Scooter Scotts 2009 Jeep JKU Build

[Scooter Scott]

Well I wanted to post up what I have done with my rig since I bought it back in March of 2009. Been a long haul and loved every second of it.

Here she is on the lot:

My first mod:

265/75/16 Goodyear DuraTracs and Pro Comp 8179 16x8 wheels with 4.5" backspacing

My first lift was a Rough Country spacer lift with shock extensions. Gave me 2.5" of lift and was a great starter lift.

You can see I painted some things blue. I have found that the Rustoleum metalic blue paint is a pretty darn good match to my Deep Water Blue and I regularly use this for touchups...

After wheeling with the spacers for a few months, I got a smokin deal on a rough country coil/shock lift and swapped out to that.

Next up was my exhaust install. I installed a magnaflow muffler up under the drivers seat and relocated my evap so I could route my pipe using the stock portion over the rear axle. I got my tip from Autozone

 

[Scooter Scott]

So as time went on I was getting bored with my stock bumper and wante dot try something to change it up a little bit. I took off the plastic cover and ended up with this:

Now this is where the fun part starts. Everyone always says to just goto 35s the first time...well I didn't do that so I had to sell my 32s to upgrade to my 35s.....lesson learned. But the best part was during this time I fell into some money...my employer had not been paying me for my overtime I had been working for over a year...so I got a nice hefty paycheck. Upgraded to 35s, also installed 5.13s, ARBs, sleeves/gussetts, rear adjustable trackbar and a fancy hoop for my stock bumper:

 

[Scooter Scott]

Getting bored yet? Good....

Fender trim!!

A few mixers later this is what I came up with...

Next up! Thank you to theDirtman for providing me with a custom battery tray to help me come up with my fresh air snorkel

Finally some ebay bumpers.

I just wanted to get this out there. If anyone has any questions or wants a more detailed writeup on any of my mods....I'm game just let me know.

 

[Septu]

Looks good!!

 

[Mowgli]

How do you like those bumpers so far?

 

[Scooter Scott]

How do you like those bumpers so far?

Other than the finish I love them. You can't beat a front/rear bumper WITH tire carrier for 750 shipped to your door...I've had them on for 2 years now and the powdercoat is starting to come off. So I might have another $300 in refinishing them...but they are still bounds cheaper than what you would pay elsewhere.

 

[Scooter Scott]

Hmm...Just realized I am very far behind on keeping this updated.