Greetings from the mitten!
06-10-2013 | 08:22 AM
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From: The D, MI
Greetings from the mitten!
Hi all,
Just a quick introduction...
My name is Kevin and after a bit of a hiatus, I'm back with the Jeep brand. Over the weeekend I picked up a new 2013 JKU. It is a black Sport S with Power Group 24S, Sirius Radio, Hard Top, Automatic Transmission and Anti-Spin Rear Axle Differential. I searched high and low for a vehicle with these options and settled on this one. The only thing I wanted that it didn't come with was the 3.73 rear end ratio. The 3.21 is fine for now but I forsee a gear swap in the future. It took a while to find this vehicle as it seems Jeep likes to bundle a bunch of option packages together driving up the costs. There were a lot of things I just didn't want as I knew I'd be upgrading anyway (e.g. Alpine head unit).
A little about myself, I'm an Engineer by trade working in the automotive industry here in the Detroit metro area. I've owned a YJ in the past and had a lot of fun in that ride. From there I made the leap to Ford products (Mustangs & F-series'). I still own an F-series and (2) Mustangs. (1) is a '93 Limited Edition LX Convertible (Yellow w/ black leather) with just 17,000 miles. A very clean car that I usually only pull out for special occasions (e.g. Woodward Dream Cruise). The other Mustang is a '94 GT that is my drag car. It started life a street car and turned into a full blown race project. I was well sponsored and ran it competitively in the NMRA and OSCA Renegade classes. The car has gone high 8's a 155mph in the 1/4 mile. Not bad for a little 310ci supercharged 10' tire car. I assembled my own engines and did a majority of the wrenching on the car so I am no stranger to the garage.
The plan for my JKU is still evolving but I have a picture of what I want in my head. I've been lurking on this board for the last few weeks and took a lot of notes (literally!). There are some very knowledgeable folks here and I'm sure I'll have some questions going forward. I look forward to drawing on the knowledge here to hopefully avoid pitfalls others have made and hopefully be able to give back with my diverse background in autmotive in general.
Utlimately, I want a ride that is good on the street, fun to take camping and is able to hold its own on the trail. I dont forsee anything as extreme as a rock crawler, I just want to take the platform Jeep provided and 'refine' it a bit.
A lot of my initial changes will purely be asthetic...delete this, plastidip that type things. I'll then gradually make the jump into upgrading the basic systems and see where it goes from there! So with that, I introduce "Project Deathstar"!
Just a quick introduction...
My name is Kevin and after a bit of a hiatus, I'm back with the Jeep brand. Over the weeekend I picked up a new 2013 JKU. It is a black Sport S with Power Group 24S, Sirius Radio, Hard Top, Automatic Transmission and Anti-Spin Rear Axle Differential. I searched high and low for a vehicle with these options and settled on this one. The only thing I wanted that it didn't come with was the 3.73 rear end ratio. The 3.21 is fine for now but I forsee a gear swap in the future. It took a while to find this vehicle as it seems Jeep likes to bundle a bunch of option packages together driving up the costs. There were a lot of things I just didn't want as I knew I'd be upgrading anyway (e.g. Alpine head unit).
A little about myself, I'm an Engineer by trade working in the automotive industry here in the Detroit metro area. I've owned a YJ in the past and had a lot of fun in that ride. From there I made the leap to Ford products (Mustangs & F-series'). I still own an F-series and (2) Mustangs. (1) is a '93 Limited Edition LX Convertible (Yellow w/ black leather) with just 17,000 miles. A very clean car that I usually only pull out for special occasions (e.g. Woodward Dream Cruise). The other Mustang is a '94 GT that is my drag car. It started life a street car and turned into a full blown race project. I was well sponsored and ran it competitively in the NMRA and OSCA Renegade classes. The car has gone high 8's a 155mph in the 1/4 mile. Not bad for a little 310ci supercharged 10' tire car. I assembled my own engines and did a majority of the wrenching on the car so I am no stranger to the garage.
The plan for my JKU is still evolving but I have a picture of what I want in my head. I've been lurking on this board for the last few weeks and took a lot of notes (literally!). There are some very knowledgeable folks here and I'm sure I'll have some questions going forward. I look forward to drawing on the knowledge here to hopefully avoid pitfalls others have made and hopefully be able to give back with my diverse background in autmotive in general.
Utlimately, I want a ride that is good on the street, fun to take camping and is able to hold its own on the trail. I dont forsee anything as extreme as a rock crawler, I just want to take the platform Jeep provided and 'refine' it a bit.
A lot of my initial changes will purely be asthetic...delete this, plastidip that type things. I'll then gradually make the jump into upgrading the basic systems and see where it goes from there! So with that, I introduce "Project Deathstar"!
