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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 12:23 AM
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looks good so far! looks kinda lke mine lol!
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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by GAREBLXJ
looks good so far! looks kinda lke mine lol!
Thanks! Looks very similar
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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 03:50 PM
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Very cool man. I've been trying to get my dad into it for years.
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Old Jan 7, 2013 | 03:55 PM
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cool project. Looking forward to see where this goes
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Old Jan 9, 2013 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by jbetit
Very cool man. I've been trying to get my dad into it for years.
Throw him in the passenger seat and maybe driver seat. My local jeep club holds weekend long trail runs which is what got him hooked.

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cool project. Looking forward to see where this goes
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by MuscleHead
Throw him in the passenger seat and maybe driver seat. My local jeep club holds weekend long trail runs which is what got him hooked.


Thanks
He's been out with us a few times. Gets a kick out of it but i can't talk him into his own rig yet.
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Old Jan 20, 2013 | 08:20 AM
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Well yesterday got the crossmember out and transfer case pulled. Sye installed and letting it cure over night. Will reinstall today and start on the long arm crossmember.

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Old Jan 20, 2013 | 10:14 PM
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Well got the transfer case back in. The long arm cross member completly installed and the front suspension completly removed. Couldnt get the pitman arm and tie rod at pitman off because it was seized up. Got to get an arm puller at autozone tomorrow to get it off. Now to decide on what kind of locker to run in the rear. Detroit or save some money and run a spartan like i have.


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Old Jan 20, 2013 | 10:35 PM
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Very cool to see something like this. :-) Sounds like it will be a sweet rig. Looking forward to see how it ends up!
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Old Jan 22, 2013 | 09:34 PM
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Everything completely out from under the front. Got the axle up so we can put new ball joints and upper arm bushings. Got some help getting the jks mini skids welded on

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Old Jan 26, 2013 | 08:37 PM
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Well started removing the knuckles to press out the ball joints when this happened. Glad we decided to replace them before hitting the trails. This could have been a big disaster waiting to happen in an offroad situation.

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Old Feb 17, 2013 | 10:05 PM
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Front bumper on and the suspension is done

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Old Feb 18, 2013 | 04:47 PM
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What steering kit did you use? I like it an how hard was it to install?
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Old Feb 18, 2013 | 05:16 PM
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nice build what bumper is that
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Old Feb 18, 2013 | 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by sbfreak103009
What steering kit did you use? I like it an how hard was it to install?
Iron Rock. It was more time consuming than most other stagesof the build lol. I would rather rebuild a transfer case than do another considering thats my second IRO steering kit to install.

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nice build what bumper is that
Rough Country
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