Andersen's build.

[Dzandersen]

Decided to start a build thread just to track progress and leave it open for future mods. I've already done a few so I'll start from the beginning when I bough it new.

The day I bought it at the beginning of June 2015. A 2015 Bright White Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon.

 

[Dzandersen]

About a week later I ordered some 35x12.5 r15 BFGoodrich mud terrain km2s on procomp rock crawler steel wheels.

 

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Next came the lift. A hard decision for anyone on a budget. I went with the Teraflex 2.5 coil lift with their VSS tuned shocks and their monster front adjustable track bar. Bought a teraflex steering stabilizer as well to hold those 35s still.

 

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After the lift went to take it off road to see how it performed compared to stock. I came across a stump I wanted to put my tire up and over and the long factory bumper got in the way and I dented it. So I looked at stubbys and the one I want just isn't in the budget for now. (I have a wife and 2.5 yr old son) so I looked into cutting the factory bumper and decided to cap it off with itself instead of the rough country caps.

 

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Latest mod which I posted in another thread this week is another popular one..cutting the factory fenders. I wanted to still keep some of the tire covered because I do bring it in the mud pretty often and I like having the windows down out in the woods so the less mud in the cab the better. But I also wanted to gain the clearance between the tire and fender so I grabbed the sawzall and some tape and here's how she looks so far. I may chop more off and smooth the edges eventually but it works for now. I put some door trim on the edges and rattle canned the white metal on the inside black.

 

[Trail JK]

Looks great!

 

[Dzandersen]

Thanks! Can't wait to do more mods!

 

[OscarMike2.0]

Looks awesome! Love the wheel tire combo.

 

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Did some construction site crawling the other day out of boredom.

 

[hinrichs]

Off to a great start :thumb:

 

[Dzandersen]

Thanks :cheers:

 

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Trimmed the fronts a little more and smoothed it out better. Sand paper and a wood block worked pretty well.