'04 RME TJ Build Thread - Page 2

imbezol · 09-11-2007, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by EG00TJ

Awesome !!.. the jeep has definally come along way man... every mod youve done has made your tj look even better. I like your rocksliders. Nice choice.
Also, does that mean your gonna sell your current rear bumper? and start from scratch ? if so id love to buy your current one. let me know!

Thanks! The rocksliders continue to be one of my favorite mods so far.

The bumper's staying on there. I'm just modifying it a bit. Basically I'm scrapping the swing out on top and rebuilding it with bigger tubing and doing some mods to the actual bumper part to make the hitch receiver work better and accommodate bigger clevises.

amp77 · 09-11-2007, 12:25 PM

It all looks good man. Stop spending money on bb's and tires though - that takes away from the lift fund! When that sits up on 35's it'll look real nasty!

imbezol · 12-01-2007, 06:35 PM

A buddy and I were going to Saskatchewan for the last weekend in August. It's about a 1700 km round trip. His TJ's transmission was having some issues and 5th gear wasn't working so mine was nominated for the task. I managed to borrow some tires for the trip.

Makes me glad I don't run those tires all the time.

September long weekend our club was back out at Cadomin Mountain again. The first day went well but near the end of the day the Jeep had developed a nasty squeal that was changeable by pushing the clutch in and out. Ouch. So I rode shotgun with my bro for day 2 and we made it right to the top of Cadomin Mountain. Being passenger on those climbs and along those ledges was scary as hell. Over the three day weekend only about 2 of the 18 Jeeps that went managed to get away without any damage.

imbezol · 12-01-2007, 06:35 PM

So after the weekend, it took about 10 hours to drop the tranny, change the clutch, and put everything back together.

imbezol · 12-01-2007, 06:37 PM

Also this summer I went to a local shop here that does a lot of work on Jeep's.. sort of the local Jeeper's hangout shop. We cut out the tabs in my rear bumper and put in some new ones to allow for much bigger clevises.

imbezol · 12-01-2007, 06:42 PM

Thanksgiving weekend we made the trip out to our cabin for some great wheeling. The first half of the day was awesome. The second half, well it was a bit of work. I caught the front passenger side of my radiator on a large bunch of grass and bush and it pushed in the rad on that side. That caused my fan to chop a big hole in the rad and all the fluid dropped out in about 10 seconds. We were pretty deep into the bush at that point so it was a long tow out of there. I had to start the Jeep for 10 seconds at a time here and there to help with the tow out. When we got back to the cabin I removed the rad, took some pliers and squeezed together the 5 or 6 veins that had been chopped in the middle and the three near the bottom. Then I added about 5 lbs of solder on top of the whole works. After that there were just a few pin hole leaks and a half bottle of pepper got it good enough to drive 3 hours back to Edmonton. Unfortunately I don't have any pics of the solder job.

imbezol · 12-01-2007, 06:51 PM

So I've been collecting parts for the upgrades that will happen in the (hopefully) near future. I got a JB Super Short SYE in from www.polyperformance.com.

And about 2 weeks ago UPS arrived with another treat for me.

98tjsahara · 12-01-2007, 07:04 PM

Thats the sickest Jeep on 31's I have ever seen! Keep building, I like your style.

That1guy · 12-01-2007, 10:10 PM

Dude, nice jeep. Get that lift on ASAP. I wanna see the pics.

imbezol · 12-02-2007, 11:52 PM

Thanks 98TjSahara

And believe me That1guy, the lift will be on as soon as humanly possible! Just rounding up enough pennies for the tires, driveshaft, and exhaust work.

Lostj · 12-03-2007, 12:12 AM

very nice jeep

what size and type of tires are you gunna get?

imbezol · 12-03-2007, 12:19 AM

Thanks! I'm looking at 37x12.5x15 IROK radials. The bias ply TSLs I have now wear too fast so even though I love them, I can't afford to replace my 37's every 4 months. One of the guys in our club has the same IROKs I'm looking at on his daily driver and after a year they still look very new.

**chandlerr** · 12-06-2007, 01:15 PM

what size RE springs are those, and when you plannin on putting them in? btw, I'm lookin at the 37" irok radials for my rme too, seems like a good choice from everything I've heard

98tjsahara · 12-26-2007, 11:10 AM

Any more updates?

imbezol · 12-26-2007, 10:57 PM

chandlerr: they are the 5.5" springs. I want to do a JKS 1.25" BL as well so I can do the kilby gas skid later so I'm kind of worried about the ride height. I might have to move down to the 4.5" springs if it ends up being too ridiculously high. We'll see.

98TjSahara: still saving the pennies for more toys. I'll post up as soon as I have more!

09-11-2007, 12:25 PM	#17
amp77 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Quincy, MA Posts: 344 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	It all looks good man. Stop spending money on bb's and tires though - that takes away from the lift fund! When that sits up on 35's it'll look real nasty!