If you can qualify for a loan, this is a buyers market and you should take advantage of it. I bought a house in December from Fanny May for about ½ price based on market value. A 1600 sq ft, 3bdrm, 2 bath, central air with a heated shop. I pay less now for my mortgage, insurance, taxes and utilities than is was paying for rent.

 

nice bill!

i bought my house in may 2004, right before things went to shyt. i got a helluva deal, yet i still have negative equity now. oh well. at least my rate is under 3% right now.

this is definitely a buyers market! wish i would've waited.

 

crap this is a lot of work!!

i hadnt used a tire machine for 4-5 years til last night, and it kicked my ars!!!

i had 5 tires to get swapped to my new rims. i could not for the life of me get the beads to set on any of them!!! they are 15x10's

i tried air blast, i tried the fn HUGE air blast), i tried a ratchet strap with air blast....nothing would work!!

so i said **** it, and used my tried and true method of seating beads.


no thats not me!! i did however have to do this to all 5 of my tires!!

all the guys at the shop were like kids out in the driveway watching me
dont try this at home kids....i am a professional and have done this many times...........if you use too much starting fluid, your tire can explode.


sooo that was fun. axle swap should be done today.

 

i like my pbr!! i have beeen drinking it for 13-14 years so i kinda grew a taste for it.

i always have new castle in my fridge, but i can only drink one or two or the headache starts from all the damn sugar.....that, and im a light weight at 135 lbs!!

im not really a big drinker......in fact, the last time was about a year ago, and two years before that!!.....i get the brown bottle flu everytime i have more than a few. i have my own vice now, just like everyone else in colorado!! cough, cough, cough!

 

teaser pics...and as you can tell, i didnt finish. its kinda wide.


sampson, this lil guy is for you! haha. darky.


i gotta get a new camera.........







i think this y link is gonna become a 4 link very soon.

 

That is ...... Incredible.

 

Lookin good dawgie!!

 

My name is Sampson and I'm part of the HUDFAB team.
I've been slackin on posting pics of my cherokee so here goes...

Let's see where do I start...
I bought this 1998 Cherokee for $500.00 on craigslist from some people who lived on lookout Mt. It had 178,000 Miles, 5 spd Manual, cloth interior, a blue hatch and some mouse / rodent TPS wiring problems but I drove it home.





From there I threw it on the lift and installed ACOS Coil spacers and Rear Leafs.. Nothing special mostly just to help it get around in the snow for my wife to drive.




Well turns out I found the wife a different XJ and I began to build this one.
Next I Played in the snow a lot..








Then from there and this always happens.. It's not big enough So I got a set of 33's and added coils in the front shocks all around but I got a bunk set of S-10 Leafs and they didn't work out so well...











Next comes the fun stuff


At the time I owned my own business doing Remote Starts and Alarms so I needed a mobile office and this was before they invented iPad's or I would have just rolled with one of those.. But I'm sure many of you will appreciate this was money / time well wasted...

I set out on a mission to find the biggest touch screen monitor I could fit in my car to control a computer (and my music) to due invoices, look up wiring diagrams and watch **** while I drive

So I found the 10.5' Xenarc Touch Screen unit that I must say fits real nice in a custom made bezel..








That last pic makes me laugh it looks like in in the Riddler's House..


Anyway.. next I added a Mac Mini in the console because windows sucks..





Added 2 extra Yellow Top Optima's in the trunk just in case I need to weld something or make lightning..





Then I dynamat'd the whole f'n truck from top to bottom... Note the Wireless keyboard velcro'd to the steering wheel.. Cops love seeing that **** on the highway





Around this same time I got sick of shifting so I bought a 2001 40,000 Mile Donor jeep from Klode's and Swapped EVERYTHING over...








I swapped out the motor, tranny, t-case, and complete Leather interior with factory heated seats!


Here's how much fun it is to wire up the transmission computer Oh and on a side note make sure you use the same red colored wire so if anyone besides you ever tries to trouble shoot this system for run-ability problems they will hit there head against the wall for sure





So one day I was bored and decided to install a Eclipse double din Touch Screen Navigation unit in place of my instrument cluster.. Well long story short Chrysler runs data communication thru the cluster and you loose door locks if you unplug it.. so I had to rewire the cluster to underneath the back seat.. The original cluster is back in it's place...






Running Gear Going In





Next I swapped out the rear end for a Ford 9" with 4.11's and a detroit out of a 1964 Galaxy Wagon so the bolt pattern stayed 5 x 4.5 and and the width is just about perfect.











Then I went to you pull and freeze your a$$ off and pay and snatched up a Dana 30 front out of a 1984 XJ with 4.10's. It's a lot more work than just re-gearing but life is a learning process and sometimes you have to prove how stupid you can be before you learn anything..






Next it was time for fabrication from HUDFAB if you don't already know or you've been living under a honda civic Dustin makes some kick a$$ parts for a great price which means you can still afford booze and strippers
































I don't drive this truck much but I did manage to go up wheelin about 6 times this year


So Plans for the future are to finish the turbo kit that I'm building and hopefully cruise up the highway without downshifting
Just Empty Every Pocket








And remember kids always wear your helmet when walking down the street

 

sampson, why you posting pics of my sister again? and whos the stinky lookin guy welding?

we can start that turbo as soon as i get my axles squared away. i told others on here i was starting the up and down tubes soon, so i guess that means we actually have to do it!

thanks for tho props too.

 

Dude your sister is hawt!! Her stomach hangin out and those super clean skin tight sweat pants with the matching helmet.. Um yes please!!

 

Looks like shamu is contemplating the wobble across the road to Pizza Hut after shutting down the King...I think it's the fsandals that really finish the look ...nothing like being to lazy to actually put on shoes...lol

 

lmao... nice posts.. good work on the xj..

 

Dustin, When is the shop opening? I need a 2x6 rear bumper and it looks like your the guy to go to.

 

not for a couple maybe few weeks.

i can still fab out of my garage. we can talk about it when you come to check out the rims.



i just sold my front bumper to this creepy guy even though it really wasnt for sale!

im planning rock racer look for my jeep.....so time to buy a bender. new bumpers, swing out tire carrier, and hybrid cage coming soon.

 

sampson is prob one of the only people i would hand my jeep to work on.

in fact, he is the only one i have let work on my jeep. i say it like its a privilege, but im a picky dude when it comes to my jeep. i only like to point fingers at me when stuff goes wrong.