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Old 11-14-2010, 09:05 PM
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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:













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and too the woods we go:






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Old 11-14-2010, 09:21 PM
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looks good man, what are the plans for it
Old 11-14-2010, 09:33 PM
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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
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beautiful you do some good body work man.
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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:

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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:


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Looks good. Take a look at my build. The very last picture is mine next to my dads.. Looks like yours.
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looking good
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i dig the chrome grille
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Yeah the chrome looks good on Green. My dad likes his.
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I love that green. Nice build so far.
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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
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quick update you can see the whole skipplate install on the fab pg. title "my first fab thread: tank skidplate":


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

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