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Old 08-18-2013, 09:19 PM
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Baconator lifted
HD tie rod installed
Front fenders trimmed
Alignment done as well


Just need new lower control arm bracket cut off and new iron rock offroad lower control arm bracket arms installed

Baconator is almost road worthy!!!!
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Baconator front end clearance
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Old 09-03-2013, 08:25 AM
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Baconator finally drivable again!!!!
Drive to work this morning and realized how much i hated not driving it for 2 months
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Old 09-15-2013, 10:14 AM
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Weekday wheeling
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Friday Jeep parking with a vw thrown in mix

At end of day a couple of buddies with 2013 10th anniversary rubicons came to visit Baconator
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At ride that our church put on for motorcycles and Jeeps for prison ministry.

Only 7 motorcycles showed and my Jeep
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I haven't posted in forever but figured i'd share some pictures of some of the work i've done!

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They started an Overlanding Trip from Independence so a couple of us went up and met them!
















































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Cleaned up the jeep before starting some wiring projects and other projects and decided to do a driveway photoshoot :-)











































































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Got stuck in a deep water mud pit
you can see the line on the dash where the mud was up to
Passenger seat was completely covered!
Winched out but it was cut short due to getting some muddy water in transmission.
Did poor mans flush and all good.

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Default Floor Repair, Carpet Removal, Dash Paint

After KS Rocks, i knew the jeep would never smell the same so it was time for all that carpet to be gone, also time to clean up all the horrible wiring i had done, and to paint the dash since the jeep was going to be in the garage for a while






























































































































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