Hello all. I'm excited be here doing the newbie intro. I've been on for about a month now, and so far pretty impressed.
I bought a 2018 JkU sport willy a few months ago. I've had a 2004 Liberty since 2015 and was just about ready to order my second set of new tires for it when I decided it was time to upgrade. So this is my second Jeep but first wrangler.
Been offroading since the 80's when I bought a Baja Bug in high school. It wasn't built well so i sold it and built my own from a $400 bug. Since that time i've owned and built 2 other baja bugs and owned a couple of Nissan 4x4s, Rangers, and finished a Ranger prerunner last year.
I went to body school in the Mid 80's and worked shops for a couple years, worked as an insurance adjuster, and for a five year period, bought salvage vehicles at auctions for other dealers. I currently co-own and run Alpha Roofing in Evanston, so winters are when I have time to work on vehicles and go offroading. Lack of snow this year means i've put on hundreds of offroad miles this winter. Been in Wyoming now for 16 years and owned a Yamaha dealership in Evanston for 5 years. I did some motorcycle racing also and have done desert, enduro and arenacross.
Finally sold the last of my motorcycles and bought the Jeep. I have rebuilt many salvage vehicles over the years and currently have a lift in my garage and a shop in the back with a full home built paint booth. In addition to the jeep, I'm working on an 82 GMC 2wd shortbed street/strip truck doing an LS swap.
So I am certainly no Wrangler expert but might be able to offer some insight on body, paint and salvage vehicle questions.
I live about 5 hours from Moab and planning a trip with my Wife for a 2-3 days right now. Not giddy at all!! Leaving in tomorrow, so right now searching for wife approved trails, she is pretty good but I get the occasional "If you climb that, Im getting out" lol.
I bought a 2018 JkU sport willy a few months ago. I've had a 2004 Liberty since 2015 and was just about ready to order my second set of new tires for it when I decided it was time to upgrade. So this is my second Jeep but first wrangler.
Been offroading since the 80's when I bought a Baja Bug in high school. It wasn't built well so i sold it and built my own from a $400 bug. Since that time i've owned and built 2 other baja bugs and owned a couple of Nissan 4x4s, Rangers, and finished a Ranger prerunner last year.
I went to body school in the Mid 80's and worked shops for a couple years, worked as an insurance adjuster, and for a five year period, bought salvage vehicles at auctions for other dealers. I currently co-own and run Alpha Roofing in Evanston, so winters are when I have time to work on vehicles and go offroading. Lack of snow this year means i've put on hundreds of offroad miles this winter. Been in Wyoming now for 16 years and owned a Yamaha dealership in Evanston for 5 years. I did some motorcycle racing also and have done desert, enduro and arenacross.
Finally sold the last of my motorcycles and bought the Jeep. I have rebuilt many salvage vehicles over the years and currently have a lift in my garage and a shop in the back with a full home built paint booth. In addition to the jeep, I'm working on an 82 GMC 2wd shortbed street/strip truck doing an LS swap.
So I am certainly no Wrangler expert but might be able to offer some insight on body, paint and salvage vehicle questions.
I live about 5 hours from Moab and planning a trip with my Wife for a 2-3 days right now. Not giddy at all!! Leaving in tomorrow, so right now searching for wife approved trails, she is pretty good but I get the occasional "If you climb that, Im getting out" lol.
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