New Jeep

[nroberts]

I just bought a 1990 Jeep Wrangler last week. The doors are shit and in fact the passenger side has no windows or door latch. But, I just took the damn things off, took the top off, put those mud tires on the thing and bam...nice toy to go out in the woods with. I'm going to be putting on a 3" body lift over the next week and currently the engine is hanging on a comealong so I could replace the rear main, which I did already but called it a night shortly after.

I need to get some sort of cheap stereo that plays CD's at least and some sort of speaker boxes that can handle water and mud...if such a thing exists. I've got a CB already and a nice antenna I didn't have to buy. I would like to get a soft top for it and doors to go with it so I could drive it on average (cold as hell without a top at night). Needs a windsheild at some point; can see through it fine but pretty cracked up.

Gets great milage and still tough enough to do a lot of stuff. Gonna go out on the 1st to Oregon on a camping trip and romp around all Sunday and most of Monday.

I'll post some pics of it later. It's a fun little truck.

[El_jalepeno]

Kick ass man This Jeep sounds a little like a fixer upper. At least with the work you mentioned doing on it you are going have one helluva tricked out Jeep exactly to your specs!

[nroberts]

Originally Posted by El_jalepeno

Kick ass man This Jeep sounds a little like a fixer upper. At least with the work you mentioned doing on it you are going have one helluva tricked out Jeep exactly to your specs!

Yeah, the main seal isn't a small job but it is also a pretty cheap one. The no doors thing is a bummer in the rain and cold but it is also pretty cool just having it wide open. The 28" tires that came on it wouldn't have done me too good. "All terrain" tires just don't cut it where I'm going. I wouldn't really need the body lift except the tires I put on it are really close to the fenders.

But $2000 for a jeep around here is pretty good. All the running gear is intact and the body itself is straight. It just needs doors and a windsheild...and to put the engine back in Doors on the wrangler are easy, if you don't know they just lift on and off; you can have different sets of doors for different occasions even. The windsheild could be a different issue though if I don't care about color I could probably find the whole frame at a junk yard. The cool thing about these cars is they are made to be able to replace parts pretty easily.