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to the home of the T.R.I.B.E. 4x4 Club and
4x4garage.com. Enjoy what we have put together for
you and we hope you can make it out on a trail run with us
soon. To find out about our upcoming runs click on
the "trail rides" link above.
We
are interested in you and your 4x4 as well. If you
would like to let everyone know about your ride simply
click on the "Reader's Rides" link to the left
and upload a pic and information about your vehicle.
Remember
to tread lightly and always leave a trail cleaner than
when you arrived. Don't give the loud and ignorant
any ammunition to try to take away our rights to the
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Feature Article
Building a Better TJ |
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Well its time for a new article and with
the purchase of my new 2000 TJ I figured
what a great place to start the new
year. Since finding a pre-owned TJ
with a stock rear Dana 44 is similar to
finding a mint 74 Land Cruiser for less
than $3000 lets take a standard TJ with a
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rear
end, Dana 30 front axle, 4.0 liter inline 6,
and an automatic tranny. So in your
driveway sits a coil-sprung Jeep that can
tackle most trails out there. That is
the amazing thing about this vehicle and why
it was named Peterson's 4x4 of the year when
it was realesed. As a matter of fact
if Manufacturers could enter the same
vehicle in their competition each year it
would likely have won every year since
1997! Companies like Avalanche
Engineering and Black Diamond have been
making custom and kit style coil sprung CJs
for years. The base performance of the
TJ is so amazing it has turned CJ owners
everywhere to this new Jeep (I still own a
74 CJ5).
So what's the first thing you
want to do with your new Jeep. I say
lift and tires. Unfortunately, you
need to add a few other doo dads when you
add these two items but lift and tires are
definately the way to start.
Ok, so you know you want a lift
but what lift do you get and how much lift
is right for your type of wheeling.
You need to ask yourself this question,
"Am I going to |
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