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While some folks are pretty hardcore with initial mods (due to excitement and "visions") - I took a smarter approach that made me far superior than anyone else on this forum (sarcasm)
1. Debadge the car. Removed the stickers/emblems with some dental floss and goo remover. If this is something you may want to do - do it now, while the paint is fresh. Don't wait until the sun fades your paint.
2. Drive the car. Take it places. Blare the radio. Live with the car for a month or two. Start a collection jar on your kitchen counter, cause trust me, you're gonna need it. Proceed to step #3.
3. Make a list of wants vs. needs. Prioritize.
4. My needs: new headlights. (headlights suck). Quadratec stealth or JW Speakers ($700). Step bars ($200)- even at 6'4", I can get in fine, but my friends can't. So, I ordered some step bars.
5. Regret the step bars. Should have bought something more "hardcore" that provided armor protection. Oh well.
6. Remove hardtop and realize you have no place to store/put it. Research online for a simple DIY cart made from 2x4's. ($40) Make it and store soft top in garage.
7. Have OCD kick in and realize the fog lights don't match the headlights. Buy a pair a led fogs ($179).
8. Enjoy car for a month or two. Then, see one parked at gas station with fancy 50" led bar and dually lights. Drool. Order online the follow day, while at work. ($900)
9. LED bar/dually lights arrive in mail. Realize you didn't really need them, but might as well install it. Once installed, go to home depot to buy door trim to make the led bar whistling sound stop ($17).
10. While driving home from Home Depot, you see a wrangler with impressive tires/wheels. Appears they also have spacers. Drool while waiting at red light.
11. Come home, place home depot bag (door trim/foam) in a location that you'll never find it again. Jump online and research tire/rim packages. Have wife come downstairs and yell at you for being online "researching" for nearly 4 hours, as you've hemmed and hawed over 9 different options.
12. Rationalize that with new tires, should come a better suspension. Hmmm..
13. Look at collection jar on kitchen counter (part of step 2) and realize $57 in change doesn't buy much for suspension.
14. Lay in bed, staring at ceiling, agonizing over 2.5 vs. 3.5 lift with 33 or 35 inch tires. Toss and turn. Think back to step 1, the simpler days - where your "Big Mod" was simply removing a badge and that was free. Now, you're looking at $3,000 in suspension/tire upgrade.
15. Wake up the next day, groggy and confused. "What should I do?" you may ask. Here's my advice. Go outside, wash and wax your jeep. Detail it - inside and outside. Stand back, crack a beer, and realize you're driving one of the coolest vehicles out there - and you don't need to follow trends/be influenced at every new mod that comes out. Things will happen in time, so space out your decisions and gradually build your jeep over time. Besides - no rush, right.
16. After 3rd beer - jump online and order that $3,000 lift/suspension/tire package.