96 XJ Build up
04-12-2011, 01:08 PM
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Year: 1998 classic
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0!!
98 Xj, Long Arm, 36's, Exo
Well i have been working on this for the past six months. I bought it out of a guys back yard for 500 bucks!! it ran and drove but the lower control arm bracket on the diff was busted. I bought it with the intent of building it up asap. So under the knife it went! I purchased a 6.5 Rough Country long arm lift kit, sye kit, Tom Woods ds, and some Mickey Thompson MTZ'S. I ran that lift set up for about 3 months and decided to go a little bigger. I put on 2 inch blosks and spacers. Since then i purchased a roof rack, front bumper from Nate's 4x4, and the winch. Last week i built my own rock sliders out of 1.5 box tubing. Im Going to try to get as many pics up of it as possible. It takes for ever to load them on photobucket. Is there a way to host the pics from Facebook? But here is what i have currently on photobucket. . I just pulled the carpet out today due to the last owner leaving a wet bag of corn in there for the year it sat in the backyard! smell was real bad!
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04-12-2011, 01:50 PM
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Thanks! Im going to try to find the pics of when i built the rock sliders and get one up of them installed.
01-10-2012, 04:56 PM
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Year: 1998 classic
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Long time since an up date but im going to start throwing in a few pics here and there. i have since trashed this shell and switched everything over to a 98. here are a few pics of the end of this jeep and the beginning of the new set up.
Testing out the welds on the sliders lol
Built a steering box brace
And then a brace for the mounting location
Made some storage for trail gear and spare parts
Replacing the wonderful rough country bushings
Locking the front with a spartan locker!!
Traded the mtz's for some Lightly used Boggers!
The new rig for now..
Building my beefy steering 1.5 .25 dom with chev 1-ton tre's
Good day at HASPIN!
Testing out the welds on the sliders lol
Built a steering box brace
And then a brace for the mounting location
Made some storage for trail gear and spare parts
Replacing the wonderful rough country bushings
Locking the front with a spartan locker!!
Traded the mtz's for some Lightly used Boggers!
The new rig for now..
Building my beefy steering 1.5 .25 dom with chev 1-ton tre's
Good day at HASPIN!
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01-10-2012, 07:09 PM
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Build these out of 1.5x1.5 tube i think was the size? its what i had on hand and its over kill lol i think the side wall was like .38 or something. i weighed one and it was 90 lbs!
