Been away from here for quite a while- took a new position at work that required a lot of travel, coupled with a much needed vacation, but I am back!!
Since I was on here last, I finally got everything back together, drove it and then took everything out of the interior to Monsta-line it. Went with the Pyroclastic color, kind of a weird shade of grey. I actually go worried about the color when everything was out, but once we re-assembled it, it really looks great. Since this is ultimately my son's Jeep (my wife isn't convinced that I will actually give him the keys since I drive it so much), I had to relent to painting the roll bar red. To be honest, it doesn't look bad, although I am personally a bit less flashy than a teenage boy.
Just re-painted the doors and replaced the handles (pain in the ass). Couple items left to do besides touching up the paint and clear coating the body.
1- Hate the dropped skid plate. Not sure if I want to drop the money on the SLE. Maybe just a motor mount lift? Need to spend some time on here searching pros and cons
2 - Adjustable front control arms - not enough adjustment to get the caster set, feels like it wanders more than it should
3 - Rebuild the transmission (technically have it rebuilt). Under hard acceleration the torque converter shudders for a second. Not slipping at speed, but it is inevitable. Figure while everything is out, might as well get it completely rebuilt
I am sure there are going to be other items, but that is the short list. Hopefully I can contribute more and travel less!