New to the 4-banger forum and to the 2.5, but here are a list of all the Jeeps I've loved before...
- 2002 TJ Sport, 4.0l/manual, Hard top, factory rear 44 (W/3.73), K&N & synth all the way around, Bid Daddy Rock Sliders, Husky liners, CB
- 1990 XJ Limited, 4.0l/auto , Rusty's 3" lift (new leaf packs)shocks and dampener, Pacesetter header, MSD coil, K&N & synth all the way around, Optima battery, BFG TAs 31x10.5 on black steelies, Magnaflow muffler 2.5 exhaust.
- 2004 TJ Rubicon, 4.0l/manual, hard & Soft tops, BFG TAs 31x10.5 on black steelies, K&N & synth all the way around
-1981 CJ5, GM Iron Duke/Manual (Only 4-banger till now), tore it down completly, painted olive drab, new bestop, smittybuilt classic rockcrawler bumpers, Big-O 31x11.5 on back steelies, neoprene seat covers, tuffy rear storage/speaker boxes, Herculined the interior... and darned near every stock thing replaced
Should have never sold it. Custom smiley-face shifters!
-1989 MJ, 4.0l/Manual, "Metric-ton" (Rear Dana 44), 30x9.5 Cooper discoveries... Great Truck!!! I miss it.
-2004 TJ Rubicon, 4.0l/Manual, Smittybuilt Classic rockcrawler bumpers w/ tire swing, 1" BL, 4.5" Rock Krawler suspension lift (w/ rear truss, Toyo 35x12.5 on American racing alums, 4.88 gears, Hard & Bikini tops, Optima battery, K&N & synth all the way around.
And my current one and only...
-1999 TJ SE, 2.5/Manual, S35 w/ Detroit locker in rear, Diff cover gaurds, tuffy console, soft top (love my half-doors, steering brace, Rocker sliders, 1"BL, K&N & synth all the way around, 29x8.5 Goodyear Wranglers on stocker steel rims.
As you can see I've done a lot of work and spent too much $$$ on Jeeps in the past. I'm keeping my 4-banger.
Current plan is "over-built daily driver." It's green wanna keep the little stock military (sorta) look. I'll armor the underside, bumpers (tire swing), then get it high enough for 31 or 30x9.5 (wanna keep the stocker steels I love them. Get an autolocker in the front Dana 30.
Then replace anything that breaks with performance parts... Need to be more sane. Thought I would list any aftermarket thingy I had experience with that way folk could ask fitment, etc... questions.