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Saying goodbye to the Cookie Cutter TJ
So the day has come where the Cookie Cutter TJ was sent down the road. I was at a bit of a crossroads where If I kept going down the road I was one, the TJ was going to get fairly built. This would have destroyed whatever value that it had as there isn’t much of a market for “Built” 4x4s. Also, with another kid on the way, the thing was just too small for us to load up and…
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ORT – Jeep Jam 2015 at Flat Nasty Off Road 5-2-15
The 10th annual SIJA Jeep Jam was held at Flat Nasty Off Road this year. We really couldn’t have asked for better weather, and as always, it was an awesome day in the woods! This was the boy’s first trip down to Flat Nasty and really his first experience with playing on the rocks. Thankfully, he seemed to enjoy it quite a bit! Since the whole family was going, I had set the Cookie Cutter TJ up so that it…
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Cookie Cutter Flat Towing
While the Cookie Cutter TJ is working out well for what it is, there are still some short comings with it. Mainly space. Trying to pack a wife and kid into it for a weekend trip is nearly a no-go at this point due to the amount of ‘stuff’ that always seems to accompany them. Going by the numbers, the TJ weighs in right at 4,000 lbs, the Mercury is rated to tow 6,250 lbs in its current configuration. So…
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De-Lifting the Cookie Cutter TJ
When I purchased the Cookie Cutter TJ, it was sitting on about 6.5” of lift (4.5” Suspension and 2” body) and huge (!) 33” tires. Needless to say, it looked a tad goofy: It didn’t take long for me to slap some 35” tires on it to make it look less goofy, but it was still too tall: So after a bit of horse trading I wound up with a pile of springs to play with: And started swapping them…
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Bringing the Cookie Cutter TJ home
I’ve had a bit of a desire to own soft to Jeep at some point in my life even after taking one out west in 2010. But more specifically, I really like the old flat fenders, though I really don’t fit well in one, and packing the wife and kid into one was a definite no go. The closest modern day equivalent to that is the SE TJ, which is a 2.5 4 banger, with zero options. A deal was…