Krammit's 98' TJ

Owners Name & City-
Krammit aka Kurt, Lindon

Make, Model & Year of Vehicle-
98' Jeep Wrangler Sport

Engine-
4.0L

Transmission-
AX-15 5-speed

T-Case-
NP-231

Axles-
D30 open front, D35 open rear, 4.10 gears

Suspension-
3" Teraflex coils, Treaflex 9550 shocks, 8 Teraflex Monster Flex Short Arms

Wheels and Tires-
Black Steel, 33x12.5r15 Goodyear MT/r Kevlars

Winch-
Warn 8000

Favorite Trails-
Any trail in Moab, Any up AF Canyon, Little Moab...

Other-
Uniden CB radio, Swing out rear tire carry bumper, Teraflex aluminum sliders, Rock lights, 4 Hella Black Magics, AC compressor/On Board Air,






Ok, So I bought this Jeep in June of 2010. All of my buds had jeeps and I was always the loser that didn't have one. Finally my wife said yes, and this is what I got up in Logan Utah...
1998 Jeep Wrangler Sport w/125k... It was first owned by a female school teacher , then a guy bought it from her and lifted it, rarely took it off road and made it look like this:

The day I bought it...

 

[Herzog]

Clean TJ! What are your future plans for it?

 

[STAG]

Clean TJ! What are your future plans for it?

That says the day he bought it, I'd be impressed if it's still that clean

 

[DerekM]

It looks much better now! I think it looks cleaner than when he bought it.

 

[krammit]

Alright guys, Im Going to Quentin Tarantino this thread and give you a sneak peek of how it looks as of today! Then we will go back through the build...

And if you can tell me where i was today you get a gold star...

 

[sixstringsteve]

no clue where that is, but your rig looks great.

 

[krammit]

Very first thing I did was check it out with the top off, next to my buddy Jeep...

It definitely needed some work, so I took it wheelin up AF to Mineral Basin... bout half way through the rock gardens i slide off my line into a big one...

That rock saved me some work (kinda) later that day I took off both step thingys and junked em.

 

[krammit]

Next I took off the ugly unibrow bug guard (i still have it if anybody is in to that look) And my buddy Aj @ Teraflex got me some sahara painted flares...

Then I bent up some tube and made a make-shift stinger, Chopped my stock front bumper, then went wheeling up mary Ellens Gulch...

 

[krammit]

Next came the 5 33x12.5 Kevlars on 15" Black Steels
And some Little Moab action...

 

[krammit]

Then there came winter, and I had a bunch of little things I got done...

Like a new wiper motor

A CB radio (which i moved after a few weeks to the top left side of the dash) and a sweet red rock shifter courtesy of DerekM!

Then one morning on my way to work, I picked this up!

Then Ahhst helped me weld up some D-rings for my rear bumper... And we rigged some quick disconnect mud flaps...

 

[Cascadia]

Alright guys, Im Going to Quentin Tarantino this thread and give you a sneak peek of how it looks as of today! Then we will go back through the build...

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And if you can tell me where i was today you get a gold star...

You're in the dry canyon parking lot. Lots of big rocks there for poser pics. I've done that there many a time with my rigs. Nice TJ.

 

[krammit]

Then I saw this mod on stu-offroads website: http://www.stu-offroad.com/electrical/elec13/switchpanel-1.htm
And started doing that to mine...

Once i opened it up and sorted all the wires, i realized how ridiculous it looked some of the wiring was mine but most was from the previous owner wiring up some lame power locks and power windows (which I hate, and if anybody wants them, I would trade in a second)...

Here is the rainbow wiring puke! Terrible I know... but the finished product looked pretty good!

with all my new switches, I installed some rock lights, and 4 Hella Black Magic spot lights... oh, and I got an AC compressor and built an on board air system with a 2.5 gallon air tank tucked up under the tub... (Ahhst helped me with the OBA)

 

[krammit]

You're in the dry canyon parking lot. Lots of big rocks there for poser pics. I've done that there many a time with my rigs. Nice TJ.

DING DING DING!!! Cascadia, you get a gold star!

 

[krammit]

Here are some other small things I have done...

Third brake light:

A cart to store my hard top... online they want $150 for a cheap metal one... I built mine for $15 or so, works like a gem!

I rarely have people in the back of my Jeep so I almost always just leave the seat out... So I built this lockable box for the rear, it also makes for a good table when you are out with a group and want to build lunch...

I guess it wouldn't be too tough to get in if you wanted, but I am always pretty close to my Jeep and if I saw anybody trying, they would have Hell to pay!

 

[krammit]

Then I sold my piece of junk Besttop Sunrider soft top... (worked fine, I just hated the style)
And after a few weeks of Drooling over DerekM's "Rampage Bowless Soft Top" I got one for myself!
I was so extremely excited!

It was tough at first to get on (way tight fit, which is good) but DerekM gave me some pointers and it helped immensely!
Pretty sexy eh?

 

[krammit]

ok, Then I got kinda bored at work and decided to trim up my flares because my tires stuff way up into them and flex them out...
Trimmed the up, only leaving about an inch of the turned down part...

 

[krammit]

Then I trimmed up the front with a cutting wheel, and made some "FLAT" fenders... which in turn made me relocate my blinkers, so I went with some LED's all around...

 

[krammit]

One day I bumped my steering box on a boulder, it lightly leaked for about a month then I did this swap: http://www.universityofjeep.ca/Tech/Durango/Steering_box_conversion.html
Then covered it with a GenRight skid plate...

And some sweet Aluminum Teraflex Rock Sliders! Just last week I finally got my first scratch on them! Woohoo!

 

[krammit]

I think I have you guys just about all caught up....

Except for most recently I ripped out the old squishy springs, crazy amount of spacers, and the old beat shocks...
With some help from Aj & DerekM!

 

[krammit]

Then DerekM and I went out to Little Moab, Here is a posed shot for ya...