well new years eve was a rough night for my 1989 xj aka BOOGER and now its time to give it a new life right now its got about 4 in budget lift on it and 35 with choped fenders and a few other lil things. i just recently put a 9000lb winch on a custom bumper and a custom rear bumper starting next week im gona start tearing it down and installing my 6.5 leafs with 1.5 in shackles and 6.5 front coils with 1.75 in spacers. i am still waiting on alot of my smaller stuff like brake lines, track bar ,drop pitman arm , and my control arm drop kit but i have plenty to do in the mean time like tube fenders and rock sliders i will be posting pics of my progress i would like to hear some ideas for my ol jeep if u have any and let me know some things i should do diffrent i always welcome new ideas thanks

 

the booger as of now

 

the new front bumper

 

I like it. And plans sound good. What size tires do you plan on running with your 8 or so inches of lift?

 

im not sure yet i work for the national guard and have 37 in humvee tires easly available but i cant find 16.5in wheels with the lug pattern i need. if i cant figure that out ill probly end up runnin 38s cus i have plenty of room with the trimming ive already done

 

What axles are you going to run?

For info: I am building my xj for 38's with dana 60's

 

probly dana 44s id like to go dana 60 if i had the money and time

 

What bolt pattern are you looking for?

Honestly, if you take your time looking for deals you can have a Dana60 for just a little bit more than a Dana44...

A Dana60 doesn't have to be as expensive as everyone makes it out to be.

You can have a well built 60 for under 2k. I have more than that in my 44... unfortunately. Shop around before you make a decision.

 

thanks for the advice man ill be lookin into it

 

welp im gona start on some fabrication this weekend on the booger i got me some sheet metal and tubing im gona start puttin some armor on the front fenders and build some tube fenders off of it i will be posting pics of my progress

 

started on the fenders today my fiance helped me out got a lil work done heres some pics

 

my girl goin at it with the chop saw

 

gona try to get the sheet metal put on the jeep tonight so i can start fabing up my fenders hofully the weather clears up soon so i can start on my lift it sucks not having a garage big enough to do it all in

 

this reminds me of my jeep before i had it, it had no doors, 35's on budget lift and some cut up fenders

 

it was the some color green to you just can't tell in this pic lol