Hello all.
Chris here. I'm not new to Jeepin' but I'm new to this board. I'm a Jeep FREAK!!! My daily driver, "unfortunately", is a 4 Door F-250 Superduty because it's a bear to get my kid in and out of the car seat in the back of my TJ every day. That said, I also have a 2005 Hemi Grand Cherokee that my wife drives and of course, my baby.......My 2000 TJ. She sits up an additional 4 inches, thanks to a TeraFlex Long Arm Kit and rolling High on 35/12.50 Wrangler MTR's on "factory" Canyon Rims. I run a K&N FIPK intake and Banks Monster Exhaust to juice my 2.5L up a bit. Now, "Juice" is a funny word there because that little 4 Banger is pushing through stock diff. gears in the factory Dana 30 and 35's. I'm using a TeraLow Low Range kit in my NP231 which helps, and she doesn't have any torque issues in 4 Low, just 3rd gear on the highway type issues. I moved back to Maryland about a year ago, from Hawaii. I spent 3 years out there tearin' up the island (Oahu). I've got 1.5 kids now though so I've cut down a bit on trail time. I've got boatloads of other mods like Rhino Lining the interior and building a custom sound bar with 6 speakers and over 2500 watts of overall vehicular audio output to name a few.
"IF YOU DON'T CUSTOMIZE IT, IT'S NOT REALLY YOURS"
I certainly don't claim to be an expert but I've been around the block a few times so if you have a question, comment, or just want to bounce an idea off me, feel free.
Glad to see there's plenty of folks out there enjoying the excitement and challenges of the 4 banger world.