Best built jk?
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 384
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From: Rifle, Co
EVO 1
We all aspire to have the Jeep of our dreams and get a little closer with each mod.
I chose EVO 1 because this is the ideal build for me.
I love offroad and offroad racing. I also love rock crawling and cruising slow. I don't have enough space in my stable for a prerunner and a rock crawler, hence a Jeep with prerunner suspension. I'll be taking my Jeep to Vegas in 10 days to watch the epic Mint 400 offroad race and wishing i had coilovers and bypasses on it while I'm there.
We all aspire to have the Jeep of our dreams and get a little closer with each mod.
I chose EVO 1 because this is the ideal build for me.
I love offroad and offroad racing. I also love rock crawling and cruising slow. I don't have enough space in my stable for a prerunner and a rock crawler, hence a Jeep with prerunner suspension. I'll be taking my Jeep to Vegas in 10 days to watch the epic Mint 400 offroad race and wishing i had coilovers and bypasses on it while I'm there.
JK Newbie
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 23
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From: Alexandria, VA
Getting to see Abbadon in person really puts things in perspective. The rig is awesome! It gives me Jeep envy parking next to it. But, I digress. The more I look into where I want my JK to be when its "finished," the more I realize that Abbadon wouldn't suit my purposes. The best thing about being a Jeep owner is building it to be your own, and creating the Jeep that YOU want that does what YOU want it to do.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to have a rig built like Abbadon, but I don't have the money to build two different JKs.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to have a rig built like Abbadon, but I don't have the money to build two different JKs.
JK Newbie
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 28
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From: Phoenix, AZ
That being said, I've used pretty much every Jeep featured in the awesome wayoflife videos as inspiration. I had Jaker's "Bully" as a screen saver while mine was being born in Toledo as a "compass" to use for my build. Never wanted to copy anything I've seen, but some builds definitely influence the direction mine takes. The COD MW2 jeep (with its gaudy awesome guns poking out the sides) even played into mine as I wanted a little bit of a mean, aggressive look.
I must say though- nothing will ever be as good as the rig YOU built. After building mine (almost done! Just need Metalcloak fenders, 37's and beadlocks... And a Zeon!) there isn't any other Jeep that makes my heart pound when I see her
Last edited by RattleDogUSA; Mar 11, 2013 at 06:53 PM.
JK Newbie
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 49
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From: Rio Rancho, NM
Since we were mentioned twice, once for our built rigs in general and once for our ABADDON build, I will chime in.
To an enthusiast, it will forever be a moving target. "Best looking" is about as tough a question as it gets.
My own JK for example will never be finished. It was born a 2WD JK and now is now running 2.5 IBP coilovers, front Currie 60 and rear Currie 70, supercharged, 40" Maxxis Trepadors, and more. It's been tested everywhere from the Hammers to the Rubicon to Moab to Florida. It has ALWAYS gotten me home.
But, it will never be done. It's currently being given a major operation right now transforming it again in time for Easter Jeep Safari, and I thought I had it where I wanted it.
Do this, and I have challenged people to do it in the past: walk outside and hug your Jeep. Log off from the forum, shut down your PC, and leave politics, forum drama, and keyboard warriors behind for an evening. Remember why you bought your Jeep in the first place. The adventure, excitement, and camaraderie that come with owning a Jeep should be enough. That's what Jeeping is about. Not what forum bashes what forum, what stickers you run, or who gave you lip in a thread 4 states away and has a completely different build style.
Don't worry about who has the best looking, best performing, best this, and best that. You know who has the best? You do. I do. We all do. Why? We have the vehicles that for decades have brought people together in a way no other car or truck has.
Go hug your Jeep. It's good enough.
To an enthusiast, it will forever be a moving target. "Best looking" is about as tough a question as it gets.
My own JK for example will never be finished. It was born a 2WD JK and now is now running 2.5 IBP coilovers, front Currie 60 and rear Currie 70, supercharged, 40" Maxxis Trepadors, and more. It's been tested everywhere from the Hammers to the Rubicon to Moab to Florida. It has ALWAYS gotten me home.
But, it will never be done. It's currently being given a major operation right now transforming it again in time for Easter Jeep Safari, and I thought I had it where I wanted it.
Do this, and I have challenged people to do it in the past: walk outside and hug your Jeep. Log off from the forum, shut down your PC, and leave politics, forum drama, and keyboard warriors behind for an evening. Remember why you bought your Jeep in the first place. The adventure, excitement, and camaraderie that come with owning a Jeep should be enough. That's what Jeeping is about. Not what forum bashes what forum, what stickers you run, or who gave you lip in a thread 4 states away and has a completely different build style.
Don't worry about who has the best looking, best performing, best this, and best that. You know who has the best? You do. I do. We all do. Why? We have the vehicles that for decades have brought people together in a way no other car or truck has.
Go hug your Jeep. It's good enough.
Damn well put...
