Jkjeeper57
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So a little back store before I kick things off. I have always had a fascination with jeeps and built-up trucks, but in 11’ I test drove a 06’ Rubicon unlimited and was hooked after discussing it with the wife the following weekend returned to the dealership to buy it to find out to my dismay it had been sold. Fast-forward to 13’ opportunity struck again this time in the form of a 2014 Anvil JKUR. After about what felt like a lifetime at the waiting at the dealership we headed home with a whopping 23 miles on the odometer. This was the first vehicle I had owned brand new and planned on keeping it for a very long time.
So being the jeep noob I was at time Anvil was a new color option on all models then and the only one they had in that color was a Rubicon luck would have it. Well I didn't check the window sticker upon purchase and didn't learn unit later on after joining a different forum I didn't have the 4.10 ratio I thought but 3.73:naw:. So after a month of driving it I was addicted and one thing was for certain I had to go bigger. After a year of saving it was finally time so in mid August 2014 I headed to 4 wheel parts to get what I thought at the time was a good deal. To be clear not ragging on them just I didn't do enough research and hadn't been introduced to the glories of WAL yet. After all was said and done walked away with a 2.5" Rubicon express mono tube budget lift, front and rear Body Armor 4x4 bumpers complete with a shittybuilt 9.5k winch. I decided at the time not to get wheels and tire due to the fact that I would be moving to Germany the first of the new year and couldn't risk not passing the vehicle inspection.
. After waiting four months for our jeep to arrive in Germany its was finally time to register, well the first time it failed for no long plate mount, second time was for the "bumper not covering the tire and if I where to hit a pedestrian id with kill them". Well the third time I passed after purchasing a used stock bumper and drilling through the grill to mount a long plate.
. So the build got put on hold for a while. Finally after moving back to the USA was time to "finish" first off was tires, the stock km's were shot so started to shop ended up getting new rims also so made it better. Running Method Racing the standard 17x9 wrapped in 315/70r17 Cooper discoverer STT Pro.
. Stared my boys out young teaching them
. So coming to August of this year trying to made a more family conscious choice we decided to trade in our beloved wrangler for a 2016 Cherokee.
Well after driving the Cherokee for a week I hated it and regretted trading in. Which brings us current after one month of ownership couldn't do it anymore had to get a wrangler so off to dealership again, they had one 2016 Wrangler JKUR left in inventory so knew what we wanted. After many hours at dealership paper work was done but the jeep was in Denver having just arrived from Toledo a couple of days prior. After waiting the weekend it arrived and was finally able to pick it up this past Monday afternoon. Here's the new fresh off the truck ignore the stupid grin
. Only thing that's been done so far is add floor mats otherwise shes bone stock
So this time around it will be a slow build and now that I have discovered WAL I can learn from my mistakes from my last jeep and get some very valuable input from more experienced jeepers. The plan is currents to build plans are 4" evo long arm kit and run 37s. If have any suggestions would love to hear them as this is my first major build and could use all the pointers possible.
So being the jeep noob I was at time Anvil was a new color option on all models then and the only one they had in that color was a Rubicon luck would have it. Well I didn't check the window sticker upon purchase and didn't learn unit later on after joining a different forum I didn't have the 4.10 ratio I thought but 3.73:naw:. So after a month of driving it I was addicted and one thing was for certain I had to go bigger. After a year of saving it was finally time so in mid August 2014 I headed to 4 wheel parts to get what I thought at the time was a good deal. To be clear not ragging on them just I didn't do enough research and hadn't been introduced to the glories of WAL yet. After all was said and done walked away with a 2.5" Rubicon express mono tube budget lift, front and rear Body Armor 4x4 bumpers complete with a shittybuilt 9.5k winch. I decided at the time not to get wheels and tire due to the fact that I would be moving to Germany the first of the new year and couldn't risk not passing the vehicle inspection.
. After waiting four months for our jeep to arrive in Germany its was finally time to register, well the first time it failed for no long plate mount, second time was for the "bumper not covering the tire and if I where to hit a pedestrian id with kill them". Well the third time I passed after purchasing a used stock bumper and drilling through the grill to mount a long plate.
. So the build got put on hold for a while. Finally after moving back to the USA was time to "finish" first off was tires, the stock km's were shot so started to shop ended up getting new rims also so made it better. Running Method Racing the standard 17x9 wrapped in 315/70r17 Cooper discoverer STT Pro.
. Stared my boys out young teaching them
. So coming to August of this year trying to made a more family conscious choice we decided to trade in our beloved wrangler for a 2016 Cherokee.
Well after driving the Cherokee for a week I hated it and regretted trading in. Which brings us current after one month of ownership couldn't do it anymore had to get a wrangler so off to dealership again, they had one 2016 Wrangler JKUR left in inventory so knew what we wanted. After many hours at dealership paper work was done but the jeep was in Denver having just arrived from Toledo a couple of days prior. After waiting the weekend it arrived and was finally able to pick it up this past Monday afternoon. Here's the new fresh off the truck ignore the stupid grin
. Only thing that's been done so far is add floor mats otherwise shes bone stock So this time around it will be a slow build and now that I have discovered WAL I can learn from my mistakes from my last jeep and get some very valuable input from more experienced jeepers. The plan is currents to build plans are 4" evo long arm kit and run 37s. If have any suggestions would love to hear them as this is my first major build and could use all the pointers possible.
