The Time Is Here!
We are doing things a little different this time around.
I brought all of the runners up from last month directly into this months contest.
We'll see how it goes and maybe continue in this fashon throughout the rest of the year.
The July 2015
:washme: JK of the Month Contest :washme:
Starts Now!
Brett2011
Mods: 4 inch Procomp lift. Skyjacker shocks. 35 inch Toyo tires on 18 inch Ballistic Jester wheels. Magnaflow exhaust. Air Aid intake. Bestop bumpers. Smittybuilt winch. Highlift Jack. On board air. KC off road lights on hood and bumper.. JL Audio Amplifier. Rockford Fosgate tower speakers.
Story: Always wanted a Jeep and appricate having this one. It has been the most fun vehicle I have owned.
AlbertaJeeper
Mods: AEV 2.5" Dualsport Lift, Ion 171 Rims, General Grabber AT2 (315/75/16) tires, ACE Engineering Rock Sliders, Rubicon 10 A Front Bumper, Dirty Dog Sunshade, Grabars, Off Road Heros Combo Top
Story: Ever since I first saw Jurassic Park (I was 1 when it came out) I knew I needed a Wrangler. I oogled them every year in Moab (there for mountain biking) and read this forum all the time. I was finally able to pick one up in May of 2013, and it's been growing ever since. It just made its third trip to Moab and has made countless camping trips and will hopefully continue to do so! Pictures are: coming up a chute on Poison Spider Mesa, next is immediately before dropping down "The Fall" on Steelbender, and the final picture is climbing "The Wall" also on Steelbender.
RHuckster
Mods:
Mopar door sill protectors
Mopar taillight covers
Mopar gas door with body colored bolts
Mopar locking gas cap
Mopar wheel locks
Trailer hitch, receiver & cover
Door stops
Dead Pedal
Shift knobs(auto & 4x4)
Grabars
Hood struts
Custom made rear cargo mat
14” black billet antenna
Black Door Handle Recess Guards
Painted black exterior keylocks
Hinge covers(hood & doors)( powder coated black)
“Jeep” license plate frame
“Jeep” license plate screws
“Jeep” valve stem caps
Wiper cowl cover(powder coated black)
Black Aluminum Hood Catch Set
Hood lock
Billet grille inserts(black)
Firestik CB antenna
RR spare tire CB antenna mount bracket(black)
Banks Ram Air Intake
Magnaflow Dual outlet axleback muffler
Superchips 3872 Flashpaq Tuner
Painted interior trim bolts & vent trim rings(Copperhead)
Rough Country Front Skid Plate
Smittybilt Classic Rock Rails W/ Step
RockHard Aluminum Skid Plates(Engine/Trans, Transfer case, Gas Tank, Evap. Cannister)
Drake Off Road™ Door & Tailgate Handle Inserts painted Copperhead
Hotheads complete headliners kit
Painted Front Bumper insert(Copperhead)
Painted Front Tow Hooks(Copperhead)
Painted Centercaps(Copperhead)
Story:
I've heard several times now I need a lift & tires & I wish I could do that but... & on that note I will start my story of building Willy(Wife named him)
The 1st few mods I had to do for the wife, she's 5' nothing, almost blind & handicapped so she needed steps & something to pull herself in with. I 1st bought Mopar steps & hung the Mopar grab handles for her but the handles just didn't work for her so I heard about the Grabars. Great product & works great for her. Then the door kept closing on her as she climbed in so I installed door stops. Then after installing the Mopar bars(plastic) I realized even though we aren't going to be doing any heavy duty offroading plastic just won't cut it. So I took my chances on the smittybuilt rock rails even though a lot don't talk to kindly about the smittybuilt brand. All is well as they work great, look great & fit nicely.
The 1 mod I needed for me was the hood struts, I couldn't open the hood, hold it up & put the bar in with 1 arm. With my previous import it sat lower so I could use my head to hold the hood up while putting the bar up but not so with this much higher sitting Jeep.
Then I thought we needed a few security things. We had already had the alarm installed @ the dealer, so I installed wheel locks, locking gas cap & hood lock. I had read on the forums about the hood flutter problem which I had experienced in my 07 Mustang so I replaced the rubber hood latches with the aluminum ones.
There where a couple of mods I needed to protect the Jeep from my wife, 1st off she never fails to scratch doors inside the door handle with her nails or ring so I installed the half moon plastic protectors(inserts) under the handles.
She also scratches up door sills so installed sill protectors.
A lot of the mods that followed where I want mods. I was trying to add to the black on Copperhead look but it got out of control & got to the point I needed to reverse direction & add copperhead to the black
I did the very slight painting on the interior & now I was hooked on painting copperhead
I only need to do several more things in copperhead, the rear bumper cover, buy 1 pass. Side rear tow hook & paint both tow hooks copperhead. I'll be doing those in August when I send my wife off to California for 10 days, she says the work will keep me out of trouble. You see 2 years ago I quit smoking & drinking after my 3rd heart attack. I then sent her off to calif. Several months later & I was bored...you guessed it what I did then & I ended up back in the hospital & the wife had to take an emerg. Flight back here.
I've been on the straight & narrow since & she's gone back to calif. Several times since but I had something to do to keep me out of trouble.
Anyway, back to the Jeep. After buying the Jeep in June of 2014 I drove it home & thought the A/C didn't work right but it was putting out cold air. The Jeep was absorbing the heat from the hot desert sun faster than the AC could keep up so before it started getting hot this summer I installed the full hotheads kit & it works great.
Then we wanted to do some offroading & it scared the hell out of me that our only means of transportation could end up being dead with a hole in the oil pan or worse so I picked up a full set of Rock hard Skid plates in aluminum.
The reason why I went aluminum was that with the mild offroading we are doing I didn't think I need dragging around 150 lbs of steel around to stop a rock that bounces up.
I'm not going to go with aftermarket bumpers or winch because of the same reason, very light offroading & will always be with someone else.
So all the other mods where I want mods, always have done intake, exhaust, programmer whether they do any good or not, I like the looks of the them.
That's about it for now, thanks for reading.
heisman01
2015 anvil 6 speed manual
barricade 9500lb winch
smittybilt xrc front and rear armor
mickey thompson baja claws 33x12.5r15 on classic mt 3's
1.5" wheel spacers
MT stubby front bumper
Jeepin Dad
Mods:
Engine/Driveline:
Rubicon Sleeved and Gusseted D44 Front Axle
Rubicon Rear D44 Axle
5.13 Gears
Tom Woods 1310 Rear Drive Shaft
Centerforce II Clutch
Suspension/Tires:
2" Black Diamond BB
17/58 JKU springs
Bilstien 5100 Shocks (11" Travel Front/10" Travel Rear)
Rock Krawler HD Tie Rod w/Moog Tie Rod Ends
Teraflex Rear Upper Adjustable Control Arms
Rancho Steering Stabilizer Relocation Kit
Set of factory rear swaybar links up front
285/75R16 Cooper Discoverer S/T
16 x 8 Procomp 7069 Extreme Alloys
Armor/Protection:
Front LoD 1st Gen Mid-Width
Teraflex Rock Sliders
Kilby EVAP Relocation Kit
Riddler Diff Covers
M.O.R.E. Oil Pan/Transmission Skid Plate
Interior/Communications:
Cobra 19III CB w/4' Wilson
Radio Shack Handheld CB
Seat covers
Recovery Gear:
Warn M8000
48" Hi-Lift
20' 30,000 lb strap
Tree Savers, Shackles, Snatch Block
Misc:
Warrior Products Safari Rack
Warrior Products Mirror Relocation Brackets
Bestop Safari Top
Brake line relocation brackets
7-Pin Wiring harness w/ Trailer Brake Controller
Story:
Bought it new in July of '07 with the "Rubi-Lite Package", X with the Rubicon locking rear Dana 44 and electric swaybar disconnect. I broke my stock axles trying to get out of my backyard stream, broke 10 teeth off the front ring gear and blew out both rear axle seals. Instead of rebuilding those axles I found a set of built and re-geared Rubicon take offs that I installed under the Jeep. Its favorite place to play is Rausch Creek in Central PA.
Moezer
Mods: 2.5 Teraflex spring lift kit, cb radio, custom tire carrier CREE d2 lights and 5 inch front spot lights, 35./12.5/18 Nitto mud terrain tires with XD rims. Front, rear, and side rock slider are the stock MOPAR items
Story: Where to start, I had a 2014 JKUR that got damaged on the tail while i was helping an off roader that wasn't really on the trail and paid the ultimate price and that was my jeep. I ended up trading it for another jeep from my dealer and got a 2015 Hard Rock, that was the only one in white so i jumped on the deal and don't regret it at all I even love this jeep better then my 2014. Although i baby this jeep better then my old one i still get to have fun doing it 110% more responsibly.
BRC_1980
Mods: Aluminum Genright all around. Nemesis Billy Rockers. Poison Spyder
louver/Pillar. Evo corners. Smittybuilt 9500 winch.
3.5" Metal Cloak ARB Gamechanger. Synergy Steering/Ball Joints. Rubicon
Express skids. G2 chromoly front and rear. Nitro Sleeve, gusset. Adams
front and rear Driveshafts.
37x13.5x17 Toyo MT. Method NV wheels. Magnaflow exhaust. Savvy Doors.
JBA Headers. Spidershade :)
After owning a YJ and doing all Metal cloak, I decided to go to a 2008
JK and go Genright route. I'm a huge fan in trying to make something
look good but also wheel good. A lot of people say it's a copy of
Terramoto and frankly it kind of is but enough changes to make it my own
hence the nemesis rockers and the other company stuff added. I love this
thing. It surprises me on what it actually can do. A lot more work to do
on it but it's pretty close.
Neo1130
Mods: Teraflex 2.5" BB lift, Rugged Ridge XHD Modular Bumper with Smittybilt X20 Gen II 10k winch, Cragar Soft 8 17" wheels and 315/70/17 Goodyear Duratracs
Story: Thought I could get away with a 2009 JK Rubicon 2 door and a family of 4. Well, it was doable but not practical with vacations and small trips to the store. Also had metal shavings in the 2009 due to the infamous 3.8L oil consumption issues that reared it's head pretty quick with 70k miles. So on 6/7/2015 we were off to the dealership (Campbell's Dodge Chrysler Jeep in Chehalis, WA - Best dealer in the NW!) to buy my 2015 JKU Sport. Has factory 3.73 gearing with limited slip. Once the kids are out of daycare for the summer, the mods shall begin!
:thumbsup: There you have it! :thumbsup:
Good Luck To Everyone
:PopCorn:
We are doing things a little different this time around.
I brought all of the runners up from last month directly into this months contest.
We'll see how it goes and maybe continue in this fashon throughout the rest of the year.
The July 2015
:washme: JK of the Month Contest :washme:
Starts Now!
Brett2011
Mods: 4 inch Procomp lift. Skyjacker shocks. 35 inch Toyo tires on 18 inch Ballistic Jester wheels. Magnaflow exhaust. Air Aid intake. Bestop bumpers. Smittybuilt winch. Highlift Jack. On board air. KC off road lights on hood and bumper.. JL Audio Amplifier. Rockford Fosgate tower speakers.
Story: Always wanted a Jeep and appricate having this one. It has been the most fun vehicle I have owned.
AlbertaJeeper
Mods: AEV 2.5" Dualsport Lift, Ion 171 Rims, General Grabber AT2 (315/75/16) tires, ACE Engineering Rock Sliders, Rubicon 10 A Front Bumper, Dirty Dog Sunshade, Grabars, Off Road Heros Combo Top
Story: Ever since I first saw Jurassic Park (I was 1 when it came out) I knew I needed a Wrangler. I oogled them every year in Moab (there for mountain biking) and read this forum all the time. I was finally able to pick one up in May of 2013, and it's been growing ever since. It just made its third trip to Moab and has made countless camping trips and will hopefully continue to do so! Pictures are: coming up a chute on Poison Spider Mesa, next is immediately before dropping down "The Fall" on Steelbender, and the final picture is climbing "The Wall" also on Steelbender.
RHuckster
Mods:
Mopar door sill protectors
Mopar taillight covers
Mopar gas door with body colored bolts
Mopar locking gas cap
Mopar wheel locks
Trailer hitch, receiver & cover
Door stops
Dead Pedal
Shift knobs(auto & 4x4)
Grabars
Hood struts
Custom made rear cargo mat
14” black billet antenna
Black Door Handle Recess Guards
Painted black exterior keylocks
Hinge covers(hood & doors)( powder coated black)
“Jeep” license plate frame
“Jeep” license plate screws
“Jeep” valve stem caps
Wiper cowl cover(powder coated black)
Black Aluminum Hood Catch Set
Hood lock
Billet grille inserts(black)
Firestik CB antenna
RR spare tire CB antenna mount bracket(black)
Banks Ram Air Intake
Magnaflow Dual outlet axleback muffler
Superchips 3872 Flashpaq Tuner
Painted interior trim bolts & vent trim rings(Copperhead)
Rough Country Front Skid Plate
Smittybilt Classic Rock Rails W/ Step
RockHard Aluminum Skid Plates(Engine/Trans, Transfer case, Gas Tank, Evap. Cannister)
Drake Off Road™ Door & Tailgate Handle Inserts painted Copperhead
Hotheads complete headliners kit
Painted Front Bumper insert(Copperhead)
Painted Front Tow Hooks(Copperhead)
Painted Centercaps(Copperhead)
Story:
I've heard several times now I need a lift & tires & I wish I could do that but... & on that note I will start my story of building Willy(Wife named him)
The 1st few mods I had to do for the wife, she's 5' nothing, almost blind & handicapped so she needed steps & something to pull herself in with. I 1st bought Mopar steps & hung the Mopar grab handles for her but the handles just didn't work for her so I heard about the Grabars. Great product & works great for her. Then the door kept closing on her as she climbed in so I installed door stops. Then after installing the Mopar bars(plastic) I realized even though we aren't going to be doing any heavy duty offroading plastic just won't cut it. So I took my chances on the smittybuilt rock rails even though a lot don't talk to kindly about the smittybuilt brand. All is well as they work great, look great & fit nicely.
The 1 mod I needed for me was the hood struts, I couldn't open the hood, hold it up & put the bar in with 1 arm. With my previous import it sat lower so I could use my head to hold the hood up while putting the bar up but not so with this much higher sitting Jeep.
Then I thought we needed a few security things. We had already had the alarm installed @ the dealer, so I installed wheel locks, locking gas cap & hood lock. I had read on the forums about the hood flutter problem which I had experienced in my 07 Mustang so I replaced the rubber hood latches with the aluminum ones.
There where a couple of mods I needed to protect the Jeep from my wife, 1st off she never fails to scratch doors inside the door handle with her nails or ring so I installed the half moon plastic protectors(inserts) under the handles.
She also scratches up door sills so installed sill protectors.
A lot of the mods that followed where I want mods. I was trying to add to the black on Copperhead look but it got out of control & got to the point I needed to reverse direction & add copperhead to the black
I did the very slight painting on the interior & now I was hooked on painting copperhead
I only need to do several more things in copperhead, the rear bumper cover, buy 1 pass. Side rear tow hook & paint both tow hooks copperhead. I'll be doing those in August when I send my wife off to California for 10 days, she says the work will keep me out of trouble. You see 2 years ago I quit smoking & drinking after my 3rd heart attack. I then sent her off to calif. Several months later & I was bored...you guessed it what I did then & I ended up back in the hospital & the wife had to take an emerg. Flight back here.
I've been on the straight & narrow since & she's gone back to calif. Several times since but I had something to do to keep me out of trouble.
Anyway, back to the Jeep. After buying the Jeep in June of 2014 I drove it home & thought the A/C didn't work right but it was putting out cold air. The Jeep was absorbing the heat from the hot desert sun faster than the AC could keep up so before it started getting hot this summer I installed the full hotheads kit & it works great.
Then we wanted to do some offroading & it scared the hell out of me that our only means of transportation could end up being dead with a hole in the oil pan or worse so I picked up a full set of Rock hard Skid plates in aluminum.
The reason why I went aluminum was that with the mild offroading we are doing I didn't think I need dragging around 150 lbs of steel around to stop a rock that bounces up.
I'm not going to go with aftermarket bumpers or winch because of the same reason, very light offroading & will always be with someone else.
So all the other mods where I want mods, always have done intake, exhaust, programmer whether they do any good or not, I like the looks of the them.
That's about it for now, thanks for reading.
heisman01
2015 anvil 6 speed manual
barricade 9500lb winch
smittybilt xrc front and rear armor
mickey thompson baja claws 33x12.5r15 on classic mt 3's
1.5" wheel spacers
MT stubby front bumper
Jeepin Dad
Mods:
Engine/Driveline:
Rubicon Sleeved and Gusseted D44 Front Axle
Rubicon Rear D44 Axle
5.13 Gears
Tom Woods 1310 Rear Drive Shaft
Centerforce II Clutch
Suspension/Tires:
2" Black Diamond BB
17/58 JKU springs
Bilstien 5100 Shocks (11" Travel Front/10" Travel Rear)
Rock Krawler HD Tie Rod w/Moog Tie Rod Ends
Teraflex Rear Upper Adjustable Control Arms
Rancho Steering Stabilizer Relocation Kit
Set of factory rear swaybar links up front
285/75R16 Cooper Discoverer S/T
16 x 8 Procomp 7069 Extreme Alloys
Armor/Protection:
Front LoD 1st Gen Mid-Width
Teraflex Rock Sliders
Kilby EVAP Relocation Kit
Riddler Diff Covers
M.O.R.E. Oil Pan/Transmission Skid Plate
Interior/Communications:
Cobra 19III CB w/4' Wilson
Radio Shack Handheld CB
Seat covers
Recovery Gear:
Warn M8000
48" Hi-Lift
20' 30,000 lb strap
Tree Savers, Shackles, Snatch Block
Misc:
Warrior Products Safari Rack
Warrior Products Mirror Relocation Brackets
Bestop Safari Top
Brake line relocation brackets
7-Pin Wiring harness w/ Trailer Brake Controller
Story:
Bought it new in July of '07 with the "Rubi-Lite Package", X with the Rubicon locking rear Dana 44 and electric swaybar disconnect. I broke my stock axles trying to get out of my backyard stream, broke 10 teeth off the front ring gear and blew out both rear axle seals. Instead of rebuilding those axles I found a set of built and re-geared Rubicon take offs that I installed under the Jeep. Its favorite place to play is Rausch Creek in Central PA.
Moezer
Mods: 2.5 Teraflex spring lift kit, cb radio, custom tire carrier CREE d2 lights and 5 inch front spot lights, 35./12.5/18 Nitto mud terrain tires with XD rims. Front, rear, and side rock slider are the stock MOPAR items
Story: Where to start, I had a 2014 JKUR that got damaged on the tail while i was helping an off roader that wasn't really on the trail and paid the ultimate price and that was my jeep. I ended up trading it for another jeep from my dealer and got a 2015 Hard Rock, that was the only one in white so i jumped on the deal and don't regret it at all I even love this jeep better then my 2014. Although i baby this jeep better then my old one i still get to have fun doing it 110% more responsibly.
BRC_1980
Mods: Aluminum Genright all around. Nemesis Billy Rockers. Poison Spyder
louver/Pillar. Evo corners. Smittybuilt 9500 winch.
3.5" Metal Cloak ARB Gamechanger. Synergy Steering/Ball Joints. Rubicon
Express skids. G2 chromoly front and rear. Nitro Sleeve, gusset. Adams
front and rear Driveshafts.
37x13.5x17 Toyo MT. Method NV wheels. Magnaflow exhaust. Savvy Doors.
JBA Headers. Spidershade :)
After owning a YJ and doing all Metal cloak, I decided to go to a 2008
JK and go Genright route. I'm a huge fan in trying to make something
look good but also wheel good. A lot of people say it's a copy of
Terramoto and frankly it kind of is but enough changes to make it my own
hence the nemesis rockers and the other company stuff added. I love this
thing. It surprises me on what it actually can do. A lot more work to do
on it but it's pretty close.
Neo1130
Mods: Teraflex 2.5" BB lift, Rugged Ridge XHD Modular Bumper with Smittybilt X20 Gen II 10k winch, Cragar Soft 8 17" wheels and 315/70/17 Goodyear Duratracs
Story: Thought I could get away with a 2009 JK Rubicon 2 door and a family of 4. Well, it was doable but not practical with vacations and small trips to the store. Also had metal shavings in the 2009 due to the infamous 3.8L oil consumption issues that reared it's head pretty quick with 70k miles. So on 6/7/2015 we were off to the dealership (Campbell's Dodge Chrysler Jeep in Chehalis, WA - Best dealer in the NW!) to buy my 2015 JKU Sport. Has factory 3.73 gearing with limited slip. Once the kids are out of daycare for the summer, the mods shall begin!
:thumbsup: There you have it! :thumbsup:
Good Luck To Everyone
:PopCorn:
The July 2015 JK of the Month Contest Starts Now!
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