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for the tail light bulbs sorry.. do you have 4 or 3 tail light bulbs... I am trying to do a waggy tail light conversion
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That wagy is looking great, you should keep the wood grain
I must say the whole look of the you jeep is awesome everyone talks about doing a 97+ front end conversion I've been thinking of doing a wagy conversion.
and I'll be replacing some of my weld nuts as well your pics will help alot
I must say the whole look of the you jeep is awesome everyone talks about doing a 97+ front end conversion I've been thinking of doing a wagy conversion.
and I'll be replacing some of my weld nuts as well your pics will help alot
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I immediately broke all 4 shock bolts. Rust is a biatch
My wife (XJ TESS) Helped remove the rear sway bar. It's not going back on.
Drivers side spring bolt came out easy. Thinking this aint gonna be so bad.
Passenger side not so much. This one is seized to the bushing will not budge.
The bolt was seized so bad that when i tried to remove it it broke the weld nut. I didnt know that at first. So I had to cut holes to get to the weld nut.
Put a wrench on it and started reefing it out.
Once i got it too where I could tell the nut was not holding it on I figured it was seized and proceeded to start cutting the bolt out.
Cut on each side of the spring pack with a 4 1/2 angle grinder. I cut the back first cause with a 4 1/2 you can't get all the way through the bolt only a lil so you have to use the bolt head to turn it a lil to cut all the way around it. Once done you can give it a lil shock with a chisel and a hammer and it will break pretty easily. Did to each side.
Originally Posted by XJ Stryker
Started my Rough Country 3 in lift. This was not a smooth easy Job to do by yourself. I figured I would start with the back since I knew it would be the hardest with all the Rust.I immediately broke all 4 shock bolts. Rust is a biatch
My wife (XJ TESS) Helped remove the rear sway bar. It's not going back on.
Drivers side spring bolt came out easy. Thinking this aint gonna be so bad.
Passenger side not so much. This one is seized to the bushing will not budge.
The bolt was seized so bad that when i tried to remove it it broke the weld nut. I didnt know that at first. So I had to cut holes to get to the weld nut.
Put a wrench on it and started reefing it out.
Once i got it too where I could tell the nut was not holding it on I figured it was seized and proceeded to start cutting the bolt out.
Cut on each side of the spring pack with a 4 1/2 angle grinder. I cut the back first cause with a 4 1/2 you can't get all the way through the bolt only a lil so you have to use the bolt head to turn it a lil to cut all the way around it. Once done you can give it a lil shock with a chisel and a hammer and it will break pretty easily. Did to each side.
Literally, this exact same thing happened to me on my 1994 Cherokee Country. Pass side wasn't coming out, so I threw a breaker bar on the socket, put some weight on it, broke it right off. Then had to cut the spring out, then discovered that weld nut on the inside of the frame rail. Was such a ***** getting that thing out and putting a new grade 8 stud in it's place.
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Exact same thing here too. Terrible luck and neither side wants to come out. I'm going to get some cutting blades in the morning. The sawzaw didn't hardly cut it so I'm resorting to the angle grinder Originally Posted by CherokeeCountry
Literally, this exact same thing happened to me on my 1994 Cherokee Country. Pass side wasn't coming out, so I threw a breaker bar on the socket, put some weight on it, broke it right off. Then had to cut the spring out, then discovered that weld nut on the inside of the frame rail. Was such a ***** getting that thing out and putting a new grade 8 stud in it's place.
. Nice build tho! I'd love to get the waggy grill and lights on my XJ haha
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AWESOME thread, deffinitley my favorite build thread on here. I have been doing the exact same things to my briarwood, i just fixed all the rust in the floor and mine was even worse than yours. I also had to do the same thing with my rocker panels, awesome jeep!
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awesome build, love seeing other waggies and knowing im not the only one.
and lovin the his and hers waggies
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its been far too long since mine has been on the road, but the final parts for my 5spd are in so i pick em up tomorrow and hopefully have the ol woddy mobile by the end of the weekend.......then theres the cam upgrade, F8.8 swap....never ending bumpers
and lovin the his and hers waggies
.its been far too long since mine has been on the road, but the final parts for my 5spd are in so i pick em up tomorrow and hopefully have the ol woddy mobile by the end of the weekend.......then theres the cam upgrade, F8.8 swap....never ending bumpers
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Nice build, man! That was a ton of rust, lol.
Thanks for all the comments. Waggy still kicking only recent mod is I added a roof rack
