Congrats on the Jeep. It looks good. Two things you should know. Your wife will probably want to make the Jeep her car. Also, JEEP stands for Just Empty Every Pocket.
My jeep is a 2004
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It came with all of the equipment and mods you see. My tires are 33x12.5 and my lift is 4". I spent some time early correcting driveability problems. My issues were the crappy Skyjacker track bar on the front, and tires that needed to be trued. I changed all of my fluids, including flushing the brake fluid. The biggest expenditures for me has been replacing the drive shafts. The front started making noise while I was on a trip and I found a place in Reno that fixed that. The back was replaced more as a preventative measure. The existing driveshafts were stock. The new ones have double cardan joints at the transfer case. I removed the back seat and installed a Tuffy box. Now I don't have people asking to ride, and I have secure storage. I bought a couple of things from Quadratech early which means I get regular catalog deliveries from them. The catalog always sets me dreaming. It's not Victoria Secret, but it's not bad.
My jeep has 61,000 miles on the Odometer plus some tow time. I have some big summer plans in a place far away, so I am considering changing the axle u-joints, ball joints, and front wheel bearings. I'd like to eventually replace the Skyjacker control arms with Currie arms. The Skyjacker stuff has been functional, so I am pushing that out for a while.
I caught the Jeep bug while motorcycle riding in Colorado. We stayed in a campground with guys from the FMCA Jeep Club. They were riding in the same places we were, and it looked like fun. Best of all, they had windows, heat, AC, storage, and they didn't have to worry about falling over in the turns. My wheeling has been fairly mild. Most of it is in the GA, NC, TN mountains on good forest roads. I did do a little bit of the Kentucky Adventure Tour and some of it was demanding. The KAT has sections labeled hard. The guy that laid the route out isn't kidding. I've jeeped a little out west and loved it. One place i went to before I had a jeep was Idaho, and I want to go back.
I found this forum a couple of weeks ago. This after 2 years of following forums that didn't really fit what I was looking for. The guys and gals here are friendly and knowledgeable. Welcome aboard
Good luck with your jeep.