My name is Gregg, but I used the same screen name that I have on several fishing and boat building forums, its just easier for me to keep it simple, incase your wondering about that. I recently bought this 2006 tj ,, also my first time owning a jeep,, with the Golden Eagle package. The previous owner replaced the hood that had the GE decals on it. Vin # confirms the GE option, per my insurance company. I had no idea what that was until I found this site, you guys have a lot of knowledgeable help and seem willing to share. I started out looking for a unmolested Suzuki Sami to tow behind our truck camper on hunting trips and some Sierra stream fishing when we don't have a boat with us. That became very hard to find something that was decent and would pass a Kookafornia smog check. I'm glad I gave up on a Sami and started looking at Jeeps. I was looking for a stock Jeep tj, I like the round headlights, with a 4.0 and a 42rle, trany was not that important since we are basically hunting off logging roads and some skid trails, my hard core off road'n ended years ago when I stopped running hounds on Bear/Lion. A hard top and A/c was also a requirement since I'll drive it around in summer, we live in the Delta and get many 100+deg. days. This rig popped up about a hour away from us, had 108k miles on it. I added the LED lighting all around, when I finish a boat build everything is LED on the project, I just like LED's. Changed out the front bumper because I'm welding up a tow bar that will incorporate with the bumper. Down the road I'll put a 2 1/2" lift and go to 32" tires. After reading some of everyone's thoughts on tires and ring gear selection, from what I have read that should keep things some what mild because of towing it and not have any vibrations or other issues. Sorry I'm no real help on Jeeps per say, but I'm happy to add some direction on fabrication and fiber glassing should someone need it,,,gregg
