DenimDean's Slowly But Surely Build
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Let's get caught up...
The day I got it (August 20, 2013)
Had a sagging headliner so that's the first thing I took care of
Next up was to upgrade the dangerously dim head lights. put in a Putco wiring harness and some Autopal e-codes with Hella 100/130 lights.
Just the wiring harness and stock sealed beams (my dads truck lights on the left for comparison)
Autopal with 55/60 vs sealed beam... insane difference
55/60 vs 100/130
Cleaned throttle body
Doors off!
Needed more light. Hella 700ffs with Hella 100 lights
Hella 100s vs 55s
Speakers in the kick panels
All interior lights to leds
Installed Pa/Cb
Front skid plate
6.5" speakers in the hatch
703 injectors (upgrades stock 1 port injectors to 4)
That brings everything up to date.
If anyone wants more detailed info on any of the mods/upgrades I do let me know and I will explain what I did or make a write up for what I'm about to do.
This is my first build so any criticism, suggestions, opinions are more than welcome!
Soon to come...
Things I have:
Bumper
31s
The neglected stepchild that is the HID retrofit
Probably more stuff
Things I have soon... I hope:
Pieced together 3" lift... looking for some stock xj leafs to start it off
15x8 rims. D windows probably
Other stuff
Hope you enjoy...
The day I got it (August 20, 2013)
Had a sagging headliner so that's the first thing I took care of
Next up was to upgrade the dangerously dim head lights. put in a Putco wiring harness and some Autopal e-codes with Hella 100/130 lights.
Just the wiring harness and stock sealed beams (my dads truck lights on the left for comparison)
Autopal with 55/60 vs sealed beam... insane difference
55/60 vs 100/130
Cleaned throttle body
Doors off!
Needed more light. Hella 700ffs with Hella 100 lights
Hella 100s vs 55s
Speakers in the kick panels
All interior lights to leds
Installed Pa/Cb
Front skid plate
6.5" speakers in the hatch
703 injectors (upgrades stock 1 port injectors to 4)
That brings everything up to date.
If anyone wants more detailed info on any of the mods/upgrades I do let me know and I will explain what I did or make a write up for what I'm about to do.
This is my first build so any criticism, suggestions, opinions are more than welcome!
Soon to come...
Things I have:
Bumper
31s
The neglected stepchild that is the HID retrofit
Probably more stuff
Things I have soon... I hope:
Pieced together 3" lift... looking for some stock xj leafs to start it off
15x8 rims. D windows probably
Other stuff
Hope you enjoy...
Last edited by DenimDean; 08-05-2014 at 12:48 PM.
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Put on the 31s! I can't believe what a difference they make.
Before
After
Before
After
Last edited by DenimDean; 08-08-2014 at 07:07 PM.
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Ordered a welder! Got a Hobart 140. Got a few projects in mind to help me learn before I do anything serious. First will be a cart for the welder.
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It's been a year and held up great so far. When you do the edges don't pull tight, just lay it on or they will start to fall within a week. I had to take mine out and redo them.
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Stripped the bedliner from my bumper and ordered some mounts for it. Next is to make a new light bar for it and finally install it
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My mounting brackets came in today which motivated me to do some work on the bumper. Cut the bar off and got it ready for paint. Just waiting on my steering box spacer now.
The poorly made bar... no way that thing was staying on another day
The poorly made bar... no way that thing was staying on another day
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Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
That's exactly what I did. Except I got the Eastwood 135. My first project also being a weld cart which still isn't done a year later...lol. I've done many projects around it though. noob weld cart build over in Fabrication.
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I'm pretty sure I'm subscribed to that. I'll have to check it out and see if I can get motivated to do mine