Post pics of your ride!
11-05-2010, 01:41 PM
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Re: Post pics of your ride!
IMO the TJ is far more capable off road (at least out of the box) than a CJ, Chad...
My '99 has the D35 (the second one so far) with 3.07 gears which are absolutely killing me. I'm trying to budget an axle swap and I'm skipping the 44 altogether and going with an 8.8 most likely. I'd love to stretch it on ton's, but realistically I don't need that. I do want to keep drivability and still be able to drive it out of state without too much effort. I'm thinking 8.8, with probably 4.56 or 4.88 gears. I don't realistically see myself going bigger than 37's.
My '99 has the D35 (the second one so far) with 3.07 gears which are absolutely killing me. I'm trying to budget an axle swap and I'm skipping the 44 altogether and going with an 8.8 most likely. I'd love to stretch it on ton's, but realistically I don't need that. I do want to keep drivability and still be able to drive it out of state without too much effort. I'm thinking 8.8, with probably 4.56 or 4.88 gears. I don't realistically see myself going bigger than 37's.
Very true plus if it's cheap why not? CJ frames are a little weaker however this can be fixed with added metal. If you like the CJ look, find a YJ and put a CJ front end on it. YJ's have a wider frame and stronger.
11-05-2010, 01:44 PM
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11-05-2010, 01:47 PM
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Re: Post pics of your ride!
Does your buddies lockright have a clunk between gearchanges? (the lunchbox moving back and forth on the spider shaft basically..)
11-06-2010, 04:04 AM
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The cash came from life insurance that my dad left me.
11-06-2010, 05:34 AM
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Did yours come with hard and soft tops by any chance? At that price, I would hope so, despite the low mileage.
11-06-2010, 10:13 AM
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No. Just the soft top. They threw in the service plan though, which is usually $1995. I have a friend who has a hard top that I'm going to get from him. He had a 2001 and totaled it, but the soft top was on it, so the hard top is fine. I just have to get down to NC to pick it up sometime...
11-06-2010, 11:29 AM
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No. Just the soft top. They threw in the service plan though, which is usually $1995. I have a friend who has a hard top that I'm going to get from him. He had a 2001 and totaled it, but the soft top was on it, so the hard top is fine. I just have to get down to NC to pick it up sometime...
Did he happen to buy it back from insurance, or take any parts off of it? I'm looking everywhere for a reasonably priced stock soft top bow/frame [no fabric necessary] for my Bestop. I gave a few drunk buddies a ride home one night during the summer and one of the dipshits stepped on the soft top frame getting out, causing it to kink--which in turn causes the left rear of the top to sag--which causes it to flap around. Really pissed about that!
So it's an auto, right? Did you get A/C? I wanna know more about it. Is it basically stock?
11-06-2010, 12:17 PM
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LMK if you want me to roll with you. I'm actually going to Boone, NC tomorrow for a concert at ASU.
Did he happen to buy it back from insurance, or take any parts off of it? I'm looking everywhere for a reasonably priced stock soft top bow/frame [no fabric necessary] for my Bestop. I gave a few drunk buddies a ride home one night during the summer and one of the dipshits stepped on the soft top frame getting out, causing it to kink--which in turn causes the left rear of the top to sag--which causes it to flap around. Really pissed about that!
So it's an auto, right? Did you get A/C? I wanna know more about it. Is it basically stock?
Did he happen to buy it back from insurance, or take any parts off of it? I'm looking everywhere for a reasonably priced stock soft top bow/frame [no fabric necessary] for my Bestop. I gave a few drunk buddies a ride home one night during the summer and one of the dipshits stepped on the soft top frame getting out, causing it to kink--which in turn causes the left rear of the top to sag--which causes it to flap around. Really pissed about that!
So it's an auto, right? Did you get A/C? I wanna know more about it. Is it basically stock?