The J Rations Standard Issue
Content You Can Use
J Rations is a Jeep® magazine for the everyday enthusiast, delivering tech you can use on a real-world budget. We cover DIY trail runs and OHV events around the States, pay homage to vintage Jeeps both military and civvy, and showcase products and places that take your outdoor adventures beyond the wheel of your Jeep.
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How To Get Your Rations
Standard Issue 10 is available on bookstore newsstands in the U.S. and Canada. Back issues are available for purchase only through this Web site. If you missed SI3, a limited-time free PDF download is available on the home page. Subscriptions to the magazine only are also available on this site through online purchase and mail-order. See the complete selection at the Base PX.
J Rations Standard Issue 11 Contents
Standard Issue 11 is our DIY Tech Special edition—because if you’re serious about your sport, you gotta know how to get dirty. Follow along as we show you how to do your own tube fabrication, upgrade your cooling system with a cheapo junkyard fan and take the grunt out of swapping out your hardtop for a soft top…and back again. Features in this issue take you to the Midwest Willys reunion for an awesome look at “Willys Gone Wild.” Then we ogle Scott Barbera’s ’86 Grand Wagoneer, while looking somewhat askance at Jeep’s new “green” Renegade. Also in this issue we tell you how to find your own ghost roads, reveal tips from the experts, show you new products for your Jeep, and let Jeep historian Jim Allen answer your Jeep questions. Get your copy now!
J Rations Standard Issue 10 Contents
Remember the 1980s? We do with an awesome look at two pristine CJs with odometer readings of just 83.4 miles and 692 miles! Then we’re off on a nostalgic look at Joe Byers’ memorable 1963 journey along the Alaska Highway with his grandparents in their FC-170. This issue also offers a peek at Chrysler’s new J8, pinned to put the Jeep back into military service. And be sure to check out a roundup of the newest Jeep parts and accessories in our 2008 Jeep Gear Guide. Tech articles include a low-buck solution to “hood rash,” the all-new River Raider Snorkel Systems, Quadratec’s plug-n-play audio system and an up-close look at the last oil filter you’ll ever have to buy. Jim Allen weighs in with expert answers to classic and modern Jeep dilemmas, a 1996 Cherokee that’s “A Real Rock ’N Roller” and tons more.
J Rations Standard Issue 9 Contents
Packed with info, SI9 has some of everything. Begin with JeepFest ’07, where we hung out with the Heritage Region Jeep Alliance and and 400 registered Jeepers and their friends and families for a hot day of Jeep fever. Then, head with us over to Indiana’s Redbird trail for some on-the-trail excitement and pro-active four-wheeling. This issue also includes our first J Rats Product Face-Off with a toe-to-toe look at headlamp upgrades. Get the inside info on BDS’s new 6.5-inch long arm kit, a dual electric fan upgrade for V8 swaps, and our Project XJ’s “Operation Lift.” Then we went to Bestop for expert advice on how to best maintain your Jeep’s soft top, and took a look at Mark Earhart’s cherry restified ’46 CJ-2A. And that’s not all. Get your own copy for the full package.
J Rations Standard Issue 8 Contents
If you’re a serious enthusiast, don’t miss “Real-World Winch Smackdown,” brought to you by our friends at MoabJeeper.com. Seven of the best and bravest manufacturers put their winches toe-to-toe in Moab. Then, ride along as we ramble beside the mighty Ohio River for a day of trail mudding in southeastern Ohio. Standard Issue 8 also includes an up close look at a rare 1945 CJ-2A Howe fire Jeep and a cool restified ’61 Willys pickup. This issue’s tech includes beefing a Dana 35, restoring an OE master cylinder, tips on converting to fuel injection, undercarriage lighting, and lots of information you can use in the J Rations departments.
J Rations Standard Issue 7 Contents
Get a heads-up look at the ’08 Grand Cherokee and Liberty, then follow along as we complete our rebuilid of the 231 transfer case and ride with the North Jersey Jeep Club at Rausch Creek. If you’ve got driveshaft questions, wow, do we have answers! We sat down with Tom Wood for all the details on driveshaft upgrades, fitment and performance. Then we drool over a beautifully DIY-fabbed Wrangler Sahara and a 1967 Jeepster Commando Convertible with some cool resto-mods. This issue also includes “Pro’s Corner,” where the experts speak. Get all this and more in SI7.
J Rations Standard Issue 6 Contents
Hero or hooey? That’s the question we put to the 2007 Jeep Patriot. Here’s our field test for a deep look at the new compact SUV’s fundamentals, features and promise. SI6 also includes a J Rations exclusive—a prototype jeep presumed dead for 50 years—“The Tale Of A Lost Jeep.” Then we travel to Alaska with Mark Smith for the Northern Lights Jeep Jamboree. Our “Building The Legend Series” is wrapped up with a focus on PX jeeps, famous jeepers and a closing scrapbook. Tech features include an easy DIY ignition upgrade, a tear-down of our NP231 and “Electrical 201.”
J Rations Standard Issue 5 Contents
Ride along with us on the 26th Annual Hump-N-Bump for some rock-grinding in Nevada, then join the “Scavenger Hunt” with Mike Hardesty as he tells us how he restored his ’51 CJ3A. “Building The Legend, Part 5” looks at jeep adaptations that became dead ends. This issue’s tech demonstrates how to boost horsepower and torque output, lift your JK on a budget, solve backspacing and tire clearance issues with wheel spacers, restore your FSJ’s driver interface and the benefits of a deep-well transmission oil pan.
J Rations Standard Issue 4 Contents
We render our verdict on our YJ suspension test and dig deeper into the military jeep’s genesis with a look at adaptations, accessories and field modifications. Join our trail runs in Georgia and the All Breed Jeep Show in Pennsylvania, then dig into tech and mods to give your Jeep the edge you can afford.
J Rations Standard Issue 3 Contents
Bigger and better than ever, SI3 offers more pages of what you love most—Jeeps! This issue features a field test of the new JK Wrangler, new departments, down ’n dirty wheeling and lots more. It’s also our first magazine-only issue.
J Rations Standard Issue 2 Contents
We did it again. Standard Issue 2 is written and designed for the everyday enthusiast with DIY tech, exciting ”you are there“ trail videos, practical PDFs and lots more.
J Rations Standard Issue 1 Contents
It’s the premiere issue of the next generation in Jeep publications—J Rations multimedia magazine. Review the media contents pages and watch the trailers.
