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Old 12-20-2012, 09:01 AM
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bought it stk this is the earliest pic i could find just put 4.5 RC lift and 33x12.50 tires on
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a little whellin on aetna, and cut fenders

ps dont try to cut fenders w/ a pancake compressor will take FOREVER
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got a roof rack for free......YEP I SAID FREE
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RCL WELDING front winch bumper, best price around look him up
ECO ROLL CAGE
added some lights i had laying around for night use
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took a while but finaly got a winch to put on the bumper
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got a great deal on cb and ant package from 4wheelparts
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Good looking 2 door man!
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THANKS
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Done the creek trail on Aetna, got bout 30 yards from the end of the trail and FOLDED my stearing arm in half, you can see my front skid plate bent from the carnage, so upgraded to rusty stearing

and ripped the muffler off as you can see it laying on the garuge floor waiting to be welded back in place
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Glad to see another 97! Lookin good bro!
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Cool! Send me some info on that bumper..is it a local guy?
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Dont know what to do next, was going to do gears, but they are a little more than i can spend right now, , thinking about rear spring packs, as you can see my rear end sags a little, (stupid ad-a-leaf). Need to fix the muffler again, broke it off again on some rocks, i dont know may just wait and save some till incometax and then spend a butt load on it
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Pickup some new leafs from ringgold. Rustys leafs are seriously some damn good leafs.. Ive had all kinds of different brands of leaf packs and rustys has been my favorite thus far.

Toms installs gears pretty cheap though too..
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I have 87 limited ,4in lift, Dana 44s , front and rear lockers,33x12.50 pro comps, black steelies .this is my first Jeep, but have been a mechanic for bout 10 years now some of thiss stuff is common sense but some of this stuff I will probably need yalls help with.I will add a pic to my profile later.can you give me directions to the"big fork"


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