hello all my name is justin im from Elgin, i drive a black 99 wj for a dd and i have white 94 xj which is my baby and toy. im am so excited to be a part of something this cool, i have never been part of anything like this before. and i have to thank tim (bittergenius)for he is the one who invited me but really i should thanks tim, matt and john for starting this group. cant wait to get uber stuck again and i hope to see everyone at the next meeting and or trip.

-Justin

Post edited 9:30 pm – January 21, 2010 by jeepin_in_a_94

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id just like to update this i guess and kinda tell people a little more about my jeeps and my self.

Jeep #1

1994 Jeep Cherokee sport, 4 door, 4wd

Drive Train

4.0 litre power tech high out put inline six AW4 transmission, lock up torque converter, np231 Command-Trac transfer case, dana 30 high pinion front axle, Chrysler 8.25 rear axle, 3.55 gears

Lift

3.5 inch total lift, Rough Country 3 inch lift coil springs with Rustys Off-road .75 inch coil spacer, Rustys Off-road 3.5 inch add a leaf, Rough Country shocks, Rough Country heavy duty steering stabilizer, Rustys Off-road sway bar drop brackets, home made sway bar disconnects in the font, sway bar delete in the rear

Tires and Wheels

31 x 10.50 Mickey Thompson baja claw radials, 15 x 8 black D window steelies, 31 x 10.50 Dunlop Mud Rover spare on aluminum Jeep rim

Performance

Rustys Off-road XJ intake package (throttle body spacer, air tube, 6 x 9 K&N cone filter), cat delete, Flowmaster 40 series side exit, Ebay header

Electronics

Custom visor mounted Cobra cb, twin RadioShack 102 inch wire whip antennas or twin 4 foot K40 fiberglass whip antennas, four square lights mounted on a Zone Worx light bar on the front bumper, four six inch round lights on a home made light bar on the roof, auxiliary back up lights, custom switch panel, auxiliary fuse block from Painless Wiring, Kennwood head unit, Sony Explode speakers

Recovery

Custom 4×4 Fabrication XJ tow hook brackets and tow hooks in the front, class III Draw-Tite hitch in the rear, 60 inch Hi-Lift off-road jack, home made Hi-Lift off-road base,  straps, hooks, clevises and chains 

 

Jeep #2

1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited, 4 door, AWD

Drive Train

4.7 Litre power tech V8, 45RFE transmission, np 247 Quadra-Trac II transfer case, dana 30 front axle, dana 44 rear axle, 3.73 gears

Lift

None

Tires and Wheels

SUV Pathfinders 245/70 on 16 x 7 Jeep aluminum rims, full size spare

Performance

Ebay intake, Magniflow high flow cat, knock off 40 series Flowmaster

Electronics

Two six inch lights on a home made bull bar in the front, Cobra cb, 3 foot no name fiber glass whip, stock Infinity Gold sound system

Recovery

s-10 tow hooks on the home made bull bar in the front, class III hitch from the factory in the rear with curry brake controller, straps, hooks and clevises

now as far as i go, im twenty years old (almost 21, gonna be in march) i go to the University of Wisconsin Platteville majoring in Industrial Studies with a focus in Manufacturing Technology Management, and double minoring in Metals Processing and Computer Integrated Manufascturing.  for those of you that dont know where Platteville  is, it is where the bears used to have their summer traing camp, it is 30 mins north of Galena IL and 20 minutes east of Dubuque IA.  im am in my third year there and hopefully i will be done in 4.5 years but we will see.  i first got into jeeps when i bought my first car from the woman who cuts my hair (my 1994 jeep cherokee sport) and its been all down hill from there, for as you can tell from the specs above i currently own two jeep but have had three total.   i at first i knew nothing about jeeps or really anything about offroading.  i soon came to know and love both.  with the help of my family, friends and my jeeps i have aquired and developed a wide range of tools and mechnical skills as well as some hillbilly engineering techniques and driving skills over the past five years, that being said i will be the first to tell you that i dont know everything about jeeps or offroading but i have learned a ton in the almost five years that i have owned my jeep and that i am still learning everyday and i am willing to learn anything and hopefully everything about this amazing way of life called Jeeping,  despite my limited knowledge i have done ALL the work on my jeeps (minus tires and rims because i dont have the equipment to mount tires) i also have developed some fabrication skills that have allowed me to fabircated numerous things on my own vehicles as well as others (from small to large items ie my cb mounts to my brothers bumper), so i feel i have a good sense of things and how they are supposed to work, but like i said before there are things i do not know many things actually so if i have a question im going to ask because i want to know it all and i want to be able to pass this way of life on to my children (when i have some) and others that enjoy this activity 

i have worked very hard to get and accomplish what i have and what i have done, i am very prowd of myself and my vehicles for they have out preformed what i had even emagined or expected what they could do, (being how limited and modestly they are built), and if you ask anyone that knows me they will tell you the same… that my passion and support for my vehicles and this hobby/sport comes first

i am sorry if this seems a little big headed or like im trying to brag or like i have some outrageous ego, its not meant to be that way at all, its just a little info about my self for those of you who do not know me

all that being said i do have big plans and dreams for my current jeeps and jeeps i will own in the future, but this whole college thing is really limiting what i can do, but i have to do it so i can fullfill and completes those plans and dreams that i have.

thanks for reading and i hope to see you all out on the trail

-J