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Old 12-17-2012, 08:00 AM
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Well my cherokee is already awsome
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Old 12-17-2012, 08:10 AM
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I've had this for about 2 years

1998 sport
265k
I put a 94 motor in it
About 5 inch lift
3 inch coils with spacers short arms and drop brackets
The back is two sets of xj leaf packs combined minus one of the main leafs , a three inch block, and teraflex shackles

Rugged ridge steering flipped with the go for it off road adapters
Drop pitman arm
Crown brake lines
35 general grabber at2s on 12 wide rims
TJ flares ( if you really consider that a mod)

All that being said . For my driving this bad boy has been perfect . Infact it got a 860 rti score which for what this is I would say ain't bad!

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Old 12-17-2012, 08:28 AM
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I am making this thread because I feel terrible about the fact that I refer to this forum so much and haven't contributed any back!
Old 12-18-2012, 08:13 AM
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Bought a pair of Dana 60s out of a 79 f350 king pin front low pinion full floater rear

Ordered all the brackets to mount them from balistic
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Old 12-18-2012, 08:15 AM
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Tried mounting the new thorn birds was a joke haha ended up using a friends tire machine

They are 15s so I have to grind the caliper down a smig to fit them
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Old 12-19-2012, 06:24 AM
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Picture of my "shop"
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Traded the thornbirds for 7 37" hummer tires rims are 16.5 no more grinding calipers!

Also doin the ol' 2x6 rock slider
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Lotta work going on there.. looking good.
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sounds like a sweet deal on the rim/tire swap
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Yea the tire and rim swap was great. Mainly because the rims are big enough to clear the rotors , it would have been too sketchy with the 15s . Also I'm all about road drive ability and that alone made the trade worth it
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Sorry for the picture quality poor light/ cell pics
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If anyone reading this thread knows about combination u joints can you let me know the part number for jeep/d60 ujoints
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New floors
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Sorry I havnt takin many pictures of the floors and 2x6 rockers but its done!
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