Jeep Thread

[CJ]

Baertrax didn't do the V8... I am almost positive on that. Most of the time they fix the crap Screaming Lizzard and other over the top shops turn out.

And they are still the promo, best of the best shop in DFW for Jeeps. I'm sure the guy with all the money will pay to have his shock mounts relocated... not like its a hard mod.

But CJ is right... if you want a Jeep for crawling, stick with a model below the TJ and spend the rest on mods. JK's are great if you aren't looking to go wheeling but a couple times a year.

He told me Baertrax did the V8 swap.

[BajaBob]

Baertrax didn't do the V8... I am almost positive on that. Most of the time they fix the crap Screaming Lizzard and other over the top shops turn out.

And they are still the promo, best of the best shop in DFW for Jeeps. I'm sure the guy with all the money will pay to have his shock mounts relocated... not like its a hard mod.

But CJ is right... if you want a Jeep for crawling, stick with a model below the TJ and spend the rest on mods. JK's are great if you aren't looking to go wheeling but a couple times a year.

[CJ]

"new" or "old" baertrax? Russ did good work. Haven't heard great things about the new guys.

(not that you asked the guy..)

The son owns the shop now and their rep is still good as far as I know (from other customers). Judging from the year of the jeep I would assume the new one.

Either way, the point is the JK's sacrifice ground clearance for that better ride quality, and they do. For a grocery getter/family van JK's make sense. For off-roading, I'd rather save 20k and get a TJ which is more capable,lighter, and has a better motor for low rev crawling.

[Treybiz]

Apparently not. I have a video my wife shot of him getting hung up on everything as well. The jeep was built by Baertrax, had a hemi V8, long arm, tons of money/work.

"new" or "old" baertrax? Russ did good work. Haven't heard great things about the new guys.

(not that you asked the guy..)

[CJ]

Soooo.. An 80k jeep and they didn't think to move the shock mounts up?

Apparently not. I have a video my wife shot of him getting hung up on everything as well. The jeep was built by Baertrax, had a hemi V8, long arm, tons of money/work.

[Treybiz]

JK's sacrifice ground clearance for that ride quality. I sat behind a 80k JK at barnwell mountain and watched him get hung up on EVERYTHING because of those low shock mounts. What happened tribal, I remember you saying you were selling your jeep?

Soooo.. An 80k jeep and they didn't think to move the shock mounts up?

[CJ]

I actually dont like JK8's at all. Kind of pointless. I love our unlimited because we have enough room for our whole family. Putting our whole family in a TJ or LJ would be a huge PITA. not to mention they ride like shit compared to a jk.

now, a 4 door with a bed... that's pretty bad ass.

JK's sacrifice ground clearance for that ride quality. I sat behind a 80k JK at barnwell mountain and watched him get hung up on EVERYTHING because of those low shock mounts. What happened tribal, I remember you saying you were selling your jeep?

[tribaltalon]

I actually dont like JK8's at all. Kind of pointless. I love our unlimited because we have enough room for our whole family. Putting our whole family in a TJ or LJ would be a huge PITA. not to mention they ride like shit compared to a jk.

now, a 4 door with a bed... that's pretty bad ass.

[UserX]

I dig those JK8s too.

[Baba Ganoush]

I hate the looks of the new four doors, but I'm in love with the Jk-8 conversion. It's just too damn expensive....for a jeep.








So why are 5 year old jeeps still $25k?? I found an '05 wrangler that I love, but at a $20k plus price tag? What the hell makes a jeep wrangler worth north of $20k? I just don't get it.

[bottlerocket]

As much as I don't care for the JK, the Rubi JK is pretty damn capable right off the showroom floor. Still looks like fun!

I am awaiting my set of 35x1250x15 Goodyear MTR/K tires to get here and some generic D window wheels. I cant wait to ditch these damn 33" BFG ATs

[tribaltalon]

So I thought I'd revive this thread a little. Did some demodding and then stock-modding to the Rubicon. Wife is pregnant with our second kid, so getting in the jeep was starting to get difficult. I sold the 37s and got a set of 33 inch Falken Rocky Mountain ATS's, and also sold the shrockworks stubby front bumper, and chopped the front and rear stock bumpers because the stock length SUCKS.

[mustang_marc]

Nice Rreemo! I picked up a '96 Cherokee Country as well right at a month ago. Wanted a cheap daily for bad weather days and to keep miles off the mustang. Mine is white also, but not nearly in that good of condition...but does have leather and power locks, center console, etc. Mine has 165k on the clock. I'll try to get some pics up on here later today. I can't really complain for a vehicle that was only $2k.

[stevo]

I really like that Jeep, no frills, nothing unnecessary. That would be my ideal SUV, it is a shame none are made like that today.

Stevo

[CJ]

Yeah they have their share of small quirks but overall are good motors. I think around 04 they started having a distributor gear problem that was weird. I am not sure I would rank them over the 7.3 or 12V but they are up there. At least a good 300k motor for sure.

Well, those are diesel motors, which obviously should go at LEAST 500k. This is a gas engine that can easily do 300k, well beyond any average gas motor.