thereich
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I've decided to throw my Jeep on here for some input from the WAL crowd. I started off making a mistake from day 1 and buying what I didn't really want. Now I can't bring myself to trade it in or sell it for anything else so I will keep buying parts for it. Some of this is out of order because I have had the jeep for over 2 years before starting this thread.
I started off with a new 2014 2 door Sport that had River Raider garbage scabbed on it from the idiots at River Raider themselves. It looked pretty on the lot and I fell into the trap. I was 19 and had a job that put me in a position to buy a new vehicle so I was too eager to get something NOW. Moving forward I decided to get everything they did off of it.
I took off their spacer lift and installed a 2.5" DualSport AEV kit with JKS quicker discos and adjustable rear links. I also got an EVO oil pan skid.
I knew I wanted a soft top so I picked one up "used" off craigslist for cheap. It was used for 2 weeks.
The bumpers and fenders had started to rust underneath the $hit coating RR did. They had to go. I also wasn't a fan of the 200-300lbs that came with them. I decided to go with EVO's rear frame tabs and aluminum cover. For the front I wanted to lighten it up so I went with GenRight's aluminum stubby.
I eventually picked up a set of stock flares to cut and replace the RR tube fenders. (Going back to stock after these is a pain due to half the mounting holes are 2x the size and don't hold the plastic clips anymore.)
New MTR'k in the 35" flavor. Those Fierces lasted 40k miles and still had half tread, I just quit rotating them and they cupped.
I bought a used Warn M8000 off someone local for cheap and stripped it down and rebuilt everything and strung it back up with some new TRE rope and Safety Thimble.
I also made a number of trips to Rock Run during this process. First trip being at 900 miles on the odometer.
Some pictures will be added when photobucket stops sucking.
I started off with a new 2014 2 door Sport that had River Raider garbage scabbed on it from the idiots at River Raider themselves. It looked pretty on the lot and I fell into the trap. I was 19 and had a job that put me in a position to buy a new vehicle so I was too eager to get something NOW. Moving forward I decided to get everything they did off of it.
I took off their spacer lift and installed a 2.5" DualSport AEV kit with JKS quicker discos and adjustable rear links. I also got an EVO oil pan skid.
I knew I wanted a soft top so I picked one up "used" off craigslist for cheap. It was used for 2 weeks.
The bumpers and fenders had started to rust underneath the $hit coating RR did. They had to go. I also wasn't a fan of the 200-300lbs that came with them. I decided to go with EVO's rear frame tabs and aluminum cover. For the front I wanted to lighten it up so I went with GenRight's aluminum stubby.
I eventually picked up a set of stock flares to cut and replace the RR tube fenders. (Going back to stock after these is a pain due to half the mounting holes are 2x the size and don't hold the plastic clips anymore.)
New MTR'k in the 35" flavor. Those Fierces lasted 40k miles and still had half tread, I just quit rotating them and they cupped.
I bought a used Warn M8000 off someone local for cheap and stripped it down and rebuilt everything and strung it back up with some new TRE rope and Safety Thimble.
I also made a number of trips to Rock Run during this process. First trip being at 900 miles on the odometer.
Some pictures will be added when photobucket stops sucking.
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