Just finished upgrading my towing system; took off the beat up, OEM, literally useless tow hitch with a valley brand tow hitch, $20 dollars from the JY

 

haha, I remember those days! I did the same thing on my old '86 XJ, except I had no hitch to begin with!

 

Lol the one that comes from the factory is probably the biggest piece of junk ive ever seen

 

Finished up the lift! I still have to do the tcase drop and the longer brake lines but its soon nice.

 

heres a couple pics of the crappy job I did on cutting my fenders



feel free to critsize

 

Function over beauty! I like it! I used an angle grinder on mine to "fine tune" the radius after hacking at it with the sawzall.

 

Thanks man next im going to make flares out of garden moldin like these guys
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f58/st...ares-so-50571/

 

Oregon Trailed it......Those pioneers were crazy!

 

Looks like a really pretty area. Where exactly in Oregon were you wheeling?

I have been wanting to wheel Tillimook State Forest forever. I will get down there someday.

 

Last night I touched up all the rock rash on my sliders, bumpers and quarter guards with a little **** can black. I greased the double cardan joints on doth driveshafts. They are both due for a rebuild. I'm just putting it off as long as I can so they get copious amounts of grease injected with a needle tip all around the ball seal after every wheeling trip...LOL. I also started drilling the holes in my front spring perches for the hockey puck bumpstops. Driver's side was a piece of cake. I need to get a longer drill bit to do the passenger side. The lower trac bar mount makes drilling that hole an adventure in developing patience. Of course the easy way to do this is to remove the springs and drill them from the top. However, removing the springs can be avoided if you chose to drill them from the bottom like I did. It's just a little bit of a PITA to get the passenger side done this way. i just have no desire whatsoever to have to remove my coils. The next time I go through that pain it will be to put higher lift springs under it.

 

Looks like you are getting some mad flex with your new mods, Shane. Can't wait to see your Jeep in action on the trail.

 

I was on the Barlow Trail/Road up off of Hwy 35, by Mount Hood.....nice section of "Oregon Trail" you can still drive on....it's a real mix of conditions......beautiful though! not recommended if you like your paint-I lost some along the trail...hahaha...needed a new paint job anyways

 

the mod that got me all that flex was just disconecting my swaybar and now it rides better on and off road plus its almost like wheeling a diferant vehical.Places that would give me some trouble I seem to crawl right over.

 

yeah, those do look pretty good and super cheap. They look like the new bushwacker flat flares that I like.

 

You Shane are like the master at improvising. Loved how your sway bar was held up by zip ties when you had it disconnected! Are you going to have it disconnected permanently or gonna go for some quick disconnects?