Newbie saying Hi!

[corbas]

Picked up an '03 TJ on Fri. with a few goodies on it. My first Jeep, so I'll be here often! Took it to Mexico this weekend, but didn't do much offroading. I didn't want my inexperience gettin' me stranded down there. Look forward to learning from you guys! Here's a couple pics and specs.

http://thumb12.webshots.net/t/53/553/7/94/10/2701794100033790192VeAiLq_th.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2701794100033790192VeAiLq)

http://thumb12.webshots.net/t/57/657/8/6/12/2709806120033790192Kgzxqb_th.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2709806120033790192Kgzxqb)

- Rubicon Express 4.5" long arm kit
- Yukon 4.56:1 gears in both front and rear differentials
- Dana 44 rear differential with Ox Locker. Lok-Rite up front.
- 33 spline heavy duty Alloy USA axle shafts in the rear (Super 44 kit)
- Dana 30 front differential with Lock-right Locker
- Yukon 4340 HD chrome moly front axle shafts w/ 760 Spicer HD u-joints
- JKS Quicker Disconnects
- Stainless steel heavy duty braided brake lines
- Advance Adapters slip yoke eliminator
- Precision Drivelines driveshaft
- 8000# Champion winch
- AEM air filter
- Flowmaster Super 40 Exhaust (cat back)
- KC offroad lights on the front bumper
- PIAA offroad lights and mounts
- Monkey Bar tube doors
- Poison Spyder Rock Sliders \ quarter panel protection
- Poison Spyder tube fenders

[k7mto]

Welcome. The Jeep sounds capable and you should be able to jump right into some fun trails.
What part of town are you in?

fyi the links don't work - maybe they are to your account and not to the public viewable pics?

[corbas]

Try now.

[azcharlie]

Welcome!!

[AZG23]

welcome....stay away from Mish... ;) trust me on this one....

[corbas]

welcome....stay away from Mish... ;) trust me on this one....

Do I want to know?:o

[AZG23]

No sir....I have an obscure photo of said VJC member molesting another VJC member at a UFC party.....its NOT pretty...:D:D
































But he's one helluva wheeler!

[lancetkenyon]

He will put "character marks" on your Jeep. What tire size and style you running?

[AZG23]

from the pics looks like MTR's....

[k7mto]

Looks nice. But your garage is waaaaaay too clean :)

[lancetkenyon]

from the pics looks like MTR's....

Oh, too bad......:D

[corbas]

33 MTRs. Thinking of a meet & greet wrenching party if anyones interested. Got a leak in the front diff. I'm itching to try the rig out, but I want everything right. It is my daily driver for now. No molesting tho....

[Steve]

33 MTRs. Thinking of a meet & greet wrenching party if anyones interested. Got a leak in the front diff. I'm itching to try the rig out, but I want everything right. It is my daily driver for now. No molesting tho....

Welcome and congrads on your purchase. You are off to a good start and look forward to meeting you sometime.

[kend]

Nice rig! Look forward to wheeling with you sometime. Welcome.

[Lifes A Jeep]

Welcome to the club! :)

Here's your pics in full size. Webshots has an option for the picture size. Select "600" and all us lazy folks can see your rig right here :D :D :D

http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/2503/2701794100033790192S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2701794100033790192VeAiLq)

http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/5842/2709806120033790192S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2709806120033790192Kgzxqb)

[corbas]

Will do, thanks. BTW, I saw 4 lifted jeeps on Riggs between Cooper and Val Vista today around 5:00. Anyone here?

[Wind_Danzer]

Yum, fresh meat.


Muhahahahahahahahahah :D :D :D

Wilkommen and this is your first Jeep? Not shabby for ya, lots of goodies so take your time learning what it can and cannot do!!! You'll be a better wheeler for it

[Mike 77 CJ5]

Come on man, be nice. In all reality we need everyone we can get to support our cause. OFF ROAD

[corbas]

Thanks. Looking at the sig, Saliva fan huh?

[RokNRich]

Will do, thanks. BTW, I saw 4 lifted jeeps on Riggs between Cooper and Val Vista today around 5:00. Anyone here?


Do you live off of Riggs ? So do I, down by Higley though. Wasn't my Jeep though there are a few that I see on a daily basis on my way into big blue.

If you want to keep that Jeep looking nice and pretty, you may want to avoid this group. Otherwise there is a bunch of good wheeling nearby. There is usually something going on in the Florence area every weekend. Check out the trails section of the website - http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/forumdisplay.php?f=73
It's warming up now so many of the runs be going at night.

Box Canyon to the Coke ovens is a great first run for anyone with a new Jeep. http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/showthread.php?t=16960 (Ovens themselves are closed, but the trip is still a must run)

From there it will depend on how hard the disease hits you. Welcome

[Fire Ball]

Yee Haww did someone say wrenching party? Let me at it LOL.

Oh and amber if you are reading this one, glad you and Ben installed the brakes properly, they really got a workout on Hackberry.

I had a wrenching party here to teach folks a few things. I let Amber and Ben re assemble almost everything except the pumpkin, they obviously did a fine job cuz I'm still alive!

Welcome to the group dude, we'll take good care of you, and might as well get out the check book now, your gonna need it when you get addicted to this party.

[Wind_Danzer]

Come on man, be nice. In all reality we need everyone we can get to support our cause. OFF ROAD

You talkin' to me????

Thanks. Looking at the sig, Saliva fan huh?

Yea, kinda a fan of that song. :D

[Mike 77 CJ5]

Thanks. Looking at the sig, Saliva fan huh?

What, Don't understand

[corbas]

I live on Cooper south of Ocotillo. Little worried about the checkbook 'cuz I'm already putting the shopping list together. First thing I want to do is relocate the mirrors, but what I see seems like it moves them forward and won't be out far enough for visibility. Am I wrong on this?

[Mike 77 CJ5]

You talkin' to me????



Yea, kinda a fan of that song. :D

Yep, be nice

[Fire Ball]

In my experience mirrors on a jeep are tree food ;) Mine are never aligned any more since they keep getting banged on rocks and trees.

If you get some new brackets, mount them off of the doors in case you take the doors off.

Avoid spending too much money until you go wheeling several times, see what is working and what isn't. Talk to others who have wasted money and avoid the mistake. We have all done it.

My rig is going to stay the way it is for about a year then get new axles and the works, maybe even a 350 small block.

Will that be Debit or Credit?

Chaching

[Wind_Danzer]

Wow Mike, I guess the "Muahahahahahahahaha" with a simile :D after it wasn't a good enough hint as to me being silly. :rolleyes:

I'll spell it out for you, G-E-T A S-E-N-C-E O-F H-U-M-O-R.

corbas,

You won't be able to use the passenger side mirror much do to it being blocked by the hard door. Mine did that and the soft doors do it now. If that doesn't bother you then it would be a good way to keep the mirrors for when the doors are off.

[Mike 77 CJ5]

Wow Mike, I guess the "Muahahahahahahahaha" with a simile :D after it wasn't a good enough hint as to me being silly. :rolleyes:

I'll spell it out for you, G-E-T A S-E-N-C-E O-F H-U-M-O-R.

corbas,

You won't be able to use the passenger side mirror much do to it being blocked by the hard door. Mine did that and the soft doors do it now. If that doesn't bother you then it would be a good way to keep the mirrors for when the doors are off.

OK, My mistake, I'm sorry I did not understand

[Wind_Danzer]

OK, My mistake, I'm sorry I did not understand

Wow.... :confused: That was easy. :p :D LOL

Sorry I was expecting a bit of an e-war as I'm tired, in pain and had a pretty rough day.

We're cool, no blood no foul!! :D

[Mike 77 CJ5]

OK, but if you want to play ___ I'm game

[Wind_Danzer]

OK, but if you want to play ___ I'm game

Hahahah, wait until the meds kick in really good, then I'm sure I'll find myself perma-banned. :p

EDIT: Sorry for the hijack, I'll be good. :D

[corbas]

Wow Mike, I guess the "Muahahahahahahahaha" with a simile :D after it wasn't a good enough hint as to me being silly. :rolleyes:

I'll spell it out for you, G-E-T A S-E-N-C-E O-F H-U-M-O-R.



No prob guys. We gooood. As far as the mirrors, just what I wanted. Thanks!

[Wind_Danzer]

corbas,

Yea, he and I, we're good to go. ;)

Anything else I might be able to answer?

[corbas]

Now you've done it. I have a list of questions. First of all, my dome lights only come on when i turn the jeep off... don't seem to be controlled by the door switches. Is that normal?

[Allen]

Now you've done it. I have a list of questions. First of all, my dome lights only come on when i turn the jeep off... don't seem to be controlled by the door switches. Is that normal?


The fuse is out! (bypass door fuse):D

[Roughian98TJ]

Will do, thanks. BTW, I saw 4 lifted jeeps on Riggs between Cooper and Val Vista today around 5:00. Anyone here?

if it was purple with a smashed passenger fender, a texas flag and old glory flying on the windshield it was me

[corbas]

The boot is gone on the driveshaft in front of the front diff. Is that a concern? I could go on all night.:D

[Wind_Danzer]

Ok, that's interesting. Do you know if the doors were ever removed? If so, then the guy/gal that owned it probably removed the fuse behind the glove box for it.

[Wind_Danzer]

DS boot, no biggie, just keep it greased.

Next
BTW, you can post all questions in one post if you want :)

[corbas]

The fuse is out! (bypass door fuse):D

allright, stupid question.:o

[Mike 77 CJ5]

It's all good.
I got almost 40 years of jeepin behind me, so I'm always helping the newbees

[Roughian98TJ]

Will do, thanks. BTW, I saw 4 lifted jeeps on Riggs between Cooper and Val Vista today around 5:00. Anyone here?

Wow Mike, I guess the "Muahahahahahahahaha" with a simile :D after it wasn't a good enough hint as to me being silly. :rolleyes:

I'll spell it out for you, G-E-T A S-E-N-C-E O-F H-U-M-O-R.

corbas,

You won't be able to use the passenger side mirror much do to it being blocked by the hard door. Mine did that and the soft doors do it now. If that doesn't bother you then it would be a good way to keep the mirrors for when the doors are off.

legally you only need one exterior mirror, I just relocated my drivers mirror and left the passenger mirror on the door.

[Allen]

I just leave the mirrors on the doors and go for the PepBoyz $7 mirror in the top door bracket!

Works OK. It vibrated a little so I reinforced it a little...now it's great!

[Wind_Danzer]

Yea technically on the mirror thing, you only need one back facing mirror so as long as you have a rear view one on the windshield, all is good. :)

[corbas]

Here we go. I'm looking at engine mods now. Best intake? Should I do a throttle body spacer? What's the best headers? I have an engine light on - I had it checked once and it was an emission code so I replaced the gas cap, but now it's back. Is this common? I guess that's a good start.

[Roughian98TJ]

oh boy and it begins....I don't think intakes or anything really makes THAT much of a difference, especially spacers. I would spend your money on thing that really will be useful or make your vehicle more capable. the thing about those open filter intakes is that it doesn't protect your intake as well from water (not that your are going to sink your Jeep all that often out here, but I have done it). As for the header, don't worry about it, your exhaust manifold will crack soon enough and you'll have a good excuse to replace it. I've got a banks torque tube cause my manifold ripped itself apart (it might be my fault too). how many miles you got and what was the code?

[Wind_Danzer]

Gas cap tight? Running rough now instead? That could be an O2 sensor.

Intake, I kinda am looking to modify my modified one by placing a filter under the cowl so I can have cooler air coming into the Jeep. My original cowl snorkel is having issue with the fender mod I just did.

Headers, don't go Borla. I replaced mine 2 times and both times they cracked. Not worth the money or the lifetime warentee on it. There are many different brands out there. 4 Wheelers sells Gibson and the new stock version. I went with the newer stock version and it's held up fine!!

[Roughian98TJ]

oh yeah just to put mine out there its a sort of modified version of a ARB snorkel....the outside is the ARB and the inside is Home Depot ABS and a cone K&N filter. kind of long and obstructive but it works, though about adding an avenger or something but haven't decided if its worth it or not. But the Jeep is about to be retired to toy status cause I'm getting a diesel Jetta for a DD.

[Wildcat455]

Let me know when you want to go wheelin...
And dont mind Brad, I've spotted him through some of the tougher trails without so much as a scratch... (The ones Jeff put on his fog light were NOT my fault!!)

Ok, that's not ENTIRELY true.. I did have to scratch a little.. :o

Also Brad's homophobic, and JohnP phobic... But that doesn't make him all bad. :D

He may just be worried you'll outwheel him after only hanging with me for a couple weeks... Or he really could be concerned for your life and safety and that of your Jeep...

Tough to tell, but trust me anyway...:D



If you wanna wheel, I'm your guy.

If you're into guys, then Brad's your Gay...


If you wanna flap your lips about wheelin, you have come to the right place.

Welcome.

[corbas]

As far as intake, I was hoping to gain a few mpg, since it is my daily driver right now. Probably a mute point since I'm running 33's.

Anyone going out this weekend? I'm starting to feel like I need to run this rig.

[corbas]

If you wanna wheel, I'm your guy.

If you're into guys, then Brad's your Gay...


If you wanna flap your lips about wheelin, you have come to the right place.

Welcome.


yeah....... let's just stick with wheelin for now and see what happens.

[Wind_Danzer]

LOL... and I was told once back to stock performance gearing on mine (went from 3.73 to 4.56 with 35" tires) I was going to save $$$'s on gas and better my MPG.

Yea, that's happening.... :eek: :rolleyes:

[Roughian98TJ]

monday. and to be honest with all the tinkering with different things, I've never seen much of difference with gas mileage. I think gears would probably make the biggest difference. My Jeep now, The Purple People Eater,aka Barney (37s and 4.88s), gets about the same mileage(little bit worse cause its over geared) as Murphy (31s and 3.07s) did. lets face it we are driving vehicles with all of the aerodynamics of a 78' Kenmore refrigerator and a basically 30 year old motor, what do you expect.

[corbas]

Good point, but now i'm going to have the visual of driving a refrigerator down the street.

[Wind_Danzer]

Agreed, but I was seeing better mileage with my 3.73's and 35's then the 4.56's and 35's and the 4.56's were supposed to bring it back to stock when that was 3.73's and 28" tires. :eek:

Yes, there was a time... :D

[corbas]

Lots of numbers. Too many numbers. Head hurts. Lot to learn.

[Wildcat455]

yeah....... let's just stick with wheelin for now and see what happens.

I'll be your huckleberry. :D

[corbas]

OK Doc Holiday. One step at a time.:D

[Wind_Danzer]

Lots of numbers. Too many numbers. Head hurts. Lot to learn.

LOL, sorry. :D

Meds are finally kicking in so y'all have a good night!!! I'll see if I can answer anything in the morning or when the med fog wears off. :p

[corbas]

Wildcat, you going wheelin this weekend? Any bunnyhills you can show me? I wanna see what it can do but I also need to drive it to work on Mon.

[Roughian98TJ]

Lots of numbers. Too many numbers. Head hurts. Lot to learn.

umm the two digit numbers 35s or 37 or 28s or whatever is referring to tire size (you probable got that). the decimal numbers ie 3.73, 3.07, 4.56, 4.88 refers to the ring and pinion gears in the axles. its basically a ratio of how many time the drive shaft turns vs. the axle shaft. (that's pretty much as basic as I can make it). basically the larger the number the less revolution the axle shaft turns per revolutions of the drive shaft....is this making sense. So when you get bigger tires you now have a larger circumference so you don't need as many revolutions to maintain the same speed.

[Wind_Danzer]

Yea Bill, take him on Twisted. hehehehehe

[Roughian98TJ]

Yea Bill, take him on Twisted. hehehehehe

how about 7 sister or last crusade!

[corbas]

Yea Bill, take him on Twisted. hehehehehe

Somehow, I think you're being sarcastic.:rolleyes:

[SHNIPE]

Is that Ghey Tom... err sorry Franchise Toms Dads Jeep?? He used to say it was his but im sure it was his dads :P Looks like it. Clean and no dents.


[Inflation of Bills ego]Wheel with Mish. Good guy to learn from. He wont pressure you (too much) to do stuff you dont wanna. If he didnt think you could make it then he wouldnt tell you to do it. [/inflation of Bills ego]

[Wildcat455]

I can't believe you think I have an ego... :(

Corbas, wheeling tomorrow at the White Tanks, haven't got permission from the wife to wheel this weekend yet... but I'll let you know. :)

[Fire Ball]

Sunflower mine is a great place to start, just challenging enough to get him really hooked, but not scary enough to scare him off.

[David C]

Welcome to the group. You picked up a well built Jeep, congrats! In my opinion, you should just drive it and wheel it as is for a while. Replace the O2 sensor, or whatever the emission issue is and then just put some miles on and get to know your new ride. Once you get to know it, it will tell you what it needs. Have fun and be safe! :)

[HiJinx]

Hiya,
Welcome aboard. I've yet to go on any runs either. A run for noobs would be sweet.

[SHNIPE]

I can't believe you think I have an ego... :(

Corbas, wheeling tomorrow at the White Tanks, haven't got permission from the wife to wheel this weekend yet... but I'll let you know. :)

It could be a really tiny ego and i was trying to help build confidence big guy! Yeah uhh something like that! :D

[corbas]

Saw a silver TJ @ Bashas on Chandler Heights and Gilbert around 3:15. Had a radioactive emblem on the side. Anyone here?

[idontknow]

so where you guys goin this weekend? Butcher jones and Sycamore are easy and somewhat fun.

[corbas]

I'm itchin' to try the jeep out! I need to find somewhere to go this weekend or I'm gonna end up driving thru yards.