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1997 Jeep Wrangler - surfen24

Owner:   surfen24
Year: 1997
Make: Jeep
Model: Wrangler
Est.Horsepower: 0
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About my Wrangler

I purchased my Jeep while living in Florida, it now has 169,000 + miles on it. I purchased the BestTop 2 piece hard top off Craig's list for $100.00 and the Dave's Safari rack for $200.00. I have installed a Rough Country 4" Suspension lift and Bushwacker 4 3/4" flares(the flares last week) in the last couple of months. The exhaust was opened up a little with a Walker Cat-back exhaust system. I found 4 Heila lights at a local 4x4 shop that were "traded" in for some KC Daylighters, they were sold to me for $100.00. See a pattern here,,I'm building my Jeep on a serious budget, but trying to build it like I want it.
I've driven this Jeep all over Florida, made a move to WV with it and took my latest road trip from West Virginia to Kansas (western KS) in it. It isn't the most comfortable long distance ride, but it keeps plugging along, stubborn thing, hence the nickname, Lil' Mule!!
The 4.0 engine and Automatic transmission remain completely stock at this time, those will be my next Big project, but for now I am thinking "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"!!!!!

OK, I finally saved the cash and purchased the new wheels, 16" Granite Alloys and tires, 285/75/16 Firestone Destination M/Ts. I took the hard top off for the summer and removed the Safari rack. I may leave the Safari rack off as I think I like the looks of the Jeep better without it.

Next upgrade is definitly going to be deeper gearing front and rear.

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Altoidfishfins
Altoidfishfins | New User
Posts: 1 | Joined 07/26/08
Posted: 07/26/08 06:07 AM

Yeah I'll comment,

I'm kind of partial to '97 Wranglers since I own one myself. First purchased it when I lived in Northern Nevada. I've since moved back to Arizona. Added all kinds of goodies and it's taken me everywhere I want to go, including the infamous Charolou Gap, without getting stuck with just a 3" lift, 31's, and Detroit TruTrac limited slips at both ends.

Never though of looking on Craigslist for deals on stuff like Bestops. My original is getting shredded.

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