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A little History: ***JL Pics start on post 2***
My first vehicle ever was a 2001 TJ Sport in Dark Blue. ( I will find a picture when I visit my parents place.) I err... parents bought it bare bones at the ripe age of 16. It was a 5 speed manual which is what I learned on. If that Jeep could talk, I would probably have to kill it for incriminating evidence :-D! That being said, If I find that VIN pop up for sale again, I would buy it instantly. After driving it into a tree and almost totaling it after some time, I kept it, lifted it with some budget crap spacers and a 1 inch body lift. I then slapped some Cragers and 33x12.50's on it with a Detroit Tru-Trac in the rear Dana 44 (axle was an option back then as well as 3.73's) and switched for 4.10's. I proceeded on driving that for many years. I test drove a JK during ownership and was overwhelmingly disappointed in it's power stating that my TJ would rip it a new one in a race. Dealership said no way (we all know the 4.0 would destroy the 3.8 sooo...) That ended up being sold by my parents when I was away at school because they thought I only wanted to keep my truck(s10) aka Not that cool. That was a rough, rough experience to hear.
Played with some CJ's here and there but nothing major. In October of 2014, had a motorcycle accident that had me laid up good for a year and then some. I decided to get out of bikes for a while and started looking at vehicles to replace it. Found a 2013 JK in Dark Blue with AEV everything on WranglerForum. I sent the guy a message saying I'm sure he had sold it already and if not, I wouldn't be able to offer him exactly what he wanted but I had to try and to please don't be insulted. Explained why I was getting into jeeps and it boiled down to the same reason as he was when he bought it. Here is the picture of me buying it in Virginia after flying up from FL:
Drove it for about 50,000 miles and did minor mod's such as a twin screw supercharger, 40's and flat fenders!
Said I would never get a 4 door or anything with 2 pedals... After my trip to LA Auto show for the JL release, I knew I wanted a 2 door, 6 speed red rubicon! Time went on until I borrowed a buddies JKUR on 37's in Texas with an auto for the COTA races. Started falling for the extra space and driving characteristics. Some time later, this happened:
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My first vehicle ever was a 2001 TJ Sport in Dark Blue. ( I will find a picture when I visit my parents place.) I err... parents bought it bare bones at the ripe age of 16. It was a 5 speed manual which is what I learned on. If that Jeep could talk, I would probably have to kill it for incriminating evidence :-D! That being said, If I find that VIN pop up for sale again, I would buy it instantly. After driving it into a tree and almost totaling it after some time, I kept it, lifted it with some budget crap spacers and a 1 inch body lift. I then slapped some Cragers and 33x12.50's on it with a Detroit Tru-Trac in the rear Dana 44 (axle was an option back then as well as 3.73's) and switched for 4.10's. I proceeded on driving that for many years. I test drove a JK during ownership and was overwhelmingly disappointed in it's power stating that my TJ would rip it a new one in a race. Dealership said no way (we all know the 4.0 would destroy the 3.8 sooo...) That ended up being sold by my parents when I was away at school because they thought I only wanted to keep my truck(s10) aka Not that cool. That was a rough, rough experience to hear.
Played with some CJ's here and there but nothing major. In October of 2014, had a motorcycle accident that had me laid up good for a year and then some. I decided to get out of bikes for a while and started looking at vehicles to replace it. Found a 2013 JK in Dark Blue with AEV everything on WranglerForum. I sent the guy a message saying I'm sure he had sold it already and if not, I wouldn't be able to offer him exactly what he wanted but I had to try and to please don't be insulted. Explained why I was getting into jeeps and it boiled down to the same reason as he was when he bought it. Here is the picture of me buying it in Virginia after flying up from FL:
Drove it for about 50,000 miles and did minor mod's such as a twin screw supercharger, 40's and flat fenders!
Said I would never get a 4 door or anything with 2 pedals... After my trip to LA Auto show for the JL release, I knew I wanted a 2 door, 6 speed red rubicon! Time went on until I borrowed a buddies JKUR on 37's in Texas with an auto for the COTA races. Started falling for the extra space and driving characteristics. Some time later, this happened:
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