Well its a crappy, rainy day outside and Im bored so I figured Id make a build thread for my XJ. My third Jeep and first XJ.
She started life with me (Jan. 08)as a little grocery getter. '01 XJ, D30/8.25 with just over 40,000 miles on the clock. The carfax on it said the POs were a coulple in theyre 50s. In the glovebox were EVERY service record. all done at the dealership I bought it from. I swear they took it in to get tire pressure checked
First thing I did was ditch the cool guy mud flaps, change every fluid, and ditch the cassete player for a sony head unit and Infinity speakers. Not the greatest, but it works for me..
Obviously this little guy wasnt stayin like this long so couple of weeks later...
I ordered a AA SYE, tom woods shaft and RE 4.5SF and got to work.
Read post #6. They are from Rough country. Theyre not bad. Ive hit em a few times and theyre still hangin in there! Not the most "hardcore" sliders out there, but they work for me!
Oh, and those snakes arent all too rare in the area I was at. They did a lot of work to reintroduce them to control the turkey population. Evedently they love to eat turkey eggs. Now with no natural preditors, theyre populations are getting a little out of control.
Awesome build man! Im getting the RE 5.5 Extreme long arm duty once i get $2,049.. dont know when that would be though lol anyways, Your build gave me more modivation to work harder!:2thumbsup:
So last weekend we went to HRJAs Jeepfest like every year. If you live in OH/PA you should check it out. Its a great time! Anyway, out of the 505 Jeeps there, guess who won best in show XJ? Yeah thats right this guy :cheers2:!!!
Not really any other updates on the Jeep just wanted to brag LOL!
The rest of the pics from the weekend can be seen here...
Other than that there hasnt been really any mods latley other than a new alternator and electric fan I fried playing in mud :thumbdown: I really hate mud, but sometimes you just cant resist it!
Cause I lost my job in April :thumbdown: I was a union steel worker for 8 years til they shut my plant down due to the "economic downturn". Itll work out in the long run though. I get to go to school for free :thumbsup: But for now feeding the kids and payin the mortgage has to come first LOL!
I love it! Ive run full traction, Skyjacker, RC, and others over the years on a bunch of diffrent Jeeps, but the RE4.5 is by far the most complete and well made kit Ive run. Ive had zero problems with it. Id recomend it to any body :thumbsup:
Tire carrier is made by Detours USA... Here...XJ TailBone Exellent product. Been real happy with it. And Mark is a real good guy to deal with :thumbsup:
No not really. Just make sure you dont mount em too high on the body. If you do they wont quite match up with the one on the door. I found that when you do your cut and fold, only fold in the sides of the wheel wells. just trim a little bit off the top and leave it unfolded and it'll fit like a glove.
Its been a while since I updated this...
They were from my stock wheels seen here...
Awww.. Look how cute my baby used to be :cheers2: They just attach with 3 screws. Unscrew em and paint em black. I had to drill three tiny holes in my cragers and they fit like a glove. Its been done many times. Im sure theres a write up floating around here, but really theres nothing to it.
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