so it started when I turned 14 and I wanted a car to work on, and the car I wanted was a jeep, I knew nothing about them except that they could off-road pretty well, so I started checking craigslist and Facebook marketplace every day, once I saw a yj on the side of the road for sale, I convinced my dad to bring me to go look at it and we did and I almost bought it, btw at that point I still knew NOTHING about them except that I wanted a 4.0L not a 2.5L, fast forward a few months I still knew nothing, finally I found this:
1999 Sahara 162000 miles, 4.0L 5spd manual, bought it and immediately started looking on craiglist for parts, bought a led light bar, a set of 6 inch pocket flares and a tubular bumper 
, then I did lots of what I thought to be good research and bought a 3 inch BARE BONES teraflex lift and bilstein shocks, my dad bought my first pair of tires for me, 33/12.50
Micky Thompsons baja atz p3, this is where I was:
then I did actually research and found out about a thing called dana 35s, turns out I had one, so again lots of checking Craigslist, I found a dana 44 from a LJ with 137000 miles and 3.73s bought it for $700, brought it home and took about 3 weeks to swap (I ran into a LOT of issues and I was not prepared)
but I hasn't fallen out yet so im happy, more recently I've taken off the tubular bumper and light bar, I sold the bumper and the light bar is for sale (PM me
) then I went through a phase of repainting things, I sanded and painted my stock front bumper and trimmed it, painted my side mirrors, sanded and painted my gas tank skid plate.
this is after I repainted my mirrors and repainted and trimmed my stock bumper.
then I decided I wanted 4wd again so I did research and now im getting my gears swapped in a few days to 4.56 (Already done) I can't wait. also I got my driving permit recently (I now have my license)
so I've really gotten enjoy my hard work and its all been worth it. currently my plan is to not do ANY cosmetic stuff till I finish drive line and under body work.
there you go, thanks for reading! thanks to every one on the forum, y'all have been super helpful
updates coming soon (probably) please leave suggestions if you have any
My goal is for a daily driver that can do some gnarly trails if I want it to
Here's everything currently on it:
Suspension:
3 inch lift (teraflex springs, Black Max shocks)
Savvy Adj. Rear CAs
JKS front track bar
Rock Jock rear track bar
Sway Lok
Bumpers/Skids:
Custom front bumper
Dirtworxs Rear Bumper
Custom 1 inch gas tank skid tuck
Gears/Lockers/Drivechain:
Dana 44 rear/Dana 30 front
4.56 Yukon gears
ARB Air locker in the rear
JB conversions Super Short SYE
Tom Woods Driveshaft
Interior
Weather Tec floor mats
Uniden 510xl CB radio
Wildboar grab handles
Misc:
ARB air compressor under the hood
33 12.50 Micky Thomson baja atz p3s
Ion Alloy rims
Dorman Extended Brake Lines
1 inch savvy BL
1 inch savvy MML
Firestick 2' antenna
ZJ tie rod conversion
Savvy transfer case shifter
, then I did lots of what I thought to be good research and bought a 3 inch BARE BONES teraflex lift and bilstein shocks, my dad bought my first pair of tires for me, 33/12.50Micky Thompsons baja atz p3, this is where I was:
but I hasn't fallen out yet so im happy, more recently I've taken off the tubular bumper and light bar, I sold the bumper and the light bar is for sale (PM me
) then I went through a phase of repainting things, I sanded and painted my stock front bumper and trimmed it, painted my side mirrors, sanded and painted my gas tank skid plate.this is after I repainted my mirrors and repainted and trimmed my stock bumper.
then I decided I wanted 4wd again so I did research and now im getting my gears swapped in a few days to 4.56 (Already done) I can't wait. also I got my driving permit recently (I now have my license)
so I've really gotten enjoy my hard work and its all been worth it. currently my plan is to not do ANY cosmetic stuff till I finish drive line and under body work.
there you go, thanks for reading! thanks to every one on the forum, y'all have been super helpful
updates coming soon (probably) please leave suggestions if you have any
My goal is for a daily driver that can do some gnarly trails if I want it to
Here's everything currently on it:
Suspension:
3 inch lift (teraflex springs, Black Max shocks)
Savvy Adj. Rear CAs
JKS front track bar
Rock Jock rear track bar
Sway Lok
Bumpers/Skids:
Custom front bumper
Dirtworxs Rear Bumper
Custom 1 inch gas tank skid tuck
Gears/Lockers/Drivechain:
Dana 44 rear/Dana 30 front
4.56 Yukon gears
ARB Air locker in the rear
JB conversions Super Short SYE
Tom Woods Driveshaft
Interior
Weather Tec floor mats
Uniden 510xl CB radio
Wildboar grab handles
Misc:
ARB air compressor under the hood
33 12.50 Micky Thomson baja atz p3s
Ion Alloy rims
Dorman Extended Brake Lines
1 inch savvy BL
1 inch savvy MML
Firestick 2' antenna
ZJ tie rod conversion
Savvy transfer case shifter
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, I now have taken off every dumb thing that I put on the jeep when I first bought it (Tubular bumper, led light bar, pocket style fenders)
