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Jeep update!

Well, the week before Christmas, we got about 16" of snow dumped on us. We lost power for 3 days and had one HECKUVA time getting out. It required that we carry a chainsaw, hi-lift jack, tow chains and shovels given the condition of our road. (It seemed that the local county road department had 3 plows that had either wrecked or broken down. We weren't a top priority.)

Pics:

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I had longed for a winch for quite some time, (well, ever since my Jeep decided that the rear end of a Chevy HHR looked crunchy and tasty...which precipitated the upgrade to a new front bumper equipped for a winch...) and the snow storm sealed the deal!

Lookit what Santa brought me!

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It's a Warn 9.5ti! I must have been a very good girl indeed...or at least very good at being bad... :D
 
I have to admit I'm pretty excited. I've never had any kind of "modified" or "pimped-out" vehicle, being that my family was pretty sold on keeping things stock. I'm having a lot of fun with this. You should see my Quadratec wish list! It makes gift-giving easy for El Hubbo...he just types in my email address and wham! Effortless spousal happiness.

Need some deeper lug tires, though, that's gonna be high on the list.
 
Unless you do a lot of mud, big lugs suck. Bad in snow, poor life and noisy as hell. I swear by BFG ATs on my Jeep and trucks. There ain't a better snow tire in my opinion.
 
Sweet ride! I traded in both my Jeeps a few years ago and now want mine back. I had 4" lifts on both my Cherokee Sport and my Rangler Renegade and they were unstoppable in weather. Now we have 2 Pontiacs which are ok but I miss the adventure. The Cherokee pic is actually taken at the dealership where I traded it in and it had the small tires on it!
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downreactor said:
Why don't they make a diesel Wrangler?
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This question has baffled automotive enthusiasts for decades. I bet they would have put the Liberty CRD in if it wasn't for the emissions crackdown the very next year.

Nice snow pics Bedlam, every time we get like a foot of snow I throw a shovel in the back of my MJ and go looking for cars to pull out of ditches.
 
Thanks to everyone for their kind words. Wade, I love that Wrangler pic...too bad you had to unload it.

Every vehicle I've ever owned has been manual transmission, but it might bite me in the ass with the Jeep, given the pervasive issue. I feel like there will be a recall or tech notice about that 1st-gear/synchronizer issue.. (shrug) I'll wait it out until failure and they CAN'T deny replacement under warranty or the recall notice shows up in the mail.

And those are the stock foglights in the bumper. They just went right in, after undoing the harness and switching left for right. Easy install, really, on the whole deal. I love plug-n-play!
 
jkarp said:
Unless you do a lot of mud, big lugs suck. Bad in snow, poor life and noisy as hell. I swear by BFG ATs on my Jeep and trucks. There ain't a better snow tire in my opinion.
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I have BFG AT KOs on both my Cherokee and my Durango. Great tires. I don't think they are best pure snow tire, but a great tire nonetheless. My wife's Durango has very low tread now, and they still seem to grip the road like crazy. I was going to replace at first snow, but the were good enough to make me want to wait until we recover from the Holidays now.

Love the winch too. I know a couple of people who would love to have one on their Wranglers.
 
I like the color... but I am biased. Here is mine:

Sorry for the mall crawler type shots, but they are the only ones since my latest mods. I'll be taking her out to the Rausch Creek ORV park for first time this year (went plenty when I was more "stock") on April 3.

It's locked front and rear on rubi D44 axles, and re-geared to 5.13, bunch of skids underneath and on the diffs, but almost everything else you can see from the pics! It's 3.5" of lift and 35x12.5x17 BFG KM2s. :)

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Locker switches - pardon the crud:

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jkarp said:
Unless you do a lot of mud, big lugs suck. Bad in snow, poor life and noisy as hell. I swear by BFG ATs on my Jeep and trucks. There ain't a better snow tire in my opinion.
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Going to have to disagree with this statement, whole heartedly...

I ran 32" BFG KM mud terrains for 20k miles before I upgraded and they were not loud at all. Probably actually quieter than my brothers BFG AT KOs that were fairly worn. Also, handled snow like a champ in PA this winter (ice another story - but what tire is good in ice?) and we had a lot of it... I got rid of them to get 35s and they still had at least 50-60% tread left (read: you could get 45k out of them or so).

Now, I've switched to the 35" BFG KM2, and honestly, I think these are going to be even better. I've only got 600 miles on them, but they are quieter than and have better road manners than the regular KMs in rain.

Pricey, but that's what you get for a 35" MT with good road manners and low noise...

The BFG AT KO is a great tire, not doubting that, just saying that 'mud tires' have come a longgg way since the 'olden days' and if you pay for a good one (BFG KM2, Goodyear MTR, Cooper STT), they will work just fine on-road as well.
 
This is how mine looks now.

The new tires do a great job of painting the sides with mud. :rockin:

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OooooOOOOOooo...nice outfitting, RoaringBrewer! I do like me a tall Jeep! The lights are especially dandy.

Aren't Jeeps just the tits?
 
McKBrew said:
This is how mine looks now.

The new tires do a great job of painting the sides with mud. :rockin:
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Looking good McKBrew... I saw you jump in the Rubi v. Modded X post over on JF. LOL.

Now I remember why I stick to JK-Forum, moreso that JeepForum. Their both great, but some of the characters over there on JF are laughable.
 

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