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Old 01-01-2016, 07:56 PM
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Heres a shot of the re-tubed drive shaft.
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Picked up an 8.25 rear end to play with. Probably transfer the rear discs, truss it and add my LSD into it. Paint it and throw it in.

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I also threw in a little scanguage my wife got me a few birthdays ago to keep an eye on things since the jeep gauges aren't too accurate.

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Originally Posted by OmgNoWai
Thanks! Its been repainted by the PO. Its a little lighter/more green than the original color.

I love your wheels. 5 spoke cragar?

Real lift? Not sure. I don't need anything drastic. Ive been looking at the trail master 3" lift. Or I may save a bit and get a RE3.5.
Thanks. They are actually a 5 spoke american racing wheel.

I would recommend looking into the 3.5" metalcloack lift with OME leaf springs. It's a nice quality and complete short arm lift. Kinda wish I went that route. I think I'm gonna grab their coil springs. A couple guys on the forum have the lift and are super happy with it.
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going to follow along, love these types of threads. i too am a former import owner, LONG time ago. Its the right color too.
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Originally Posted by OmgNoWai
I also threw in a little scanguage my wife got me a few birthdays ago to keep an eye on things since the jeep gauges aren't too accurate.

Which Scangauge us this?
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Thanks. They are actually a 5 spoke american racing wheel.

I would recommend looking into the 3.5" metalcloack lift with OME leaf springs. It's a nice quality and complete short arm lift. Kinda wish I went that route. I think I'm gonna grab their coil springs. A couple guys on the forum have the lift and are super happy with it.
I looked at the metal cloak lift. I like them a lot. I just can't justify spending that much on a lift for a 210k mile jeep. I'll probably keep it on the cheap and regret it LoL

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Which Scangauge us this?
Not sure ill see if I can find the box it came in. I had it in the evo to monitor everything.
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Originally Posted by OmgNoWai
I looked at the metal cloak lift. I like them a lot. I just can't justify spending that much on a lift for a 210k mile jeep. I'll probably keep it on the cheap and regret it LoL



Not sure ill see if I can find the box it came in. I had it in the evo to monitor everything.
Pickup a Superlift 3" kit, its a great value for the money.

http://www.autoanything.com/suspensi...FQiKaQodb1EIwQ

Found the gauge:

http://ultra-gauge.com/ZC/index.php?...products_id=94
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Yep thats the gauge!

Im looking at a trail master or something similar. I may just save up for the RE3.5 kit. I don't want to do an addaleaf setup. I prefer to just swap out the entire leaf spring.

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Pickup a Superlift 3" kit, its a great value for the money.

http://www.autoanything.com/suspensi...FQiKaQodb1EIwQ

Found the gauge:

http://ultra-gauge.com/ZC/index.php?...products_id=94
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Took the heap out last weekend when the weather was nice. First time taking it off road really. She did pretty well for an upcountry lift and some grabber at2's.


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Picked up a set of 784's a month ago and finally found the time to throw them in.

I haven't driven enough with them to make any gas mileage increase claims but the jeep does SEEM to idle better and the pick up SEEMS better. Could be placebo but who knows.

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Ive also been working on a little project. Not sure how it will work out though.

A jeep in the JY was next to an Escape No Boundaries addition. Well I snagged the roof rack off of it to see if I could retrofit it to the jeep. Had to grind off a bit of the front of the runners. The problem is the deflector shield is cracked and Ill have to repair it. It also says "ESCAPE" really big across it. Not sure what Im going to do about that.

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i dig that roof rack
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Headliner finally got put together. Going to throw it in today!

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Old 01-18-2016, 12:41 PM
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