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the then and now picture thread.

jmaxj

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lets see what your rig looked like then and what it looks like now. I ran into an old friend today that pointed out the changes that my jeep has gone through in the last 8 yrs so it got me thinking, what has everyone else's gone through.

here's my then circa '04, 2 yrs after its purchase. i lost all previous pics due to an ex smashing my computer.
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and what's left of it now.
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BTW: I searched and couldn't find any thread like this so if anyone knows of one the mods can delete this one.
 
First day in 07' (AZ)


First time I lifted it. (FL)


Second time I lifted it. (AL)


As she sits now... (AL back to AZ)


My latest project... The $600 Craigslist build. Just a pile of parts waiting to get put on...
 
This is what it looked like the day after I brought it home and put a different set of tires on it.

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Somewhere along the way it looked like this...

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Now it looks like this... Under the knife...

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Of course, none of them are action shots... :(
I don't get to wheel enough. When I do, noone ever takes pictures of me...

Please ignore the double sliders on the last picture. I've yet to cut the lower ones off.

This is not long after I got this one. I had only painted the hood.

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This is the same one now.

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This last picture is the most this red one has seen. It's my DD.
 
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How she has been for the last few months. Hopefully I'll be able to actually take it out for a spin at a park soon.

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When I first got her she spent a month looking like this
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Then I threw on a RE 3.5 super flex kit and wheeled her for a few years
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Then as of last October
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Summer 2006. One of the only pictures I still have from when she was stock. This was her first wheeling trip

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Spring 2008. After her first lift, Rusty's 4.5" with 32" tires.

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Summer 2010. Last wheeling trip on the stock axles, 5.5" lift. 33" tires.

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Fall 2011. As she sits now, 1/2 ton axles, 6.5" lift, 36" tires.

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Some nice rigs!

Here's my pile...

Bought it... 3 years ago.
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Some mods and 35's... 2 years ago...
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44/9 Swap/ Rear Four link...last year...
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Recent pics...... this year....
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Then I bought it almost 4 years ago. 4.5" lift pieced together with 32 BFG AT's

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Next after the 2nd lift was put on. 5.5" with drop brackets and custom control arms and 33's

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Now after 3rd time with the lift. 3 link, 35's, D44 rear, ARB's

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haha.. come on man, I got enough crap about that day already. I woke up at 4 AM, drove 4 hours to Moab, I didnt know we were heading straight for the trail the minute we got there. Besides, Derek said he liked my Salmon colored shirt. :D

well i think your the only straight man out there to go all hardcore with a salmon shirt on :moon:
 
2004 when I bought it....
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2011 on the Rubicon...

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