I kept playing with the idea of making a build thread on my TJ but it just slips my mind when I start working on her. So I figured I would at least throw a couple pics up and note what I’ve done so far and my plans from here.
When I bought her she had right under 100,000 miles. The previous owner had installed a 2” RE BB lift and 31” tires but other than that it was pretty much stock. The dealership had installed a new soft top and “repaired” the rusted front fenders (shoddy work that was really just a cover up).
At the time I hadn’t planned on buying a new vehicle exactly but I saw this on the ride home and had to stop. I always wanted a TJ and this was almost exactly what I had been wanting. So after thinking it over for a night I signed the papers the next morning. I was a proud owner of a 2006 TJ, 2.4l with a 6 speed manual trans.
I’m not sure if I wanted to laugh or cry when I picked her up. I was ecstatic lol.
I wasn’t sure about the 4 cylinder at first, especially since I’ve had two 4.0 Cherokees that lasted to nearly 300,000 miles each. But the 2.4 surprised me with its gas mileage. It really grew on me and I’m really happy with it…overall lol.
Like everyone I started dreaming and planning what I would do first but it took awhile before I would finally stop him-hawing and started putting in the work. The first thing I did was switch out the wheels and tires. I stayed on with 31s after the deflating realization that 33s aren’t the most realistic choice for the 2.4.
When I bought her she had right under 100,000 miles. The previous owner had installed a 2” RE BB lift and 31” tires but other than that it was pretty much stock. The dealership had installed a new soft top and “repaired” the rusted front fenders (shoddy work that was really just a cover up).
At the time I hadn’t planned on buying a new vehicle exactly but I saw this on the ride home and had to stop. I always wanted a TJ and this was almost exactly what I had been wanting. So after thinking it over for a night I signed the papers the next morning. I was a proud owner of a 2006 TJ, 2.4l with a 6 speed manual trans.
I’m not sure if I wanted to laugh or cry when I picked her up. I was ecstatic lol.
I wasn’t sure about the 4 cylinder at first, especially since I’ve had two 4.0 Cherokees that lasted to nearly 300,000 miles each. But the 2.4 surprised me with its gas mileage. It really grew on me and I’m really happy with it…overall lol.
Like everyone I started dreaming and planning what I would do first but it took awhile before I would finally stop him-hawing and started putting in the work. The first thing I did was switch out the wheels and tires. I stayed on with 31s after the deflating realization that 33s aren’t the most realistic choice for the 2.4.
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