my 98 XJ start to as of today:
stock and punched in the nose:



lift going in:





lift in some craigslist tires and the nose kinda straight:


new nose:


next few are the bumper build:













paint:




purty:


and too the woods we go:






thats it too date

 

looks good man, what are the plans for it

 

well for now i'm going to step up to 32x11.50 hankook rt03s and throw a lunchbox in the rear, build a back bumper,gas tank skid,a few other things.and i got a 9in and a dana44 out of a 67 bronco that i'm gonna put in it with long arms eventually but that'll be after the winter when i can drive my car again

 

beautiful you do some good body work man.

 

thank you, i restore cars for a living i'll post my best transformation it was supposed to be my trail rig but i couldn't bring my self to do it

85 cj-8 26,000 original miles:

before:


after:

 

new tires today, highly recommend these (so far) hankook dynapro MTs 32x11.50-15 SUPER QUIET and i took them to my own little private trail that was relativly soft untouched forest floor and a hell of a hill and the bit great:

 

Looks good. Take a look at my build. The very last picture is mine next to my dads.. Looks like yours.

 

There

 

looking good

 

i dig the chrome grille

 

Yeah the chrome looks good on Green. My dad likes his.

 

I love that green. Nice build so far.

 

mine got chrome because it was cheaper to order the whole nose w/grill then just the stuff i needed but the green pulls it off very well...i got a red one in town w/ chrome looks like

 

quick update you can see the whole skipplate install on the fab pg. title "my first fab thread: tank skidplate":


before:





after:

 

i like the rear skid is it steel diamond plate or aluminum?