Girly Jeep v. 2.0, my 2004 KJ Sport build

gtommec · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 8:49 pm

okay so most of you all know my White KJ Limited and my wife's blue KJ Sport:

Well my wife no longer wanted the KJ and here was newer and had a bunch less miles than hers so I sold mine to buy her an XJ but not before stripping off just about everything of value (I did leave the Daystar Lift and the Renegade lights on though):

So then I was left with a pile of parts and the stock (well mostly) Sport which had only seen very minor off road action before:

but before we get into that lets go back to the beginning. I bought the KJ from Carmax on November 30th 2010 and the very first thing I did was order and install the MOPAR fog lamp kit to get rid of those horrible grilles in the bumper (also added the clear bumper lights and hood T-bra from my first KJ):

and my wife drove it for a year and a half like that with no other mods except a cheap ebay grille/brush guard and a K&N Intake and then we woke up one morning and found this:

Insurance paid to fix it so I upgraded to Duratracs and installed a Renegade Light bar:

So that pretty much brings us to the point at which I sold the white one and started to build this one:

The first thing I did was install the Renegade roof basket, then I bought some 2 inch wheel spacers and installed the wheels and 245/75 MT/Rs from the white one (Front flares had to be removed for the tires to fit):

Then I Plasti-dipped the grille and removed all of the plastic so I could do the same:

Installed my ARB bumper and decided to Plasti-Dip the rockers as well:

Installed the Snorkel and fake sliders from the White one and then started looking at lifts I knew I was not going to go back to a Spacer lift and after talking in extent to daspes I decided to go with the Frankenlift II with extra 1/2 inch spacers in the rear (spacers installed after this picture):

then I swapped the plastic rene rack for a cheap basket to get the spare off of the roof and took it out last week to test out the knew lift with a buddy and his CRD:

and as she sits now all clean:

cgass · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 9:00 pm

Sorry to see the fleet all sold off Admiral, but I like what you've done with the KJ. I'd hesitate to say that I actually like it better than the old white one.

TIJKK1220 · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 9:05 pm

Looks Mean. I've always loved renegades and ALMOST had one only to find that it had been a loved beach car and was rusted from tip to tailpipe even the seat and headrest brackets were rusted out

The way you built up your KJ's and the photos I saw of all the other users on here made me really want a libby

however not being lucky enough to find that perfect kj I settled for a kk and am still very pleased :mrgreen:

gtommec · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 9:09 pm

I was sad to see the white one go actually I was sad to see. All of them go but I'd rather have one KJ done right than have my fleet back. I like the blue one much better than the white one especially the way it drives.

cgass · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 9:13 pm

gtommec wrote:

I like the blue one much better than the white one especially the way it drives.

Franky made a huge difference? When I put my OME lift on it was like driving a whole new vehicle. Changing lanes and breaking didn't involve being jerked around anymore

gtommec · **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2012 9:15 pm

cgass wrote:

gtommec wrote:

I like the blue one much better than the white one especially the way it drives.

Franky made a huge difference? When I put my OME lift on it was like driving a whole new vehicle. Changing lanes and breaking didn't involve being jerked around anymore

yeah it is like night and day over the Daystar Spacers (and over stock as well)

TheJawsOfDeath · **Joined:** Sun Nov 05, 2006 3:56 am **Posts:** 305

Looking good. How well is the plasti-dip holding up for you

gtommec · **Posted:** Tue May 15, 2012 7:15 pm

Plasti Dip is holding up fine It is chipped in a couple of places from sticks off road, but I have played in the mud and pressure washed it a few times with no ill affects. I will be pulling it off soon to bedline it though (the plastidip was just to see if i liked the black)

Okay so a couple weeks ago a guy bumped me on the interstate and broke my taillight and scratched my bumper a little:

So I bought these taillights, I like the LEDs but not the "Euro(trash)" look...

So I tinted them red, I also ditched the plastic stick on MOPAR taillight "guards" for some metal ones that bolt on :

Ditched the plastic rear bumper (I really hated the off-center license plate) and added an Off Road Only LitePLATE

PARKING LIGHTS:

PARKING LIGHTS+TURN SIGNALS:

BRAKE LIGHTS:

CRD Joe · **Posted:** Tue May 15, 2012 7:51 pm

Where did you find the tail lights? Nice looking rig.

jhblackwell · **Posted:** Tue May 15, 2012 8:05 pm

and where did you get the metal tail light guards?

gtommec · **Posted:** Tue May 15, 2012 8:54 pm

CRD Joe wrote:

Where did you find the tail lights? Nice looking rig.

Ebay

jhblackwell wrote:

and where did you get the metal tail light guards?

EBay I just searched liberty taillight guard, the were like 45 dollars

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Girly Jeep v. 2.0, my 2004 KJ Sport build

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