bbuschs' stealth Rubicon build by bbusch

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Almost forgot.. I upgraded to Focal Polyglass 165cvx speakers in the pods. WOW is all I can say, at 75w RMS they scream!

Poser shot in a set of unfinished pods

Also had to rebuild the 4.0 motor... errr! Noticed issues starting at 30K miles but none of the dealerships could figure out what was wrong. After a parts chase and then a no turning back point I became sorry I didn't cut my loses around June 2010 and do the V8 (one of those wish I had know).

Rebuild took place eight years into ownership (bought her brand new) @ 114K miles. Installed new Hesco cam shaft, high volume oil pump, lifters and entire valve train. Also last June she got a Centerforce clutch, Banks header to go with the Banks exhaust.. oh and the aluminum radiatorhappened to go in around that time as well.

All that money on the engine rebuild I should throw on a Hoodlift! AEM air intake to be replaced with a MCAI as soon as Mac has more produced.

Old cam shaft (not bad after 114K, might as well while I'm doing the rebuild)

I run different tires depending on the time of year. May through October I run the Creepy Crawlers and November through April run the studded GY Duratrecs as the Creepys are not worth a damn for winter driving not to mention they are not a DD tire. I'm not a big fan of BFG so I sold the KM2s recently while I could still get good coin out of them and try something else. The studded set of Maxxis Big Horns were finally wore out btw (and yes I have been known to have three or four sets of tires at a time... kinda like changing shoes for you or me). As for the GY Duratrecs, they are studded for snow driving and handle quite excellent.


Left to Right... Maxxis Big Horns studded 35" in size, BFG KM2's in 315 75R16 and the ones on her are the Maxxis Creepy Crawlers 35" in size (mounted on my old beadlocks, pic taken before my 5 on 5.5 Warn hub and axel conversion)... Goodyears not pictured below as this is an old picture.