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Who should win PATRIOT OF THE YEAR?

POTY 2014!

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We had 11 different Patriot Of The Month winners throughout Patriot Of The Year 2014!

Each of the winners have been PM'd with a simple form to respond to so they can provide the voting public with some additional information on their patriot and will be posted as soon as they choose to reply.

The contest will be open Eastern time until December 31st at 11:59 EST to open discussion and comments around who you think deserves to be recognized as the ultimate Patriot of 2014 and why.

Voting is open all month in hopes to get the most amount of votes possible!
All members are asked to vote on who they believe deserves the title. The person with the most votes at the end of the month will be the winner of Patriot of the Year!

The glorious prizes:

1. 2014 Patriot Of The Year Winner will be featured on the homepage during the month of January.

2. A custom one of a kind decal with the year to forever commemorate your reign as Patriot of the Year.

(The Patriot Of The Month will be suspended for December 2014 and restarted in January 2015 as done last year).

Same voting requirements apply for POTY as POTM. You must have 15 posts to qualify to vote. I'll be sending out the forms shortly for people to fill out, and post them up as soon as possible! >>>THIS INCLUDES SUBMITTING A NEW PICTURE IF WANTED
 
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January - Creation

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Year/Model: 2008 Sport
Drive train: 2.4 CVT
Mileage: 80,000
Modifications: 19" Speed Star Racing(SSR) Agle Premiums 3 piece wheels with stretched 225/40/19 Bridgestone Potenzas, Custom coilovers and modified camber adjustments, modified wheel tubs, UK bumper, custom headlights with retrofit, custom foglights, suede interior, corbeau racing seats with custom mounting brackets, indash tablet with 4G tablet data, magnaflow exhaust, custom laser etched interior switches, January POTM sticker and loads of other smaller mods such as a minor wire tuck, OEM jeep carpet floor mats, shorty antenna, LED interior and exterior bulb conversions.
Future plans for your Patriot: Bags or a new coilover setup with more camber, fully custom tubs, full wire tuck and shaved bay, aftermarket steering wheel retrofit, and much more.
Favorite thing you've done in your Patriot: My favorite thing i've done in my patriot is just push the limits of representing the street scene for us, and really inspiring some members to lower their patriots.
Craziest thing you've done in your Patriot: Attempted to offroad twice while slammed, and didn't succeed well. The first time I purposely went offroading in an undeveloped subdivision for POTM pictures, the day I installed my coilovers and bent my subframe. And the second time I pulled off the road into the grass and sunk frame into the ground and had to be dragged out which was another fun night.


February - Carter1995

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March - ChiefPatriot

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Year/Model:2014 Sport
Drive train:4X4
Mileage: 27,000
Modifications: TAG Rear Bumper with Shackles, Smoked Head lights/Tail lights, Plasti-dip Emblems/Rims/Front Grill, 14" Black Antenna, Mopar Cross bars, Yakima Roof Basket, RRO Winch Mount, RRO Front Bumper, 2 Hella 500 Black Magic Off Road Lights, Smittybilt XRC8 Winch
Inside: Pioneer Touch Screen X2600BT, Powerbass 3000.1 Amp, 15" Re Audio SE/X Subwoofer, Flashlights on Grabhandles, Smittybilt Trail Axe, Smittybilt Rut Shovel
Future plans for your Patriot: RRO lift (already ordered for christmas) 225-75-16 General Grabber AT tires with Cragar soft 8 wheels (buying immediately after lift is installed)
Favorite thing you've done in your Patriot: Went trail riding in the mountains riding through creeks and rivers.
Craziest thing you've done in your Patriot: I went trail riding with a buddy who was with me and went through a deeper spot, and got stuck. We were the only ones there. I have a winch and I got out thinking I could get us out because I have a winch. I got out realizing I had forgotten my winch remote in my garage and had to call a friend to come help me get out. Ha. Took about 2 hours





April - Lucky_13z

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May - WyomingJeep

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June - Ming

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July - xpookyx

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August - laxheromadness

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Year/Model: 2012 latitude
Drive train: FDI 2.4L
Mileage: 30000
Modifications: retro fitted head lights, diy front tow hooks, hid fog lights, blue halos in headlights and fog lights, truck bed liner front grill, dual tone hella horns, led cubes with custom mounts, led bar, cross bars, roof rack, shovel, full size spare tire, roof vinyl wrapped black, tints, custom usbs and volt meter (always on), paracord grab handles, k&n air filter, led foot lights, kenwood ddx470 headunit, Pioneer TS-A6965R 6x9 speakers, rugged ridge liners, bass knob, fire extinguisher, custom dual ported 10" sub box, two Pioneer champion series 10" subwoofer, two kenwood kac amplifiers at 1300 watts each, 5 farad capacitor, 0/1 guage power wire with in line fuse, big 3 upgrade, fatmat throughout car, back up camera, hid back up lights, tinted rear tail lights, rear tow hitch with d ring, tinted front turn signals, rro lift kit, 30" bfg all terrains tires on artic edition liberty rims, 1.25" wheel spacers, cb radio, pa speaker, and gold battery terminals
Future plans for your Patriot:
Doing a whole part out, and then following in creations foot steps with some megan racing coilovers and some xxr 19" rims. Then racing seats with quick realise steering wheel, 4 point harness, and harness bar. Maybe some strut bars and skid plates.
Favorite thing you've done in your Patriot: when i went to the pines in south Jersey with some other patriots. We turned some heads when people saw a patriot in some deep woods. It was awesome to see all the hard work on my patriot show off.
Craziest thing you've done in your Patriot: the craziest thing I have done in my patriot has to be hitting 125mph in it. Yes, it was stock at the time lol.


September - Sandstone

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Year/Model:
Drive train: 4x4 FDII
Mileage: 50K
Modifications: Ravine 15" rims, Duratracs, JKS Quicker Disconnects, STUs Coils, Muffler Delete, Airbox Baffle mod.

Future plans for your Patriot: Super Sliders, Custom Spacer Lift

Favorite thing you've done in your Patriot: Wheeling Colorado and Moab. It's been a great 4 years!

Craziest thing(s) you've done in your Patriot: Letting myself get talked into wheeling a level 5-6 trail in the snow, and being the lone Patriot wheeler in the biggest Jeep club in Colorado.



October - rcguymike

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Year/Model: 2013 Sport
Drive train: FD1
Mileage: 35600
Modifications:
always on 12V outlet
JKS quick disconnects
Interior:
Husky liners: front, rear and cargo
Baofeng UV5R 5W HAM radio(Dash mounted)
OBDII bluetooth adaptor
RAM Mount Universal X-Grip Mount for Samsung Galaxy S4
LED interior lights
Exterior:
Mopar lockable cross bars
LED Backup lights
Engine/trans and gas tank skids
Front and rear TAG bumpers
Suspension & Tires:
215/75-R15 BFG KM2's(on 15" rims)
Performance:
exhaust(muffler delete)
Future plans for your Patriot:
LED windshield mount front lights and additional rear lighting
STU's coils
Tablet radio replacement
RRO supersliders
Water proofing intake for deep water fording
Roof basket with lighting
Favorite thing you've done in your Patriot:
Adventuring the U.P. with friends!

Craziest thing you've done in your Patriot:
Out wheeled a YJ climbing a rocky hill(neither of us made it to the top), then went back months later after many bad rainstorms with it even more washed out, at night, made it down the hill only to come to the end blocked off...Then proceeded to miraculously made it back up that very same hill...still don't know how I did it, at night, without a spotter...that pop out flashlight got used:D



November - chrispl57

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Year/Model: 2012 Latitude

Drive train: 4x4

Mileage: 47124

Modifications:
235/65/17 Handcook Dynapros
Thule Crossbars
Curt Roof Basket
Plasti Dipped Emblems & Gas Cap
Blacked out lights
And going to be adding 1.25" spacers when the weathers nice on a day I have off work.
Future plans for your Patriot:
RRO Lift
Winch Kit
15" Rims
Skid Plates
Rear Tag Bumper

Favorite thing you've done in your Patriot: The meet up I did with 2 other forum members was pretty fun (witch is when I took my POTM photo)

Craziest thing you've done in your Patriot: Attempted to go up my girlfriends uncles driveway that hast been driven on by a car in years because everyone is afraid to even try (even a few people with wranglers) AND after it rained for 2 weeks straight. It was all rutted up and I made it about halfway up before I couldn't make it up anymore.


 
#6 ·
We don't do December POTM, it's devoted particularly to POTY. We had this discussion last year whether we should keep December and POTY but was never decided so I continued with tradition and used POTY as December.
 
#11 ·
I'll put it up as soon as I get to a computer!

I also remember why we made the activity rule for submissions quite a few of these winners haven't been active since they won... Maybe my email spam will wake them up.
 
#20 ·
I claim Patriot of the galaxy. I have evidence to prove it ;)
 
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#26 ·
Didn't you hear? Dixie can't print out any more posters. It's in the "Bad news" thread in the Sway Bar. Would be nice to find another option though.
 
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#38 ·
Just as Xavier said "there are too many attributes to judge and need some time ;-) so many great rigs!! good work guys!!
 
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#45 ·
Well after looking over all the entries and contestants I was finally able to come to a decision, but it was tedious! may the best riot win!!
 
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