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Around 3 pm Jeeps started lining the streets of Butler for the annual Jeep Invasion. While things were filling up we stopped at the Chop Shop to get some dinner before the crowds arrive. This place has some killer gourmet food that will surprise you. This is our regular stop at this event and the …
Mark your calendars and start making plans, June 10th, 11th, and 12th is coming up. The annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival is set for another year to move in and invade Butler, PA. Last year the event broke the Guinness Book of Records for the largest Jeep parade by lining up and parading over 2400 …
We decide a new look for the jeepfan.com CJ-5 was in order. To start we are returning to a classic CJ look by installing a set of US Mags Indy U101 Wheels. These modern wheels are near identical to the slots found on 70’s era CJ’s (see right) but are like…new. Finding original CJ slots …
If you have wheeled with a YJ or TJ and have had the pleasure of the gifts a Dana 35 can offer you will recognize this picture. That moment when you realize that one side of your Jeep’s rear axle has decided to go in a different direction. The truth about is is that the …
Continuing on from the HD Hinged Carrier installation part of our $3K JK we are now at the point of installing the Teraflex Adjustable Tire Mount. There are a few options here and depending on your installation you may need to proceed differently. Both kits come with a few spacers that are used in different applications. …
First a bit of review of our $3K JK Project and where we have been. We installed a lift, wheel spacers, and 35″ tires on the Jeep and our next step is getting the 35″ spare mounted properly to the back of the Jeep. A 35″ may fit on the stock carrier depending on the wheel but without …
Just for a nice Friday picture here is a 1971 Jeep CJ-5 Renegade II. Equipped with the loved aluminum slots running 33×10.50 BFG Mud Terrains and a 225 V6. This was the last year a removable top Jeep would see a V6 until the 2007 Wrangler. In addition this was the last year of the …
Well on the road to completion of our $3K JK Project our next step was tires. To recap, we installed a Teraflex 2.5″ Budget Boost lift and a set of Teraflex 1.25″ wheel spacers now it’s officially time to squeeze a set of 35’s on the stock Rubicon wheels. We’ve used the Duratrac on other jeepfan.com …
Parked next to an old beater TJ this morning. The pic says it all. Someone please rescue this TJ and give it the lift and tires it deserves! The Wrangler TJ was built from 1997 until 2006. It was the first Wrangler to run front a rear coil springs instead of leaf springs. This new …
The next step in the $3K JK Project is to install a set of wheel spacers to prepare for the larger tires. We have decided to use the 315/70R17 (35″) Goodyear Duratrac tires on our JK with the beautiful stock Hard Rock wheels. Side note, heard these wheels called the Rubicon snow flake? The JK …
