Member Biography

Tim and Bobbie Welpott

Tim & Bobbie live in Hiram, GA.

Mechanical
- 4.0L, 5 speed
- Snorkle / custom air box
- Dual Optima batteries / Mean Green Alternator / Painless Wiring
- Magnaflow exhaust
Lift
- 8" suspension - Rubicon Express long arm 5.5 inch lift / Fabtech adjustable coil spring spacers.
- Bilstein Shocks
- Teraflex quick disconnects
- Currie spring catchers
Drivetrain
- Rear: Curry High Pinion ARB, 4.56
- Front: Dana 30, Superior Evolution shafts, ARB, 4.56
- Currie Steering, Rubicon Express adjustable trac-bar
- 231 case with Tera low 4:1 and Tera slip yoke eliminator
- 35" MTRs mounted on cheap steel chrome rims
Body
- 1 inch body lift
- Warn bumper, SB210 lights, fender flares, 9000i winch
- Tomken rear bumper, carrier, rocky rack system, gas skid
- Currie Rockers
- IPF Halogen Rear light

Tried but did not work / altered:

Flexlight Electric fan (wanted to stop the fan in water) but engine kept overheating. Went back to stock.
Teraflex short arm lift -- when at 6" had bad angles, lost too much wheelbase, poly bushings kept needing replacing. Went to Rubicon Express long arm.
Rubicon Express skid plate for long arm. After buckling when hi-centered, reinforced by welding added plate steel. Also, beyond 5" lift, you need to cut out the front driveshaft opening to allow for driveshaft not to rub against.

Wouldn't do again:

Snorkel -- gets in the way all the time
Tomken rear bumper setup -- so many other companies make stouter products -- go Bulletproof

Need:

Moab's Golden Crack:

Colorado winter wheelin' :

Colorado Imogene Pass - example of why I wheel:

Eastern Tennessee rocks: