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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 09:37 AM
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February I bought a 2000 Cherokee Sport that was bone stock. It was only stock for a week so I never got to take a picture of it. Here is what it looked like.
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 09:40 AM
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The body damage on the passenger side had sone dents that needed to be pulled out. Jut finishing out the prep work so it would be ready for paint after.
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 09:44 AM
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Took off the plastic rear quarter panel covers and found this. Then went to the junkyard and bought a rear quarter to weld in.
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 09:46 AM
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Bought a 4.5" rough country suspension lift on ebay for cheap so I started the lift process and began shopping for tires.
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 09:48 AM
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Got her lifted and put the stock rubicon wrangler wheels and tires along with the bushwackers fender flares. Decided to test the suspension out as best as I can in west Texas. So I took it down some trails.
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 09:51 AM
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New front and rear bumper with a 9,000 pound winch. Unknown manufacturer of front bumper but rear is a Nates with tire swing.
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 09:53 AM
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Now prepping for paint.
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 09:56 AM
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Painting the door jams.
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 09:57 AM
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Putting the doors back on. Their not aligned yet.
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Old Sep 2, 2013 | 09:58 AM
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Time to paint the roof!
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 11:34 AM
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It's painted finally.
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 11:44 AM
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Holy hell that's bright!
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 12:03 PM
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Holy hell that's bright!
It will look more muted once I add the black trim I think. It looks better in the sun.
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 12:07 PM
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wow, nice work on the paint.
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Old Sep 4, 2013 | 12:59 PM
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I dig the color. finally some decent body work around here
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