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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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I bought my XJ as a family cruiser, but after playing on the net and finding lots of Jeep sites things changed. My XJ has gone through a few changes and will probably go through some more.
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2" Lift and 30" tires


BDS 3" with 31" Trxus


BDS 3" and 31" Goodyear MTR's Procomp wheels, sold the wheels didnt care for the Aluminum.


Now on 4" BDS 32" Kumho MTR's, trimmed fenders, bedlined rockers and quarters, Pre '96 bumper caps, skid plates, Surco rack, Tsunami on board air, sound system, a bit of interior work and it just keeps going. LOL
















Future mods include long arms,lockers and maybe an inernal cage.
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 07:18 PM
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That is about the ugliest short bus I have ever seen. But it makes a damn nice Jeep!

Nice Job with the build you made Tess want a yeller jeep.
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 10:27 PM
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man i love your yellow dash accents those look so cool and the head really ties it together sweet rig
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 01:10 AM
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Amazing idea with the dash, really unique.

Have you decided what LA's you want to go with?
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 01:20 AM
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looks great.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 01:54 AM
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Awesome rig!

I see you built a "FitchBox"... i'm contemplating one as well.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 06:22 AM
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Thanks, I love the "Fitchbox" its one of my favorite mods. Pretty simple to do as well. The interior is stock was pretty blah, I was building lowride mini trucks prior to Jeepin, I used to do all my trucks that way. As far as long arms, looking at several. Would love to do BDS but its a bit on the expensive side. looking at probably Rockkrawler or maybe Ironrock Outfitters
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 11:10 AM
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I would go RK out of those choices, look forward in seeing what you come up with.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:38 PM
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Cool modification man....
I like your sound system at the back!
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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 12:43 AM
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sweet deal man, i think it looks really cool and im happy to know im not the only one with a subwoofer in an XJ
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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 12:46 AM
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oh and i have another question, how did your XJ do with teh 2 inch budget and the 30"
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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 03:40 AM
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It did fine with a budget boost. Sometimes wished i would have left it there, with gas at $4 a gallon. But as most of us know inchitis hits and you want to go more lift. But 30" tires a budget boost is an awesome street and occansional offroad set up.
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Old Aug 15, 2008 | 12:43 PM
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I'm diggin the custom yellow paint job on the valve cover and interior panels.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 06:09 PM
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I debadged the XJ this weekend, with the intentions of ordering some black Cherokee and Jeep emblems, not sure I want to now. Kinda like it with no emblems.

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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 09:07 AM
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What side steps/bars are those? Thanks.
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