Vehicle: 2002 Jeep TJ
Name: Eva
Backstory: I Bought Eva for $800 from a friend who used her only for winter driving, zero off-road time. I hit a deer at 120 km/h shortly after, freak timing, nothing could be done to avoid it on the highway without risking other peoples lives. I figured she was a write off and decided to use her as a winter beater and then give her up the following spring. All winter long I never plugged her in once despite temperatures reaching -45 degrees C. Did not change the oil for over 20,000 km. Did 0 maintenance. Despite this...the 4.0L I6 absolutely refused to fail, started every morning without missing a beat. By the spring...I knew I had caught the bug. I've been off roading since I was a child so I knew what she would be capable of with the right parts. Last month is when I made the decision to drop an inordinate amount of money on the first stage of the build.
Budget: Hahahahahahahaha
Goal: Build a LCOG DD with high quality parts.
Build list (currently installed or sitting in the garage)
-Currie Rockjock 44 front axle
-Currie Rockjock 44 rear axle
-Currie Currectlync steering
-Metalcloak duroflex control arms
-Metalcloak front and rear track bar
-Metalcloak 6'' overline system
-Fox 2.0 shocks
-Fox steering stabilizer
-1'' H&R Springs
-PSC steering box
-PSC steering pump
-EBC stage 3 rotors and pads
-Banks torque tube headers
-Magnaflow glasspack exhaust
-JCR front dagger stubby bumper
-JCR rear dagger bumper
-JKS 1.25'' body lift
-Metalcloak steering box skid plate
-LED headlights and taillights
-Rhino lined tub
-Bedrug front and rear interior kit
-Kenwood stereo
-Optima yellowtop battery
***Many more parts coming in the near future
Bucket list items:
-Moab with my Dad (he's slowly coming around to loving Eva):aaaaa:
-Black Bear Pass with my wife (she secretly loves Eva)
I started an Instagram page to document the build as it progresses (hopefully) rapidly in the next coming weeks. If any of you are so inclined, I'll leave a link to my page below, if you like what you see feel free to toss a follow my way. Knowing there are people waiting to see what becomes of Eva is good motivation to get my ass into the garage and start turning wrenches.
If you're not so inclined to go to Instagram, I'll still be loading pictures in this thread in the next few days, so no worries there. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I'm looking forward to the future!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evathetj/
Name: Eva
Backstory: I Bought Eva for $800 from a friend who used her only for winter driving, zero off-road time. I hit a deer at 120 km/h shortly after, freak timing, nothing could be done to avoid it on the highway without risking other peoples lives. I figured she was a write off and decided to use her as a winter beater and then give her up the following spring. All winter long I never plugged her in once despite temperatures reaching -45 degrees C. Did not change the oil for over 20,000 km. Did 0 maintenance. Despite this...the 4.0L I6 absolutely refused to fail, started every morning without missing a beat. By the spring...I knew I had caught the bug. I've been off roading since I was a child so I knew what she would be capable of with the right parts. Last month is when I made the decision to drop an inordinate amount of money on the first stage of the build.
Budget: Hahahahahahahaha
Goal: Build a LCOG DD with high quality parts.
Build list (currently installed or sitting in the garage)
-Currie Rockjock 44 front axle
-Currie Rockjock 44 rear axle
-Currie Currectlync steering
-Metalcloak duroflex control arms
-Metalcloak front and rear track bar
-Metalcloak 6'' overline system
-Fox 2.0 shocks
-Fox steering stabilizer
-1'' H&R Springs
-PSC steering box
-PSC steering pump
-EBC stage 3 rotors and pads
-Banks torque tube headers
-Magnaflow glasspack exhaust
-JCR front dagger stubby bumper
-JCR rear dagger bumper
-JKS 1.25'' body lift
-Metalcloak steering box skid plate
-LED headlights and taillights
-Rhino lined tub
-Bedrug front and rear interior kit
-Kenwood stereo
-Optima yellowtop battery
***Many more parts coming in the near future
Bucket list items:
-Moab with my Dad (he's slowly coming around to loving Eva):aaaaa:
-Black Bear Pass with my wife (she secretly loves Eva)
I started an Instagram page to document the build as it progresses (hopefully) rapidly in the next coming weeks. If any of you are so inclined, I'll leave a link to my page below, if you like what you see feel free to toss a follow my way. Knowing there are people waiting to see what becomes of Eva is good motivation to get my ass into the garage and start turning wrenches.
If you're not so inclined to go to Instagram, I'll still be loading pictures in this thread in the next few days, so no worries there. Thanks for taking the time to read this and I'm looking forward to the future!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evathetj/