Joe's '95 YJ Rio Grande Edition

Ch. 4

Beauty shots

My Jeep's Specs
  • Year & Model: 1995 Jeep Wrangler YJ Rio Grande Edition, bought in Oct. '97
  • Engine: 2.5 L 4 cyl. with a red top Optima battery and goferit.com 1" motor mount spacers
  • Transmission: 3 speed automatic (Rebuilt)
  • Transfer Case: NP231 w/AA SYE kit & Tom Wood's HD drive shaft
  • Tires: (5)-33"x12.5"x15" Goodyear MTR's with (5)-15"x8" AR-Baja Rims
  • Suspension: 3.5" Superlift w/JKS sway bar quick disconnects, Superlift's sterring stabilizer and 1.25" extended HD rear shackles (for added weight in rear from bumper/tire carrier)
  • Axles: Front - Dana 30; Rear - Dana 35
  • Body lift: M.O.R.E 1"
  • Gears: 4.10's (stock)
  • Front Bumper: Stock w/Bumper Thumper grill guard
  • Rear Bumper: Jeeperman.com rear bumper & tire carrier w/2" receiver, clevis tabs and a high-lift mount
  • Tops & Doors: Hardtop, Soft top, Full steel doors, Two-piece Supertop doors & a Bikini top for those warm summer days
  • Misc: Windjammer, Duster deck cover, Tire cover, Cockpit cover, JVC detacable CD player, Overhead sound bar, Add-a-trunk, Bestop padded console, Teraflex belly-up skid plate, Four X Doctor's Rocker panel guards, Kilby gas tank skid, TJ flares, (4)10,000 lb tow hooks - 2 in the front and 2 in the rear mounted to the frame, Flush mounted tail-lights, Le Bra, Under rear seat storage tray, Cupholder that bolts to windshield, Induction scoop, Hood lock, WeatherTech floor mats, Stainless steel tailgate hindges, Goodrich extended stainless steel brake lines, Blk. powder coated YJ mirror relocation brackets (used when two-piece Super doors are on), Entry guards, Emercency tow strap, K&N air filter, GT sterring wheel (Black), Hella lights mounted to Bumper Thumper, Blk. windshield brackets for 2 more Hella lights to come, Hi-lift jack, Cobra Ultra II CB Radio w/4ft. Firestik II antenna, External speaker for the CB, PA speaker under the hood, Stainless steel tailgate tire stop w/black powder coated CB antenna bracket, 2" receiver tow hook, Sprayed Herculiner inside the tub, Tinted side windows, the Club and a well hidden kill switch


    • Previous owner only had nerf bars installed, Le bra, factory radio/cassette, sound bar (from the factory), and a white GT sterring wheel added. I changed the sterring wheel to a black one. Why did he have white? Who knows.


Pictures taken after lift install


1st trail run to the Badlands in Attica, IN 3/31/01
Click on the picture to see more.


Future Plans some what in order
  • Update all pictures to reflect most recent mods (on going) :)
  • Hella lights mounted to windshield brackets and one Hella light mounted to the back to get those tailgater off my ass
  • Toy's By Troy rollcage (located in Pheonix, AZ) or M.O.R.E.'s roll cage (undecided)
  • Homemade version of the CBRack after rollcage is put in (www.cbrack.com)
  • 4XD front differential skid plate
  • Skid-row's engine skid plate
  • Convert to a Ford 8.8 in the rear which comes with disk brakes & 31 splines
  • SOA conversion stock height springs at all four corners (5 leafs for front and 6 leafs for rear to compensate for added weight)
  • M.O.R.E.'s extended front and rear shock mounts
  • M.O.R.E.'s greasable boomerang shackles in rear & flipped for anti-kick back in front
  • M.O.R.E.'s rear traction bar
  • M.O.R.E.'s stage 1 high steering correction kit
  • New Bestop sailcolth softop w/tinted windows
  • M.O.R.E.'s (no lift) SRS system (maybe later down the road)
  • Re-gear to 4.56 gears
  • Detroit locker in rear if and when I re-gear to 4.56
  • D-Rings for the rear bumper dipped in a yellow rubber coating
  • A new front bumper (not sure which one)
  • Loud ass air horn to wake-up those drivers that don't pay attention
  • Turbo city rocket air tube w/cylindrical K&N air filter
  • Swap out my 2.5L throttle body with a 4.0 Turbo city Hi-flow throttle body or used one from a donor Jeep
  • OX Locker for the front
  • Receiver hitch rack
  • Receiver bike rack
  • Upgrade all speakers
  • Add sound wedges
  • An 8" tube to fit in the add-a-trunk (maybe)
  • 4.0 L I-6
  • And I'm sure there will be more to add......... Maybe the kitchen sink?

Items 4-SALE Located in the Chicagoland, Northwest Indiana area
  • $300 OBO. This is not an OEM top. It seems to be an early aftermarket top, but don't know manufacturer. I am the third owner. It's in fairly good shape. I repainted the top tan, two years ago. It has tinted side windows. However the rear glass was broken when I bought it and I replaced it with plexi-glass. It serves it's purpose. I also replaced the hindges and have new gas shocks that I never attached to it. It needs new weather stipping at the front where it attaches to the windshield. Like I said it has served it's purpose and is still in fairly good shape. Will fit CJ7 as well. Will not ship. The reason I'm selling is to help purchase other mods for the Jeep that I'd rather have and make room in the garage. Click here! and take a look at the three picts at the bottom of the page.
  • Gibson cat-back exhaust system (from Quadratec). Fits '87-'95 4 cylinder Wranglers & '91-'95 6 cylinder Wranglers
    Had it on for about 4 days and took it off. I definitely felt the difference (performance), it had a throaty type of sound which most people like. I just prefer a quite exhaust. It just needs new clamps, which can be picked up at any auto parts store for a few bucks. And also needs a rear stem welded on once fitted in place for the rear bracket. I paid $270 w/shipping. I'm asking $225 obo. Click here! and take a look at the fourth pic.
  • A full set of YJ stock flares with side markers. A good upgrade for you CJ owners. $65 obo.


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