Justin's TJ

Owners Name & City- Justin, Payson

Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 2000 Jeep Wrangler Sport

Engine- 4.0
Transmission- NV3550
T-Case- Advance Adapters Atlas ll 4.3:1

Axles-
Gear Ratio: 4.88
Rear: Ford Explorer 8.8 w/ ARB Air Locker
Front: G2 HP Core44 w/ Detroit

Suspension-
Hybrid: 3" BDS Coils, Currie Antirocks Fore and Aft, Home-brew 3-link front, Triangulated 4-link rear M.O.R.E. 1" Body Lift

Wheels and Tires-37" STT Pro's and Walker Evans Beadlocks

Winch- Warn 9.5 CTI

Favorite Trails-Anything difficult enough I can get my adrenaline fix, but not destroy my junk in the process.

I bought it in Oct 2008. It was wrecked, but still had a clean title. Fixed it up, and daily drove it for years. It has gone through several iterations over the years, first on a 4" lift and 31's, then 4" lift and 33's, then 4" lift and 35's, then 4" lift, 1" body, and 35's, now 3" lift 1" body and 35's. Since getting married, progress on this has been slow, usually 1 major thing a year. 2 years ago was tires, last year was the HP30, and this year was Corbeau Baja RS seats.

 

[TJustin]

Spent the available time yesterday installing the GR Hilines, and trimming the hood to fit. I still want to work on the reveal a bit more but it is getting close. The initial cut went fast but the tedious part was opening/shutting the hood countless times finding the high spots and slowly trimming hood away until it sat properly.

 

[TJustin]

It was a mad blitz getting it done before EJS, and it was down to the wire. Every day after work and 18 hrs days on the weekend for the last month we were wrenching. Got it done around 8:00 the Monday of EJS and headed down with a prayer that nothing catastrophic would happen as it had 2 miles of seat time post build before loading up for Moab. Fortunately there are a just a few minor tweaks to the suspension and other things, otherwise the build looks to be solid.

 

[I Lean]

Looks great!