Right on. My original plan was 3" and 33's, but then I realized something. Florida floods So 4.5" LA and 35's will be the eventual setup

 

that was similar to my own original plans. I decided to sell the kit I had because I didn't want anything "Rusty" on my rig! Real rust or the company! lol, and I was scared about cutting off the factory control arm mounts too...Maybe someday I will go long arm, I like what I see of the Rock Krawler and Clayton kits. Plus I was impatient so I wanted to do what I could with my budget

 

Check out Full Traction. You can get a 3.5" long-arm kit for about 1700 bucks. Team Jeep Speed uses them. I've seen some negetive reviews about them, but the negetive reviews are always sketchy and usually has rebuttals proving that the person didn't communicate with the company. I like what I've heard and read about them though.

 

Rock krawler long arm kit cost me only 688 bucks (just the arms itself) shipped to my door. Hit up AOR here on the forum. He's a vendor. I bought 4.5 RE coils from serious and a used 1.5 shackles from a member here.

 

I will eventually be moving on to 33's but for now I have 3" RC lift on 31's stuffs in the fender quite well

 

Hey did u ever buy 2x6 tubing yet

 

That's why I'm seriously considering the RK kit. I ordered my Zone 3" kit from Allen after your suggestion and seeing him in the vendors section, he's a great guy to work with.

Lookin good!

Unfortunately no, the guys I'm working with I guess haven't ordered it in. Honestly I'm not in any hurry for that project now with everything else going on, and I decided to patch my rocker for now. But it's still in the plan book!

 

I plan to trade it for 2x3 tubing. It's getting too heavy for me lol.

 

Just ordered the first of many Christmas presents for the jeep...Flowmaster Super 40 cat-back exhaust from Performance Curve!! Can't wait. Still trying to decide on control arms and track bar...

 

i run the same exhaust setup with a high flow cat sounds like a v8

 

I'm very much looking forward to it! Going to be keeping the stock cat for now since it's in good shape. Run into any fitment issues? 2.5" or 2.25"?

 

i did 2.5" when I first put it on I wa stick height then I lifted it and it hit my drive shaft I just cut it and slid it back wards

 

Search flowmaster 40 on 99 cherokee on YouTube that's my jeep

 

Alright guys time for a little update

As usual things don't go as planned with the XJ. Monstaliner, I still have high hopes for it, but I just need to take care of all this rust first, or I won't be happy doing the Monstaliner!

Here's the rust I'm working with that will be fixed hopefully shortly after Christmas.


I'm getting a new bracket for the vapor canister, that sure will be fun to remove! I'll probably end up having to weld new bolts in, because I'm not hopeful those bolts are just going to come right out. I also took out the line that was all rusted, broke in my hands..



I got some 5/16" hose to replace it with. But, when I pulled the old one out, I also pulled the rubber connector right off of the fuel pump module. Tank drop to fix that--so new Carter fuel pump is ordered and that will be the next job! Hopefully I'll finally have a good working fuel gauge then, too.

Yesterday my Flowmaster exhaust showed up from Performance Curve!


Last night I was able to get it installed fairly quickly, but stopped when I realized I need a new hanger for the rear. That area is a pain. But I was able to fire her up and it sounds great so far with the Flowmaster Super 40! I'm excited to finish that job up (hopefully today). I did discover that at some point in this XJ's history, it was converted to a 2.5" cat back. I can't say that made the job any easier replacing it, however.

Other odds & ends...

-I now have a full set of 703 Injectors, I was able to pull another 4 from a '95 Neon at the JY. I'm ordering a rebuild kit for them before install.

-I have a 4x4 **** from a CJ that I plan on welding to the T-case shifter instead of the goofy stock handle.

-I got the rear bumper off and the rusty bolts were pretty good to me. Just one stubborn bolt is rounded off, preventing me from removing the bracket. Once I do this, I'm going to cut access holes into the frame rails so I can soak the weld nuts real good in PB blaster in preparation for future lift endeavors.

-I still need to trim the bumper caps for the flat flares, and fix the bottom mount of the rear flat flare that I managed to bust while wheeling.

-I'm also ordering JCR nut strips and installing my hitch. Once that's on, I have my eyes set on a Detours Knucklebone tire carrier.

 

Any pictures of the 4x4 handle?


I agree. The stock one look goofy. I want to do something about it too