crumpmanjr

Just read your thread.. SWEET build man! same direction im headed w/ 3" and 31's .. keep up the good work!

bzauche

Thanks bud! I'm hoping to have a pretty big update in the next few weeks or months...I'm graduating college on December 15th so that's been my focus for the past couple of months, but I've got a pile of parts waiting to be installed and more on the way!

crumpmanjr

definitely sub'd bro, looking forward to the updates!

ryan_lerv

that's a custom rack right? and how did you mount it too the roof. did you hook it to the rain rails?

rlippy001

Love this jeep!

bzauche

The rack is a Garvin Industries Wilderness Expedition rack. This is Garvin's website: http://www.wildernessracks.com/

The mounts are JCR roof rack mounts (link) that I welded to the rack, so it mounts in the drip rail.

Thanks! Lots of changes in the works!

94XjSport94

Wish you would have gotten those Trucklite's

Whoooooo 10,000th post

bzauche

Yeah I wish I would have too. I'll just have to make up for them somewhere else

wiggles

:cough: http://olympusoffroad.3dcartstores.c...air_p_161.html :cough:

bzauche

I emailed Olympus about those lights last week but haven't gotten a response yet. Since I have Hella H4 housings, I'm tempted to try them out, but I haven't been able to find anyone that has installed them and posted results pictures. I know the lumen output is around the same as the Trucklite's.

94XjSport94

Well, Mr. Wiggles can tell you everything you need to know about olympus lights. He is the man!

wiggles

Thanks will lol
You can pm me with any questions you may have.
I believe the headlights should be just getting to people that ordered them since we released them about a week ago
I can guarantee that you would not be disappointed with them!

bzauche

Well, it's been ages since I've done a real update to the build, so here goes nothing!

There was a long (probably 8 months or so) period where the XJ was serving as my DD (still is), and I didn't have much time to work on it because of school and work. I graduated college back in December, so I've had some time on the weekends to put some work in and starting getting it to the point where I want it. In the past 6 months or so I have:

- Installed new, longer Bilstein 5100's since the original ones I got ended up being a little short. I ran them for a little bit and then sold them.
- Replaced my Firestone Destination M/T's with Cooper Discoverer AT3 in the same size (245/75/16). This was probably one of the best decisions I've made other than putting Old Man Emu coils and leafs on. The Cooper's ride so smooth and quiet compared to the Firestone's. I would have kept the Firestone's if this was a weekend trail rig, but serving DD duty, I just wasn't using them how they are supposed to be used, so I sold them to a forum member here.
- Installed a new Kenwood head unit and Alpine speakers in all 4 corners. I wanted a USB hookup on the rear of the head unit so that I could run a cable for my iPhone down through the center console, with it ending underneath my e-brake handle. I'll get a pic of that later, but it makes for easy access to my music, etc...
- Relined my headliner
- Replaced brake master cylinder and brake booster
- Installed adjustable upper and lower control arms (still want long arms)
- Installed rubber Brown Dog motor mounts and a new OEM transmission mount
- Installed hack-n-tap SYE (I have the 242 t-case so it was really my only option)
- Installed IronMan4x4Fab shackle relocation brackets. My shackle angle was really bad, and these have helped tremendously.
- Installed IRO steering box spacer
- Installed JCR rear bumper with hitch receiver and integrated 1/4 panel armor
- Installed JCR PreRunner front bumper with hitch receiver
- Installed new OEM fender flares painted Satin Black to match the bumpers
- Repainted my roof rack
- Installed Olympus Offroad 50" HD (Cree bulbs) LED light bar with Inspired Engineering mounts. I found their mounts and had to have them simply because they are exactly like (if not actually) my JCR roof rack mounts, so the look flows a lot better. Beefy too!
- Installed TruckLite LED headlights (insanely good)
- Installed smoked corners and tail lights
- Installed DieHard Platinum battery
- Installed Kelley's Work in Progress 4AWG battery cables and ANL fuse kit
- Replaced rear main seal and oil pan gasket

Typing that list made me realize just how many hours I've spent on this thing recently. I took a little drive today and got some pictures before the sun went down:




































Found a field on the way home after the FS road:











Of course, my to-do list is still a mile long, but I'm happy with the progress so far. I think about selling it every day, but I don't know if I can bring myself to do it.

Thanks for looking!

94XjSport94

So clean man.

Feel free to join up on GA trail riders and come on a ride with us sometime! Would love to have another XJ out on the trail with me.

bzauche

Thanks man! Still a long ways to go. I need to add some more armor and build some axles before I do anything too serious wheeling-wise. I'm starting to save for another DD, and after that happens, hopefully I'll be able to build axles, if I keep it. I consider listing it on Craigslist just about every day haha.