looking good

 

Where are you located? Pm me with a price maybe we can set something up. Those pro comps are bad azz.

 

Thanks everybody. The funny story about those wheels was that I had ordered Black Rock Steel D-Windows. They were on backorder for about a week when I came across a picture of a jeep with those Pro Comp wheels and it looked awesome. I called the place I ordered the Black Rocks from and asked if they could cancel those and send me these instead. So it all worked out except that these cost about $40.00 a piece more than the black rock's.

 

I just finished up the last part of the lift last night by putting the carpet in the rear back in place. That sure was a great easy method for replacing the upper rear broken shock bolts. Now, you never even would know I had cut holes in the bed of the jeep. I forgot to take pictures of the pieces of aluminum I cut and covered the holes with. I basically just cut larger pieces of aluminum put some waterproof slicone sealant on the bottom side to glue in place over the holes, and then used sheet metal screws to hold it in place. Now it's on to buy the new tires next week! Here's some before and after of the back area:

 

I finally got my new tires put on yesterday, and I decided to go with BF Goodrich All Terrain KO's. I went with 265/70R16 for the size. I really liked the aggressive looks of these tires but also needed a good street tire because this is my DD. I still can't really drive it yet because I'm getting it aligned on Monday. Also, the front tires rub pretty bad in the front on the front fender whenever I'm turning and the front suspension is flexed a little bit. My mechanic is going to fix that for me. He is actually going to try sliding the whole bumper forward a little bit and trim as necessary. He actually came up with a pretty good idea for trimming instead of cutting. Because it is plastic, he is going to heat it up and bend it. I don't know how it will turn out, but he'll do a much better job than me. Here are some before, after lift, and after lift with tire pics. I am now completely broke, but here are a few things I do want to eventually put on:

1. K&N Cold Air Intake
2. New Helix Throttle Body
3. Olympic Nerf Bars
4. Bushwacker Flares - Maybe?
5. Replace vent window that doesn't match with factory tint vs. privacy tint ( that is what's on there now)

I'm sure the list will continue to grow!

 

lookin sharp

 

Here are some more post lift pics. It's running great! I got td I swear it runs the alignment done, an I swear it runs smoother now with bigger tires than it did before the lift

 

I just did another small project I've been wanting to do for years. I replaced the drivers side rear vent window because the tint never matched ever since I bought the jeep 5 years ago. I have always hated the way it looked, and it was one of those little things that just drove me nuts! It must have been broken at some point and when they replaced it, they didn't match it to the rest of the vehicle. I grabbed one at a junkyard for $30.00, and it was actually pretty easy to replace. Here are some pics:

 

Wow man. Definitely looks sweet.

 

Thanks man, I really do appreciate it. I just wish I had more money to do more things! It is addictive. Next, I want to do a new front bumper with KC lights, rear bumper, and rock sliders on the side. That will probably have to wait a while though.

 

Really nice XJ, nice build thread, and those wheels are sweeeeeeeet! I wanted nicer ones but could only cover new steelies for now.

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Good luck with the rest of your mods!