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Me climbing up a ledge in Cass.

Flexing my jeep. Disney OK 2004.

Ascending a steep hill. Disney, OK.

Almost down. Disney OK.

Creek bed. Cass arkansas 2007.

Crossing Herrods Creek in Cass. 2007.

Going down a hill in the woods.

On top of a ginormous rock in the jeep. Disney oklahoma.

Getting muddy in the jeep.

OUCH! That's gonna leave a mark.

Mud Bogging. Cass Arkansas.

Carson and Carter by my muddy jeep. July 4th, 2008 at Cass Arkansas.

Me and Carson getting muddy in Disney OK. Fall 2007.

Carson wheeling his jeep in the back yard.

Flexing on a trail.

Showing off for the ladies.

Carter wheeling in the ditch by our house. Big brother helps him up.

 
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My Jeep Wrangler

 

Driveway shot of jeep

2003 Jeep Wrangler
Purchased in April '03 at Park Cities in Dallas, 4.0 Inline 6 cylinder
5 speed manual transmission
Soft top, with full doors.

 Me and my boys off roading in july 2008.

 
Me and Allison by our Jeep in Disney OK. April 2005.

Carson on my bumper. Fall 2007 by the Grand Lake Dam.

Upgrades
15x10 Eagle Wheels
33x12.50 BFG MT's
33 x 12.50 TrXus MT's
4" superlift Suspension lift
Custom Rear Bumper/Swing out tire carrier
Warn front Bumper
3.73 Gears
Bushwacker 6" fender flares
2 - KC Hilights 100W lights
2 - KC Hilights 150W lights
Kenwood CD/MP3
Polk Audio 4x6's in dash
SONY Xplode 6.5's in soundbar
Kenwood 120W amplifier
Code Alarm System
Other odds and ends

  Carter and Carson washing Daddy's Jeep. Summer 2008.

A few Installations

I've done a lot with my jeep.  Here's a picture of it in stock form, before I did any mods.  I had the lift before I actually bought the jeep though.  All the major stuff I've put on it came from Quadratec, 4wheelparts, or 4wdhardware, with a few things from ebay.

 

My 2003 Jeep wrangler X in stock form, before any aftermarket accessories or modifications.

Custom Rear Bumper and swing out tire carrier

There are a lot of designs for Jeep bumpers and swing out tire carriers.  I looked at many aftermarket tire carriers and home-made designs.  I have a Warn front bumper, but decided to build my own to save money, and because it sounded fun.  I used a combination of features I liked when I designed this.  It's 2x4 stock steel, with 2x2 frame and supports.  I used a combination of 1/4" and 3/16" for the system.  All clevis mounts and receiver hitches were cut through and welded from the back and the front.  After I cut out my design, my friend Sean welded it up, because I can't weld if my life depended on it.  We used a 1/8" trailer axle stub and tapered roller bearings for the swing joint.  A simple T-handle was used for the closure mechanism.  The bumper is also tied into the rear frame section for extra strength.  A hi-lift jack is mounted below my spare.  I've used this bumper and carrier for about two years now, backed into trees and rocks with it, and towed some with it, and it has been great.  I was even winched up a very steep hill backwards about 50 yards from the left D-ring.  All in all, this cost me about $50 for the reciever receptacle, and the spindle and bearings.  All the steel was free cause I have the hook up.  I only provided a few beers for Sean to weld it all up.

I used this channel steel for a mounting system. Comparison of my channel steel mounting for the new bumper, compared to the old mount from my tube bumper. The bumper endcap was capped and smothed off. Here is the finished bumper installed. This shows the frame tie-in mounts. I just bent them up and welded them straight to the bumper surface.

My receiver receptor left just enough room to fit a pin through when towing. Solid through and welded front and back. My D-ring mounts are all the way through as well, and welded front and back. Full finished bumper, with D-rings installed. Here are the pieces I used to construct the swing out carrier. The spare tire mount on the carrier. I cut gussets and had them welded up as shown. I used a standard tire carrier adapter for the mount.

Here is the trailer axle and hub for the swing point. See my nifty gusset for strength? Testing out the spare mount and the jack mount. Fits! Time to paint the rest. Here it is all painted. Krylon flat black from the can. All finished up. Looks good. Swung out. I decided to leave that big square back plate like it is. I may end up putting an ammo can between it and the tire.

 Click here to find more custom jeep tire carrier plans, instructions, and materials list.

Superlift 4" lift installation

I chose superlift because it had all the features I wanted for my jeep (lower control arms, cam-bolts, etc) and was the cheapest.  We installed it in my garage.  Tony and Sean helped.  Well, mainly Tony.  Wasn't too bad.  The hardest part was knocking out the slots in the rear control arms mount in order to install the cam bolts.  Those were a life saver though, and really helped with the driveline angles.  Tony's lift did not have them, and he ended up getting some separately because mine worked so well.  Also, we had a hard time getting some of the bolts undone.  For a brand new jeep, some of them were frozen up pretty good.  Took us about 3 days working on it in the evenings.

My lift just arrived! Putting tony to work on that front end. Where'd my wheel go? The front 'looks' right.  Look at the two women, just sitting around watching us do all the work. Tony trying to take a break when I'm not looking.

 Me trying to figure out which tool is used for hammering. Checking the rear track bar. Notice the rubber mallet used for an axle support? Don't try this at home kids. Lift is all done. Look at Sean install a tube bumper for me. Looks pretty good. I ended up scrapping those silly tube bumpers though.

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