Hello group, second jeep go around, last one was a 97 YJ or 92... it's been a while, it blew up on me and I went with a 2012 Taco, ended up rolling it after rigging it out, insurance paid it after arguing that the mods I put on it didn't effect the coverage, stupid lady......... any how! proud owner of a my second jeep, I'm in Iraq now for my second deployment, I've got a hefty pile of boxes stacking up in my shop ready to put on the body, getting my R&P's / axles done while I'm hear, so I don't have to wait when I hit American soil. I'm a huge diving enthusiast, hunter, actively doing something to make money somehow, I got 3 degrees in culinary, welding, and almost done with my auto body program ( got interrupted with deployment ) I'm a sheet metal fabricator on helicopters mainly UH60, and AH64 some CH47.... for the military, basically I do anything metal and I can cook lol. I love my job, love to meet new people in the middle of now where and chill out around a camp fire. stay tuned for crap load mods going on my JK!

 

Welcome aboard and thank you for your service.

 

G'day mate, welcome to the forum! Thank for doing your bit over there for all of us!
You sound like a pretty active dude, have fun tricking out the new wheels!

 

Welcome to JKF. I see you're in Springfield Missouri. There's a great jeep club there. Ozark Jeep Thing (OJT). Also, you have a couple great off road parks near you. Southern Missouri Off Road Ranch (SMORR) and Disney Oklahoma.

 

Welcome back to Jeep World!

 

ya I've taken my 91 YJ to smorr years ago, my buddies go to Disney, I'm not rich enough, or controlled enough to take my jeep there..lol

 

Welcome! It's a bit further from you, but if you ever find yourself down in the Hot Springs, AR area, they have a nice park there that offers a good bit for all sorts of builds, or non-builds.

 

Well I've made it to Ft.Hood Texas! 2 weeks I'll be home from deployment, I've got a huge pile of mods ready to install, from what I remember this is what I'm going to be doing.
1. gut the interior and install sound proofing/ water barrier under paneling and floor
2. upgraded CAI
3. 8 pod rock light kit
4. 8" esprite LED lights
5. chromoly Yukon rear axle shafts / rear 4:88 R&P going in after vacation with the wife
6. inner fender liners / powder coat the fender flares
7. rewire all my mods to a relay hub (making my own from scratch)
8. connect all my electronic to a A-pillar
9. New soft top to replace the hard top
10. hatch back cargo net / with assy. roll bar bags
11. new brake and rotor kit from EBC "orange stuff pad"
12. new kevlar brake lines from Morris 4x4
13. rebuilding caliper kit, and electrolosis treating the old calipers to get old build up off
14.some cosmetic stuff, decal on hood, interior pretty shit.....
15. and lastly a throttle tuner from I9
I think this is all I got lol.. and seat covers, the wife put those on while I was gone.

 

That's a heck of a list!

 

I'm mostly excited for the soft top, got it off a guy on CL, he didn't like it, the new fast back w/ sunroof from best top, 400$ I should be able to run the top and unzip the windows, and keep the cargo net for the back, it'll look sharp as heck.