Recently when the Mini Cooper became more maintenance than I was comfortable with, my love/hate relationship with European sports cars leaned more to the "hate" side and I needed a new daily driver, enter "the jeep." I am a mechanical guy and never named any vehicle I have had, and even though the wife currently has a Grand Cherokee in the driveway, this is "the jeep" as I bought it. It's a fairly unmolested 2005 Rubicon with a manual 6 speed and some crappy aftermarket stereo and speakers. I was on this forum a week before I bought it, and although it was nice, I knew I could do better.
Here I'm trying to fuel up at a free gas pump at the hotel near Memphis, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get it to work
It had some sagging springs with ACOS spacers set to nearly minimum lift and descent tread left on the 285/70/17s. The shocks were Rancho R5000x (good) but they were seriously worn out (bad.) So in went new Ranchos all the way around and some 2.5" Rough Country (I know) progressive springs. I know RC doesn't have the best rep here, but I wanted to try progressive springs and when they sag in a year or so, I'll order the OME springs and try them. I kept the ACOS spacers in the front so I could easily adjust the rake with the heavy front bumper and Harbor Freight winch (it was on there when I bought the jeep and it works so it's cool for now.) After the adjustable front track bar and rear track bar relocation bracket from JKS, it looked like this.
Now, it's time to address the anemic aftermarket stereo...
Here I'm trying to fuel up at a free gas pump at the hotel near Memphis, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get it to work
It had some sagging springs with ACOS spacers set to nearly minimum lift and descent tread left on the 285/70/17s. The shocks were Rancho R5000x (good) but they were seriously worn out (bad.) So in went new Ranchos all the way around and some 2.5" Rough Country (I know) progressive springs. I know RC doesn't have the best rep here, but I wanted to try progressive springs and when they sag in a year or so, I'll order the OME springs and try them. I kept the ACOS spacers in the front so I could easily adjust the rake with the heavy front bumper and Harbor Freight winch (it was on there when I bought the jeep and it works so it's cool for now.) After the adjustable front track bar and rear track bar relocation bracket from JKS, it looked like this.
Now, it's time to address the anemic aftermarket stereo...