Quoted from Haymaker:

I'm so jealous of all you guys with the 4 door JK rubi's. I wish the price would come down on them just a little bit more and I'd finally move on from my love affair with ZJ's and XJ's

Quoted from Haymaker:

Yeah there is a lot of crappy plastic in these old things lol! I will say though that a lot of it tends to be better than most cars of that era. Plus the interior is just so well layed out and comfortable. Everything comes apart so easy if you need to and everything is so inexpensive to replace. Man I just love these things!! I can see why they have never been as popular with the general jeep crowd though. I just feel like you get so much bang for your buck with a ZJ, way more so than any other jeep. XJ's are sweet too and have that spartan interior you like, but they feel way tinier inside, they tend to be more expensive (actually really shooting up in price latley) ride rougher ect. What other vehicle are you going to get coil springs on all 4 corners, choice of either the bulletproof 4.0 or great V8 power, 242 transfer case stock (non v8's) and plenty of creature comforts for an ungodly cheap price. I don't know I just love em and you don't have to feel bad taking it out in the woods and rubbing up against a couple trees!

Quoted from chrisjens2:

Bumpers done, interior almost done, roll in bedliner done, new gauges installed......

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Quoted from chrisjens2:

This is what the updated gauges look like just after fitment into the stock bezel.
Still need to refurbish the metal dash

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Quoted from dmbjunky:

Well I may be joining the Jeep club. I'm going to take my Dad and go look at this Jeepster in Kentucky. Pretty excited.

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Quoted from JIM_Z:

Got a jeep....1945 Willys MB

Quoted from chrisjens2:

Finished my Willys project - kinda
Nothing is ever really finished

Quoted from RobT:

Can't believe that I've missed this thread until now.
I've gone out "Jeeping" (I didn't even know that was a verb until a couple of months ago) a couple of times with a friend in his Rubicon and simply put: I'm addicted, and I want....no, I NEED a Jeep!
I've still got 2 years left on my current lease. Might try to get out of it next year after seeing what the new JL platform is going to offer. Sounds like it will have an 8 speed auto transmission, and a Diesel is probably coming as well (I'm probably not interested in that).
Rumor is a 4 banger turbo is going to be standard, which I'm not happy about. I'm hoping a V6 will still be offered.

Quoted from johnf:

Here's my '91 Renegade. Bought one brand new, it was my daily driver for nine years. Had to sell it when kids came and regretted it every sunny day... a few months back I found almost exact one locally on CL, same year, color, even lower miles and less rust than my old one . Needed some TLC and mechanical work, but it's great to drive a jeep again. Mostly stock and will probably stay like that, came with a hard top and full doors, got a new soft top and half doors for the summer.
Btw it had to be a 1991, it was the first year for this Renegade body style, and last year for the sport style roll bars. After that family style bars were used for 3 point seat belts. Never tried fitting a pin in the back yet

Quoted from BALL_LESS1:

I worked on a truck farm

Quoted from kpg:

Also when lifting your Jeep.. sometimes bigger is not better, unless you are doing some major crawling. I only went with a 2.5" Rock Krawler X-factor lift w/ 35's so it drives great on the street and keeps the center of gravity lower then other kits. With my Poison Spyder flat fenders I can fit 37's in there if I want too. The X-factor kit allows some extreme articulation too

Quoted from RobT:

I agree, and that is one reason that I am a bit torn on whether to go forward with buying a JK now instead of waiting for the JL. JK is a proven platform with tons of aftermarket parts available. Obviously it will take time for the JL to get to that point.

Quoted from RobT:

I'm still trying to get a handle on what a modified JK would be like on the street as a daily driver. I hear that the 2.5" Rock Krawler X-Factor suspension is nice on the street than the stock suspension. But something like the ZR2 or Raptor would probably still be smoother on the street as they are also tuned for dunes/baja instead of just rock crawling.

Quoted from RobT:

Seriously?
Adding a 2.5" Rock Krawler lift is only going to improve the looks slightly and won't give it a "mean look of off-road" and I have zero intention of spending that kind of money (nearly $5k installed) for "looks." I have zero interest in a mall crawler.
I have every intention of using the vehicle off road on the weekends (we have some of the best off road trails anywhere here in SoCal). But it *will* be my daily driver as well, so I have to take that into consideration.
Rock Krawler markets their kits as "hardcore suspension for your daily driver" which is exactly what I'm looking for. The question is just how "drivable" the JK would be on the street with their kit.

Quoted from Allibaster:

Sad to say this, but I'm exiting the club for now. Planning on selling my 10A Rubicon to try out a sports car.
I'll probably list it in the next week or two. Fully loaded 10th Anniversary with 35's. Has the red leather interior. Very sharp. 22k miles. If you know anyone possibly interested, please share.