Best color for a Jeep?... Brown

[Byrd]

So I just recently scaled back a little bit and got myself into another project/fun/daily driven monster car. I'll be daily driving this one for a while now until I a. have to commute 100+ miles everyday or b. have kids. Hopefully A before B. Here are the specs:

2002 Jeep Wrangler Sport ( 40,000 miles!!!! )
6 inline 4.0
Automatic
7.5 inch rubicon express long arm
1 inch polyurethane body lift
Custom front and rear drive shafts, rear is a CV
Rubicon slip yoke eliminator kit
Motor mount 1 inch lift
62mm throttle body
K&N High Flow Air intake system
Borla stainless steal Cat-Back system
Complete IPF high output headlights system.
Bushwacker fender flares
Mean-Green High output alternator 200 amp
Mean-Green Dual battery tray for optima batterys
1 yellow top Optima
Weld racing forged 15x12 aluminum wheels
38x15.5x15 SSR Radials
Superior Axle and Gear's Evolution series Front Axle Tube Seals
Dana 44s Front and Rear
Front Axle has Superior Axle Tube Seals,
Superior's 4340 Chrome Moly axle shafts, ARB air locker, HD 30splin outer shaft kit.
Rear Axle has Superiors Super 44 axle kit with 33 splin axles and a Detroit locker
Rear disk brake conversion
Front slotted rotors and high performance calipers
Stainless steel brake lines at all corners
Front ARB bumper
Warn 9500 high speed winch (never used)
Warn SDB-160 Dual Beam off road lights (has highs and lows)
Rear Warn bumper with tire carrier
TeraFlex Dana 44 High-Steer System
Original Jeep front and rear Neoprene water-proof seat covers
Power windows
Jeep center console Subwoofer
Premium jeep front speakers, Pioneer speakers in the soundbar
Original Jeep GPS\NAV system
Original Jeep add-a-trunk
ViAir 450C 100% Duty Air Compressor

Here are some pics from this weekend:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h293/Byrdman712/Wrangler/098.jpg
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http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h293/Byrdman712/Wrangler/016.jpg


Plans:
New tires (they look ok but in the mudd/snow these things suck ass right now)
Diff covers and seals
Front and Rear Sway bars (with such a high lift the previous owner had to remove them... seriously unsafe on the road)
F150 front brake conversion
Re-tint (took the old purple tint off today and going with 5% on the rear hard top)
Line-X the top and interior and possibly the wheels
High lift Jack, shovel, handles and other accessories for out in the bush needs
Drive the sh*t out of it :)

There are a few good trails around where I live and we have pretty nasty winters so I'll be sure to post pics along the way. For the mods that it has, it runs extremely well and really isnt loud on the highway or bad on gas (same MPG as the SRT8 :eek: ).

Let me know what you think!

[Swine]

Holy shit, bad ass fucking jeep byrd. Very impressive way to jump into the offroad game man wow.:O

[AUtigers350z]

Sick dude!!!! Saw the pics on Fbook but wasn't sure if it was yours or not. Very nice :cool:

[phillyd]

Nice Jeep! What tires you thinking about getting?

[Byrd]

Holy shit, bad ass fucking jeep byrd. Very impressive way to jump into the offroad game man wow.:O

Thanks man! It all worked out wayyy better then expected. I sold the SRT to a local guy here for more then carmax was going to give me without hassle. I was origionally looking for a JK wrangler ('07+) but I was being picky about cause I knew exactly what I wanted and I couldn't find anything in the price range I wanted it for. Then I find this dudes for sale on a 2002 with a solid combo of mods with seriously low miles on a rare color and had to go for it. Flew down to Florida and drove 22hrs back :O

Sick dude!!!! Saw the pics on Fbook but wasn't sure if it was yours or not. Very nice :cool:

Yea man, he takes shitty photos so the only ones that turned out halfway decent were of him in the pictures.

Nice Jeep! What tires you thinking about getting?

The guy gave me the 5.5" springs that originally came with the rubicon express lift and I was set on stepping down to those and 37's but after this weekend I'm just saying screw it and keeping the 38's. Probably going with Super Swamper TSL's in 38x15.5x15 (pretty rare wheel combo so tires are hard to find).


Vid my buddy took through a small rut. It's a total different feeling going off roading then it is racing, I love it.

http://youtu.be/TKU5LaQi9k0

[AUtigers350z]

Yea man, he takes shitty photos so the only ones that turned out halfway decent were of him in the pictures.

Haha, glad to see you putting the 50D to good use :pimp:

[funinthecav3]

YEAH SON!! Fuckin up some mud! Jeep looks badass dude!

[Byrd]

Haha, glad to see you putting the 50D to good use :pimp:

Still have a looong way to go in learning that camera and reaching your expertise level vato :meatwad:

[organic]

When i bought mine a year ago I was sure i'd ride it through the summer then trade it in on a nice DD.

One trip to the rock trails in the Black Hills completely screwed that plan up.

Now several thousand in repairs and reliability mods later, I still put up with the hard starts on cold mornings, creaking suspension, ever rusting body panels, the inline 6 that won't die no matter how much oil I DON'T put in it. the shitty gas mileage, and a host of other things that make it what it is.

It's got soul.

It's got character.

It's a Jeep and nothing else.............that's why I love those fuckers.


Congrats on the new purchase and welcome to a hellish money pit.

You're gonna love it.



BTW...........Check out the MT Baja Claw Radials. I've been running some 33 X12.50's on mine for a year, only thing i would've changed is the size. I want 35's at least.
They're great on everything, even the road noise isn't what you would expect from such an aggressive tire. I Very highly recommend them.

The crazy rigs in the Top Truck Challenge use the claws ( in the 54" variety:O ) almost exclusively.

[Byrd]

When i bought mine a year ago I was sure i'd ride it through the summer then trade it in on a nice DD.

One trip to the rock trails in the Black Hills completely screwed that plan up.

Now several thousand in repairs and reliability mods later, I still put up with the hard starts on cold mornings, creaking suspension, ever rusting body panels, the inline 6 that won't die no matter how much oil I DON'T put in it. the shitty gas mileage, and a host of other things that make it what it is.

It's got soul.

It's got character.

It's a Jeep and nothing else.............that's why I love those fuckers.


Congrats on the new purchase and welcome to a hellish money pit.

You're gonna love it.

^^ Couldn't have said it better. Only thing giving me some issues at the moment are the brakes and the evap system. I have new rotors and pads on the way but the wheel/tire combo put a lot of stress on them. Evap system will be like finding a needle in a haystack so I'm not going to worried about it at the moment.

BTW...........Check out the MT Baja Claw Radials. I've been running some 33 X12.50's on mine for a year, only thing i would've changed is the size. I want 35's at least.
They're great on everything, even the road noise isn't what you would expect from such an aggressive tire. I Very highly recommend them.

It's difficult to find anything in the 38"x15x? category and didn't see the MT Baja Claw Radials with that availability either (didn't look into it that hard yet though).



Got the LED's installed so people can actually see me brake and the tire swing-out can fully function. The license plate was more of a joke that turned into reality, some take offense but it's meant in good fun. I'll probably trade it for a normal plate again, still funny to see the reactions.

Here's a few from this weekend. Hit up GW National Forest around JMU and hit some trails. All in all it was kind of a let down compared to what we have locally but still a good time.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h293/Byrdman712/IMG_4157.jpg
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[funinthecav3]

LOLOLOL at the tag!

Great pics!

[Byrd]

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[skyhighsami]

The crazy rigs in the Top Truck Challenge use the claws ( in the 54" variety:O ) almost exclusively.
Comparing what you have to the ttc version is crazy. Completely different tread compounds and sidewall. No disrespect meant just pointing it out in case he didn't know. If possible the Toyo Open Country MT is great, so are TSLs in bias ply and radial. Though I wouldn't DD a bias ply. The Baja Claw is a great tire as well, they just seem to wear quickly. Oh, Kumho Road Venture MT also another really good choice.

[Byrd]

Small update

Still daily driving this betch. Still doesn't have any front sway bars due to the steering I have on it. Has 3 CEL's due to evap system, not spending 6 hrs to find a pin hole leak when she drives just fine. Other then that I'm driving the shit out of her.... pics below are from two weeks ago when we pulled out of the hairiest cat tail merky poop mud swampness I've ever been in (not pictured).

Since the last pics I've dropped her down to 5.5" springs and 37x12.5'sx15. Trxus MT's with Pro Comp rims.

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h293/Byrdman712/IMG_4544.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h293/Byrdman712/IMG_4543.jpg

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h293/Byrdman712/IMG_4545.jpg

[xamraci]

What Steering Setup do you have up front?
Still in place I assume?
"TeraFlex Dana 44 High-Steer System"

WHy you gotta live in VA? I am not driving up there to go wheeling with the Byrd-Man