Nate's 2002 TJ, Not so simple anymore by gst95dsm

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Got the BDS 2" lift on tonight with the 2" bumpstop extensions and 3/4" spacer in the front. It came out nice! I like the springs and the shocks feel soft so I'm sure it'll ride decent. The stance is just about perfect with the 3/4 spacer in the front. Pretty happy with it! A bunch of odds and ends to do still but it's getting close to being a cool little TJ.

5-9-2014

Got it done! Were going to deliver it tomorrow. Were meeting for an early dinner under a mother's day guise, and going to somehow surprise him as we leave. Were trying to be sneaky as possible because he ALWAYS figures out gifts, and surprises it seems like. It wouldn't surprise me if he already knows I have it somehow. Haha. Oh well..... I snapped some sunlight photos so I can remember how clean it was........

For a $3500 build I think it's fairly complete and a GREAT starting point without having to redo a bunch of things. I have no doubts this thing is going to be reliable and capable as heck around here!

5-10-2014

The unveiling went down today!  

Here was the basic set up. We agreed to meet at a restaurant under a mother's day guise, my wife picked him up, saying I was going to be a little late and would meet them there. Well I actually got there before them, parked the Jeep on the street and put a for sale sign in the window. My wife knew exactly where to park so they would walk by it on the way in. I was hiding near them and could see when they approached the Jeep. Sure enough it caught his attention and they stood there and talked about it for a little bit. He took some photos of it to show me when I arrived. I made sure to call my wife just as they were walking away, saying that I was almost there. I could hear him in the background saying tell him there's a jeep for sale.... haha.

So I walked into the restaurant and he immediately hands me his phone and shows me the photos. I told him yeah I saw that Jeep. Looks good and if it's still there when we leave we should give them a call...... Aside from that we just had a nice lunch and didn't talk about it.

Upon leaving the plan was to walk by it again, check it out and me tell him to give the guy a call. Well the phone number is Tate's. I figure he'll dial it, Tate's phone will ring and he'll figure it out...... well it went even better than that. He was so focused on the call, he didn't even notice Tate's phone ringing. When Tate realized he didn't notice, he calmly walked away and took the call as the seller of the jeep. Tate was awesome.... it was funny! Here's the video.

5-18-2014

I like this one.  

Here's an example of a video not doing an obstacle justice! dang it! This doesn't look like much it's pretty sketchy. If you get it wrong you're in for a long rideback down on your lid.

5-27-2014

I tried a couple new lines yesterday, got denied mostly. I'll get them figured out soon enough though.  

Oh yeah... the old man's jeep did GREAT! He started off a little shaky behind the wheel but by the end of the day was getting used to it. The jeep performed really well though and he was happy to be up there wheeling with his family.