Transformation Tuesday: Show Us the Build Before-During-After!

[XraytecH]

A very mild transformation. Man!!! I was busy April 2022 Or at least that's what the META Data said on these pics.

November 2020 Fresh From The Dealer Lot 2021 Sport S

February 2021 DECKED

April 2021 35's and Fuel Wheels

May 2021 Gladiator Tailgate Badge

November 2021 MOPAR Lift

April 2022 Rugged Ridge DRL Fender Chop

April 2022 Oracle Light Package All Around; Heads, Fogs, Tails, and Back Ups Lights

April 2022 Rockslide Engineering Step Sliders

April 2022 BAK Revolver X4s Tonneau Cover

April 2022 MOPAR Aux Switches

April 2022 MOPAR Shift Paddles

June 2022 4.88 Regear

August 2022 Coverking Topliner

April 2023 PRP Seat Covers

June 2023 No-Limits Manual Swaybar Disconnect

June 2024 Ceramic Coated

June 2024 Black Out Hood Vinyl

And a bunch of other stuff which I don't have a pics off; Teraflex & Steer Smarts Steering Upgrades, Aluminum MOPAR-ish Front Bumper, MOPAR Aux Lights, and Tinted Front Driver and Passenger Side Windows.

I think that's it

Near term mods
Jurassic Park Vinyl Set

Long term mods
Accuair Suspension
37s

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[WILDHOBO]

Impressive “fender of fame” you earned the badges and looked gthat doing it!

Thanks very much I’m completely addicted. It’s more fun every day. I love working on it as much as wheeling it.

 

[WILDHOBO]

A very mild transformation

November 2020

June 2024

Hell yeah. Nice build.

 

[XraytecH]

Hell yeah. Nice build.

Updated my post

 

[Cspence]

1/13/24:

6/29/24:

 

[WILDHOBO]

Updated my post

Damn you sure did. Nicely done.

 

[PuddleJumper]

She's come a long way

 

[zxd9]

Purchase Day

Rebel Off-Road bed rack

General 35" Grabber X3 on AEV Borah wheels, KC C2 LED lights surrounding bed rack

Badlands winch and Quadratec QRC bumper

Roofnest Condor XL, Dometic CFX33-55IFM, ASFIR Skid Plates

2.5" Clayton Overland + Lift, KC Flex ERA 4 lighting on cowl, ACE rock sliders

 

[Waggs]

 

[Waggs]

Even more since the above.

 

[arosen1997]

Before (stock af):

During (3.5 inch lift, 35s):

Now (3.5 inch lift, 37x13.5s, Arcus bumper, 12K winch. ARB lockers, 4.56 gears, 4 tire on board air system) :

Thanks @Discount Tire for a sick deal on some new Yokohamas today

 

[Mules]

That is awesome! Nicely done! Enjoy!

Thanks I love it!

 

[BamaGladiator]

 

[KX L]

There's a reason my wife calls my 2022 JT Mojave "Olive"---because it takes all of my time and all of my money .

Ordered every single option except the smokers group---to include the Manual transmission and half doors. Got a great deal purchasing from Travis Reynolds at Tri-City Jeep in NC.

Day 1 Front

Day 1 Rear. Note the shitty fit of the trifold tonneau sold by Jeep.

First day, in the motel parking lot, I took off the weak ass Jeep lettering on the tailgate.

Then added the stickers on the rear window

Also added the straps I had made by one of the guys here on the forum

 

[KX L]

Once I got home the modifications really took off.

Except for three things I've done all the work myself. The three things are; Rhino Truck Bed Spray in the bed and on the fenders; CenterForce clutch install; and wiring from the battery for the ARB dual air compressor.

This is the dual air compressor and also the Bak4 tonneau I installed.

A lot of the mods were quite easy.

Extra large spinner on the left side of the steering wheel so turning and shifting can be done easily.

Shade support clips. Recommended by forum guys.

Red line Mojave hood props. The Mojave hood weighs a ton so these props are fantastic. Again recommended by you forum guys.

Some of the mods I did were a pain in the ass to install but not that hard.

Had to undo the seats, take out the carpet, and all this trim to install the Armorlite Flooring.

The stealth LED lights required taking out the dash to do the wiring.

But I love the result. Lights are not as good and the interior installation won't work for you tall guys. But I can use them in amber or white light.

You can see the lights here. What I'm about to install in this picture is a Tread Dual CatBack Exhaust I spent $1200 on. Wife absolutely hated them and I too thought they were too loud so back to the stock exhaust it went.

Make an offer if you want to buy them from me. I'm just west of St Louis and you'll be responsible for shipping if you can't drive here.

Bought this tire protector---absolute pain in the ass for an older guy to install as the tire is so heavy---about to get worse when I go to a 5th wheel and 35" Toyo tires.

The BAK Revolver X4s tonneau cover wasn't bad, just hard to do by myself. Same for the BestStop Sunrider Top I put on. Love them both.

The RockSlide Engineering Gen 3 steps were really hard to do even with help.

Note also the half doors.

LoD side panels behind the rear fenders were easy. The LoD bumper was pretty easy. The whole thing was horrible because it took me hours to take apart the stock plastic bumper to get to the sensors.

The LoD full width front bumper was not easy due to my wanting to use the stock skid plate and not reroute the shock reservoirs. Took it off and put it back on no less than three times. Then when I added the 12K winch I had to take it off twice to add spacers to get it to fit properly.

Current look. Wife unit is just a bonus for you guys.

Oh yeah. Please don't accuse me of being a Mall Crawler.

On the Oklahoma Trans America Trail. 600+ miles of off road.

Start of the trail. Have to STRICTLY follow the LatLong readings. Hard to do all by yourself but well worth the occasional [?] backtracking.

Not one but two major alligator bites on PeeWee's Crossing

Moab before Fins and Things.

Expect to get a couple more in Aug/Sept/Oct of this year during a 5k + trip taking a Brit with Parkinson's [Guy Deacon] around our northwest. As a Lieutenant Colonel he was my Executive Officer in Afghanistan. Simply amazing story on gofundme by looking up his name.

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