New Guy checking in
itshawgood
Jeeper
Just purchased an '86 CJ7 and wanted to say hello. I joined about 5 months ago just to start getting info about CJs. My wife and I started renting XJs in Hawaii on vacation years ago. I really enjoy driving them, but they just don't seem to have any soul.
Anyway, I've driven probably half a dozen, and settled on this one. It's an '86 with a factory Dana 44 rear, a/c, and cruise control. It's a California jeep that I drove down to get and tow back to WA. No rust. PO installed a hydraulic clutch and an NV3550. He wheeled it a bit. You can see in the pic where he bottomed out his suspension and flared out the rear wheel well. Other side is the same.
I'm just going to clean it up for now, follow the guidance in the "jeep is home, what do I do now" thread, and drive it. I do want to replace the tires with 31s, currently 33s. Have no intention of driving it like the previous owner did. Probably new shocks. It's on a 2.5" lift, and he said they are wider Rubicon springs? (YJ conversion? I don't know how to tell)
Sorry for the long intro. Thanks for all the great information here. I don't know if this is a perfect jeep, but you all have compiled so much data here that I'm pretty confident I can change things that I want as I go along. Cheers!
Anyway, I've driven probably half a dozen, and settled on this one. It's an '86 with a factory Dana 44 rear, a/c, and cruise control. It's a California jeep that I drove down to get and tow back to WA. No rust. PO installed a hydraulic clutch and an NV3550. He wheeled it a bit. You can see in the pic where he bottomed out his suspension and flared out the rear wheel well. Other side is the same.
I'm just going to clean it up for now, follow the guidance in the "jeep is home, what do I do now" thread, and drive it. I do want to replace the tires with 31s, currently 33s. Have no intention of driving it like the previous owner did. Probably new shocks. It's on a 2.5" lift, and he said they are wider Rubicon springs? (YJ conversion? I don't know how to tell)
Sorry for the long intro. Thanks for all the great information here. I don't know if this is a perfect jeep, but you all have compiled so much data here that I'm pretty confident I can change things that I want as I go along. Cheers!