HELLO ALL


I just joined the forum but I have been in my jeep for 3 years and come here often for imforamtion. so I joined and started a build thread

 

 

like I said, I have had my jeep since 2012 when I graduated from college. my grand parents bought the jeep as a gift. 4500 out the door. it had 146000 on it.

 

and this is the most recent picture with over 200,000 miles!

 

I try and do all my own maintenance.


since I bought it I have replaced;


hatch struts
red top battery
new radiator x3
new water pump x3
front u-joints
spark plugs ignition coil x3
new 6.5 kicker speakers front and rear
starter
starter replay
new belt
thermostat x3
I redid my headliner
upper and lower ball joints
front brakes
2 inch BB LIFT-SPACER/AAL/SHOCKS
TIRES
steering box
JCR steering brace

 

one of the first things i did was fix the saggin headliner.







pieces of trim that i took off




cleaning the headliner




more cleaning








over lap that i did to prevent saggin in the future




cutting the rear speaker holes






finished product

 

than i found some rims. i didnt really know what direction i was going to go with the jeep. but some free rims were making the decision for me











size of the rims







so with these rims i decided to go with a budget lift kit for now

 

BB LIFT

 

LIFT KIT




MORE LIFT KIT




rear add a leaf






half way done. i ran out of time over the weekend, so i had to have a shop do the front of the lift. and i didnt know how to really. haha




LIFT DONE. 225 TIRES still on

 

maintenance




new red top battery




when i bought the jeep i was having issues with a whistle when driving above 60 mph. so i used a 3m windshield caulk and it worked perfect.




new lift with new rims and tires

 

than we went wheelin






my heep




friend stuck




than my little brother thought it would be a good idea to run into a tree.








after the day




after math

 

last weekend I put on a front hitch for recovery purposes.

 

so I got the bug. the jeep bug.


CL finds:


double shear track bar
3" rc coils

 

after work today, im going to try and drill and tap the two holes


anything else I should try?!?!

 

Looks good! I like the material used on the headliner, reminds me of speaker box carpeting


Did your threads just strip out on the cross member? I feel like your only options would be to drill and tap, or drill/tap and helicoil to retain the factory threading.