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Old 08-17-2018, 07:28 PM
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After that I took her to my families property again to snap a few pics, and plus I wanted to see how good the flex on the stock suspension was.
I did manage to get a few sweet shots, even with the lame tires and stock suspension.

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Thats currently how she sits, and within hopefully the next week or two Ill have lights mounted and a new set of shoes, BFG TA KO2's 30/9.5/15
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Currently looking at lift kits for it, looking for something somewhat affordable but good and have had my eyes on the zone 4” lift. I’ve heard terrible things about the RC one. Anyone have any opinions on zone’s?
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Bought some low quality LED's for the property since I don't do any hard enough wheeling to warrant anything special. Wish I could've centered them more but the clamps I have them on wont move in anymore because of the wind deflector

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Ended up buying a few stickers for it to try and make it more of my own, also got a Cherokee forum one because its almost an obligation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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The next thing I did was making an attempt to get rid of the ugly gray cladding on the sides, I didn't like it as much just taking it off so I went the bed liner route.

before any coats

after the second coat



Getting the front bumper off by myself was a pain in the ***.

Final product, looks good asf inn my opinion
Ended up using 5 1/2 of thee 7 cans of bed liner I bought. Better to be safe than sorry I reckon. Really liked the way it turned out, gives the jeep a newer look
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added a small recovery hook just in case I ever got stuck, street tires dont handle too well in South Carolina mud
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Hey man enjoying the build. I as well am a teenager working a minimum wage job. Just started my build thread a couple days ago too on my 90 Xj. I was looking at Rough Country but because of all the bad reviews I decided against it. And after some research I decided on Zone. Haven't bought it yet but I think I'll be happy with it.They're cheaper than most and good quality. Subbed!
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Took it back out to our property again to camp and get it a little dirty. Jeep has suddenly turned from black to an orange color​​​​​​​



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Originally Posted by FriskySquatchXJ
Hey man enjoying the build. I as well am a teenager working a minimum wage job. Just started my build thread a couple days ago too on my 90 Xj. I was looking at Rough Country but because of all the bad reviews I decided against it. And after some research I decided on Zone. Haven't bought it yet but I think I'll be happy with it.They're cheaper than most and good quality. Subbed!
Havent decided if Im gonna go with a zone lift or an IRO lift. Both are around the same price. But Working minimum wage, having a gf and having a jeep rob me of nearly all my money so its a struggle for sure!!
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Originally Posted by JaxJeepin
Havent decided if Im gonna go with a zone lift or an IRO lift. Both are around the same price. But Working minimum wage, having a gf and having a jeep rob me of nearly all my money so its a struggle for sure!!
Haha yea man the money drains fast it's insane. I heard that IRO makes Zone products from somewhere on CherokeeForum. Not sure if it's true or not tho.
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Originally Posted by FriskySquatchXJ
Haha yea man the money drains fast it's insane. I heard that IRO makes Zone products from somewhere on CherokeeForum. Not sure if it's true or not tho.
That might explain why theyre priced so similar but idk lol
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Love the ZJ, especially how the bedliner came out on it.. Would like to do it to my zj but not sure how it would look with the bright red paint. keep it up.. Need more ZJs on here
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Originally Posted by FriskySquatchXJ
Haha yea man the money drains fast it's insane. I heard that IRO makes Zone products from somewhere on CherokeeForum. Not sure if it's true or not tho.
Zone is an off brand of BDS


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