? Nice Jeep man, im diggin' it.

 

[joshself]

I would like to install blue dash lights. How difficult was that to do, and what did it cost you? Nice Jeep man, im diggin' it.

It cost me $15 in the end with all lights. Dash would be about $7. Go on superbrightled.com type in your year of TJ and plug and play. Requires taking the dash off, and if it doesn't light up then the light is in the wrong way. Took 20min.

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[joshself]

Harley Davidson mirrors for doorless weather.

Cliché light bar that has saved me from deer many times

Custom in cab winch switch

 

[Chris]

Looks very, very nice! Damn, those door bushings look toast!

 

[Chris]

BTW, love that winch switch! Where did you get it?

 

[joshself]

Looks very, very nice! Damn, those door bushings look toast!

It took 2 hrs to punch them out with a pick and lots of PB blaster

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[Chris]

It took 2 hrs to punch them out with a pick and lots of PB blaster

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I can tell. Probably a good idea for most of us to replace the door bushings as they get old and neglected.

 

[bostontj]

I can tell. Probably a good idea for most of us to replace the door bushings as they get old and neglected.

My doors are literally stuck

 

[joshself]

BTW, love that winch switch! Where did you get it?

From 12v guy. You can easily make your own. I did before buying that one. You can make it with an extension cord and switches.

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[Chris]

It looks cool! I definitely like it.

My doors are almost stuck too, sounds like I need to get some new bushings.

 

[joshself]

My doors are literally stuck

Use a hilift jack and a piece of wood and slowly jack it up and wiggle. But be careful. Door could shoot off.

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[joshself]

Steering box skid

Shot of the blinders

Homemade CB mount on cosole- no drilling

Snapped winchline while wheeling

Added flat fenders

 

[joshself]

Mounted my Cold Steel shovel on the tailgate:

Seat riser kit, even though I'm 6' it's still nice.

I used Rubicon sliders to cover up the holes from the flare extensions. Over top I added tube sliders

Finally repaired the winch line last week

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[joshself]

Now that most of the bigger things I've done are on here, I'm sure I forgot some, I can now talk about what's next.

Hopefully in the next few weeks:
-welding custom front bumper, stubby for better tire approach
-remove previous owner's 2" budget boost and install 3" suspension lift
-JKS quick disconnects
-extended breather lines
-SYE and Tom Woods driveshaft
-Novak Cable shifter

I'm going to slowly beef up all of the harware as well. My bumper hardware is already grade 8, but more needs uprgrading.

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