Hair dryer to take off pin striping - $0 Wellll some griping from the wife so not totally free

Black Paint to cover gold on Bumpers $8

 

Installed Radio and speakers.
Radio - has been in closet for a couple of years- $0
Wiring harness for radio- $8
Speakers Cheap Wally World- $25

 

Next I need to do something about those Wheels!

 

If you notice I sanded all Gold off the emblems.
Thanks for The Idea Jiffy...

 

Check out craiger soft 8's, they have them at summit for 40 bucks each

 

I really like those. I'm hoping I can find some on Craigslist so I can do some trading instead of Spending cash.

 

lol, good luck bro, and the xj looks great

 

foor the wheels you can jsut paint the ones you have black or look into the cherokee sport rims and paint those black. thats what i did. left the center caps silver and it looks awsome

 

Def. go with the soft 8s. Got mine from Summit for 39.99 a piece. Quadratec overcharges at 49.99. If you looking to lift it or put a wider tire on make sure you have the right width and backspacing. I run 31x10.5 with a 3" lift so I got a set of 15"x8" 5x4.5 with a 4" backspace and they're beautiful. Good luck finding them on Craig's list. I wasn't fortunate enough to find any, hope you can.

 

gotta remember those crager wheels are steel and heavy as heck so gas mileage is going to go down.......ask me how i know.......had some on a 4 cylinder jeep wrangler, put them on my 97 XJ I6 and OMG, she was tired of turning those dang things after 10 minutes, i lost at least 3-5mpg. sold my stock ones on my XJ and bought some mickey thompson classic lock wheels, their aluminum, a heck of alot lighter and look awesome........but then again they were $151 a wheel.

 

anytime bro. you put a tear in my eye. u're all grown up now. haha. way to go with the progress of that sleek looking jeep. now all u need are some black wheels and get limo tint. then we'll start another chapter of the Murdered Out Club. haha

 

I wish I could limo tint the windows. It got that factory mirror tint.

 

it doesn't matter. i too had the original smoked tint which i had limo tint put on top of it. it makes a huge difference on those extremely hot days. leaving a black XJ sitting outside for more than an hour..is like stepping into a sauna. but after i had them put on, it was like getting into a 70 degree temp room. the only thing that sucks is backing up at night. you will need to develop a set of Bat eyes to see through them. haha

 

Did the same thing on mine. Have 5% on the rear glass of the hatch and side windows. Agreed with the backing up part lol especially after I tinted my tails so the reverse lights aren't as bright as the were

 

i can only imagine reversing with the smoked tail lights. i was thinking of putting them bright *ss reverse lights to help me. but that would be a d*ck move on my part if someone was behind me. i'd prob blind & startle them as if they were deers looking into a pair of headlights. hahaha