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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 06:10 PM
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My "88 Woody will be a DD,BOV and mild off roader.Picked her up from the second owner with 75K miles.The first pic is when she was just dropped off with all the writing on the windows of how great it is!The next pic has the BB lift installed,waiting for some new rubber.So far she's had NEW-oil + filter,front brakes,u joints and wheel bearings.I also cleaned up the underside and re-undercoated it(didn't need much).I spend alot of time under my veh.'s making sure they stay nice and rust free!I get alot of strange looks from people.They know something's different,but just can't put there finger on it at first.Unless they're Jeep people .
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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Very clean..

Nice score..
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 06:15 PM
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Congratulations. Gotta love the wagoneers.
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Old Aug 5, 2010 | 06:21 PM
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I feel bad for those of you with rusted floors,almost a guilty feeling!Mine are like new front to back,and i live in New England.
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 12:30 PM
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I scored some NEW old style MTR's today for $350-OTD!I LOVE the look of these tires,esp. much more than the new ones.I've been on the fence between 235's/30's,i ended up with the 235's.I'll be pulling a small utility trailer so i didn't want to change the gear ratio much.Now to order some soft 8's .
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 12:32 PM
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WOW dam nice tires and price too, looking good
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 12:36 PM
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Clean. Looks like you could eat off that undercarriage! What'd you coat it with? Almost looks like bedliner?

Good score on the tires, too.
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by CodeXJ
Clean. Looks like you could eat off that undercarriage! What'd you coat it with? Almost looks like bedliner?

Good score on the tires, too.
I use Rust-Oleum PROFESIONAL undercoating.By FAR the best out there,and i've tried many through the years.The underside of this Jeep was very clean,all i had to do was maintnence.I gave the whole thing a wire brush scuffing,and looked for(and repaired)a few cracks in the original coating.Then i gave it a new topcoat of Rust-Oleum.
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 07:57 PM
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nice waggy i had an 87 it looked just like yours
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 02:12 PM
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Just ordered som Cragar Soft 8's,should have them Friday!I'll post new pics as soon as they're mounted
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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UPS showed up at 3:45PM today!I just got back from the tire shop .My center caps will be in this week,i forgot to order them.Looks MUCH better now!!!
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 04:13 PM
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wow that is a sexy jeep! great job on the under coating too!
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 07:59 PM
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OoO looks good I'm looking to buy a set of those tires myself how do they ride on/off road.
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Zackqb2
OoO looks good I'm looking to buy a set of those tires myself how do they ride on/off road.
I've only had it on the road,and up to about 60MPH so far.Just a little noise(sounds good!).Exellent road manners as well .
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 09:28 PM
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Very nice looking Waggy, lets see some more detailed pics.
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