bmikes

Well guys, I got my jeep about a week ago and have plans for it! right now I'm just driving it as it is to get a feel for it and the first thing I need is to get it registered in Oregon with a new exhaust and put.a cat in. I'm planning on getting the flowmaster super 44.
Then after that ill be gettin a 4.5 inch lift, I just don't know which one? (any suggestions here?) hopefully that will take care of the tires rubbing like crazy when I turn all the way :/ they are 33x12.50 and the front fenders are already cut back to I gotta figure out how to put some fender flares on there so I don't get pulled over :/ oh another thing I'm gonna do it put some lights on it pretty soon!!

so as of right now I've only done a couple things like put on mud flaps and put a cup holder in. Ill put pics of those up tomorrow.
what do y'all think of it right now though??

Moogs

Looks great....a good place to start!

Atmos

marble paint job? lol. looks cool actually I want to see someone do that

bmikes

Ha no not marble paint, its just mud so you guys can see those pictures? I just posted that from my phone and they dont show up?

ZoMbIeCuStOmS

wet paint and plastic wrap and it could be you lol

bmikes

So I just scored this clear plastic that's roughly .250 thick and just about 3.00 wide and all in all I have around 10' of it. So this will be my fender flares til I.can buy some or make something better! I just need to figure out what I'm gonna make an L bracket out.of to attach to my fender and then to these that won't hurt my tire if it rubs on it, but yet is strong enough to hold these. Any suggestions??

Skyline

Just curious, why clear plastic rather than black or garden edging?

Nice Jeep by the way!

bmikes

Thanks man, and Idk, just cause I got it for free? ha I haven't made up my mind yet for sure. I'm gonna stop by home depot in the mornin before I go to work and check out what they got. Do you have the garden edging type?

bmikes

Its been a while since I posted on here, but I finally am getting to it!! I put the mud flaps I got from the junk yard on a few days ago. And then I had the new exhaust, cat, muffler and tailpipe, put on this mornin got that 40 series flowmaster on there! she's coming along!

bmikes

Alright so I made my self a back bumper out of some free metal I got from a friend. Its 2x6 tubing. I plan on putting lights and D rings on it, as well as making end caps.

bmikes

I was out on a trail in woodland and tested out the bumper, it definitely works!!!

bmikes

Then here is my plans for the front one. I'm gonna cut a section out of it, then heat it up and bend it into place and weld it back together. Then ill make a stinger for it, but it will looks more like
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y'all get what I'm tryin to say? It'll be flat at the top, level with the hood instead of rounded all the way or coming to a point. Ill draw a sketch later on my break I'm so excited!! I want to start working on it!!

bmikes

Also another thing I've done is cut the fenders flat with the lights in front

Xj88

good start. What lift are you leaning towards? Im on my 2nd lift now. If I were you id hit a jy and find some stock flares if you even have to have them. Mud flaps don't belong on jeeps either! Haha

bmikes

Yea I've taken the mud flaps off since then and also in the pics I put up today I have narrower wheels and tires so I'm not even worried about flares anymore. Also I dont have have any idea as for as the lift goes. I know I want a 4.5, but for that I want to do it the right way and get the sye and a new driveline along with the actual lift so I'm figuring that will be around 2's. So that will have to wait for a while as I'm saving up.for a miller 250/252 right now and also paying for school. So it'll all come in time I.guess