First and foremost, I am new to the Jeep scene and I look forward to learning what I can from all of you out there. I have plenty of skills and will be doing nearly everything myself, however I love to hear how others approach things or the learn about the tried and failed techniques. Building, wrenching and all out custom building vehicles is not new for me, just owning a Jeep is new.
So to get the story of the Jeep. I recently bought this from a local seller. There was not much done to the 2004 TJ besides a 4" lift and 33 12.5 15 wheels and tires. It did come with a military style trailer that is matching in color (black) with a custom 3 link suspension with matching wheels and tires. The jeep has the 4.0 liter, manual transmission and 106k original miles. No rust, no wrecks and all around good shape. $4,500.00 seemed like a great deal for the combination of jeep and trailer so I had to jump on the deal quickly.... somehow I was chosen out of the 100s of people wanting this one.
My goal is to have a jeep that I can drive from my driveway at any given time and in any season. I plan to build it somewhat overland style (that is what the trailer will be mostly for). The jeep itself will take me deeper and farther into the woods and deserts than any of the other vehicles I have owned so far. I am an outdoor adventure type of person so this will help me with that tremendously.
Some things will be very simple and others a bit more over the top for the final build. As most of the other projects I have built or been part of over the years, the direction of the build changes along the way. So please if I change directions from here, please do not crucify me. haha
I will be keeping the 4" pro comp lift that is on it and working out any bugs as I continue to build it and use the jeep. (we often do not know what it needs until we start using it for how we want)
I have a living room full of parts that need to be installed and I am looking forward to some decent weather to make that happen... Wish I had a large shop!!
This is a list of the items either on it currently or sitting in my house waiting for my time.
I have already installed the following:
new soft top ( Bestop TREK NX soft top)
Rough Country 50" LED light bar with RC brackets
LED headlights with painted bezels (have to separate yourself somehow from the rest of the black jeeps)
custom mounted switches
custom mounted CB mount and CB, replaced
Pioneer single Din CD player
Upgraded 5.25" front speaker with conversion mounts and speaker buckets.
4" pro comp lift
33" BFG All Terrains
4.56 gears
aussie locker front
Detroit true trak rear
Chromoly shafts
upgraded U joints
custom front and rear bumpers with spare carrier
Smitty X20 10K winch
rough counrty 50" black series light bar
LED headlight upgrade
LED under bumper and under body rock lites
LED flood lights flush mounted in rear bumper
dual battery with independent accessory fuse / relay box
Aftermarket radio install with 5 1/4" front speaker conversion
Select Increments Quad pod enclosures for 8" subs and 6 1/2" rear speakers
Rockford Fosgate 5 Channel amp
CB Radio
Back Lighted accessory switches
Best Top Trek soft top
Custom off road trailer for overland camping in the process as well.
So to get the story of the Jeep. I recently bought this from a local seller. There was not much done to the 2004 TJ besides a 4" lift and 33 12.5 15 wheels and tires. It did come with a military style trailer that is matching in color (black) with a custom 3 link suspension with matching wheels and tires. The jeep has the 4.0 liter, manual transmission and 106k original miles. No rust, no wrecks and all around good shape. $4,500.00 seemed like a great deal for the combination of jeep and trailer so I had to jump on the deal quickly.... somehow I was chosen out of the 100s of people wanting this one.
My goal is to have a jeep that I can drive from my driveway at any given time and in any season. I plan to build it somewhat overland style (that is what the trailer will be mostly for). The jeep itself will take me deeper and farther into the woods and deserts than any of the other vehicles I have owned so far. I am an outdoor adventure type of person so this will help me with that tremendously.
Some things will be very simple and others a bit more over the top for the final build. As most of the other projects I have built or been part of over the years, the direction of the build changes along the way. So please if I change directions from here, please do not crucify me. haha
I will be keeping the 4" pro comp lift that is on it and working out any bugs as I continue to build it and use the jeep. (we often do not know what it needs until we start using it for how we want)
I have a living room full of parts that need to be installed and I am looking forward to some decent weather to make that happen... Wish I had a large shop!!
This is a list of the items either on it currently or sitting in my house waiting for my time.
I have already installed the following:
new soft top ( Bestop TREK NX soft top)
Rough Country 50" LED light bar with RC brackets
LED headlights with painted bezels (have to separate yourself somehow from the rest of the black jeeps)
custom mounted switches
custom mounted CB mount and CB, replaced
Pioneer single Din CD player
Upgraded 5.25" front speaker with conversion mounts and speaker buckets.
4" pro comp lift
33" BFG All Terrains
4.56 gears
aussie locker front
Detroit true trak rear
Chromoly shafts
upgraded U joints
custom front and rear bumpers with spare carrier
Smitty X20 10K winch
rough counrty 50" black series light bar
LED headlight upgrade
LED under bumper and under body rock lites
LED flood lights flush mounted in rear bumper
dual battery with independent accessory fuse / relay box
Aftermarket radio install with 5 1/4" front speaker conversion
Select Increments Quad pod enclosures for 8" subs and 6 1/2" rear speakers
Rockford Fosgate 5 Channel amp
CB Radio
Back Lighted accessory switches
Best Top Trek soft top
Custom off road trailer for overland camping in the process as well.