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Old 11-05-2012, 06:29 PM
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me stripping her a little
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Junk of what was holding a rear bumper
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I was able to pull it off with my hand.
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Fixing my Door
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I changed my lower control arms to Rusty's that came with the heep
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bedlinered the sides
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Cleaning up my rims

So my current plans are as follows
Ford 8.8 or a 9 inch full with

I just bought a set of used rancho 9000s in great shape!
I pulled the trigger on a set of RE 3.5 Coils
I also ordered http://www.nates4x4.com/ProductDetai...roductCode=XJR and am registering her next week!
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Old 11-05-2012, 09:22 PM
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I like the nates4x4 bumpers,
Nice to see this jeep go from rust to off road lust. Keep up the work
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Old 11-05-2012, 09:41 PM
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I wanted a real jeep, and I got one, any one can drive a wrongler. I will be cutting the rear fenders tomorrow and more bed liner!
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Brown Santa showed up
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who da f is brown santa? ohhhh UUPPSS,
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I just bought one of these for it
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Nice work, man. That supercharger looks mean. You gonna dyno it, before and after?
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Hell yeah!
I am going to do all the plumbing and bring it up to the dyno
3 Pulls on no boost 3 on boost but I am going to do it after christmas most likely
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Awesome! How much do you plan on getting out of it?
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6 psi boost so don't know how much hp
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Sweet, updates are definitely appreciated.
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Nice xj! love the old renix 4.0s, definitely keeping an eye on this build, want to see how you're supercharger turns out.
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My rear lift is done now tomorrow to do the front.
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supercharger shipped here dere.....
the shocks are almost here!
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Brake line blew so I'm fixing that
Any one have an easy way of rotating the axle?
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