pittman71

What a transformation! Did you notice a big difference with the new steering spacer?

LanesRide

Yeah, she said it made a huge difference. And if she noticed it, it must have been big lol

Basslicks

Sub'd! From pavement pounder to trail thrasher in 1 post... NICE!!!

LanesRide

Thanks man!

Last night I picked up a rear tube bumper off craigslist. It was originally for a wrangler but I can modify the brackets to make it work.

Here's a few pictures since the last update

LanesRide

Time for some maintenance. She ordered front hawk performance pads, rotors, rear brake shoes and the hardware kit. Found out the harmonic balancer is on its way out so next will be a new HB and then an aux transmission cooler/temp gauge.

We have about 4 months to prep our Jeeps for the 5 hour ride up to Maine for RMPTs warrior salute event. Once all this snow melts aways, Ill be able to start working on the Jeeps again and keep this thread up to date

Luke95

Mabell run april 11th and I have a shop with a lift if you need it.

LanesRide

We did the brakes last weekend, everything went great. After the break in process, that thing stops on a dime. I was able to lock up all 4 35s in a parking lot!

Yesterday we took care of the harmonic balancer, upper radiator hose, thermostat, flushed the heater core, front drive shaft ujoints and greased everything.

Next project is fixing the intermittent wiper motor, I'm pretty sure it's just a bad ground. The aux transmission cooler and temp gauge. And then the rear bumper

Basslicks

Hey man, you should head over and enter in COTM. Open to everyone this month and they're hurting for entries.

LanesRide

Thanks for the heads up! I didnt even realize this site had one of those contests lol but it looks like its too late to enter this month.

Ryanoliver19

The jeeps look great both the yj and xj also like the build so far, how much lift are you running on the xj right now?

LanesRide

Thanks!

It has 2" shackles and spacers with a 3" or 3.5" lift kit. Sometime maybe this summer we're going to do relocators in the back and switch to a different spring in the front, havent decided what yet though. She wants to go another inch taller

Ryanoliver19

Do you have any drive line vibrations with that much lift? It looks good either way, I have a 96 4 door and I'm considering a 3.5 inch re kit and just cutting to fit since it's kind of a daily

LanesRide

Nope, just has the shims for the leaf springs. Shes been daily driving it for awhile now too.

LanesRide

We ended up putting the front tube bumper back on and rewelded the brackets so the factory tow hook I bought her would fit. With the 1/4" steering plate and tow hook bracket, it wasnt fitting in the stock location.

Also picked up a bunch of little random things from a part out like new dash vents, wiper motor, switches, spare axle shafts, etc.

Her Bday is coming up soon so Ill probably just buy her the trans cooler and gauge along with some solid diff covers

LanesRide

Been awhile since I've updated but we got some stuff done. I got her a solid front diff cover that I painted for her, a spectra high flow filter and a b&m aux trans cooler. Just installed the trans cooler and a new radiator this weekend as well as the air filter. Next up is spark plugs and the front diff cover.

We got a lot of stuff to do before our trip to Maine for the warrior salute event. We picked up a set of stock cherokee snowflake rims for the ride up to save gas and wear and tear on the jeep/Tires

We also picked up a 2004 grand cherokee overland edition! We plan on getting a trailer so we can tow one of the other jeeps with it