I got bored so I started bobbing my front end
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I got bored so I started bobbing my front end
The title says it all. This started last weekend with a camping/wheeling trip and the fuel pump dying on me on the drive home. After that I decided that the jeep needed some TLC and maybe some new stuff built instead of wasting money on my subie. I knew that I wanted to do my tube fenders while I was spending time on it, I wanted redo my bumper to fit my winch, I wanted to pull the dash to make as sheet metal version and I knew I needed to rebuild my front axle. So I chopped my bumper off and started trimming it to fit the winch plate and that gave me the idea to just start trimming everything. I tried to read up online to get some ideas on what others have done to narrow their xjs but there is very little info on it so I just went for it. I'm taking 5 inches out of each side of the fenders and the fitting the grill/header panel to fit. I'm most likely going to have to run different headlights now because there simply isn't room for the stock ones to fit in place anymore. The snorkel won't fit anymore so I'm going Spectre Cowl Intake I think so that will take care of moving the air box. The battery will have to get moved as well for all of this so I'm working on ways to fit a yellow top under my overflow bottle if at all possible. If that doesn't work then it will go behind my seat most likely.
The bumper started life as a stock CJ7 rear bumper that I got at the junkyard for $25. It happened to be the right width for a stock xj so I welded on a couple mounts and welded it to my front end. When I pulled it off I took 6.5 inches off each side and then cut 22 inches out of the center to fit the winch.
I'm using the pieces cut out of the center as the mounting plates to tie into the unibody.
And here is the start of the narrowing stuff. Just kinda took pictures as I remembered. If you want to know more just ask. I'll be working on the other side after work this week and then I need to get back to working on the bumper before I can start the fenders.
The bumper started life as a stock CJ7 rear bumper that I got at the junkyard for $25. It happened to be the right width for a stock xj so I welded on a couple mounts and welded it to my front end. When I pulled it off I took 6.5 inches off each side and then cut 22 inches out of the center to fit the winch.
I'm using the pieces cut out of the center as the mounting plates to tie into the unibody.
And here is the start of the narrowing stuff. Just kinda took pictures as I remembered. If you want to know more just ask. I'll be working on the other side after work this week and then I need to get back to working on the bumper before I can start the fenders.
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do you mean dove nosing? looking decent so far.
might wanna think about tossing that stock tie rod out after you're done spending all this time on aesthetics
might wanna think about tossing that stock tie rod out after you're done spending all this time on aesthetics
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Thanks. I'm planning on hard wiring some Rugged Ridge offroad slim fogs into the stock harness for headlights and just run those. I'm going to have to chop up the header to make it fit anyway so way not go round lights at the same time. I don't know how I'm going to mount them yet but I will figure it out when I get to that point.
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Track bar, tube fenders, axle rebuild, new dash, new steering, new suspension bushings, cowl intake, winch bumper, and a slew of other things I can't remember off hand. More of money over time. I still need to put a tranny in one of the subies too and head gasket/timing on the wrx.
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Looks pretty cool. I think if I do that I'll start the dove nose right above the center to of the tire. (Half way down the side of the hood, rather than at theback of the hood.
I'm anxious to see how you finish it up.
I'm anxious to see how you finish it up.
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Thanks.
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