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Old Oct 17, 2009 | 07:36 PM
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buy at autozone a tow bar
i love it because i can use both xj´s at same time.
BUT when driving it,
it felt very unsafe so i think its not a good idea to tow in highway the green xj with the red one.
why?? because the green one its heavier compared to the red one that is almost stock and have the worst breaks ever.
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Old Oct 21, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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add a pair of switches on the dashboard
what for??? i don´t know maybe ill use them some day
for now i have 11 rocker switches i just use 7.
but i have in plans add a pair of fog lights, and the cab lights.

i just do a little mod. i cut (dremell) some plastic in the dash to fit them in. very easy
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 10:21 AM
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hey, I'm lovin your jeep build, thats an amazing xj. One question though where did you find those RC lower control arms that are curved liked that. I have a 4.5 on my xj and thought they might help the ride quality.

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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 12:12 PM
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Man, u really take care of that motor and engine bay. Nice and suuuuuuweet.
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by BigRed93xj
hey, I'm lovin your jeep build, thats an amazing xj. One question though where did you find those RC lower control arms that are curved liked that. I have a 4.5 on my xj and thought they might help the ride quality.
thanks man i try to do my best
well these LCA´s came on a RC 4.5lift i bought a year ago for the red xj.
i bought them here http://www.roughcountry.com/jeep_xj_4.html
and made them greasable a month ago. they are great i can really feel the diference between the ranchos that are made for 3" lift and this for 4.5".
they are longer so your differential will move a bit to the front that is great.
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by chero6
Man, u really take care of that motor and engine bay. Nice and suuuuuuweet.
thanks man i like to see everything clean because they are my dd.
yesterday i spend some time cleaning & wrapping some wires in the green one.
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Old Oct 24, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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well my problem here is that the engine works to dm hot and my A/C does not work fine because of that. So i want to try a home depot upgrade.

first i wrapp the A/C condenser with some pipe wrapp isolation tape, then with gorila tape and then with aluminium tape.

and oooo lord it works and i´m so happy
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Old Oct 25, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by c_kdna
well my problem here is that the engine works to dm hot and my A/C does not work fine because of that. So i want to try a home depot upgrade.

first i wrapp the A/C condenser with some pipe wrapp isolation tape, then with gorila tape and then with aluminium tape.

and oooo lord it works and i´m so happy
You should try getting your under the hood temp down to help out your A/C. Just my .02. Great thinking tho
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 12:17 AM
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You should try getting your under the hood temp down to help out your A/C. Just my .02. Great thinking tho
thanks man for the advice, the only think i need to wrap is the tubes the runs from the condenser to the compressor. and thants it, hope it works
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by c_kdna
buy at autozone a tow bar
i love it because i can use both xj´s at same time.
BUT when driving it,
it felt very unsafe so i think its not a good idea to tow in highway the green xj with the red one.
why?? because the green one its heavier compared to the red one that is almost stock and have the worst breaks ever.
the tow bars are nice but the only thing i don't like about them is that you gotta have one person steer the vehicle with the tow bar and the other vehicle you half to drive it... didn't really make sense couldn't really think of any other way in explaining it.
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Old Oct 30, 2009 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by mudbogginjeep
the tow bars are nice but the only thing i don't like about them is that you gotta have one person steer the vehicle with the tow bar and the other vehicle you half to drive it... didn't really make sense couldn't really think of any other way in explaining it.

That type of tow bar is like towing a big trailer, you don't need to have anyone in the jeep steering it. It's the nature of the beast. Just take it slow and give your self room to slow down. Just rule of thumb, you don't want to tow over the vehicle max towing weight.
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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 95DanXJ
That type of tow bar is like towing a big trailer, you don't need to have anyone in the jeep steering it. It's the nature of the beast. Just take it slow and give your self room to slow down. Just rule of thumb, you don't want to tow over the vehicle max towing weight.
ohh yeah i always that that they were the other way arond....
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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 12:28 AM
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about the tow bar i´m really sad because it is impossible to reverse towing and making sharp turns . i just bought it to tow the green one when it stop working in the city.

today add a maglight in the cargo area & install (again)the bushwakers.

tomorroy i´ll take the cherokee to a the agency for the instalation of the SYE and to a machine shop the some parts of my rear shaft.
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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 04:40 PM
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wow, this is an awesome build!
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Old Nov 5, 2009 | 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jefferydavid
wow, this is an awesome build!
thanks man glad you like it.
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