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Originally Posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Ref your TJ, mine is set up pretty well methinks. I have a 2-inch suspension lift, deep-dish 15" wheels running 32-1150 x 15 Goodyears on Dana 4.10 axles, together with a Warn 8000x winch on front. I also have gas and water cans mounted ahead of the doors. Despite the paint job, we DON'T attract overt attention by the local constabulary, which is always good... I think my set-up is ideal for regular use and especially in winter when things get messy. I have to admit I haven't used it offroad yet, but my '92 YJ was set up somewhat the same (albeit with 31-1050s) and it worked like a charm. I AM curious as to how my coil-spring suspension will compare with the old leaf springs I know too well, though... 
BTW, I have a full OD softtop for it, but DO need to find a set of half-doors for next summer... |
I had the most fun with my TJ when it resembled (Size-wise) what your running, things went crazy soon after that. To do it all over again, I would keep it small and wheel the hell out of it. I was quite active with the local Jeep Clubs at most of the places i've been posted over the years. Here are a few snaps of my TJ. It started life as a 97 TJ Sahara I bought new in 1997. By the end just before I sold it the only things remaining from the actual TJ I originally bought was the Frame and Grill. Reality for me was, even though MVs are addictive, building a Rig for Rockcrawling was like very advanced Crack Cocaine habit. I was averaging 20 hours of actual trail time for every couple of thousand spent on Mods. Unline MV's where we are struggling to get every original detail correct, in Rockcrawling it was all about the new advanced Tires, Shocks, Diff Locks etc etc. I started to realize the need to wrench on a vehicle was more satisfying than actually wheeling my Jeep. I bit the bullet and sold my TJ and bought my M151A2 projects. Probably the best move I ever made. A new set of 40" Rubber on my TJ cost more than an entire M151A2
Cir 2001 in Gagetown: (No comments about the tires please
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Cir 2005 in Petawawa:
Cir 2008 in Trenton right before I sold it
Sorry for the Hijack....