jpdocdave

i put this in the build section cuz it will be soon

drove after work at noon. 186 miles, picked it up, spent $10 at autozone on a quart of atf, a bulb, and some washer solvent, and drove it home 186 miles, in a blizzard. i've never driven in a white out before, for a few miles i could only see about 10 ft, and at times i couldn't tell what direction i was going, we would rub the warning track on the shoulder, and i didn't know if i was on the left or the right side. the jeep drove great, even at 70. it had great heat, which my earlier xj's didn't.



all i got now is crappy cell phone pics.



1991 comanche 4.0 aw4 auto 4x4 d44 rear end















it will be treated to a spring over in the back, and 6.5" in front, and 32's i have laying around for now, and a spool of some sort out back.



i'm torn on the cap. kinda nice to keep mud off on the trail, i'm thinking of painting it black, along with the rocker panels. what ya guys think? or ditch the cap

Mattpar

sweet MJ, always wanted one of them

whowey

I thought the same thing about a cap.... But how do you protect the fiberglass and glass from getting damaged????

My heat is the same way... but if you think about it... How much warmer would the XJ heat be if you didnt have to try and heat the back seat or cargo area????

jpdocdave

oh definately, its all about the smaller cab, but it also has heat ducts at my feet, and at the center pointing at my legs, where xj just has feet when heater is selected.

i wouldn't worry about the fiberglass, people put fiberglass parts on jeeps all the time, and if a window breaks, put a plexi glass window in its place, and again when it breaks again. they're cheap. what do you think, keep the discussion coming about the cap.

BigVaz

I think you might be able to make it look pretty cool with the cap. It'd be different for sure. I say leave it.

jpdocdave

it would look a lot like this one. usually i hate how they look, but i started thinking i could keep my gear in the bed, and not get covered in mud. then i saw this one

89eliminator

looks pretty clean! nice find.

if you dont mind damaging the cap, than leave it. but if you run tight trails with trees, it will get destroyed.

jpdocdave

really? i like tight trails, i'm not a mud fan. i like the badlands, there's mud on the trails, but its not a mud bog. will it get damaged at the badlands?

89eliminator

well i have dings and scratches in my rollbar from trees and such. one guy i wheel with has a cap that he leaves on for the drive, and we take it off when we go out wheelin.

89eliminator

oh yeah, so does it have the non-disco front axle?

jpdocdave

thanks for bringing that up. no, stupid vacuum disco but it works great so i have spare shafts for both sides and i'll leave it for now. they're easy to fix when they do act up anyway.

whowey

Orange??? almost positively...

Green??? probably not.. if you have even the most basic driving skills

jpdocdave

hmm, i may have to do the leave the cap at camp thing then. i didn't think it would get damaged. i may try to find a tool box for the bed then.

what about the pink trail?

89eliminator

um, last october green was gnarlier than orange.

XJ?2010

nice find, cant say i like the cap but then agian i dont like them on any truck. If you really wated to be different tho you could get one of those cloth caps that roll down.


Is it a short bed?