new JEEP owner

Welcome!

Congrats on the new-to-you 97 TJ...and welcome! The '97 was the first year of the TJ so there were a couple of minor bugs to be worked out by Jeep. I'm sure yours, by now, has had them all fixed, but this is a good place to hang out if they were not. Tell us about your Jeep...lifted? motor? transmission? mods?

tw

Zelix wrote:

It's automatic with 6-cylinder & hardtop with a 2 inch lift. I'm curious as to what the minor bugs are. I've just got it so I'd like to make sure I catch them and fix them.

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thanks

Oh, yeah...don't get involved in the spamming war or you'll end up getting PLONKED with the rest of those bozos. It's been a relatively peaceful NG until about a year ago when one of our regulars brought in his family of idjits. Use your filters to remove the offenders and it's actually pretty quiet in here. Might take some time to get them all.

tw

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It's not a body lift from what my cousin said. The plastic fender thingys have chalked a bit. I repainted them with a dark green plastic for now. they look really cheesy. I want to get some touch up paint to paint them to match the rest of the JEEP. Here's a picture of it.

I was just checking that out. It's all rather ridiculous to say the least.

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That's a nice, clean machine --

Regarding the fender flares: If you really want the flares to match, you need to track down the flares from a later model TJ. I don't know the year or option package breakdown, but Jeep fitted later TJs with painted flares -- made of more rigid material and without the texture. People remove them all the time for wider aftermarket flares

-- so you can dig up a full set for cheap money.

For what it's worth -- I've had great results with small painted areas using a PreVal spray unit with automotive-quality paint & thinners. Quick, easy, minimal clean-up (or none if you choose), and those spray units are dirt cheap -- Home Depot even stocks them now.

Jon

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Welcome, and Congrats! Hope you get to have lots of fun in your new toy :)

Jon wrote: > Regarding the fender flares: If you really want the flares to match,

The Sahara models had the color matched, painted flares.

tw

Welcome. Because of the abuse most Wranglers see, you may have questions from time to time. Many will be answered with a Google search, and zeroed in at:

Welcome to the addiction.

Nothing like a jeep to remove that extra weight from your wallet.

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Enjoy!

Here is a great website for you

Hahaha!

Welcome to the madhouse! (just kidding fellas) You will LOVE your jeep once you get going with it. Everyone here is very nice and extremely helpful. I have learned ALOT here in the past 6-8 months that I have been writing in with my own questions. You will come across the occasional idiot, but just try to ignore him (her/it?). For the most part, everyone here is great.

Your rig looks really nice. As for the fender flares....I didn't catch whether or not you wanted to paint to match or go back to black, but try E-Bay. There is a TON of great used/new stuff on there to outfit your ride with. Prices are usually reasonable too if you can get it. Just type in 'jeep wrangler' followed by whatever it is you're looking for.

Just a suggestion (if I may)......it appears that your tires are stock tires. If they are, a set of All-Terrains or Mud-Terrains would look AWESOME on it! I personally prefer BFG Mud-Terrains, but there are a lot of other great tires out there. Here are some pics of my rig....

Forgot to tell you....

My tires are 31/10.5/15 BFG Mud-Terrains. I do not have a lift on my rig yet, but a 2" coil spacer lift is in the near future. With your existing 2" lift, I think 31/10.5/15 would look nice on your jeep. Plus that size will also fit on the stock rims. Mine did.

Ya, i just upgraded my flares and have a stock set from a 99 Sport for sale. If interested, contact me.