Wrangler owners

[hammerd13]

Is your avatar the same jeep?

Yes sir. Avatar is an old pic...a few Jeep revisions ago.

 

[deo62]

Very nice improvements!

 

[Rookie]

Some days, I really miss this one...

 

[Jeepfanatic]

1998 TJ 4.0l

Suspension/Wheels

• Clayton Offroad 5.5" Long Arm suspension
• 3/4" front coil spacers
• 1" poly body lift
• Currie HD Steering with box support
• Currie Antirock front swaybar
• M/T Classic 15"x8" (4.5" backspacing) aluminum wheels
• 36"x12.5" Super Swamper TSL tires

Engine/Drivetrain
Overall crawl ratio = 3.83 x 4.3 x 4.56 = 75.1:1

• 4.0 liter inline six cylinder
• Turbo City Rock-It intake tube and K&N filter
• Borla header
• Random Technology catalytic converter
• Magnaflow 4" diameter muffler terminating at trailing edge of skid
• Redline synthetics in difs & transmission. TORCO MTF in transfer case. Mobil 1 in crankcase.
• OEM AX15 transmission
• Atlas II 4.3:1 transfer case
• Tom Wood driveshafts
• Dana 44 rear axle with Detroit Softlocker
• Dana 30 front axle with Powertrax No-Spin locker
• Dana 4.56 gears front and rear
• Superior alloy axle shafts

Recovery/Bumpers/Skidplating

• Currie RockCrawler front bumper
• Currie RockCrawler rear bumper with tire carrier
• Rhino lined rockers with Poison Spyder Customs rocker guards
• Clayton Offroad transmission and oil pan skidplates
• Kilby gas tank skidplate
• Warn HS9500i winch with RecoveryGear.com accessory kit
• Tow straps, tow straps, tow straps (you can't have too many!)
• Hi-Lift jack
• Warn 10,000lb tow hooks on front bumper
• Poison Spyder Customs steering box skidplate
• Currie front lower control arm skidplates (welded on)
• Poison Spyder Customs full rollcage
• Genright rear corner guards
• Custom built front flat fenders

Communications

• Garmin GPS II+
• Uniden 520 XL - CB
• Firestick CB antenna
• Yaesu FT-50R dual-band handheld - amateur radio
• Audiovox FRS handhelds - family radio service

Other stuff

• Hand throttle
• Husky floor liners
• Grote LED rear tail lights
• Herculiner on entire body interior
• 30W rear-facing tractor lights (2) with lighted cab switch mounted to Currie rear bumper

That's an awesome TJ! I'm surprised you haven't upgraded the D30 though. Has it given you any issues with the 36s?

 

[Jeepfanatic]

Some days, I really miss this one...

When/why did you get rid of it? What are you driving now?

 

[Rookie]

I got rid of it 10-12 years ago when we stopped off roading all the time. It was off road only, so it wasn't practical to keep it. Now I have a 2015 JKU Rubicon hard rock edition.

 

[Jeepfanatic]

I got rid of it 10-12 years ago when we stopped off roading all the time. It was off road only, so it wasn't practical to keep it. Now I have a 2015 JKU Rubicon hard rock edition.

Stock or have you lifted it?

 

[Rookie]

Stock. Momma and I are getting too old to climb into lifted jeeps.

 

[Jeepfanatic]

Stock. Momma and I are getting too old to climb into lifted jeeps.

My wife complains about not having running boards on my JKU. I won't have a choice but to put them on when I go to 35s

 

[hammerd13]

That's an awesome TJ! I'm surprised you haven't upgraded the D30 though. Has it given you any issues with the 36s?

I did break an original front outer shaft (driver's side) once, before putting in the upgraded axle shafts all the way around. The D30 (and really D44) is horribly undersized for the bias ply 36s.

I'm looking to build stronger assemblies and stretch the wheelbase a bit. GM 14 bolt rear and D60 front is the wish.

As you know, axle assemblies aren't cheap. In retrospect, I should have upgraded axles long ago, but these units keep plugging along. They have survived wheeling all over the US since 1998...Ouray, CO, Moab UT, NC, KY, MO, TN, IL, IN, MI, etc.

 

[hammerd13]

When you are serious about it let me price you a couple of different options. Jeep has multiple retrofit axle assemblies available for TJs.

Will do! Thank you sir.

 

[RND]

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