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Old 09-12-2016, 02:16 PM
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Nice.
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Looks good man. I just did a 3" lift and looking to run 32s. Need to do some more research on exactly what I need to trim
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Originally Posted by highwater
Brother I'm loving the tires on her and very nice XJ keep up the good work. Welcome to the family too
Thanks!
Originally Posted by TeXJ
cool build! how'd you do your doors? Which door hinges do you have? I have a 97 as well and heard they got two different designs.
Thank you! Yeah, there are 2 different styles of hinges, I have the older ones. I followed a write up on here don't remember what it was called tho... just search something about door hinge mod lol pretty much just cut off the Lower ear of each hinge
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Originally Posted by enash965
Looks good man. I just did a 3" lift and looking to run 32s. Need to do some more research on exactly what I need to trim
Thanks. The proper wheel offset makes stuffing tires easier, because of my wide stance I had to trim a ton!
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Havnt been doing any upgrades Just been enjoying this thing





Barely saw this huge section of collapsed road and almost drove into it





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Made my first trip to Gulches ORV park the other day. I had a blast! Even tho I tore a few things up...



Need more flex



Hydrolock?











Ouch! Really wish I had sliders before this trip







The aftermath

















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Got a new Flowmaster muffler to replace the old worn out dented and cracked exhaust



Afterschool exploring



More Afterschool exploring



Flexing
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Been a while since I updated.. just posting mainly to have a record for myself.

Made a set of half doors with my brother
Locked the front with a spartan locker, AJs offroad armor rock sliders, 33” BFG KM2s, Iron rock offroad Long arms, gas tank skid and transfer case / belly skid, B.Lees one ton steering, custom bumper, Hd engineering no life shackle relocation brackets, 1.5” IRO lift shackles, Rubicon express 4.5” coils, Rusty’s shocks, and some bumpstops and probably a lot more I’m forgetting. Also just ordered a ruff stuff diff cover... waiting on it to arrive.














Front locker


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Picked up this beautiful parts jeep for 100 bucks
New parts


Long arms done
Testing clearances
Bump plates for the rear

Loaded up for a for a test run
Half doors didn’t stay clean long
Putting the new suspension to work




New steering so I can stop worrying about the stock stuff folding on me

IRO transfer case skid installed


All cleaned up... wish it would stay like this
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