[endlesshydro]

So 4 years ago we as in my wife and I made a decision to sell "the Jeep"...SMH yea i know :banghead: Well it turns out the other day i was in the gas station and there was a mildly lifted TJ there. Soon after i see it, the sound of the starter kicked and mild growl of what could only be the exact dynomax exhuast i had on mine came alive. That did it for me went home and told the wife about the flashback and instantly she said lets get another one! (hence one of the many reasons i married her!) so with that being said i began my search!:thumb: Not even a full month later i found a few that i was interested in, and one i was going to buy got sold out from under me. So after being majorly bummed out about it, we almost went for another one, her being sold on the color of it and myself not feeling that instant love we became on the fence about that one also. Ok so now i was feeling like giving up and looking again in the spring. Then it happened i saw one that seemed to good to be true! The price was more then right the options were dead on and so it turns out the color was the same as my previous one! :dance: So without hesitation i call up the bank and lock down the funds, having only made contact with the seller once i now had to wait the very long weekend to hear from him again! apparently he was on a trip and had no service while out there. Now this is feeling scammy to me and getting seriously bummed again. I must have called this guy about 40-50 times over the past three days! We spoke about meeting up but didnt lock any plans and the jeep was still listed as for sale! Its killing me at this point to not be able to lock something down with this guy. The jeep was located about 7 hours from me and i was so paranoid that he was going to sell it locally! So finally after another 2 days and Bam! i got him on the phone and he tells me a time and place. Im so relived and nervous at the same time that after all this it was going to be a compolete bomb and not at all like the pics which were not that great to begin with. But i had done my reasearch and knew what it was worth. So anyway i show up and he shows an hour late.. which was also adding to my nervousness, but as he rolled up man i knew it was the one and boy was i relived! It wasnt cleaned and it wasnt preped up...just delivered and some how that made me feel even better about it. Knowing what i was looking at i knew it had major potential just needed to be cleaned up a bit and throughly gone through. So after chewing him down another $500 that turned out to be icing on the cake! i drove away with what is now a all to familiar friend!!!

So it begins another jeep build slightly diffrent then the first one yet almost exactly the same!

HIS PICTURE OF NEW JEEP

MY OLD JEEP

MY NEW JEEP CLEANED UP

 

[Irongrave]

what are your plans for it

 

[endlesshydro]

OLD JEEP FLEXING OUT

 

[endlesshydro]

Well the list is long and with the savings on the purchase alot of stuff will be bought right off the bat.

Plans include

Snorkel
On board air system with external ports
Misc air guages twin tanks
Bolt in cage
Aux lighting
LED tails
Armor
Rubion locker switch mods


and tons more

 

[97flexy]

thats cool how you made your old jeep outta some one elses, but you should think about getting rid of that big(2"+) BL for a small Spring lift and a 1 or 1.25" BL.

 

[Irongrave]

where in NJ are ya?

 

[endlesshydro]

Yea agree about the BL.. however i am local to the pines and we just have water water and more water... my old jeep had a 3" BL and that was excessive this one has a 2" so its a tad calmer.. my old jeep had a acutal bildge pump on the floor.. started out as a joke but actually came in handy!

 

[endlesshydro]

where in NJ are ya?

Stafford NJ Area... PINELANDS

 

[Irongrave]

ahh if you were central or northern I'd tell you to check out North Jersey Jeep Club, lots of good guys and gals in that club

 

[endlesshydro]

Yea i wouldnt mind mixing it up with some other local jeepers, however i have a 1yr old now which limits my trips well at least till next year when i will be more comfortable taking her with me

 

[endlesshydro]

Led upgrades

Swapped out to LED tails today..

STOCK

LED

 

[endlesshydro]

Led markers

Didnt have these on my old jeep but i like the look of them... there just markers they dont blink

Stock

LED

Both

 

[endlesshydro]

Next up LOD rear Bumper !

 

[endlesshydro]

So the Saga continues, Just dropped about $2400 through Quadratech and man i bet the UPS man is gonna be pissed with me! everything should be showing up in the next few days! Build on! :dance:

 

[endlesshydro]

So most of the goodies showed up yesterday, plans are to have a building party this coming sunday, and see how much stuff i can get done!

Parts that showed up so far :

Snorkel
Corner guards
JKS quicker disconects
gauge pod
tailgate cover
2 sets of KC's
Air vent scoop
LOD rear Bumper
front bushings
clintometer
center hub covers

People coming so far:

Me
My boxer (she's usually not much help)
case of yuengling (helps when you need to cut holes in the jeep body)

 

[endlesshydro]

So it was a busy weekend... Finished up a bunch of mods!

JKS Quicker disco's
Snorkel
LOD rear bumper with D-rings
Tailgate armor
Rear corner armor
Vent scoop
Kc lights on tube bar bumper
clintometer lighted
Engergy suspension swaybar bushings
Rubicon locker mod
install all switches in center dash


not a bad weekend, now to recover!

 

[endlesshydro]

 

[endlesshydro]

Well its not exact replica any more but it's heading in the exact direction i wanted my old one to go!

 

[vtjohn]

Is that rear license plate trimmed on the right hand side? Like the look of how you have it mounted, but if it is trimmed I couldn't do that here in Va. Like your build so far!

 

[endlesshydro]

Thanks! No not trimmed folded over... Technically it's a no no... but im gonna run it till i get a complaint...:surrender:

Next up is winshield mounted Kc's and rock guards for all the lights..