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Old 01-30-2015, 10:01 AM
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Okie, here we go. New to me '98 Sport with 155304mi on the clock.

Suspension:
6.5in Long Arm Lift (Rough Country)
HD Steering w/ dual stabilizers
Wheels/Tires:
33x12.5x15 Duratracs on Crager steelies
Drive Line:
4 Auto
Factory 3.55s in 8.25 Rear
2H-4H-N-4L
SYE, Rear drive shaft
Audio:
Alpine head unit w/ BT, Alpine SPS-510 5 1/4 speakers F&R
Lighting:
Halogen Heads
KC Fogs
Other:
Recently Replaced: RMS, head gasket, headers, exhaust, and cat.
Previous owner fluid filmed just about everything, I have since been nuking it with Amsoil MPHD.

As it was when I picked it up:



Old 01-30-2015, 10:24 AM
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First things first part 1, plates:

Put in for personalized plates, in this order:
NODGGTY
N0DGGTY
1DIRTYXJ

First things first part 2, audio.

I have laying around:
Alpine PDX V9 4x100 @ 2/4 and 1x500 @ 2/4
2x JL Audio C5-570 (5x7 components)
2x JL Audio C5-570x (5x7 coax)

I have all the install major materials (0GA, 0GA-4GA terminal block, etc.) laying around for the amp, but it's cold as hell out, so I'm having a shop put it in. Was going to do the Alpine mini-amp brick and a mono amp, but I've had the PDX-V9 and $2500 worth of other audio garbage like the JLs lying around to put in my F-150 and will probably never bother. So, it's going in the XJ beater (feels like it's free).

Shop is only putting in the PDX-V9 to the Alpine 5 1/4s for now. Will wait for the summer to monkey around with trying to get the JLs to fit and run all new wiring to those myself.

As for sub, JL Audio Powerwedge loaded with 12" or 10" TW3, W3V3 (or whatever) or similar from Alpine that's around 400-500W @ 2/4 from the shop. Whatever fits better with the full size spare wheel/tire in the back basically.

Going in on 2/6 for Amp install + Sub.

First things first part 3, light:
KC lights are useless. Calling rigid to see if I can fit the 6" DOT bars on the bumper, if not, the DOT Duallys.

First things first part 3, random stuff:
Trim piece above license plate is cracked, 4x4 shop is ordering me one.
Brown Dog Poly motor mounts.
Roof is caved in, 4x4 shop will try to pull it out with suction thing, but I think I'll have to pull the liner and tackle or have a body shop do it.
All this will get done with oil change along with look-over on 2/13
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With a 6 1/2' lift, no one is going to be able to see your caved in roof, I'd leave it. I'm just sayin.

That's a really good lookin' rig you got there though. Nice find.
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I thought yours looked familiar, then I was checking out the Jeep thread on arfcom there it was!
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With a 6 1/2' lift, no one is going to be able to see your caved in roof, I'd leave it. I'm just sayin.

That's a really good lookin' rig you got there though. Nice find.
Appearance isn't the issue, water standing there is and in the winter it turns to ice. Then when the truck heats up and you stop, it flies off and makes dents in the hood haha.
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Family photo.

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Originally Posted by n00g7
Appearance isn't the issue, water standing there is and in the winter it turns to ice. Then when the truck heats up and you stop, it flies off and makes dents in the hood haha.
Yeah, now that you mention it, that makes perfect sense.
Fix that damn dent in your roof already.
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Rigid D-Series Fogs installed to replace KCs, same spot. Much better.





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Also installed:

Alpine PDX-V9; Amp mounted to MDF, MDF mounted using longer bolts to spare tire mount, 1/2in spacers behind board where bolted in to mount, Velcro strip along top. Pretty solid.

0GA wire ran to terminal block (0GA input 2x 4GA fused outputs) under rear seat (for monster inverter -- to run my Vitamix for Margaritas while camping, or air compressor, charge extra battery, etc.), 4GA to amp itself.

4x100W to 5 1/4in Alpine SPS-510s (These will go in favor of something better sometime in the summer)
1x500W to 10" JL Audio W3V3


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The new fogs/took the XJ on the lake


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