RamP
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With the 1 year anniversary of the purchase of my JK Ithought it was time to start a build thread. I'm a 37 year old father of 2 so the build will be progressing slowly as money always gets allocated else where.
I first test drove it with 3 miles on the odometer and knew I was going to buy it before I even got back to the dealer. That day we put 12 miles on it and I took delivery with 15 miles total. This is the first pic I took of the Jeep the night I drove it home, still at the dealer. It had more options that I wanted. Pretty much ALL of them except for the remote start which is not available for a 6 speed. Including both tops, nav, and heated leather. Drove home 12-12-2012
And here's how it sits today.
The first mod I did was Spidertrax 1.5" wheel spacers. I planned on installing 35's on the stock tires and these were necessary. Here's a before and after. That was 3-12-2013
Three days later I installed a Teraflex Budget Boost. Wayalife write up helped with this.
3-15-2013 Before and after
Immediatly following that was a Cobra 75WXST CB radio. I liked the lack of space it took up and, along with a versa mount II, was put in the perfect position.
Around the same time I got a great deal on a set of 285/70/R17 BFG Mud Terrains so on they went. Before and after.
Along the way I plasti dipped the front grill and replaced the Chrome sword of an antenna with a stubby one.After that I started with side protection and steps for the kids in the way of Ace engineering Side Rails. For me they work great and can be removed easily if the build goes a different way. It's not a permamod.
And rounding out the first year is a VDP stubby bumper mod. As of right now I'll be keeping the stock bumper and this was a no-brainer.
I first test drove it with 3 miles on the odometer and knew I was going to buy it before I even got back to the dealer. That day we put 12 miles on it and I took delivery with 15 miles total. This is the first pic I took of the Jeep the night I drove it home, still at the dealer. It had more options that I wanted. Pretty much ALL of them except for the remote start which is not available for a 6 speed. Including both tops, nav, and heated leather. Drove home 12-12-2012
And here's how it sits today.
The first mod I did was Spidertrax 1.5" wheel spacers. I planned on installing 35's on the stock tires and these were necessary. Here's a before and after. That was 3-12-2013
Three days later I installed a Teraflex Budget Boost. Wayalife write up helped with this.
3-15-2013 Before and after
Immediatly following that was a Cobra 75WXST CB radio. I liked the lack of space it took up and, along with a versa mount II, was put in the perfect position.
Around the same time I got a great deal on a set of 285/70/R17 BFG Mud Terrains so on they went. Before and after.
Along the way I plasti dipped the front grill and replaced the Chrome sword of an antenna with a stubby one.After that I started with side protection and steps for the kids in the way of Ace engineering Side Rails. For me they work great and can be removed easily if the build goes a different way. It's not a permamod.
And rounding out the first year is a VDP stubby bumper mod. As of right now I'll be keeping the stock bumper and this was a no-brainer.
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