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Old 10-10-2010, 09:13 PM
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hey all im new to the fourms i thought id put some pics up of my jeep i just got its got 192,000 miles but runs like new has hardly any rust it had a hole on the roof but i fixed it cant even tell that the hole was there but i hope you like it im planing on getting a 4.5 inch lift and roof rack for it and gonna attempt to build my own bumpers for it so ill put more pics up once i can get the money to it needs a little work but not much









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ill follow ya. good luck with the build i just got one too
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good luck and welcome to the forum need anything just ask...
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Good find,have fun with it. love the IH plate
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well i desided to paint the trim and bumpers today im still desiding to paint the fenderflares or not so if you all could let me know what i should do that be great i was gonna paintem flat black to go with the rest of it but i cant deside and also i took the plastics off the front and found the horns and a ball i dono what it is if someone could tell me that be great i thought maybe for airbags or something but here is some pics of the painted bumpers and trim had little over spray problems lol





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cleaned up real nice with the paint
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yeah it did thanks and just a update i changed the name of it to The Interceptor i think thats a cool name for it ill be puttin more pics up soon im getting paid tomorrow so im gonna get the ball joints fixed and buy some things for it
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The vacuum ball controls your HVAC and cruise control if equipped. Good luck with your build.
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paint those flares!!! trust me it'll look good!
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well everyone i need help i desided to take off the rear plastics to see how bad the rust was and now i have a giant hole in my right side and my left side is completly filled with water im not happy about it i really dont know what jeep was thinking when they desided to put bags in the sides lol but i need help or advice what to do now cause i dont no what to do here is some pics


this is the one filled with water i drained most of it out but the metal is pretty rotted i dono what to do

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fixed the holes that i had trouble with and got everything back togather now its time to get the ball joints fixed and u joints and itll be ready for the trails
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hey all i figure id put some new pics up i been working alot on the jeep body work wise i just finished up for the most part but last night i made a bracket for a CB antenna wanted to see what you all thought of it i think it came out pretty good









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