r/WranglerYJ

I just bought this 1991 YJ today and wanted to get some opinions from people who have owned and built YJs.
Specs:
- 1991 Wrangler YJ
- 4.0L HO
- AX-15 5-speed
- 164k miles
- 3” Rugged suspension lift
- 2” body lift
- 33” Gladiator M/T tires
- stock gears
- No lockers
- winch
- auxiliary lights window, front number, and back bumper with Auxbeam control
- Front and rear cameras.

Edit:

Forgot a couple items:

-Rhino lined tub
- LED headlights and taillights
- reupholstered factory seats.
- TJ sound bar
- smitty built secuirty glove box
- smitty built center console
- security trunk shelf behind back seat.
- Rugged ridge front and rear bumper with tire carrier

One side has a seal, does it go towards the crank or the transmission?

Over the winter I put this in the garage with the intent of putting new B pillars, changing the transmission (again) and regearing the axles (44s).

The drivers side ended up being way worse than I thought. Not rust but it was all tweaked from either rolling over or backing into a pole or something. I ended up cutting the whole side off and poorly welding in a new quarter panel.

Finally in June ... winter project ... I got around to regearing it. The front faught me big time. Someone attempted to regear it very poorly. Had to take it apart and adjust shims >20 times before I finally got a good pattern with backlash. The front got a locker. Rear did not.

Now to find spare parts and figuring out the steering setup.

Replacing leaking front transmission seal and installing new weighted flywheel and dual friction clutch today.

Hi everyone,

I’m currently in the process of installing a dash cam in my 93’ 6.0L. I’m using a vantrue hardwire kit. In an effort to make it as clean as possible, i’m attempting to run the USB-C wire through the roll bar pads. I have it up through the zipper one, going vertical, now my problem is running it through the pad that goes next to your head. I’ve tried using a coat hanger but it keeps getting caught on the inside foam. What i’m asking, is can you remove that specific pad, without cutting it? It does not have a zipper on it, like the pads behind the passengers do.

Edit:

With a night of sleep, I went back with tape and a longer coat hanger, and I got it!!! Thanks for the help.

Thanks for reading!

Hey. I just got my first YJ. And my fender flaires are painted in the same color as the body. White.

One of them has a big gash in it, and so needs replacing. The seller actually had the spare fender flaire for the one with the gash, so i won't need to buy a replacement myself. Thats great. But it's black plastic. Which will need to be painted.. and the other ones, also have small chips and cracking in the paint, so should also be repainted or something.

However, i quite like the black contrasting fender flaires on a white Jeep. So I want to make them black. I plan on taking them off, to remove the white paint. Not sure the best method for this...

And then i guess the best way is to paint them all the same shade of matte black? But I thought, maybe just maybe I could paint them with a bedliner spray or something? Will that look ugly? I just thought i stead of the bare black plastic that fades over time, it needs some sort of paint or other coating on it. And would bedliner work? In my mind it would give some level of protection from rock chips and such, compared to regular paint. Maybe...

Any ideas? Also, should the sidestep be the same color as the flaires? Mine is currently white, but with a black step protector installed. But would it maybe look better and more cohesive with the whole sidestep being black too?

My daughter found me this original print of the Life Saturday Magazine or The Post. This was run in 1944. Very cool!!!!

What screws and size should I use for this cj hardtop I picked up for my YJ?

Sorry for the footage I was under the dash with one hand. I keep trying to put it on but it won’t attach. I Can get it on like an inch then it won’t go in anymore. Don’t be dirty minded UPDATE: got it on but is still very woobiley so I’d don’t think it is secured and I can still pull it off

Anyone installed one of these? If so, how did it perform and is it worth the money? Just started using my 89’ as my daily and this FL heat is getting to me lol