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#4 of 274 *Wave* by erickpl

Jul 07, 2005 (12:01 pm)

Well, my name is Paul and I'm a Jeepaholic! I'm fairly new to Wranglers. My previous Jeep was a 2000 Grand Cherokee Limited (Patriot Blue). With this Jeep, I've learned SO much about maintaining, fixing, and upgrading my vehicles that it has been worth the investment. I have been to Camp Jeep California (in 2004), and have wheeled with Tom both as a passenger in his Jeep as with my own.
 
Name: Paul
Birthday: 7/21
Location: North Alabama
Family: married with two grown kids - 15 year old son and 19 year old daughter
Use of Jeep: A daily driver that I get to take offroad (not as often as I'd like)
Personal Website: N/A
  
I've lived in Missouri (St. Louis), Oklahoma (Enid), Texas (D/FW), and California (near Bakersfield) prior to my recent move to Alabama. I have a loving wife and 2 kids, ages 15 and 19. My son enjoys being in the Jeep with me and has aspirations about it becoming his sometime soon.
 
I have a 1997 TJ SE. Here are the specs:
 
- 2.5L 4 banger (and all that implies)
  - Dana 30 Front / Dana 35 Rear
  - AX-5 Manual Transmission (5 speed)
 
- 30" BFG AT KO's on Canyons
- Jeeperman bumper
  - Front with brush guard/light bar
  - Rear (w/o tire carrier)
- D-shackles front and rear
- Toys by Troy Ultimate Rockers
- Toys by Troy Steering Skid
- Kilby Gas Tank Skid
- OME 2.5" HD lift (with Unlimited rear shocks)
- JKS Bar Pin Eliminators
- Bestop Safari/duster combination
- Bestop Soft top
- Home made quick disconnects for softtop hardware
- Omix fender flares (OEM style)
- JKS Quicker Disconnects for the front suspension
- IPF H4 lighting upgrade
- IPF 968 driving/fog lights
- Blacked out light rings
- Mirror relocation brackets
- Magellan Meridian Platinum GPS with RAM mount
- Hand throttle
- Home made trunk (under the duster)
- Alpine HU with XM and iPod integration
- Alpine/Kicker amplifier setup
- Edge Auto soundbar with Kicker 6x9
- MB Quart 5.25's in dash
- Kicker 8" sub in Tuffy security console
- Cobra 75WXST CB with Wilson 2' antenna on arizonarockyroad.com mount
- Replaced radiator
- Homebrew Fuse #4 bypass switch
- Uhoh handles
- Various performance enhancing decals under the hood and on the side
 
If ya have any questions, just lemme know.
 
And the list is going to include:
- Winch (probably a T-Max 9000 or 10000)
- 31" or 32" tires (TrXus or BFG MT's)
- Wheel spacers (if I go to 32")
- Staun tire deflators
 
To keep the post smaller, I've attached 2 photos: one of my latest configuration and one of it in 'action' on the trails. I don't have any good pics of me, but this one will do. Camp Jeep 2004 with my son.
 

 
-Paul

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#5 of 274 The Wave! by tidester

Jul 07, 2005 (12:17 pm)

I don't own Jeep but want to welcome all of you Wranglers with a hearty wave ...
 

 
with thanks to Mac, whose pic I borrowed!
 
tidester, host

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#6 of 274 Re: Jeep Wrangler Owners: *Wave* & Meet [tsjay] by mtngal

Jul 07, 2005 (4:44 pm)

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#7 of 274 *Wave* by keats

Jul 07, 2005 (4:47 pm)

We are a Jeep family, 2 out of 3 of our cars are Jeeps. I have a 2004 Rubicon and my wife usually drives our '04 Grand Cherokee with selec trak 4wd.
 
Name: Mark
Birthday: Mid-July
Location: Memphis
Family: yes
Use of Jeep: A daily driver (because I don't want to drive anything else!) and soon to be occassional off roader.
 
I'm a technical writer and currently in Grad school.
 
My Rubicon came with almost all available options except for the locking gas cap and I have the dual top group. Soft top is on for the summer.
 
I have added the following:
XM Roady2 Satellite Radio with PIE adaptor and permanent power supply
Husky Liners, front, rear and back (love these)
Raingler ballistic nylon hand straps
Buchannan 1 inch seat risers
Jeeperman trail skids (rocker protection)
Jeeperman light bar
Replaced factory tow hooks with Reese heavy duty hooks (They just look a little meaner)
Window Roll
Hardtop cover
On order: Cobra 75 CB, 3 ft firestick antennae, Teraflex antennae mount
 
I love my Rubicon more than any vehicle I have ever owned, including my beloved Mustang GT. We also have a little sports car that I've only driven a handful of times since I purchased the Rubi last May. I have never had more fun in a vehicle. We also love our Grand Cherokee, though not a blast to drive, it makes up for that with its usefulness. In fact, this past weekend we got a lot of use out of it, folded down the back seats to accomodate my wife's purchases and then slapped a table onto the Thule rack on top. (Thule racks, btw, add a great deal of practicality to SUVs). My wife got a little taste of off roading when she took our son to Boy Scout camp. There was a place to drop your Scout about a mile from the camp. That's because the road going to the actual camp was not useable by cars. She asked if she could take him up to the camp because she wanted to see it. She was told that depended on what she was driving. She slapped the Grand into 4wd and made it easily.

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#8 of 274 Re: The Wave! [tidester] by mac24

Jul 07, 2005 (7:16 pm)

Replying to: tidester (Jul 07, 2005 12:17 pm)

 
Consider it a big wave from me too (thanks Tidester!).
 
This is scary! I've just realized how much I look like Tom (or he looks like me).
 
My hair is much shorter, head and face, I wear black instead of white, smaller dog, and I wear shorts with less baggy legs (or at least I don't point them at the camera...ewww!), but other than that if he wasn't older than me (though I won't say by how much) I could be his evil twin.
 
Jeep stuff:
'99 Green Sahara
ARB HD suspension
31" BFG AT KO's
9000lb MileMarker hydraulic winch
 
Pretty mild really, but it gets me there.

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#9 of 274 *Wave*...by proxy by KarenS HOST

Jul 08, 2005 (9:28 am)

I don't have a Wrangler, but my son does! The first few times he gave me a ride and all these people in other Wranglers were waving I thought "wow...this kid is popular!".
 
Nice to see you all here!

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#10 of 274 Jeep wave! by karlw90

Jul 08, 2005 (2:43 pm)

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#11 of 274 Jeep Wave by letdolphin

Jul 08, 2005 (6:30 pm)

Name: Laura
Birthday: 12/27/74
Location: Knoxville TN
Family: Single
Jeep: 05 Sport
  
I have only done 2 mods ... an iPod adapter for the stereo & CB with Antenna
Use of Jeep: Back up for daily driver (87 Volvo 740 w/ 284000 miles) ... weekend great fun
 
Comments:
Hoping to learn more about wheelin ... I will get there slowly

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#12 of 274 Midwest Jeep wave by mcrrt

Jul 08, 2005 (7:02 pm)

Name-Marcus
Birthday-12/30
Location-Southern Michigan
Family-Wife of 4 years, and twin 19 month old boys (God help me! )
Jeep-Screaming yellow zonker '04 Unlimited softtop
Mods-2 car seats in the back, "Cowboy Cactus" on the antenna and 47 more payment slips in the glove box
Other vehicles-Black '03 Chevy Venture AWD (the wife's all-weather assault vehicle and child transport device), dark green '95 Firebird (my summer toy, although it doesn't see the road as much as it used to)
 
I've wanted a Jeep for years, but couldn't get past the "They're not practical enough" issue until the advent of the Unlimited. Took delivery June 10th of last year. Like Tom, I had a habit of getting the "new car itch" about every 12-18 months, but my Jeep has largely changed that. I still see new cars out there that I wouldn't mind having, but NONE that I want enough to give up my Jeep for. I'm a regular reader of the Wrangler forum, but tend to keep to myself and don't post a whole lot...perhaps I need to do something about that.
 
-Marcus

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#13 of 274 Jeep Wave by koolbreeze2

Jul 08, 2005 (7:46 pm)

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