Nope. That would have been more $$, harder to bend clean, and other welding skills needed. It does have the advantage of just keeping it bare to the elements though.

This thing is going to get painted with a base and the kids will decorate like the rest of my protection OR it will be spray bedlined. Still debating.


Got my LED lights and liquid storage in yesterday....

 

This is an awesome thread. Its being featured on the DF front page today.

 

I'm very humbled and thankful. Much much appreciated.

 

Many kudos WK, you work very hard on your ORE to reach it's extreme potential and deserve recognition for it... congrats!

 

Lately I've been thinking and talking to the girlfriend about buying a jeep rubicon 2 door and keep my truck off the trails. She's somewhat okay with it.. I could buy an older tj for half the price but then by time you add lockers, winch, lift, etc I would be sitting at the same price I could buy a lifted rubicon with D44's for. It's a tough decision. I've been spending a lot more time with my friend who has a rubicon 4 door and the more I ride with him the more I want a jeep. I would hate to try and follow him with my ram. I wouldnt have a decent body afterwards that's for sure.

 

Thornloe,
If you're thinking about getting a Jeep why not find a TJ Rubicon model? Gives you almost all the same stuff that the JK has but for cheaper. Unless you're wanting the larger sized JK. I haven't looked at Jeeps for a while now but I don't think you could get a 2 door JK for that cheap. You can find a used 6cylinder TJ for under $10,000.
So let's start with a $10,000 TJ.


$10,000- TJ
$4,000- Lift Kit 4-6"
$2,600- G2 Rear axle w/ARB and gears & 33 spline shafts
$3,050- G2 Front axle w/ARB and gears
$3,000- 35-37" Tires & Wheels
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$22,650 is what I came up with and I don't think you can get a JK for that cheap if you're buying a Rubicon version. For $2,500 more you can have an Atlas transfer case too. So now you're at $25,000.


If you want a built TJ with a V-8 and heavy duty axles and ton of other mods I'll sell you my Jeep for $22,500 and that is a steal with everything it has on it. Look in my engine build thread there are pictures of it in there.

 

I have to agree, I find it very inspirational

 

Sorry I should have been more specific. Yes I meant a tj rubicon (2003-2006). What i meant was I could buy an old YJ or early year stock tj non rubicon but then by time i buy all the accessories I would be at the price of a newer (2003-2006) rubicon. The newer JKs are way out of my price range right now and that's more than I would like to spend on something that will be more of a play toy. For example, I found a 2006 tj rubicon with 4L and 100,000km with a 4 inch lift, 35s, winch asking $12,500. Something like that would be a fun toy.

Why are you selling your jeep?

 

Yeah Thorloe, considering your driving habits as evidenced by the sig picture, you might drive a Jeep better.


Wildman -- Wat chu tawkin bawt Willis?!?!?!?


This past saturday. Did some of the same route as earlier in the month. It had a little more snow and we did some target shooting. Great day. Upon airing up it was really starting to snow.








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Bear tracks

 

I wish we had wheeling spots here. There aren't any trails. You can only go on your own property or friends. A skinny tire does better in the snow right?