The TJ..."Skipper"

Just picked  up an 04 TJ and here it is bone stock...Not for long that is...Let the mods begin...  My wife named it Sluggo but she is telling me I have to call it "Skipper" until it gets some good mods on it because right now it is a baby Jeep. Now all my friends are calling him Skipper and I am sure the name will stick.

OK...The Full Traction Long arm kit and all the other mods from Full Traction are done.  Man it is a lot of work but well worth the effort.  These guys make a great long arm kit and I will be doing a long 12 day shake down run in the AZ strip and will up date with  a report.  Just got back from the AZ Strip and I can say the Full Traction Long Arm kit worked great.  We did some tough trails and also some very long wash board roads... I am talking 60 miles of wash board and the ride was just outstanding.  Man what a great kit. Again... A lot of work to install but WELL WORTH the efforts... 

Just made another trip to Moab and again the Full Traction Long Arm kit worked unreal.  I can not say enough great things about it.  Just an outstanding kit that works both on and off road.  Well worth the money and the install for dang sure.

These are a great set of seals and the old stock seals I had were even broken...Not that they really did a good job anyway but the new Alloy Axle Tube Seals do an outstanding job of keeping mud, snow, water and all kinds of other damaging junk out of the axle tubes just waiting to get to the seals that hold all that nice clean oil in the diff.

I really need to thank JJ over at       for getting me in line with these.  JJ has installed these on many of his Jeeps and he has been really on my case to get these installed.  Thanks JJ.

If you tip your Jeep to one side when you pull the axles no oil will leak and you will not have a huge mess on your hands.

This is one of the Alloy Axle Tube Seals compared to the stock seal...How do you even call the stock one a seal.  Maybe dirt collector would be more like it.

I really think the new Alloy seals will last a lot long then the stock piece of plastic that came with my axles.

Axle tube without the new seals

Here you can see the new Alloy Axle Tube Seals.  Not only will they keep all kinds of bad junk out of the end of the axle tubes which could work it way back to the main axle seals... But they just look so dang cool as well.

I have installed 5 sets of the hub bearings and have been needing the Hub Conversion for a very long time.  Not only does it solve the hub bearing problem but it allows me to free wheel the entire front end as well.  I called All J Products and placed an order.  Man these guys are good.  They had everything in stock and even the needed hub wrench as well.  They are always so good about getting the right parts out to you along with a tracking number and their pricing is always right on.  Please give them a call for anything Jeep related or drop into their website at  www.boulderbars.com

I am not going to cover all the instruction because Warn sends out a very detailed instruction manual...but I wanted to add a few pictures and a few notes about the install.  I will say you will increase the front track width by 3/4" on each side.  That also helps for side hilling as well.  You MUST also use the correct front rotor.  Some of the stock rotors do not have a thick enough flange so be sure to read about this on the Warn site or just be sure to follow the install instructions.  You MUST also open the hub flange hole but a god machine shop can help with this.  I live in a very rural area so again Quinn at All J Products stepped up to the plate to get this task done for me. 

The install is very easy if you just follow the instructions and only took a couple of hours at a slow pace.  I went ahead and upgraded my axles at the same time and will keep the inner axles as spares but I feel the hub itself will be a good fuse instead of an axle.  The hub itself is very easy to trail fix and not that expensive so it will be a great fuse.  

After the install I could really tell out on the road that the front shaft was not spinning like crazy.  It will have a very easy life as far as on road goes.  

Man what an outstanding bumper.  Heavy duty 3/16 material and setup for towing as well. The ends also have turnouts to help protect the rear of the body. I ordered the bumper with shackle mounts and will be placing an order for the rack to go with this in the near future.  All J Products has and always will build some of the best off road products out there.  Please give them a call if you need any help or drop into their website to see some of the outstanding products they make for Jeeps.

I just did an install of the new Smittybilt seats and man I am really liking them for dang sure.  They are very well made and give a lot of support while off-road.  They are not the plush cheap seats like a lot of the ones on the market but true suspension race seats.  hey also recline with an outstanding handle. Very nice frame work and has all the cut outs for a 5 point harness.  I had to make my own floor mounts but not a real big deal.  I will post some pictures in the next few days.  I have used them both on and off-road for a couple of weeks now and have been very pleased with them.  Neal at 4 Wheel Parts in Henderson NV did a drop ship on these for me.  A great shop to work with.  If you need parts from 4 Wheel Parts give Neal a call and he can help you out with all your needs.