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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 08:25 PM
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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coolest project name ever **** around thats funny and the jeep looks good to thats a liberty rack right i like it.
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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Your basket and bumper bar look crooked.

+1 to awesome name! And I think its the lights up top that make it seem that way.
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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Oh Oh one more thing, If you put a piece of metal over the bulbs on the basket, (sorta like on a stop light) that way you can have them flush I think it would be bad ***!
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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What front bumper is that?
btw liberty roof rack? thats got a cool look.
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 08:37 PM
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that's no liberty roof rack... its a futon bed frame... and volvo fog lights...

and i stenciled the jeep logo from a kids sweatshirt....

and the front bumper is off a BBQ ...

and the bull bar is a fence post....

i'm broke so i just use whats lying around

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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 08:50 PM
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wow.. I never would'ave guessed!
Whatever works when moneys tight. Been there.
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Old Oct 1, 2010 | 08:53 PM
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HEY!! I just noticed those are the same rims I got. What are yours 15x7 or 8?
The picture never showed they had pinstripe in the ad.
First thing I did when I got'em was sand the paint off and repaint lol
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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Finished the lift today.

~3.5" budget boost... perfect height, flex, stiffness and ride quality
It is firmer than the mushy OEM components, which brings out those Jeep interior squeaks and rattles... but i drive with the stereo cranked anyway so not a problem.

next up injector swap and leather seat swap




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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 03:20 PM
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ooo that name and image... haha
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 03:21 PM
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not saying anything about durability of that bumper or roof rack... but I will say that for what you used as material it surprisingly looks pretty good from the pics haha.
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 03:27 PM
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Wow dude, nice!
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 05:23 PM
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thanks guys
the bull bar is solid as hell... shakes the whole jeep when i shake it, but it is just galvanized steel so it would crush if anything actually made significant contact. The 3 bumper pieces are just thin sheet metal so one rock would destroy them in a second.. but when that day comes i'll fabricate something stronger. As for that roof rack I could probably chuck a fat girl up there and it would hold... i used an entire 10 lb roll of welding wire.

I've impressed myself with how good everything turned out. Sure its a little crooked but i've messed up LEGO structures before and I had instructions, been winging this from day one.

also just installed front sway bar links... i only drove it around the block with them off.

now gotta hit up autozone for some penetrating locktite and get 50 bucks back when i return the coil spring compressor
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by gspaceunit
that's no liberty roof rack... its a futon bed frame... and volvo fog lights...

and i stenciled the jeep logo from a kids sweatshirt....

and the front bumper is off a BBQ ...

and the bull bar is a fence post....

i'm broke so i just use whats lying around
Thats pretty sweet what you made that out of! Good work, lookin good
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Old Oct 10, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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You got some skills!!!
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