My friends warned me...

[KSwilly]

I took delivery on a new 2020 Jeep JLU Willys about 3 weeks ago. First time Jeep owner!

My friends warned me - there's no way you''l be able to keep it stock for long. I kept scoffing at that - if I get exactly what I want, why would I want to modify it further. (yeah, go ahead and laugh.)

My first modification was planned in advance, and it was adding to the Jeep - the Diabolic Slipstream security enclosure. Went in the week I got the Jeep. Not REALLY a modification just an addition, right? Necessary because of where I live. I still scoffed at my friends.

Next was a Hotheads Headliner. Again, not a mod - an addition! I test-drove a JLU with a headliner, and I liked it (but couldn't get that dealer to agree on price.) My friends still pointed and laughed, but I payed them no heed.

Today, I changed out the antenna, along with the mounting plate. As I stood there, holding the 3 factory bolts and the plastic trim piece, I suddenly realized - this was the first part of the just-purchased Jeep that I was removing ON PURPOSE to replace with something aftermarket.

I broke into a cold sweat - they were RIGHT. My word - I WAS HOOKED. I stared for a long time at those three bolts. Proof that what I purchased will slowly go away, lost in a sea of aftermarket modifications....

My thoughts swam with visions of bumpers, winches, and lift kits in my near future. I imagined a time where I pawned off my television for a set of lockers. Would tires be next??

WHEN WILL IT END?? And how do I keep paying for it all???

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[cOtter]

HOOK!!!!!

LINE!!!!!

SINKER!!!!!

 

[Aloha Offroad]

That's how it starts. Just small additions. Then you create a list of mods you've done and things you want to do. Next thing you know you are getting multiple deliveries each week and you can't keep track of whats coming and when. And you have to find a way to get it without the motion detector going off when the UPS guy walks to the door so your wife doesn't find out, and you need the perfect hiding place until you install it and then stupidly try to convince her it was on the Jeep all along or you installed it ages ago. This ride is a sickness. Welcome aboard. (I LOVE IT!!!!)

 

[jlewissystem]

Welcome to the Abyss!!

 

[GRAK]

 

[Stormin’ Moorman]

Just skip all the bullshit and go straight to hemi swap.

 

[JohnT]

I took delivery on a new 2020 Jeep JLU Willys about 3 weeks ago. First time Jeep owner!

My friends warned me - there's no way you''l be able to keep it stock for long. I kept scoffing at that - if I get exactly what I want, why would I want to modify it further. (yeah, go ahead and laugh.)

My first modification was planned in advance, and it was adding to the Jeep - the Diabolic Slipstream security enclosure. Went in the week I got the Jeep. Not REALLY a modification just an addition, right? Necessary because of where I live. I still scoffed at my friends.

Next was a Hotheads Headliner. Again, not a mod - an addition! I test-drove a JLU with a headliner, and I liked it (but couldn't get that dealer to agree on price.) My friends still pointed and laughed, but I payed them no heed.

Today, I changed out the antenna, along with the mounting plate. As I stood there, holding the 3 factory bolts and the plastic trim piece, I suddenly realized - this was the first part of the just-purchased Jeep that I was removing ON PURPOSE to replace with something aftermarket.

I broke into a cold sweat - they were RIGHT. My word - I WAS HOOKED. I stared for a long time at those three bolts. Proof that what I purchased will slowly go away, lost in a sea of aftermarket modifications....

My thoughts swam with visions of bumpers, winches, and lift kits in my near future. I imagined a time where I pawned off my television for a set of lockers. Would tires be next??

WHEN WILL IT END?? And how do I keep paying for it all???

welcome to the..... adventure

 

[RagTopDeluxe]

I told my husband I wasn’t modding, but accessorizing (he had a JKUR so knew I was kidding).

Congrats on your Willys! Post pics.

How are you liking the Slipstream?

 

[higbyz]

Hehehehehe , and that my friends is the absolute truth. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. Strawberry fields.

 

[cosine]

Just skip all the bullshit and go straight to hemi swap.

dana 60s and 44" boggers. oh yeah, straight pipe the hemi just to piss off the neighbors and set off car alarms 6 in the morning going to work.

 

[Andy2434]

Congrats and welcome aboard. Now, the adventure begins.

 

[cosine]

I took delivery on a new 2020 Jeep JLU Willys about 3 weeks ago. First time Jeep owner!

My friends warned me - there's no way you''l be able to keep it stock for long. I kept scoffing at that - if I get exactly what I want, why would I want to modify it further. (yeah, go ahead and laugh.)

My first modification was planned in advance, and it was adding to the Jeep - the Diabolic Slipstream security enclosure. Went in the week I got the Jeep. Not REALLY a modification just an addition, right? Necessary because of where I live. I still scoffed at my friends.

Next was a Hotheads Headliner. Again, not a mod - an addition! I test-drove a JLU with a headliner, and I liked it (but couldn't get that dealer to agree on price.) My friends still pointed and laughed, but I payed them no heed.

Today, I changed out the antenna, along with the mounting plate. As I stood there, holding the 3 factory bolts and the plastic trim piece, I suddenly realized - this was the first part of the just-purchased Jeep that I was removing ON PURPOSE to replace with something aftermarket.

I broke into a cold sweat - they were RIGHT. My word - I WAS HOOKED. I stared for a long time at those three bolts. Proof that what I purchased will slowly go away, lost in a sea of aftermarket modifications....

My thoughts swam with visions of bumpers, winches, and lift kits in my near future. I imagined a time where I pawned off my television for a set of lockers. Would tires be next??

WHEN WILL IT END?? And how do I keep paying for it all???

congrats on your new jl. a week after i got my jl sport, i ordered the supernova headlight and foglight bulbs. by the second week a set of 2" led piller lights, locking gas cap. christmas of that year a arb recovery strap (gift). coming up to 1 year ownership (memorial day) i'm looking into a winch bumper and winch. then when the tire wears out, you guessed it tires and wheels.

the key thing is to think of what you want to do with the jeep and do it in stages. because once you start it will not end. as for $$$ it a jeep which stands for

Just
Empty
Every
Pocket.

welcome to the jeep life style.

 

[Krondor]

I also thought to buy a new Rubicon and leave it alone...

It didn't last long.

Have fun and enjoy your new addiction.

 

[oceanblue2019]

Just skip all the bullshit and go straight to hemi swap.

and a long arm setup, with D60/D80's.....

Basically become the StepChild

 

[multicam]

I don’t get it, this bug has never bitten me. I’ve had my stock JLR for a year now and have no desire to modify it in any way. I’m not saying I never will but I just like it the way it is now too much to want to mess with it. I think it’s PTSD from my previous jeep, a moderately modded but poorly taken care of (by the previous owner) YJ.

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