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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 09:50 PM
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oh yeah it works great it come up between the brake booster and fender
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Old Apr 22, 2009 | 05:58 PM
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Alright as promised here are the pics. i sealed the front air inlet with a patch pannel and RTV then cut a hole in the back and put a rubber seal on then the pipe just slides in.


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Works well no throttle lag and no whistles
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Old Jun 6, 2009 | 10:25 PM
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I picked up a factory gas tank skid and T case skid off of a pre 96' today along with a 31" tire so I have a spare for when I go larger. The 2 skids and tire was only 25 bucks. Gotta love pull it yourself. Anyways I bedlined the gas tank skid today then when I went to install it I figured out it wouldnt fit so tomarrow i have to cut it a bit. I'll post pics when i get further along.

Oh and the PVC intake only gets put on when I go wheelin I dont drive with it on cause its stupid looking lol.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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Alright so here are some pics of me driveway posing cause were stupid kids and have nothing else better to do. These are from a while ago so no skids in the pics.











So now back to more recent times. My buddy and I went to the Junkyard last weekend and i got OEM gas tank and T case skids. Along with a 31" Mud terrain that will make a nice spare. The skids and tire came out to 25 bucks so not bad in my book.

Heres the Gas tank skid its off an '89 so i had to mod it by cutting on about a 2 inch strip on the back Side. im not to worried considering the hitch is right there. I bedlined the whole thing inside and out then shot it with some red paint.







Now the T case skid which was harder to mount then I thought it would be. I had to drill one hole in the unibody rail then hammer in the other bolt cause of the welded on nut. But its on now and looks good so all is well.






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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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Now the tire nothing special just a Futura Enforcer mud terrain




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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 12:50 AM
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great jeep
i buy the same gastank and transfer skid from a cherokee chief in a yunkyard but i´m to lazy to do that mod you did to yours, it looks so cool that i´ll work on it this weekend.
did you bolt on the transfer skid plate or did some mod to???
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Old Jun 17, 2009 | 01:55 AM
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are you going to finally lift it. or not till you graduate collage.
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 10:46 PM
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thanks man, sorry it took me a while to respond.

Anyways, the T case skid is pretty tough actually. The 2 mounts to the trans crossmember are easy. But the unibody framerail mount is another story. The front bolt I just drilled a hole and used a self tapper cause you cant get a nut in there. But when I removed the skid at the JY the rear bolt's nut just spun inside the framerail so i just pried it out and hammered it into my framerail. I know its not the right way to do things but hey its better than nothing.

As for the lift I pretty sure Sept. Oct. timeframe it will get lifted. I belive im ordering my wheels this week than getting tires. so its all coming together.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 10:03 PM
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Ordering wheels tomarrow morning from JEGS.

Soft eights with 4" backspace 15x8
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Old Jun 26, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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Got my wheels today they look great 211 shipped from Jegs thats including a spare. I will have a pic tomarrow. As of now im just saving up for some cheap Dunlop Mud Rovers hoping if i save this summer i will be able to get them at the begining of the school year.
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Old Jun 27, 2009 | 02:12 AM
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wow you have been making some head way good job and keep saving
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Old Jun 27, 2009 | 05:56 PM
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Thanks a lot man.

So i was looking at the wheels the other day and I know people like american racing over cragar because AR has 4 welds instead of cragars 3. But it seems cragar has caught on to this and is now useing 4 welds a well. I thought I would just share this.
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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 08:31 PM
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So here are the pics on the wheels i threw one on just to make sure they would fit. Then i decided i would be a total poser and put my 31" spare in front of it. Tell me what ya think.





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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 11:15 PM
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its gonna look good man...when are you putting the wheels on?
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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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thanks man well I found a set of 31's on craigslist the other day but I cant tell how much tread they have left on them and the guy has not responded. Im gonna see if I can get some nice used tires cause im cheap. Then mount them up in my shop class again cause im cheap and I dont want to pay for mounting and balencing so around sept. they should be on.
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