So as many of you may or may not know I no longer have a Ranger, traded it over a year ago for a 2002 F350. Well after a year of owning it and it starting to decline, I have decided to go to the dark side and buy a jeep. well here she is, a 1997 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4.0L 5speed manual. I have already done some modifications to it. It was wheeled and wheeled hard before I bought it. It already had the following modifications upon purchace:

4.5inch Superlift suspension lift kit
Custom front bumper
Plenty of mudd and undercoat where it shouldn't be...HA

Since I have owned it I( when I say I, I really mean Justin and Stone have helped out a TON, so when I say I, I really mean Them with me helping.) have done the following modifications:

33x12.5x15 BFG KM2's
adjustible front track bar
new shocks all around
new steering stabilizer
Completely new rear brakes
Black Stainless steel door hinges
Removed side steps
new Plugs/Wires/ Distributor Cap and Rotor
Idlier Pulley
Belt
Removed Spare Tire(replaced with Black stainless steel bolts
De-badged

here are the stock photos:





now the pictures of us working on it:





Stone thought it would be funny to play with the badges lol.... Look what he figured out..





This is Justin after we dealt with the stock track bar for over an hour:



I took my try on it, it finally took Stone and myself to get it out.





And Here is what she looks like right now:





The Light Bezel used to be chrome( Chrome doesnt go on this jeep)

There is still a lot to be done before it is ready for off-roading but she is coming along.

 

Good looking Jeep!

 

jeep looks awsome, i love that color!

 

Looks pretty sweet. The Ranger looked WAY better though.

 

about time you post pics lol stone told me about this a few weeks ago. i bleave i was texting him when you were going to get it lol. any way looks great man and i like the sticker mod lol

 

nice jeep.. makes me think of my old 97 wrangler..

 

HAHA yea yea brandon I know, I have taken my time. haha yep had to still think I owned a ranger for a little while...

 

she's turning out to being a nice little Heep just a few more things to really bring her along

 

Did you buy those tires and wheels from DeathbyPSI?

 

ya I called him about them like right after they where posted told him to get his *** over there

 

I thought they looked familiar haha

 

Nice jeep man. Real clean

 

Looks nice!

 

Looks good i wish i had a tj. I am guessing since its a sport it's got the dana 44 rear?

 

Nice, I want one of those for a trail rig.

 

nice i like everything but the interior that would drive me nuts

 

Nice Grant. I'll have to check it out. I'm hopefully coming up that way before I leave again. You down for a couple beers?! lol

 

always!


nope sport is the base model so it came with a dana 35 and the dana 44's didnt start in the TJ's until the Rubicon.

 

oh it absolutely drives me nuts, i am converting it to grey/black, slowly

 

Looking good man! I'm in the process of getting rid of the ranger for a jeep

 

deep down inside, your jeep wants to be ranger. i'd rock the WrangLer sticker and see how many people notice.

 

Looks great, thats exaclty what I want to find...

 

Sahara TJs had D44s out back with (i think) 4.10s.

Was that 350 you had a diesel?

 

7.3L 6-speed Manual ZF trans, Manual T-case, crew cab long bed vinyl floors

 

so what declined to make you get the Jeep?

I would have traded my ranger for a 7.3 6 speed in a heartbeat.... back when it was worth trading ha