glwood's 2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
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Summerized today. A lot of photos, but I figured I can post as many as I like on my own thread...
Hard top removal work site:
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The main removal tool:
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The cart and storage site:
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Backing in:
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Picking up:
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It's down and on the cart!
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Hard top covered and put away for the summer:
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On to the summer stuff...Spiderwebshade:
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Nets:
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And the sailcloth soft top, done!
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Very NIZE rig. My summer transformation is always ready....just switch on the A/C:sun_smiley:
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TJ Enthusiast
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Bartact. Best fit and materials on a seat cover I have had, and I've had several brands over the years.
I didn't need seat covers, my seats still looked like new, but these fit and look so good; plus, they keep my oem seats like new.
That's a beautiful Jeep!
I was wondering, did you look for a long time, or did you possibly run across it by chance ?
I was wondering, did you look for a long time, or did you possibly run across it by chance ?
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Totally by chance. I wasn't even looking for a TJ. I was driving a 2012 JK Sport at the time, and was at the local Toyota dealership getting my Tacoma an oil change, and decided to wait there. Looked around the lot, and there it was, with 18.3k miles, looked brand new inside & out. No price listed. Didn't really think about buying it that day with no price listed, I figured it was too much. On a whim, the next week, I emailed the dealer for a price. $16.9k. I drove straight over there and signed the papers on my lunch break.
@glwood that's an amazing price for a really beautiful TJ Rubicon. I hope you bought a lottery ticket that day as well!
Did you sell your JK? How much have you driven the silver beauty so far? Would love to see some pics in the wild ..
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The day I signed the paperwork was a Wednesday. The following Saturday I took my JK to Carmax, sold it to them, and walked over to the Toyota dealership to pick up the TJR.
The Rubicon has about 24k miles on it now, so about 6k in the 18 months since purchase. I wish I had some photos of it in the wild, but don't unfortunately...
Gary I'm just curious, how do you plan to use your new Rubi?
Will you do any off-road stuff or keep it pristine and use it as a DD.. ?
Will you do any off-road stuff or keep it pristine and use it as a DD.. ?
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The day I signed the paperwork was a Wednesday. The following Saturday I took my JK to Carmax, sold it to them, and walked over to the Toyota dealership to pick up the TJR.
The Rubicon has about 24k miles on it now, so about 6k in the 18 months since purchase. I wish I had some photos of it in the wild, but don't unfortunately...
My opinion, the TJ is a way better Wrangler than the JK. The newer they get the less real JEEP they become.
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Might as well keep all the information in one place instead of scattered around the forum.
Latest project - painting the blue half doors I picked up for $200 from a guy I sold a blue TJ Sport to years ago, he sold the TJ but still had the doors:
Before
After, so far
Latest project - painting the blue half doors I picked up for $200 from a guy I sold a blue TJ Sport to years ago, he sold the TJ but still had the doors:
Before
After, so far
That’s my green towel in the last picture. I could swear it’s the same one. Love the compost bin. Oh yeah, the doors that’s what I’m supposed to be looking at. They look fantastic....little shad darker, possibly, but it could just be the light since they are not in the same plane as the Jeep.
that’s what I’m supposed to be looking at. They look fantastic....little shad darker, possibly, but it could just be the light since they are not in the same plane as the Jeep.Mighty nice looking paint work there. Yep, I have that towel as well...never leave home without it
I'm not sure what's up with the green towel...but I have the exact same one in my garage too that I use for all sorts of things.
Great job on the doors! You gotta be happy with that! Are you done with them? Just have to let the paint dry more then put the hardware back on?
Great job on the doors! You gotta be happy with that! Are you done with them? Just have to let the paint dry more then put the hardware back on?
That towel thing is hilarious. I went back and took a look at what all the fuss was about, and doggone if I don't have a towel just like it, as well. Mine is still in the bathroom, however, being used rather unimaginatively as a towel. Maybe I should expand its horizons, and relegate it to garage duty!
"Green" towel....."Green" Jeep! How cool is that?!Damn! The peer pressure one has to endure on this forum!