'04 Sport Named "Micro-Jeep"

[Rickstar321]

I bought a TJ for my birthday in Mar 2022. I didn't know a lot about Wranglers other than I didn't want leaf springs, and I wanted to work on it myself.

2004 Sport X,
I6 4.0 with a
5 speed manual and
NP 231 transfer case.

It was on 30" tires, stock rims, had a 2" puck lift, a snorkel, some ebay sliders and bumpers and a new soft top.

May 2022 - First changes I made were some Amazon flat fender flares, some new rims and 33" Cooper MT's, a winch and a Carplay radio.

I drove / wheeled it quite a while in this configuration while I was learning how to wheel and studied on what I wanted to do with it.

I traded my soft top for a hard top,

November 2022 - Next I did the flat belly tummy tuck with a new
Genright cross member
Barnes flat skid,
slip yoke eliminator,
Adams driveshafts,
Novak transfer case shift cable.

It stayed in this mode until Dec 2023 for my winter project which included
TJR Dana 44 axle swaps,
WJ knuckle Swap,
35" Nexen Roadian MTX
15" steelies
Genright highline fenders,
G/R mini boatside rockslides.

Mar 2024

I'll make another post for the latest changes, I still have a lot I want to do! Including the Genright TJ to LJ stretch.

 

[AOSJ]

following for the "stretch"

 

[MeanGreen86]

Thants a nice evolution

 

[Rickstar321]

One of my favorite mods up to this point is the WJ knuckle swap.

I bought all of the one ton ends from Part's Mike, the DOM from a friend that helped me with the correct diameter and wall thickness in order to get them inside of the DOM threaded for them.
The axle side Track bar bracket is from Iron Man 4x4 I think, and the frame side track bar bracket is from Barnes 4x4.
My buddy had the tapered bit to move them to over the knuckle.
I bought the WJ knuckles on Ebay,
I wanted OEM. The hubs and brake parts from O'Reilly's. I did have to move my sway bar mounts as well.

i haven't made a "how I did it" video... but I have made a video showing it "in action".