Hi, I'm Austin, I have a Jeep issue ....
So I've had 6 Jeeps since I was 18, CJ5s, a CJ8 and JK. All trailered trail rigs until the JK, and then I wondered why I never had one to drive around on the street before lol.
My current Jeep is a 2013 JKUR:
I got pretty lucky that this came on the market right as I started looking for a family friendly street-able rig that could still wheel. The previous owner went crazy on it, all the work was done by professional shops in the Vegas area and I got a receipt for EVERYTHING. By crazy I mean:
I have a few things I need to working on:
I really don’t know how far I want to take this Jeep. I really want a Dan Dibble like rig, probably my all-time favorite rig. This was really just bought so I can have something that is somewhat family friendly right now. This fits the bill and is very capable to wheel. The PO went full Re-Re on the stock axels, I still wonder how well they will hold up. I’m on the look out for a set of tons I can slowly work on and prep. We bought this in Vegas and spent a few days driving it back to STL. Never hit any crazy trails because I know better than wheel’s alone but the trails (gravel roads) we did hit was enough to get the wife excited about a trip through CO or similar with the fam. I’d love to find a small trailer to pull so we can make that happen…. Then again .. I want a Dibble like rig so … when do I stop with this lol?!?!?
So I've had 6 Jeeps since I was 18, CJ5s, a CJ8 and JK. All trailered trail rigs until the JK, and then I wondered why I never had one to drive around on the street before lol.
My current Jeep is a 2013 JKUR:
I got pretty lucky that this came on the market right as I started looking for a family friendly street-able rig that could still wheel. The previous owner went crazy on it, all the work was done by professional shops in the Vegas area and I got a receipt for EVERYTHING. By crazy I mean:
- Axels: Teraflex adjustable ball joints, evo c-gussets, seals, sleeve kits, Yukon chromoly shafts and Spicer u-joints, Yukon ring & pinon 5.13 gears, Riddler nodular iron diff covers
- Adams 1310 severe duty drive shafts front and rear
- Teraflex big brake kit on all 4
- Artec Industries full skid plate system
- Rock Krawler mid arm lift kit
- Custom valved 2.0 King coilovers with remote reservoirs, rebel offroad brackets and mounting hardware. 12” front and 14” rear travel.
- King hydraulic bump stops
- Artec industries front track bar
- Fox ATS steering stabilizer
- Rpm fab aluminum drag link and tie
- 37”x12.50x17 Nitto Trail Grapplers
- 17” Trail Ready bead locks w/world series rings
- Poison Spyder: brawler front bumper, rock brawler tire carrier rear bumper, aluminum crusher fenders on all 4 corners, crusher corner armor with led tail lamps/signals and evap skid plate
- Warn m8000s, synthetic rope, factor 55 shackle
- Yellow top dual battery setup
- Painless performance 250 amp dual battery controller/manager
- Power rockslide engineering steps
- Arb twin compressor with multiple air chuck points on the jeep
- AFE cold air intake with prefilter
- AFE Y Pipe, 3” AFE cat back exhaust with custom high tuck and before-axle-dump to allow more ground clearance in the back of the jeep
- Bully dog gt programmer
- Spod 6-circuit switch bank
- Rigid dually spots on a pillars and 10” e-series light bar above fairlead
- 8 oro rock lights on the corners and behind each wheel
- Truck-lite led headlights
- Train horn
I have a few things I need to working on:
- I was having some battery issues, and I don’t like Optimas, so I got two new odysseys. Replacing the one under the hood was no problem, the one located remotely in the rear won’t fit into the mount, so I haven’t replaced it. It sits high on the wheel well which I don’t like so I’d like to get both batteries under the hood.
I really don’t know how far I want to take this Jeep. I really want a Dan Dibble like rig, probably my all-time favorite rig. This was really just bought so I can have something that is somewhat family friendly right now. This fits the bill and is very capable to wheel. The PO went full Re-Re on the stock axels, I still wonder how well they will hold up. I’m on the look out for a set of tons I can slowly work on and prep. We bought this in Vegas and spent a few days driving it back to STL. Never hit any crazy trails because I know better than wheel’s alone but the trails (gravel roads) we did hit was enough to get the wife excited about a trip through CO or similar with the fam. I’d love to find a small trailer to pull so we can make that happen…. Then again .. I want a Dibble like rig so … when do I stop with this lol?!?!?
