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Gray 2002 Jeep Wrangler (TJ)

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Gold Bar Rim, 6/2/2006
 

TrailDamage.com member since May 31st, 2006
 
Daytime Telephone: 832.330.2840
State: Texas
Age Range: 31-35

Favorite Passengers: Kate Beckinsale
I wheel with a CB radio

TRAIL DAMAGE: Taco'ed the old stock exhaust in Moab in 2006 taking out the rear passenger shock - replaced the rear shocks and rewelded the exhaust at the time Blew up the spider gears in the original front axle - Robert gave me his old spares and we put them in when we got back from Denver

Current Modifications
 

37" KM2's with Staun internal beadlocks and rock rings
5.5 RK Gen-X long arm
Custom exhaust mods to fit lift with quietest but not quiet enough muffler
1.25" body lift
Trussed Spidertrax 609 axles (rear 3.5" tube) with 1/4" steel strike guards and F450 unit bearing hubs front and rear - all control arm and shock mounts rotated up stretching wheelbase 4"
ARB lockers front and rear
High clearance 1 ton steering
4.88 TruHi9 diffs
35 spline 300m rear shafts
35 spline 4340 front shafts with 300m u-joints
Warn premium locking hubs front and drive flanges rear
Shrockworks front bumper
Shrockworks rock sliders
Half a Shockworks rear bumper, top half of rear bumper is Genright fold down tire carrier
CJ tailgate
Custom fabbed corner guards
Nth degree engine skid
Kilby gas tank skid
NV4500
STaK mini monster 3 speed box
HAD 1350 driveshafts
Stroked I-6
Aluminum radiator
7 blade fan
PSC steering box and pump
Dual Odyssey batteries with battery management
Hydroboost brakes
Milemarker 12000 lb hydraulic winch
Interior bedliner
ExtremeAir Magnum air compressor
Kilby air tank
Premier Power Welder
Personally fabbed tool box in rear with front access lockbox
Full cage
In-cab dual battery, winch, locker, and compressor switches
Tuffy glove box
Warn 7" fender flares
Black doors because I taco'ed one into a McDonalds - ask Bob Scott, he died laughing
Ugly but functional hood vents complete with paint peeling off
Really bright headlights - I can't even remember what they are
HMMWV rear taillights with steel panels
New stereo head unit with marine cover and decent speakers
1 year of my life in build time
An acre of blood, sweat, profanity, and occasional tears
Several head shaped impressions in the undercarriage courtesy of me sitting up too quickly
One face shaped impression on the driver door courtesy of a local punk trying to break into the Jeep who happened to ... hmmm ... slip
Signatures of my brothers, dad, and myself on the body for putting so much time into it - by far my favorite and most meaningful mod of all time

Future Modifications
 

Install the Avenger supercharger sitting on the crate next to the Split Second tuner in the storage shed
Cut, modify, and reweld the rollcage to fit the new seats
Install the Twisted Stitch seats sitting in the storage shed
Run the air intake into the cowl for a true cold air intake
Install cable shifters for the t-case and therefore close giant hole for the POS STaK shifters that came with it and had to be EXTENSIVELY modified to even work
5 minute epoxy the slow weeping 6 drop a day leak in the t-case due to casting flaw after I find a way to remove the JB Weld that didn't set in time
Run a dedicated hydraulic pump for the winch - need one at 1800 psi and around 10-12 gpm - advice e
Go to junkyard and find a rubber shift boot to close up the giant hole in the body I had to cut to clear the NV4500 tunnel
Plug some holes in the body because I lost the rubber drain plugs
Fix broken AC - hey, I live in Texas and regularly travel to Arizona, so cut me some slack
After the next our overseas job switch front and rear shocks and springs to coilovers
And with that I am completely done.

 
Trails Conquered
(10 Trails)

Behind The Rocks
Boxcar Bridge
Canyon Rim Overlooks
Gold Bar Rim
Golden Spike
Green Day
Kane Creek Canyon
Minor Threat
Moab Rim
Poison Spider Mesa

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