To find the right transport from Seattle to NYC was a royal pain however I was able to secure a super cool driver. If any one needs a recommendation let me know. 
many thanks to Byron, Jeff and ECJ !!!

I talked with Andrew at GenRight this morning and ordered half of the Elite system. I have been hammering Andrew with emails the past few weeks and he has been awesome at getting back to me on all my questions. This is something I really appreciate in a company.

My plan right now is to remove the body after New Year’s. I want to tackle all the mounts to the frame, run exhaust, brake lines, and gas tank in the first stage. I know you don’t technically need to pull the tub, but since I have the room, time, and friends to help, I want to go this route.

This is not going to be a quick build and I know will take me a few months, but I am  really looking forward to this build.

Over the years I’ve added a fair amount.  Current specs listed below (sorry for the cut and paste; I couldn’t type all that on my phone).  I’ve done all the work myself, which has kept me busy.  
 

I’m currently building a set of junkyard axles, ‘05+ Super Duty Dana 60 front, ‘00+ 14 Bolt rear.  Picture of the axles as purchased below. Hopefully should have them done in a few months.  Progress is slow because I’m doing all the work and only have weekends for it. 
 

Modifications

Drivetrain:

Rubicrawler doubler; PSC hydraulic assist steering; MOPAR automatic transmission cooler; Dynatrac PR44; Dynatrac ball joints; Rancho knuckles; Synergy drag link; Currie tie rod; Ten Factory chromoly axle shafts front and rear; Teraflex big brakes front and rear; 1350 drive shafts.

Interior:

Rock Hard sport cage with C pillars; Tuffy console and rear security deck; Bartac seat covers; seat heaters front and rear; Uniden CB; underseat mounted ARB twin compressor; Genesis dual battery; Painless Trail Rocker;

Exterior:

Genright Bumpers; Poison Spyder corner and rocker armor; Mile Marker hydraulic winch with synthetic rope; Genright tire carrier; Poison Spyder hood louvre; LOD frame mounted sliders; AEV snorkel; MCE fender flares; Rockhard oil pan/transmission skid plate; Rockhard crossmember; AEV rear diff skid; MOPAR half doors; ACE Engineering fender liners

Audio:

Select Increments pods with Kicker speakers and amplifier.

Lighting:

Quadratec LED headlights; Quadratec 6” round spot lights (A pillar) and flood lights (bumper); LED stadium lights; KC Cyclone rock lights; homemade LED whips.

Exhaust:

Dynomax rock crawler.

Suspension:

Synergy 4.5” lift; Bilstein 5160 shocks; EVO No Limits air activated sway bar disconnect; Metal Cloak bump stops

Wheel and Tire:

ATX Chamber Pro II wheels; Nitto Mud Grapplers (37x13.50R17)

Moving my build thread over here as I get time.

Modification List:

40" ProComp M/T tires on 17" B.A.D. Wheels.

40" Maxxis Trepador Stickies on 17" B.A.D. Wheels

Dynatrac ProRock Elite 60/80 combo.  5.38 Gears, ARB lockers.

Evo Offroad Double Throw Down with rear EvoLever system.  Coilovers/Bypass shocks custom red/black.

Evo Offroad Rock Rails welded to the frame

Evo Offroad Sport Cage

Currie Anti-Rock sway bars front and rear

Hard Rock Offroad engine, fuel tank, and transfer case skids.

Yeti HD front track bar

Terraflex rear track bar

Poison Spyder front bumper

Warn 9.5ctis winch

Poison Spyder rear bumper and tire carrier

PSC Big Bore XD steering box and hydro assist.

MetalCloak Armor and fenders

ARB Dual Compressor

AnyTone Apollo I "CB" radio

Icom IC-2730A Dual Band VHF/UHF (Ham, Race, and GMRS)

Here is what it looked like when I picked it up in Bismarck ND July of 2017.  It had been sitting there for months.  The price kept dropping so I called in and low balled them.  Next thing I know I am flying to North Dakota!

It doesn't have a name yet... But I saved all the pictures in a folder called "Buggy 55".  So we will go with that for now.

The short list:

05 LQ9 6.0

4L60 with a 2500 stall Hughes torque converter

2 speed Atlas - 4.3

Front - Dana 60, ARB, chromo shafts, CTM joints, Branik parts all over.  Howe full hydro.

Rear - 14 bolt shaved, Detroit, 300m Branik axles PSC full hydro with manual control

42" Reds on 20" KMC bead locks with like 5 trips on them

16" ORI's

113" wheelbase

53" frame width

84" wide at the outside of the tires.

Been looking at the thing since like May.  Picked it up in Reno this last weekend.

It has lots of good parts.  Some not as good as the $100k+++ rigs that I really wanted... But will be a good starter/learner rig.

Current project is getting it to idle correctly.  Something is causing it to idle at 1500-2000 and you can't hold it with the brakes in low range. 

2022 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon EcoDiesel.

Has a few things done already. 

- Deleted and tuned

- 2" Skyjacker Lift

- 37" tires on 20" wheels

- Power Steps

- Tint

- Warn winch w/Factor 55 UltraHook

Picked it up in Fort Wayne, Indiana.  Took the scenic route home.  Went up Pikes Peak, did Black Bear Pass, Visited the grave of Doc Holliday in Glenwood Springs,  Monument Ridge, and went through Yellowstone.

Great drive.  Got one tank that was just over 30 MPG.  Most of the others were 21-22 mpg going 80 with a headwind.  I was impressed!

Going to put my tent on this one and use it for road trips and some overlanding stuff.  I also have a trip up to the Arctic Circle I want to do.

Plans are for a canopy of some sort... Some different tires... Maybe wheels.  Plus a custom fuel tank that fits in the back to increase the range for longer trips.

i picked up a 2018 jku that I plan on doing what I was going to do on the jk (which is forsale soon). This jeep is gonna be my daily to keep miles off the dually.  I want to do some long trips like to Colorado with this one as well.  Only mandatory is a/c

The shadow will be what I plannned the jk was going to be as I have all of the parts 

-LS3

-4l80e

-atlas 3.8

-psc hydro assist and big box 

-Dana 60 (arb and branik 40 spline axles)

-14 bolt rear arb…

-40” tires

-trail ready beadlocks

-motobilt  4 link system 

-motobilt rear fuel tank

-king coil over/bypass shocks

-genright cage

-genesis battery box system

-switch pros system

-Baja designs lp6 lights

-warn zeon 10k synthetic

-motobilt front and rear trusses

-motobilt tomahawk front bumper

-motobilt frame chop rear bumper

-evo spare tire carrier

-Prp seats

fenders not sure yet

sliders not sure yet

Current Build consist of:

05 400hp GM 6.0l, Built full manual th-475, Race case ATLAS 2sp 3.0:1, Stretched to a 110" wheelbase on 42" Iroks & TrailGear 17" Beadlocks, full PSC Armor & Cage with Swag Off-road tie in kit, MasterCraft Seats w/PRP 5.3 harnesses, 16" ORI's out front with an ECGS Kingpin HP60 w/5.13s an ARB & Yukon shafts w/super joints, PSC box & hydro assist, GenRight's 3 link front kit.

Out back are 14" ORI's w/ GenRight's dual triangulated 4 link, ECGS shaved Sterling w/5.13s, a Detroit & Yukon shafts, a fully custom back half kit was aslo made for maximum up travel. 

I'm planning on filling in details of what I did up to now on the original build, this thread will be from now as I move forward with the full GenRight Elite kit. 

Progress right now is this :

Build of Wanda the Scarlett witch

Im going to try and give a little back story on how I ended up here. All while keep it short and sweet so I can talk about the awesomeness of what’s happening with my Jeep I call Wanda.

For the familiar faces/name here I use to have a yellow 4 door JKU named Naboo. While I built him up over many years (1 tons, 40s, bolt on coilovers, etc.) there were a few things he still lacked. 1 it was a 2007 so it had the 3.8L minivan motor. And this can easily be replaced with a V8 but that comes at a cost. One of which I couldn’t do a few years ago and for that matter probably still couldn’t afford it now :). But 2nd and more annoying, at least to me personally, it was a "sport" model that came factory with Half doors so there were no electric locks or window; which was very very annoying!

I digress. This is where everything gets well… complicated, confusing, and a long long road of my jeep ownerships.

In May of 2020 I found a what I thought was a killer deal on a very well built jeep with everything I have wanted for years! I ended up calling it Pickle Rick. A white 2013 with LS3, DTD f/r, 60/80, 40s, genright roll cage, half doors, B-pillar chop, etc. the only down side was that it was well, lets say.. well used but more importantly it wasn’t “street legal” by the standards of CA. my plans were to clean it up a bit and make it street legal so I could enjoy the jeep I have always wanted.

Well… that didn’t last long.🥲

28 days since I bought the jeep it was hit by a drunk driver while parked on the street (luckily no one was hurt). To make matters worse, I hadn’t even listed my old Yellow jeep for sale yet to get it out of my hands (this is important for later). with the jeep being such a specialized build I didn’t have it towed away that afternoon since I wanted to find my own shop to have it dropped off at for inspection. While I was looking into shops the following day. Not even 30 hours later!!! I hear another big boom sound. Being that the sound of the accident was so fresh in my head the new boom sounds exactly the same!! I ran outside and what do you know…. My yellow jeep that was also parked on the street has now been hit.. almost an identical crash as to the white jeep the day before. (Lucky again there were no injuries). ill throw some photos up of both these for reference.

I found a place to drop the both damaged jeep off at. Unfortunately with the frames being “twisted” and the amount of money in parts the collision center totaled both jeeps out.

After months of negotiating with insurance (still wasn’t good enough) I settled as well as bought both jeeps back. Sold my yellow one too a friend who ended up rebuilding it (i see it from time to time 🥲) and kept the white one for myself so I could take all the parts I wanted and put it on a future jeep, this is where the Burgundy jeep I call Wanda has come from. But we are not there yet. I built Pickle Rick (2013 white jeep) back up enough to at least drive around and move when i needed. 

after the accidents my landlord allowed my fiancé and I to break out lease early and we moved off that street in August of 2020!! 

October 2020 i found a new 2009 Silver 4 door i liked. It was a full EVO build and all it needed was a motor which i had. My plan with this was to just swap the motor and call it a day. but that didn't happen. I'll save you all the details but i ended up pulling out of doing the swap for several reason from CA smog issues, to moving several other times, and getting married. 

Finally!! 

September 2021 i found yet another jeep.... but this one was more ideal at least for what i ultimately wanted to end up with. This was a 2008 JKU with an already CA legal 6.2 swapped LS3! 🤗 

we finally come to the point of this build. This new jeep could become Wanda which is what this posting will be referencing from now on. However before i get to all the goodies it unfortunately has taken me 1.5 years to start the official build. 

post to follow will be about Wanda and how she started and where it goes from there! 

For anyone that read this I am sorry but also thank you at the same time! haha 

I bought Vengeance in Tennessee on March 25th, 2021. 

He was all cleaned up, looking pretty. 

First Jeep.  Purchased slightly used in 2017 with the idea of hauling bikes and taking us dispersed camping . 
 

went on a few trips with folks on here and have been gradually building since 

It seems like the time has come to put together the list of parts to get me up to 40's. The installer TBD will indeed speak to MI Offroad Customs. Matt right?

So far this is what i came up with:

1.Fusion axles 14 bolt VS Pro Series Fabricated. Need your pros and cons please.

2.Leaning towards King 3.0 coil overs spring rate TBD. Keep in mind i do like to daily drive the Jeep. Am not opposed to ORI however i believe finetuning on them is something to take into consideration meaning jumping from rock crawling to desert speed driving. Thinking coil overs is a better option. If Accutune is suggested to buy from please share the links. What length? 

3.King bump stops 

4. control arms TBD. 

5. Motobuilt 4 link kit is what i am looking into. Give me options if you feel i need to look into something else.

5. Genrite cage 

6. All the axle and shock tower brackets TBD. 

7. KMC Tank wheels. What bolt pattern will i need?

8. Nitto TG 40X13.5X17

9.PSC Cylinder hydro assist 

10. PRP seats 4 of them with harnesses. Motobuilt brackets 

11. LOCKERS. Need to hear pros and cons e-locker vs ARB air once. 

12. Motobuilt or Genrite fuel cell 

13. Motobuilt Tomahawk bumper and fenders.

14. Adams or Reel drive shafts 

15. LASFIT Switches for lockers 

Will start ordering item by item in hopes to have everything by the end of the year and installed. 

Thank you for all the beating ill be taking 🤣 and please suggest items to be added to the list.

After a smattering of AEV stuff, I can actually pinpoint the exact moment I wanted my jeep to change.  

Yep, that's Ed's Double Cab and JK6 along with Byron's.  After this day, my jeep (and my daughters college fund) have never been the same.  It really proves what a moron with tools can do in his garage with the right friends.  

Next two on 37s

... and finally on 40s

Current build:

Savvy Mid Arm
4" Currie Springs, 1.25" BL
12" Fox Res shocks, out boarded rear, front relocated
Antirock front and rear
Currie RJ44 front/Yukon Zip/RCV. Currie 60 Rear/ARB
5.38 Gears
NP 241 TC
37 X 12.5 X 17 Nitto Trail Grappler
Raceline Monster beadlocks
Warn Zeon 10
Currie tie rod, drag link, track bar
Savvy Rails, GTS and engine skid
Fabtech front, Dirtworx rear, Exogate carrier
Skid Row steering box skid
Genright Hiline 4" aluminum front fenders
Genright 4" aluminum rear flares
Savvy aluminum corners

Future mods:

60 Front

Cage

Seats/harnesses

Better air compressor - Currently using a CO2 tank and have a Viair 400H under the hood. Looking for something faster than the Viair. 

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