built not bought '89 build
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From: Hollidaysburg, PA
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 lt. 242 cu.in.
So I finally get my laptop up & running & then we move, so no more internet! Needless to say I can't upload pics at the moment, but here's the update...
Finally got the tailbone installed & lookin SWEET!!!
List of crap to do before moab (may 27th);
-build sliders (starting today!)
-relocate my rear lower shock mounts
-cut & beat a section of a F150 bumper, tell it looks like a Tcase skid lol
-bleed my brakes
-hook up a toggle switch to my coolant fan
Ya I have my work cut out for me!
Finally got the tailbone installed & lookin SWEET!!!
List of crap to do before moab (may 27th);
-build sliders (starting today!)
-relocate my rear lower shock mounts
-cut & beat a section of a F150 bumper, tell it looks like a Tcase skid lol
-bleed my brakes
-hook up a toggle switch to my coolant fan
Ya I have my work cut out for me!
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From: Hyrum,UT
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 1-6 4.0
you can always come out to my house i am always building something.
right now i am working on a rear bumper, then next week i will be making a new rear bumper and tire carrier. {the one i am making now is one to sale i had the metal just laying around so i thought why not}
right now i am working on a rear bumper, then next week i will be making a new rear bumper and tire carrier. {the one i am making now is one to sale i had the metal just laying around so i thought why not}
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From: SLC, UT
Year: 1989 2 door
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I got the sliders prety much built today, just gotta mount them up & fit/place the pinch weld brace! Oh & I'm gonna just use some spray on bed liner on em, cause there just gonna get BEAT!
Also got my tow bar mounts installed so I can pull her down to moab! (Sorry POS I had to throw it out there again... Lol)
Also got my tow bar mounts installed so I can pull her down to moab! (Sorry POS I had to throw it out there again... Lol)
Last edited by builtnotbought89'; May 16, 2010 at 12:16 PM.
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Year: 1989 2 door
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
More pics
Oh & for the record the sliders can take anything I wanna toss at them! Took the highlift test with ease...
Drivers side- 8 bolts to the frame + 8 to the pinch weld seam
Passenger side- 11 to the frame + 8 to the pinch weld seam
Oh & for the record the sliders can take anything I wanna toss at them! Took the highlift test with ease...
Drivers side- 8 bolts to the frame + 8 to the pinch weld seam
Passenger side- 11 to the frame + 8 to the pinch weld seam
Last edited by builtnotbought89'; May 16, 2010 at 03:22 PM.
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From: SLC, UT
Year: 1989 2 door
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Thanks I thought about putting 3 legs to the frame, but it woulda been more work than it was worth! I figured if i built it with 2 then felt it needed more suport I woulda made the 3rd leg...
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From: SLC, UT
Year: 1989 2 door
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
sounds like a plan! I either wanna do a run up to marshall lake, & fish/bbq up there. or just hit that trail on the south side of 5mile!
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From: Hyrum,UT
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 1-6 4.0
looks good. if you did not know this with the flux core after you weld take a wire wheel to it to knock off all the slag and then it will look a lot better.
all in all i think they look good. nice work.
all in all i think they look good. nice work.
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From: Harker Heights, Texas
Year: 2002
Model: Grand Cherokee (WJ)
Engine: 4.7L
who made that rear tire carrier??..sorry i guess i should go back and read the previous pages..
Jeep looks sweet by the way i hope my 89 turns out half as nice as yours.
Jeep looks sweet by the way i hope my 89 turns out half as nice as yours.
Last edited by BlueXJ; Oct 13, 2011 at 08:13 PM.
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From: SLC, UT
Year: 1989 2 door
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Thanks the tire carrier is made buy a dude named mark at detoursusa.com & the system is called the tailbone! It is one of the most beefy systems out there even though it keeps the stock look, it is anything but!