This is current as of 4/25/2009

2005 white KJ Sport
3.7L V6
6-speed manual transmission
NP241J transfer case with 2.72:1 ratio gears - Note: This is NOT the NV241OR Rock Track with 4:1 gear ratio - The NP241J is sometimes referred to as the NP231 HD or Heavy Duty and has a wider chain and 1/2 of the heavier duty shell of the 241OR
3.55 Stock gears in crappy Dana 30a (front) and Chrysler 8.25 (rear)
Full stock KJ skids
US Wheel 84 Series Black Daytona Wheel size 16" diameter by 7.00" wide with 4.00"backspacing
Goodyear Wrangler MT/R size 245/75 R16 Load Range E
All J Boulderbars
All J 2.5" Frankenlift With Old Man Emu springs in front struts and rear suspension - Rancho Shocks.
JKS Quick Disconnects With mods
Al's Upper A-Arms
Moog K3199 LBJ
Class IV Front Reese Hitch - No Longer Made
Class III/IV Rear Hidden Hitch
Warn Class III Receiver Shackle Bracket Front & Rear
ARB front (RD101) and rear (RD93) air lockers
Master Flow MF-1050 air compressor for onboard air and to run the air lockers
Slee Off Road Air Manifold
Viair Pressure Switch set for 85/105 psi on/off
Staun Tire Deflators
Gutter guard-screening grille inserts.

Lighting & Electronics
Sylvania Silverstar 9005 ST with modified base in my fog lights
Custom light bar with 4x100 watt H3 bulbs in Hella 500 lamps
Cheapie 2x55 watt rectangular rear lights
Cobra Model 19 Ultra CB with Cobra HG M75 Microphone
Tiger ST-4 48" CB antenna from Everhardt
Wilson Cell Phone antenna
Ambicom GPS-CF compact flash GPS card with external antenna.

Engine
Fabbed cold air intake
Fabbed smooth-wall 3" intake pipe


WHAT WAS THIS VEHICLE BUILT TO DO? I built my KJ to take me wherever I want to go in Colorado safely – and that’s the key. This is not a $50k buggy as was never intended to be, but my KJ takes me just about wherever I want to go on any of the trails I choose in Colorado. I’m not going to get over a field of three-foot tall boulders like a buggy can, but you can bet I can go many places where most people would not think you can go with a KJ.


INTERESTING STORIES: I run with LOST Jeeps (www.lostkjs.com) . You would be surprised at the places we go with our so called “mall-rated” Jeeps. Much of my wheeling in the KJ was done before I put in the ARB’s in 2008. The included photo of my white KJ (License # 247-LYU) was taken on Chinaman Gulch in Colorado with front and rear open differentials. It would have been easier with lockers but it was done open.

We go up many trails getting smirks and come down getting surprised looks and maybe – just maybe - a little more realization that you can do more with a KJ than haul groceries. We certainly do not get a lot of respect from JP Magazine and others but we keep on plugging away with our vehicles where everyone else tells us we can’t. There are times when I have walked right up some rock or shelf that gives a wrangler trouble due to the shorter wheelbase.

The XJ got a lot of crap in the beginning too. Myself and others of LOST Jeeps are here to show what can be done in a KJ and to hopefully change the attitude of other people who wheel their 4x4’s.

I have also included several other photos I have taken of LOST Jeeps members wheeling in Colorado.