a weblog by justin allard
Today I took my Jeep all the way up to Shirley Peak at the Alta Sierra (Shirley Meadows) ski area. My dad and I drove all the way up Rancheria road and then came back home down Poso Flat road. We hit up plenty of side trails along the way and put my Grand Cherokee’s Quadra-Drive and low range gearbox to the test. It was definitely a fun afternoon of 4×4 off-roading with my dad.
Enjoying a beautiful ocean sunset.
Finally got the new Jeep on the beach! Quadra-Drive impressed the heck out of me.
Drilled holes in my roof rack to mount my shovel today. Getting the new Jeep ready for its first trip to the Oceano Dunes next Saturday.
Parked next to my future Jeep at the dealership today. One day I’ll have a WK 2!
New badges to replace the old, worn out ones on my WJ.
Put my front receiver on my Jeep. Now I have a front and a rear recovery point!
Finally found a new WJ! She’s a 2002 Limited with the v8 and Quadra-Drive transfer case. Sunroof, leather, power seats, this thing is loaded!
I replaced my front door speakers today. The driver side one quit working and I finally had time to tear off the door panel to take a look. All my wires looked fine in there so I took the speaker out and checked the resistance and got nothing, which means a dead speaker. So I took the family’s Prius (not near as fun to drive as my Jeep) to go pick up a pair of new speakers. I found some inexpensive 2-way Pioneer’s to put in there. I was able to get everything all changed out and buttoned up pretty quickly. The new speakers sound just as good as stock if not a tad better. I’m just glad to have all my speakers working again.
Faux chrome badges are now black and looking 10x cooler.