A steering box brace or a durango steering box because it's beefier

 

love the look of this xj, very clean. What kind of winch is that you're running?

 

ok i have to say that is a really nice rig. that being said how did you mount those fog lights on your hood like that?

 

from the looks of it, seems the MTZ's dont clean out to well

 

Thanks JerseyJeeper, duncan807, 96jeepxj and MudDepot (by the way, the name is awesome!)
and thanks JerseyJeeper for the info on the steering box, I may try and find a Durango box then.

Runnin a ramsey 9000 on there (fairly old model, but got it off ebay for cheap, $300!)

and for the lights i just drilled straight through the hood, painted the holes with rustoleum, then coated em in grease to keep them from rusting out, gotta be sure that you wanna do it though, else you'll have two useless holes in the hood.....or maybe some small a$$ vents? lol

 

lol, thats true, but in all honesty, the only tire that i've found that cleans out this texas clay well are the super swamper (with those big voids between the lugs). all in all i'm happy with em though didn't want to rev em up too high that day, was tryin the rig out for the first time with the 35's and still have the turdy five in the rear......coulda ended up bad

 

another question, is that a good spot to put those lights or how do they look at night? could you still see a long ways or are those fog's not driving lights?

 

they're good on the trails to illuminate the general area in front, they do go a ways, but since they are up there, they don't light right in front of you because of the hood, that's why i have an extra little set on the roller fairlead, need to put some on my roof rack to get the sides too

 

ok thanks man

 

no problem MudDepot

just put in a hi-flow air filter, need to find a heat shield. Total cost was:

$19 for the filter
$6 for the straight tube
$5 for the nipple kit
$0 for the old socket rail to keep the filter sturdy

 

Whats up Chex_Mex. I finally got those washers for the steering. Works alot better. Still not sure if I will keep that system though. Where did you get the hi-flow air filter from?

 

The Rubicon Express drop brackets will help u out a lot. Also from the pics it looks like the steering and tracbar angle is a too steep. Tracbar dropbracket and pitman arm would be super easy to intall.

 

the original looks exactly like my jeep!!! how much does it cost to get the lift?

 

Hey The Black, didn't see you at the last meet? Got the filter extra's at pepboys, the got an isle full of all that god stuff, but no damn heat shield

 

thought about them, but had something similar to them on my last xj and it ended up ripping out one of the CA mounts from the frame when i ran into a stump with the fron tire, thinkin about doing a long arm eventually, maybe once i get a welder and learn how to weld, i can try and fab up something (it would be alot cheaper then buying one of those l.a. kits)

as for the steering, if it ain't broke, why fix it. I do have a drop pitman on there (6-8"), but I have no bump-steer, so I figure the angles are good (even though i didn't think they looked good either ), drive it around 60-70 mph w/o a problem (minor drift here and there when passing big rigs or on a windy day)