Hello - my name is Andrew. I'm new to the Jeep world. I just got my TJ a few days ago. So far, I love driving it, but it's had its quirks - today was a new one (tea kettle whistle - it went away after I pulled over and lifted the hood - definitely coming from the intake; I'm planning on cleaning the throttle body and IAC valve when I get some time).
Anyhow - she's red, and her name is Candie (my wife named both my cars; she calls them the driveway whores). Got her with 130k+ on the odo. She has a hardtop, auto, and the 4.0 I6. Overall, she looks almost brand new, and the underside seems to be in almost perfect shape - I don't think she's ever been wheeled.
Eventually, that's gunna change...
In the meantime, she's my daily (most days) driver - I also own a 1999 Isuzu VehiCROSS (her name is Trixie), which is the vehicle I am most in love with, and I baby the heck out of. Now I have a second. My wallet is screaming, I think.
Candie needs some love in the future - I've already found that a PO installed light pods and ran the wires thru bare holes in the firewall; I found this when I was installing a battery cut-off switch and a hood lock yesterday (just a couple of minor security mods). I already knew one set of lights didn't work, and when I was disconnecting the negative for the cutoff, I found one of the negative wires for the pods had come loose, then I traced the wires and saw the horror. Of course, off the positive side they didn't add a fuse. It was a fire waiting to happen, so I disconnected them for now until I can get in there and fix 'em right.
She also will need some new tires (P185/70R17) and one new rim for a full-sized spare (currently she sports one of the old wheels and tires as a spare, which is almost worthless, but better than nothing I guess). That will also mean I need to get a rear bumper with tire carrier (so that's going to be a "buy soon" item - I've got 6 or so months left on the tires I think). I'll probably get a winch at some point, and I need to mount my hi-lift somewhere (I once owned an old 79 Bronco, and bought the jack for it).
I can just hear the money flowing away like a river...!
Anyhow - she's red, and her name is Candie (my wife named both my cars; she calls them the driveway whores). Got her with 130k+ on the odo. She has a hardtop, auto, and the 4.0 I6. Overall, she looks almost brand new, and the underside seems to be in almost perfect shape - I don't think she's ever been wheeled.
Eventually, that's gunna change...
In the meantime, she's my daily (most days) driver - I also own a 1999 Isuzu VehiCROSS (her name is Trixie), which is the vehicle I am most in love with, and I baby the heck out of. Now I have a second. My wallet is screaming, I think.
Candie needs some love in the future - I've already found that a PO installed light pods and ran the wires thru bare holes in the firewall; I found this when I was installing a battery cut-off switch and a hood lock yesterday (just a couple of minor security mods). I already knew one set of lights didn't work, and when I was disconnecting the negative for the cutoff, I found one of the negative wires for the pods had come loose, then I traced the wires and saw the horror. Of course, off the positive side they didn't add a fuse. It was a fire waiting to happen, so I disconnected them for now until I can get in there and fix 'em right.
She also will need some new tires (P185/70R17) and one new rim for a full-sized spare (currently she sports one of the old wheels and tires as a spare, which is almost worthless, but better than nothing I guess). That will also mean I need to get a rear bumper with tire carrier (so that's going to be a "buy soon" item - I've got 6 or so months left on the tires I think). I'll probably get a winch at some point, and I need to mount my hi-lift somewhere (I once owned an old 79 Bronco, and bought the jack for it).
I can just hear the money flowing away like a river...!