I ended up with the sound system upgrade and I may have got a bit amped up! It was fun learning how to match system components, how to tune the new amp I added and then the install went pretty easy.
Replaced the front dash and sound bar speakers with Polk 5.25" coaxial, added the sound pods to the front and packed the sound bar cavity with poly fill, ran all new heavy gauge speaker wire to all four corners.
The woofer never worked after the PO installed an aftermarket head unit and it was trash anyway so I dropped in a Kicker compact 8" sub in the console and turned the console into a sub enclosure using some MDF and packed it with poly fill. Didn't lose any storage in the console upper tray either, it just fit,
Then installed a Soundstream amp under the steering column by fabing up a little bracket where it rides horizontally behind the lower steering column panel where I can access for any additional tuning needed. Then swapped the head unit with a nice little JVC with a Sirus adapter.
I did good, this little fucker really bumps now! About all you want at 25% volume and it didn't crack during high volume testing. Never thought I would be doing a stereo upgrade and kinda scoffed at those that that was their first up grade, but the TJ is a capable 4 wheeler now and I wanted to do something to it this winter.
I added spacers as well for the sub clearence and mines a 5 channel amp so I'm feeding 100 watts to each corner and 400 watts to the sub with plenty to spare. Pretty fun cranking it up at the Jeep gathering and watching everyone migrate over to see what was up!
My winter to do list turned into a transmission overhaul and new torque converter
Torque converter shudder got so bad that it was causing the jeep to skitter all over the place on icy roads
finish center bezel modifications for ipad mini mount now that i have no radio head unit
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UPDATE:
I've officially accomplished virtually nothing since starting this thread...
I think the only thing I've done is replace all 4 o2 sensors, but I still have cat efficiency errors.
Sorry dude, that sucks.
I finally found where my antifreeze smell was coming from, which dictates a water pump / thermostat replacement. Might as well fix the noise heater blower at the same time.
Got the new-to-me Rockmen ACAs apart and mostly cleaned up. Should be finishing that up this weekend.
ACA install
Savy GTS install
OBA install if I am lucky
New battery connectors and Anderson quick disconnectors for the winch/jumper cables.
After that it depends on what Santa brings.
Water pump is better than a heater core any day of the week
Hydro assist
Savvy transmission mount needs flipped
Rockers
Torque box repair
Genright body mounts
Savvy body lift
Tie rod flip
BMB raised sway bar links
I have everything for this minus the hydro assist cylinder. Just need to find the time.