Maertz's Half Ass Build Thread
01-22-2014, 08:15 AM
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Thanks i appreciate it. It was a big learning experience and ive wasted a bunch of money early on by not doing research. It it nice to try out a few different options. Im still learning and if i were to redo it again itd still be completely different. Its still got flaws as is and isnt perfect by any means. Debating on redoing it again or getting a trail only jeep to go all out on....
01-22-2014, 11:35 AM
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I know how you feel. Half the time I'm working on my Jeep I feel like just starting over and building something I could race at KOH. Not necessarily to be competitive for the win, but just to be able to go fast AND rock crawl. I feel like I'm actually going to spend more time making this thing a street/rock compromise than just building something dedicated I can have more fun with.
01-22-2014, 11:53 AM
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I know how you feel. Half the time I'm working on my Jeep I feel like just starting over and building something I could race at KOH. Not necessarily to be competitive for the win, but just to be able to go fast AND rock crawl. I feel like I'm actually going to spend more time making this thing a street/rock compromise than just building something dedicated I can have more fun with.
Something about repairing versus upgrading loses my interest...don't want to but have to in order to keep it on the road.
01-22-2014, 06:35 PM
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01-22-2014, 06:58 PM
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On one hand I'm glad I didn't max out all my credit cards in the Quadratec catalog, only to realize half the crap I bought was junk.
On the other hand, I wish my stock Rubicon could actually handle the Rubicon. That's kind of why I bought it, so I could have a nice daily driver, but go camping and enjoy the Rubicon trail (and others) like I did years ago with the old K5. I wasn't expecting to have a destroyed cross member, one less gallon of fuel capacity because the stock skid is a joke, a bunch of body damage where the rock rails contacted the body, and a rattling exhaust system. From one trip. I'm not even counting the destroyed plastic bumpers and fenders because I did expect that.
Making my own stuff is proving very cost effective. It's also very time consuming. I just hope I'm not disappointed when I'm done. My Jeep is nowhere near as capable as my K5 was, and it didn't have a front locker. I really need 35's and a small lift to make up the difference. I just don't think I'm prepared to keep poring money into something with payments that can't keep up with my old rig.
On the other hand, I wish my stock Rubicon could actually handle the Rubicon. That's kind of why I bought it, so I could have a nice daily driver, but go camping and enjoy the Rubicon trail (and others) like I did years ago with the old K5. I wasn't expecting to have a destroyed cross member, one less gallon of fuel capacity because the stock skid is a joke, a bunch of body damage where the rock rails contacted the body, and a rattling exhaust system. From one trip. I'm not even counting the destroyed plastic bumpers and fenders because I did expect that.
Making my own stuff is proving very cost effective. It's also very time consuming. I just hope I'm not disappointed when I'm done. My Jeep is nowhere near as capable as my K5 was, and it didn't have a front locker. I really need 35's and a small lift to make up the difference. I just don't think I'm prepared to keep poring money into something with payments that can't keep up with my old rig.
01-23-2014, 04:26 AM
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On one hand I'm glad I didn't max out all my credit cards in the Quadratec catalog, only to realize half the crap I bought was junk.
On the other hand, I wish my stock Rubicon could actually handle the Rubicon. That's kind of why I bought it, so I could have a nice daily driver, but go camping and enjoy the Rubicon trail (and others) like I did years ago with the old K5. I wasn't expecting to have a destroyed cross member, one less gallon of fuel capacity because the stock skid is a joke, a bunch of body damage where the rock rails contacted the body, and a rattling exhaust system. From one trip. I'm not even counting the destroyed plastic bumpers and fenders because I did expect that.
Making my own stuff is proving very cost effective. It's also very time consuming. I just hope I'm not disappointed when I'm done. My Jeep is nowhere near as capable as my K5 was, and it didn't have a front locker. I really need 35's and a small lift to make up the difference. I just don't think I'm prepared to keep poring money into something with payments that can't keep up with my old rig.
On the other hand, I wish my stock Rubicon could actually handle the Rubicon. That's kind of why I bought it, so I could have a nice daily driver, but go camping and enjoy the Rubicon trail (and others) like I did years ago with the old K5. I wasn't expecting to have a destroyed cross member, one less gallon of fuel capacity because the stock skid is a joke, a bunch of body damage where the rock rails contacted the body, and a rattling exhaust system. From one trip. I'm not even counting the destroyed plastic bumpers and fenders because I did expect that.
Making my own stuff is proving very cost effective. It's also very time consuming. I just hope I'm not disappointed when I'm done. My Jeep is nowhere near as capable as my K5 was, and it didn't have a front locker. I really need 35's and a small lift to make up the difference. I just don't think I'm prepared to keep poring money into something with payments that can't keep up with my old rig.
01-23-2014, 04:26 AM
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01-23-2014, 04:04 PM
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JK Jedi
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well ordered up a bunch of lights for rock lights. kind of a necessity lately, and i dont really have any. hope they get in tomorrow as we got a run on cobra from 8pm-midnight on saturday.
