figured i give this build thread thing a try

anyways, i didn't start taking pictures of all my modifications while i did them because i wasn't on the forum and no one but me really cared, might still be the case but oh well, so these are the earliest pictures i have of PEEJ as he was named by my fiancee

 

before i get started here i wanted to mention that I got the jeep from my older brother and he had the windows tinted. i saw the potential and ran with it. i worked at a body shop and got some wheels of a junk jeep in the yard painted them black and threw them on Peej. i now am kicking myself for not taking more of the junk jeep. i couldve rebuilt my whole jeep from it

 

 

I like the smoked out look, I also have smoked taillight and side markers on my jeep. Im a big fan.... any plans on lift and tires or other mods?

 

many plans to come, just started this thread trying to catch up on what i did and how it got to where it is today

 

decided i would start taking pictures of my mileage periodically to determine how many miles i put on it over a certain time, this pic is of it on 6/2/12 and the other is what it looks like cleaned

 

a few trips to the beach and two months later and my mileage is 153666,

 

added some cheapo $20 lights from advanced, no light output at all

pictures arent working right now

edit: got the pictures working, had to compress the files

 

anyways the lights sucked so did my headlights so i upgraded to a 6000k bi xenon felx kit from kensun and got that installed in early november

 

christmas time came along did a little christmas decorating

 

then i decided to start doing big boy mods and ordered some bumpers and d rings, pictures still arent working, anyways i got a front and rear bumper from nates 4x4 for 475 free shipping

 

bumper on after discovering i needed new u joints and bearings and hubs during the process

 

in the process of getting the rear bumper on but can't these rusty bolts off

took it to the body shop i used to work at to get them to cut the bolts off and install the bumper, i figured while it's there i might as well get the whole in the driver's side floor pan fixed

anyways this is my daily driver and i put about 3000 miles on it a month. i am just getting in to offroading

plans

3in rough country lift with new rear leaf springs
and 31 inch tires
either cowl induction or snorkel (i really like dukie's write up https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f67/my...snorkle-67919/ )

trying to decide what rims to get, definitely wanna stay with the whole black on black theme but everyone has craggers...

 

so another guy on the forum my89xj is selling some parts from his jeep that hit a tree, im gonna get his 3 in coils and leafs for a total of $120 then i am looking at some bilsteins 5100 series. for $350 what do you guys think? http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merch...egory_Code=XSP

 

I like the Christmas wreath lol. I meant to do that this year.