Recent content by One from the north

Yesterday was a beautiful spring day so thought about washing the car. This morning woke up to this:

Thanks for your insight! As I thought, opinions vary a lot. As they should, there is a difference between you who are driving in Arizona desert or me trying to get through 3 feet of snow in eastern Finland. Hmm, maybe the most important off road gear is a good shovel! :)

Where to start on making KJ from a capable offroader into a great offroader, that's the question! So what are your opinions, based on the enviroment and terrain you are driving. In what order one should build a KJ? Mine goes: 1 winch 2 diff locks 3 skid plates 4 lift kit My greatest challences...

Took my 03 Sport to the mandatory annual road worthiness test, with expected results... Rear sills on both sides were rutted away, bushings on the boomerang were gone, handbrake was inefficient and rear diff was leaking oil. So now it's in local body shop to get sills fixed and next week I'll...

Mine have Cooper Discoverer A/T3 Sports, been happy with them. I don't do a lot of off roading but do drive maybe 50-50 on gravel and tarmac. Coopers seem to work nice on both and are quite durable. And not too pricey. Haven't kept an eye on mileage, are now 3 years old and I'm planning to...

Parking in the winter wonderland... Merry Christmas to everybody!

Thank you! I live in southwestern Finland by the coast so winters are usually rather mild. At the moment it's -5C and snowing, maybe 5 cm of snow. It is rather early for snow. In eastern and northern parts it can get cold, a week ago in northeastern it was -34°C. And sorry, I'm still learning...

Very nice! Having the same vintage KJ just wondering which lift kit you have?

"Proud" owner of 2003 and 2004 KJs, both almost basic 2,4L. Happy to have two, as one or other seems to be at the garage constantly!! Living in Finland, it's snowing, happy I'm driving a Jeep! Slowly building one of them in to a more capable offroader...