ugatyler

I am going to try to give a brief write-up of the progression of my Jeep to date and then add on it accordingly. Everything that has been done to my Jeep has been done by me (no shop) and some Jeep buddies. Before owning this Jeep I had no prior knowledge of how to work on a vehicle...heck I had never even changed my own oil.

I purchased my 2013 Rubicon in October of 2012 with no intention of ever modifying it. Yeah right.

This was the day I brought her home.


Not long after purchasing, I started browsing some of the Jeep forums and quickly decided that I wanted to go after "The Look" of a more aggressive Jeep.

My first mods were simple mods that didn't involve much work like adding the rugged ridge tail light covers that almost everyone adds.

• Rugged Ridge floor mats
• Rugged Ridge grab handles
• Mopar door insteps
• Antenna X Stubby antenna

Christmas of 2012 I added a few of my first real modifications where I had to turn a wrench. The front bumper was a little challenging because I had move the vacuum pump and relocate it. I was a total newb at this so it was hard cutting on a 2 month old Jeep. Next mods were:

• Rugged Ridge XHD bumper with standard ends and hoop over
• Ace Engineering rock sliders
• Mopar gas cap

Here is a picture of how she sat


February 2013 I finally talked my wife into letting me upgrade my wheels and tires if I could sell my stock ones on craigslist. I pretty quickly was able to get $1100 for my stock rubi rims and tires. So my next few mods were a leveling kit and new rims and tires

• Teraflex 1.5" performance leveling kit
• Xd Addict 17"
• Toyo Open Country MT 295/70r17

A picture of the new rims and tires with the leveling kit:


My next modification was to change out the rubicon decal to a more personalized decal. I ordered a black decal outlined in red (pixeldecals.com) and installed it but decided quickly that I didn't like it. I then purchased a grey decal outlined in red and am still running that one to date. I love the way it turned out.


Much more to add...To be continued

ugatyler

Next I added my seat covers which are one of my favorite mods to date.

• Trek Armor seat covers (red and black)

June of 2013 I added some new headlights, a grey sun shade, and some off road lights.

• J.W. Speaker headlights
• Grey spiderwebshade[
• Recluse offroad (dually knockoff's)

Summer came and I decided I needed a soft top so I purchased a fastback style soft top.

• Offroad Hereos fastback and multi top

To be continued....

ugatyler

It didn't take me going off road too many times to figure out that the leveling kit was not going to cut it so in September of 2013 I purchased a rancho 3" trail lift with geometry correction brackets and rancho 9000xl shocks. World of difference in the way this thing rides and handles.


My next few mods were minor mods like stickers and doing a little painting.

• pixeldecals.com black flag decals
• Painted my D-rings red

To be continued...

ugatyler

Christmas of 2013 I added a few more changes to my Jeep. I really like the way the Jeep is coming along.

• Rugged Ridge rear bumper (with red painted D-rings)
• Rancho Tube doors
• ARB differential covers
• Poison Spyder hood louver

to be continued again.....

ugatyler

Towards the end of January I added a few more things to the Jeep. The mods just keep on coming.
I decided to put some vinyl stickers behind the poison spyder logo on my hood louver to really make it pop. Also, I purchased some hood latches and a new sunshade (I sold my grey one)

• Vinyl decals behind poison spyder logo
• Rugged Ridge hood latches
• Red Spyderwebshade

to be continued again....

ugatyler

In february I got a great deal on some LED taillights so I pulled the trigger. I also added a red trail badge and some paracord limiting straps for the tube doors.

• Spyder LED tailights
• Homemade paracord straps
• Red Trail badge

to be continued...

ugatyler

In the past two weeks I have added a new winch and painted a few parts on the Jeep. This is how she sits today 04-14-14.

• Warn 9.5cti-synhetic
• Painted interior parts
• Painted Jeep logo on gas cap

I'm sure I have left some small things out but for the most part this is it.

ugatyler

I added a red and chrome jeep logo today but I'm not 100% sold on it right now. It may stay or I may just buy a black one.

ScubaSteve913

looks awesome!

ugatyler

Thanks bro.