I've been lurking on the forum for a few months now, but decided to take the plunge and join up now that I've run into a problem I can't solve with the amazing guides.
I run a 99% stock 2003 4.0 Manual in the greatest color Jeep ever made (I'm biased). I've had it since 2013 as my daily driver(although, I ride my motorcycle as much as I can), but I'm looking to phase it into a "fun only" vehicle in the coming years as it's cresting 23 years and 160k miles. I've replaced parts here and there as I can as a broke kid, and I'm hoping to continue to upgrade things to keep it running well for another 20 years. I learned stick on it, and then taught two others on it, and I hope one day my kids get the joy of learning on the same Jeep. I just want to avoid going too overboard on aftermarket mods 'cause I really like the original look and feel of the TJ compared to more modern mall-crawler aesthetics.
I'm really hoping to learn a lot of "best practices" from the forum here and maybe correct some mistakes I made in the first decade of ownership in this second decade. I know a diesel guy who keeps trying to talk me into the 4BT swap but I'm absolutely not ready to take that plunge...yet. Either way I'll just keep doing my best to keep it going. Glad to be here!
I run a 99% stock 2003 4.0 Manual in the greatest color Jeep ever made (I'm biased). I've had it since 2013 as my daily driver(although, I ride my motorcycle as much as I can), but I'm looking to phase it into a "fun only" vehicle in the coming years as it's cresting 23 years and 160k miles. I've replaced parts here and there as I can as a broke kid, and I'm hoping to continue to upgrade things to keep it running well for another 20 years. I learned stick on it, and then taught two others on it, and I hope one day my kids get the joy of learning on the same Jeep. I just want to avoid going too overboard on aftermarket mods 'cause I really like the original look and feel of the TJ compared to more modern mall-crawler aesthetics.
I'm really hoping to learn a lot of "best practices" from the forum here and maybe correct some mistakes I made in the first decade of ownership in this second decade. I know a diesel guy who keeps trying to talk me into the 4BT swap but I'm absolutely not ready to take that plunge...yet. Either way I'll just keep doing my best to keep it going. Glad to be here!
