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Best friday ever!!!! (new wrangler)
« on: November 14, 2008, 03:33:02 PM »
I'm the proud new owner of this green 1999 Wrangler 4 banger, it has 50000 miles, 31x10.5 tires on 15x8.5 wheels (with spacers, haven't checked how big), ramsey rep 8000 winch, bestop soft top and original hard top.  :dance:




Offline neale_rs

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Re: Best friday ever!!!! (new wrangler)
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2008, 04:04:13 PM »
Looks good.  Seems to have the same winch mounting systeme your previous one had.
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2008, 04:09:40 PM »
So you gonna remove the spacers?  I'd guess they are 1"-2".
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« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2008, 04:19:38 PM »
Congratulations, on your new Jeep, now go get some mud on it :biggrin:
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« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2008, 05:13:22 PM »
Looks nice. What's the plan for the build?
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« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2008, 05:15:06 PM »
Looks nice. What's the plan for the build?

I'm guessing he's going to put everything he salvaged off  his wreck to put back on his new ride.
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« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2008, 05:23:23 PM »
I'm guessing he's going to put everything he salvaged off  his wreck to put back on his new ride.

Sounds like a good plan...I didn't know he had one that was wrecked.
If mine got wrecked I think a large part of me would just about die! :'(
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« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2008, 05:28:08 PM »
Sounds like a good plan...I didn't know he had one that was wrecked.
If mine got wrecked I think a large part of me would just about die! :'(

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« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2008, 05:35:59 PM »
http://4bangerjp.com/forums/index.php?topic=5243.msg39869

Thanks for the update.

Glad your OK Tsd. Looks like it was a pretty nasty wreck.

Congrats on the new ride.
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Re: Best friday ever!!!! (new wrangler)
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2008, 02:12:37 PM »
Thanks to everyone. First mod will be buying an air filter, it is missing. I changed the speedo gear this morning and the change was pretty noticeable. On monday I will swap the seats from the old one to this one, as well as the steering wheel. After hopefully approving all my final exams I will install the congo cage and the auxiliary lighting from the wrecked one.

So you gonna remove the spacers?  I'd guess they are 1"-2".

Should i remove the spacers? I think they look pretty cool  :pirate:

I'm planning to get the jeep baptized with holy mud next weekend.

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Re: Best friday ever!!!! (new wrangler)
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2008, 02:30:19 PM »
Good to see you're almost whole again.

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Re: Best friday ever!!!! (new wrangler)
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2008, 06:17:10 PM »
aside from the cage, were you able to salvage anything else from your wrecked tj? maybe some spare parts just in case?
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Re: Best friday ever!!!! (new wrangler)
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2008, 08:11:57 PM »
Should i remove the spacers? I think they look pretty cool  :pirate:

I'm planning to get the jeep baptized with holy mud next weekend.
Your flares are what are usually found on the Sahara which are 1" wider then the basic flare.  There is no need to have the tires stick out that far especially when you're using such small tires.    Correct for rubbing by adjusting the steering stops and keep the tires in.  Running spacers is just an additional thing to go wrong with your Jeep.
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Re: Best friday ever!!!! (new wrangler)
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2008, 06:23:04 AM »
aside from the cage, were you able to salvage anything else from your wrecked tj? maybe some spare parts just in case?

I took the hard top (sold), the back seat (sold), gears an pinions from both axles (sold them too), the side steps (my grandma has to be able to climb to the jeep), the original add-a-trunk (sold)  and all the sensors that survived. TJ's are so rare here that insurance companies know next to nothing of them, officially i was driving topless in the middle of winter and it never had a backseat. Since I removed all the carpets the place were the backseat was looks like the back of a truck  :pirate:.

Your flares are what are usually found on the Sahara which are 1" wider then the basic flare.  There is no need to have the tires stick out that far especially when you're using such small tires.    Correct for rubbing by adjusting the steering stops and keep the tires in.  Running spacers is just an additional thing to go wrong with your Jeep.

I really liked splashing water and mud all over the jeep when I crossed puddles, and since we don't have a law for keeping the tires under the flares here, i was thinking on keeping them, do aluminum spacers have a high chance of failing?

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Re: Best friday ever!!!! (new wrangler)
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2008, 09:24:27 AM »
Those flares dont look 1" wider like the Rubicons. I thought the Rubi's were the only one that had wider stock flares?
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