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HAHA If it fits it ships........

Well it's not Friday but I found something that I've been waiting a lllloooonnnnggg time to try. Heady topper from Alchemist brewing. Well worth the wait and the hunt. Super delicious with a crazy amount of hoppiness but not overly bitter.

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I've had A LOT of vehicles in my life. Probably at least 1 a year for the 20ish year's I've been legally able to drive. They've ranged from classics to new and all the junk in between. I've never lost money on anything I bought (except the one new car which I said never again), a few I've made a good chunk of change on but most are a break even and that's just for parts, labor yeah forget it. No offense to you at all but for me it's not a 12k MJ, maybe 8-10k tops. A few of the things you did are specific to what you like but others may not like it. For me the wheels and bumper are two things that really stand out that I'm not a fan of. Had you done a full 97+ swap with different wheels I could see it being a little more inline with a higher price, but as it is now going to be a little bit of a tougher sale. But as the saying in car sales go an @$$ for every seat. Restos are tough to make money on and really you have to find something that appeals to a wide audience. IMHO MJ's are awesome but it' will be hard for them to ever compete with a c10 or K5 marketplace. Body work is also one of those things that while it's nice to have done and done well, there has to be other things contributing to the overall vehicle to make it worth while. On a jeep body work becomes a really a weird area. On one hand you have vehicle you're supposed take off road and get dirty other hand if the pain is nice you don't really want to. I loved driving my MJ around but given the choice of a cruising vehicle it wouldn't be my first choice or even second. If I was going to spend 10k on something to cruise around in MJ ain't making my top 10 list, but as a trail rig better believe it's my first.

A deck and after market speakers are already going to be a massive upgrade over stock. Not going to find a lot of people opting for high end stereo equipment in a MJ, just isn't a platform conducive to audiophiles. Subs you are limited to either ones that go behind the seats or modifying the center console to fir a 8" in there. Only other option is something like this https://www.crutchfield.com/S-l0eoVAPGa64/p_113KSCSW11/Kenwood-KSC-SW11.html I run one in my WJ and it dose decent. Nothing close to my old system running 12's that would flex windows and shake your cavities loose. Really is going to boil down to the music you like to determine what to do. I mainly listen to rock/punk/hardcore so having a little bass besides what the 6x9s put's out is nice. And with the small sub it can keep up with the tighter bass. If I was listening to hip hop or something with more bass I'd try to get a 10" somewhere if not a 12".

Should bolt in.

Been trying to figure out a bad tranny leak at the radiator. Thing was just spewing fluid everywhere. Figured out the lower connector wasnt fully on and is next to impossible to easily get too. Other issue was the tranny temp. Hasnt been that hot here really, 90 the other day was the highest in a while, but tranny was getting up to 200+. So decided now was the time to fix the leak and bypass the rad. Huge improvement! Temp now is about 150-160 under heavy load and no more leaks. Also had to fix an issue with my rear sway bar. After adding the ironman diff cover it wasnt playing well with the addco sway bar. Put some spacers on and fixed a bolt issue. Both IRO and addco dropped the ball on supplying any decent hardware so needed to deal with that. All good. Next up will be battery cables.

Thought about a bastrad pack? Otherwise maybe the IRO stock ones.

So hands down my biggest issue is managing a office full of women. Want to talk about a challenge. I coach football and have for years, all ages from 6 to 18. Some of those things transfer over but some of these other things I deal with good grief. No amount of "coaching" or mind altering substances can make it bareable.

Hey happy Friday! And TGIF!!!! On a unrelated note, mid level management sucks. Seriously just need to change the title to adult babysitter. Anyways.....picked up this Hazy IPA from westbound and down. Pretty tasty but nothing spectacular think they do better on more traditional west coast IPAs.

haha these are funny........good show mates.

That sounds pretty tasty.

ITS ALIVE!!! After 6 months. Finally back on the road. Forgot how much more umph it has compared to the 4.0 WJ. Thing just goes. Engine fixed, new rear axle seals and lunchbox put in. Fixed the fn radio too so now it doesnt have some annoying crackle and replaced the cover. Much happier with the Metra fit versus the one from before. Indifferent on the lunchbox. Had one in my XJ and guess I forgot about what I didnt like..... click, click THUNK BANG click THUNK then smooth. Take some getting used to again but is nice to have the grip now in the dirt. Next up will be redoing the tranny cooling lines and putting an aux cooler. Then battery cables, getting either 2 or 4awg ones

Life........ Honestly at this point I feel like a plumber fixing busted pipes. Which one is leaking the most gets the attention. Needless to say if I was in a ship taking on water I'd be sunk. But in the plus side no boring days!

Another week, another new brew from Outerrange. Color book double IPA. Super tasty. Went and bought some more. Anywho cheers and happy Friday!

Mine was urethane only but it fit like poo I could see where the screws would be need to "hug" it in.

Dig it!

How you paint it will determine the amount of prep. If you are doing a 2 stage base and clear you'll need to have every dent fixed, no rust and make it as smooth as possible. If you are doing a bed liner type it's more forgiving because the texture and will hide imperfections.

Knew someone would appreciate it

Well what parts.....

Happy Friday!! Picked up a local brew from Vail. Blur hazy IPA, pretty solid. They actually do a ton of great beers. Had a few and never a bad one. Missing sipping a brew in the village......