Specs at purchase time (02/2002):

1998 Wrangler TJ Sport 4.0L 6 cyl Automatic Dana 30 Front Dana 35 Rear Hard top A/C AM/FM Cass w/Soundbar

After selling my '83 CJ-7, I immediately began looking at every TJ I passed that was for sale. I spoke with a couple of dealers about ordering a new TJ and even got real excited about the new Wrangler Rubicon that will be available at the end of summer. I knew fairly well what I was looking for and I really wanted to find a *good* deal. In February 2002 I ran into this cute little cheerleader-jeep that had almost everything I wanted in a used Jeep. First of all, it was bone stock, I don't think the hard top had ever been off and there were no scratches underneath. I had the dealer pull a carfax and it had been a lease vehicle in NJ. It only had 30K miles on it and the dealer was anxious to sell, so we struck a deal and I brought home a new vehicle, good thing it was my wife's favorite color!

It didn't take long to make my first changes. I knew that it would be awhile before I can afford the type of lift I want, so a little rocker panel protection was required. The first thing I put on are Rock-slide Engineering's Rock Sliders and at the same time traded the 4 grizzly wheels for 5 AR-767 black wheels and put on some 30" Big-O XTs that used to be on my Nissan truck.

Take offs:
Grizzly Aluminum Wheels
All roll bar padding
OEM side steps
Side flares
Air filter and box
Plastic Bumper corners
OEM Rear Bumper
Insta-Trunk
Front bumper tow hooks
Intake tube for K&N (need to make room for OBA)
Dana 30/35 w/3.07s
Big-O 30x9.5R15 XTs w/AR767s
Stock Suspension
Teraflex 1.5" Spacer lift - Thanks Mike!
Custom Rear Bumper
33" GoodYear MTRs w/AR767s
Almost all the old frankenstein lift stuff

• ORFab Sport Roll Cage
• Steering box skid plate - this is just a good idea... I've hit my steering box hard enough to be worried about it.
• Atlas II Transfer Case - We'll see how the Teralow holds up for now.
  

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