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Day One vs. Today – Let’s See Your JL’s Transformation!

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Let’s see how far your JL has come!

Post two pics:
📸 One from the day you brought it home (stock or close to it)
📸 One from today – lifted, modded, trail tested, or built out

Bonus points for:
- Wheel/Tire specs
- Lift kit details
- “Why I chose this setup”
- Regrets or plans for what’s next

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- 35” Goodyear MTs on AEV Savgre V1s
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- Parts ordered for regear to 4.88. And general 100k maintenance. Eventually going to all terrains as I don’t need MTs but they came with the wheels.

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First pic was the fleet manager at the dealership letting me know my Jeep had come in. Second pic is 7 years later, with a 2.5" Metalcloak Gamechanger lift, 35" Mickey Thompson Baja Boss MTs, Rampage Trailguard front bumper, LOD rear bumper, and LOD sliders.

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Very different... lift, tires, wheels, fenders, front bumper and winch, full skids... what started as a hunting rig became 100% rock crawler.

Not a regret, just disappointment that the method bead grips don't come in red. I may swap them out some day and just get the matte black.
 

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July 21, 2019 - picked up from the dealership

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As of July 18, 2025 -

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Built on a teacher's budget. 4-door Rubi takeoff springs/shocks, Rubi fenders, eBay steel bumper, Tactik 17x9 steel wheels that look stock, 315/70 Goodyear Territory MTs.
 
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Day 1 still at the dealership, last week(almost 1 year later).
Added android wireless, overhead molle panel, molle panel door pockets, wheels, tires, slant back softop, bumpers, winch, lift, blacked out stickers/badges, plate to center hitch, tailgate table, flush led taillights, interior lightbar, painted hardtop interior matte black, hood struts, locking hood latches, stubby antenna, console vault, bullet point rubigrid magnetic phone/ham/gmrs radio mounts.
Lift is teraflex 2.5" but I recently ordered clayton 1.5" springs to bring her down about an inch and plan to go 1" larger tires soon to reduce wheel well gap by about 2" overall.

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jbcrane info on the wheels in the after Photos please?
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Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator 17 Inch Satin Carbon Wheel Off-Road Mopar Genuine OEM.

Description: 17 x 8.5" x 12mm offset Jeep® Performance Parts-unique aluminum wheel is off-road capable. Wheel has a 1,950-lb. load rating, a 5 x 5" bolt pattern and a 71.54mm pilot bore diameter. Also includes a Jeep® branded center cap."

https://www.bamwholesaleparts.com/search?search_str=77072494ab

They've gone up nearly $100 since ordering them.
 
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This is the latest full Jeep pic I have, but have changed t-case, axles, and sliders since.
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2" Dynatrac suspension with Fox 2.5s
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