I'll let you know how they handle on the street and off road once my baby is back to be driven constantly. But for driving around the yard i like them. I'm going to grab some gas to through in her tomorrow but that's it for tomorrow. I have other things that must be done first.

 

Soooooo when am I coming up to play?

Yikes! Glad you're not permanently disfigured after that one. I almost lost 3 fingers when I was cutting HDF for a speaker box in my camaro about 15 years ago... Had been using the table saw (my dad's) since I was a kid and still messed myself up with it. Never can be too careful... especially when you're being careful

So where' the panel going?

 

Panel is going where the radio and HVAC controls are. And as far as "playing" I just go to Ocala for the hard rock or ONF.

I'm going to add my radio, OBA pressure gauge, tranny temp gauge, 12v power source, and some other misc parts to that insert. Drilling out pitman arm and knuckles tomorrow and attempting to finish up these E-brakes. Fine tuning my brakes by bleeding them once I can get my buddies help.

I need to pick up some extended breather hoses for both diffs and a headlight relay. Idk why but I feel like she's missing something

 

Extended bumpstops?

 

Yes and no. those are on the list of things to do. I'll do my bumpstops once I get my coil spacers/shackle relocation brackets bought and installed.

 

I think it's the fact I'm not driving her on the road yet. The feeling of driving my XJ is one I truly miss.

 

Ah - gotcha.... yeah, I know what you mean there. I bought a Pontiac Grand Prix last year as a DD so that I could save a little on gas (kinda stupid to get a GP GT to save gas).... ended up getting rid of the car and was really glad 'cause I was just missing driving the XJ really bad. Hated to see it sitting there.

 

It'll be on the road by next week as long as I get my driveshaft in. I did find some rust and a hole in my passenger side floorboard. So i'll be using an old street sign and busting out the welder tomorrow. I also obtained some metal plate that i'll be using to weld on as extra recovery points. I still have a fair amount let to do work wise but I'll get her fully drivable ASAP. I'm so ready to get my ZJ seats installed. along with MJ shorty console installed too.

 

Street sign? Aren't those aluminum?

 

I have a non aluminum one. A magnet sticks to it. Which in my book means I can weld it. But goal tomorrow is to drill out pitman arm & knuckles, finish getting air out the brake lines, drill the appropriate holes in my unibody ties. This list is never ending....

 

Ohhh yup, you're good then. I know all about never ending lists. I'm thinking about employing field triage color tactic to my to-do list.

 

Yeah we need to get your build going. Im ready to wheel with ya. And see your xj in person.

 

Definitely need to get the build going. Definitely ready to wheel... jeep's nothin' special really though... just a lot of personal touches I guess. Suits me fine

 

That's all that jeepin is about. A custom rig, whether it's lifted like crazy or just modified for comforts.

 

Yeah, guess that's true lol.