my 500 dollar mud truck
09-26-2010, 01:29 PM
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my 500 dollar mud truck
so ive been wanting a mud truck so i can quite burying my jk jeep
. found this xj (89) on craigslist for 600 bucks and the guy took 500. took it home and the 4wd was jacked. so i got a new one for 125. total includeing fluids and all i got 200 additional bucks in it and it runs. so about 700 total including buying the thing. runs great. has a few things i still wanna do like snorkel and stuff. heres pics of when i bought it and then pics of it muddy now that we got the transfer case installed today.
tell me what you think. i will be doing mods periodically getting it ready for redneck yacht club in october so ill post. learned alot already on this site!
also any idea what size tires i could clear now that my fenders are cut up? im thinking 31's easy
. found this xj (89) on craigslist for 600 bucks and the guy took 500. took it home and the 4wd was jacked. so i got a new one for 125. total includeing fluids and all i got 200 additional bucks in it and it runs. so about 700 total including buying the thing. runs great. has a few things i still wanna do like snorkel and stuff. heres pics of when i bought it and then pics of it muddy now that we got the transfer case installed today. tell me what you think. i will be doing mods periodically getting it ready for redneck yacht club in october so ill post. learned alot already on this site!
also any idea what size tires i could clear now that my fenders are cut up? im thinking 31's easy
09-26-2010, 01:37 PM
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09-26-2010, 01:46 PM
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09-26-2010, 01:49 PM
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You did! Hows the floors in it? And the rest of it for rust?
Look it over make a list of what you need and go to the pull a part! Get nice things out of there sometimes. Might even find some goodies if they werent picked apart.
Look it over make a list of what you need and go to the pull a part! Get nice things out of there sometimes. Might even find some goodies if they werent picked apart.
09-26-2010, 02:12 PM
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the rust isnt bad at all in the floors. not like some of the rigs ive seen on here. its got small holes maybe a dime being the biggest around the floor. im going to take some napa brand rhino liner and do the roof and the floor boards. it cracks and creeks when you open the door and drive because theres no door panels but like i said i need functionality for what i need. rattle can paint job coming soon 
09-28-2010, 08:27 AM
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started my snorkel last night. didnt take step by step pics because from this one image you can pretty much figure it out on what to do. as for the relays that hang right there i rerouted them to the front 
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^^^I was just thinking the same thing^^^^
I would have routed the PVC through the factory air box and then you could have just used some screen or mesh for outside inlet.
I would have routed the PVC through the factory air box and then you could have just used some screen or mesh for outside inlet.