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SvenskaJeepGuy's 2006 Midnight Blue Build Thread

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i bought my WK in Jan 2009 and she had 30k on it at the time.


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i didnt take any pics of my jeep when i first got it lol so this is a jeep that looks exactly the same.


the first things i changed were to remove the roof rack cross bars and install a shorty antenna.

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at about 45k miles, my muffler cracked open. so i bought and installed a magnaflow system. at around the same time i also bought a mopar body kit from scott.

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at around 60k miles i hit road debris and destroyed my front end.

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i decided to do an 08-10 conversion so i started collecting the necessary parts.

the day i got my jeep back form the body shop

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i also added yellow hid fogs and an SRT8 grille

5000K HIDS in oem projector housings

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i found an SRT8 interior online and installed them

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installed painted mirrors from Fabian and painted door handles from just for jeeps.

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SRT8 Steering Wheel and Airbag

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installed a mygig navigation system because i wanted to throw my REC through my windshield

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WH euro tails and partial debadge, also a painted rear handle.

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#52 ·
Lol... Hey, Tom Littleton... You're doin it wrong!
 
#58 ·
Your Jeep looks great! I love the transformation. Couple quick questions:

- whats your opinion on the Bridgestone Duelers? I have a set of OEM SRT8 rims on their way and will be mounting a new set of tires next spring. Your Jeep looks amazing with the 275/315 setup!

- are those painted mirror covers? or actual OEM painted mirrors?
 
#59 ·
Your Jeep looks great! I love the transformation. Couple quick questions:

- whats your opinion on the Bridgestone Duelers? I have a set of OEM SRT8 rims on their way and will be mounting a new set of tires next spring. Your Jeep looks amazing with the 275/315 setup!

- are those painted mirror covers? or actual OEM painted mirrors?
thank you!
i love the duelers and i love the width of them. they are amazing in rain and they were great when driving on the beach. i have about 15k miles on them so far and they are holding up well as far as the thread goes. they are only summer tires if i remember correctly (i looked at too many tires to remember), so you would need other tires as a winter set up depending on your climate. i dont know if this is still true or not, but the duelers in that size are restricted to the X5M so tire rack cant sell them to you unless you say you have the X5M

they are painted chrome mirror covers :thumbsup:
 
#62 ·
Hey, love what you've done bro. Question on the tires as well, you said they rubbed wheel well, was there any sway link clearance issue on either side? Which links are you running and do you have the slim bolt heads by any chance? Ive seen its hit or miss on some SRTs with 315s and was curious how they fit out on yours . . .