any wrangler fans? my 98 tj

hope you guys are cool with it. bought a 98 wrangler tj 4.0 auto with 116k miles on it for $3200. runs great just a little ugly. i've already started on it with new wheels and tires along with a trip to the body shop to get all the rust fixed and new paint.


here she sits with the 31x10.5r15 and 15x8 level 8 tracker wheels.




motor



chasis is freakin clean for a 98 wrangler.



heres the interior




parts ordered waiting to go on when i get her back from paint & body


corbeau moab seats



supreme suspension 3" lift kit. includes coils and transfer case drop not in pic...my bad lol




new bestop black soft top




bushwacker pocket style flares



i'm sure i'll be getting more stuff for it as i go along.

 

what i've done so far

tore the dash out (holy shit there were 56 bolts) and started preping and dying it to black. i go through a huge prep stage before shooting it black to keep it black lol










heater vents were broke on one side so i just glassed a couple tweeter pods

 

came with this expensive console in it but its ugly and beat up. so i'm gonna keep it and bring it back to life





textured black truck bedliner spray rustoleum...good stuff! i love it!!



still fixing dents and shit from the console part.


my mirrors were terrible as well





came out great!!





thats where she's at so far. should get it back this week so i'll post up more progress as i go along. thanks for looking guys

 

thank ya big joe!!!

 

oh dear god no lolol!! although there is something kinda cool about the wide ass fenders sitting directly on some reverse d's

 

man that means allot joe i appreciate the compliment. allot of people never knew i really liked lifted rigs lol. i've had a couple trucks lifted. i've liked wranglers for years just never wanted to tackle these rust monsters till i found this one with a frame that looked new lol. i knew the body could be fixed easy. i'll have $1800 in paint and body vs. $4k in my mustang that had zero rust lol.

thanks allot man. the only part with the bedliner spray on the interior will be the radio bezel and the console. the rest is regular black.

 

so when you tke the door off of a wrangler you loose your side mirrors. illegal in ohio. i ws going to try to fab something to get theem mounted on my windheild pillar. well who woulda thought they mke a bracket for that lol. so i ordered this:



takes care of that problem

 

no shit. def would make more sense lol

hell yea man. i think wayne national forest has some trails. thats in southern ohio.

 

cool...thanks caboose

 

thanks duff! i know allot of guys run the dana 44's but never hear much or read much about the transfer case. anything i need to know about them?