[need4speedtonka]

ordered APN headers........

 

[Brookhart63]

ordered APN headers........

Have your grinder handy.

 

[bob6987]

new rear vent window, ignition switch with lock cylinder and alarm...

 

[Black_Metal_Jeep]

Had the auto wreckers come to take my dead zj away...

 

[ninjakid]

Filled it up.
Currently getting 14 mpg in our bone stock 96 Cherokee.
When the gauge shows empty that means we got 5 gallons left.
Know we have had issues with the distributor before so I'm gonna check the cap, finally get around to changing the fuel filter and possibly some new plugs.
The oxygen sensor is probably in need or replacement and the entire exhaust system is not in the greatest shape anymore so I need to see what I can do about that.

 

[HankyDanky]

Test painted a panel for my new color, came out way better than I expected. Very very happy with the result's.

 

[No4x4Yet]

That color is sweet!

 

[jeepguy03]

So you had someone drive you to the trail while you were drinking, then you wheeled, then they drove you home? Or you drove your Jeep to the trail, someone drove you home, you drank, then they drove you back and watched you wheel and then you left your Jeep there and then they drove you home? This story makes no sense. I don't even know you but I sense back pedaling. I have been in this hobby long enough to know that even talk of removing the cat or talking about drinking and wheeling is enough to get trails shut down.

It doesn't matter if someone else took off their cat or drove drunk, that doesn't mean you should do it. So someone took the cat off their tuner or camaro, fine, let them trash their own hobby. But whether you like it or not, on this forum and out in the real world, you are representing the 4x4 community and people's opinions on it since you drive a lifted Jeep (not sure if yours is lifted or not). Tree huggers will use anything and I mean ANYTHING as fuel for the fire to get trails shut down. Don't believe me? Do a search on it. I have been to some of the local debates on public land use and some of the stuff these people dig up to try to shut down the 4x4 community is un-real. Yes they have even dug up threads on off-road forums and used them to their advantage when idiots talk about wheeling illegaly and doing stupid stuff like that. (Again, I am not targeting just you).

The worst is the mudders. I do attend mud bogs but I do it to hang out with friends and watch and yes I drink when I am there, but I am not driving or doing anything stupid. My truck stays back at the campsite. The environazis usually target the mud boggers and put all 4x4 guys into that category and the mudders give them plenty of ammunition with drinking and driving, having people ride in the bed of their trucks through mud holes, driving through trees and all that.

I am sorry for the rant, but after seeing how much effort it takes to keep this hobby going and putting a good word out for all wheelers, I can see how easy it is for one retard to screw it all up by opening his mouth. (Again, not targeting just you.) Don't drink and wheel, don't talk about cutting your cat off and don't talk about illegaly wheeling.

This. :cheers2:

I'm not picking on JoshHarris, but this is more of a wake up call to people who feel like posting about stuff like this in the future. This is the internet, and everything you say can be seen by others and used against you, even in the wrong context. Like aircruiser, I have also been to land use board meetings. It surprised me how deep these people were willing to dig in order to find a tiny thing about offroading hurting the environment. They had youtube videos they found of 4x4s driving through rivers, off marked trails, over trees, people littering while offroading, etc from 5 years ago.

Running no cat or doing other illegal/destructive activities is only feeding their fire. They even had pictures of Jeeps (some were from another forum I frequent) that were parked on top of flower beds outside businesses or on state property. From what I gathered at those meetings these "green activists" have a decent amount of governmental power. It wouldn't take as much effort as people think to get major offroad trails shut down. Just think before you post. :cheers2:

 

[aircruiser]

Test painted a panel for my new color, came out way better than I expected. Very very happy with the result's.
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Wow that's awesome! What color and brand of paint?

 

[VegasGT]

Looks good HankyDanky! Looks like Ford's sonic blue. Beautiful.

 

[Millermagic]

Weeekend: 3.5'' Lift. Procomp rear springs, unknown front springs, JK Take off Shocks.
Today: Aligned it on my lunch break

 

[mountainjock]

Finished sandblasting and paint the 8.25 with the riddler cover. Looks saweet!!!!! WHAO!! Sorry they are so big!! But its ready for the swap

 

[HankyDanky]

That color is sweet!

Thanks! :thumbsup:

Wow that's awesome! What color and brand of paint?

It's called Daytona Electric Blue Metallic, I got the paint from paintforcars.com

It's the acrylic urethane, it really did come out amazing. Put a ton of prep into it though and shot with a HVLP Gun from Harbor Freight @ 35PSI

Looks good HankyDanky! Looks like Ford's sonic blue. Beautiful.

Haha, thanks man!

 

[Deacon]

That color looks really similar to the Intese Blue metallic color that was availble on TJ's for a while. My buddy took the paint code for that and used it to paint his CJ. Turned out beautiful.

 

[Ben]

made my buddy a tool to remove the trans cooler line from the radiator.

 

[Wearingthin]

using a small flathead, removing that line is a lot like picking a lock

you pull the hoses away from each other slightly, putting pressure on the fitting, and then you just using the screwdriver to release each prong. Took me about 10 seconds doing this

 

[Jeepnbo]

removed my lower molding today.. the molding took the paint off the passenger side door and bare metal is showing what grit sandpaper did some of you use to remove the paint? also spray can bedliner or roll on with brush?

 

[Oregon187]

removed my lower molding today.. the molding took the paint off the passenger side door and bare metal is showing what grit sandpaper did some of you use to remove the paint? also spray can bedliner or roll on with brush?

Depends on the texture you want. Roll on is a lot rougher. Duplicolor is a bit more porous than rustoleum but rustoleum is kind of thin and runs easier. Rustoleum has a fairly nice smooth finish to it but Duplicolor takes less coats to make a thick finish.

 

[freestylekid33]

removed my lower molding today.. the molding took the paint off the passenger side door and bare metal is showing what grit sandpaper did some of you use to remove the paint? also spray can bedliner or roll on with brush?

I would use a pretty coarse grit sandpaper, and roll on bedliner. I've been trying the spray on stuff and it either chips off easy, doesn't spray right, or gets runs in it..

 

[Snoopi8321]

Pulled front axles, carrier, rear drums, and spindles. Installed Spartan locker into carrier and new rear shoes. Changing axle seals, spindle ball joints, and reinstalling carrier tomorrow.

removed my lower molding today.. the molding took the paint off the passenger side door and bare metal is showing what grit sandpaper did some of you use to remove the paint? also spray can bedliner or roll on with brush?

I two toned my XJ with Herculiner and IMO came out pretty good. With Bedliner u just need to take haze off paint do even just a Brillo pad is fine then give a quick acetone rubdown.