havent checked the thread in awhile the fender trim looks good i need to do my rears as well. its definitely came along way bro! was that a pic of the D-windows im buyin a few pages back?

 

page 14, post 197 are the ones your getting broski. and cheaper since there from a diff seller!

 

sweet deal thanks again!

 

now you just gotta get some 31s to go along with them and that lift your gonna grab n you can wheel with me.

 

yea i wana grab some 31''s soon. the CL lift im unsure of yet i might just stick with my 2" plan and see how the jeep holds up in the summer then maybe go bigger and just add to it when i have the extra $ from my daughter not bein in school. i wana go wheelin bad! lol

 

not a bad idea.. go flareless with the 2" BB and you can clear 31s for time being on the new rims and youll be golden till you got more cashmoney

 

hell ya thats the plan, im prolly guna stay flarelss itl look more bada$$ with the tires pokin lol

 

well today i finally had time to attend to my brake issue. i ended up having two leaks, on front right passanger where the hard line meets my rustys line. the hard line had a small crack in it. also rear passanger side the brake cylinder was leaking so we had to tear my rear brakes apart to change that. ran into an issue when the hard line was seized into the brake cylinder and would release to we had to replace part of my hard line there as well. ended up taking us three trips to the auto parts store and about 2 hours but we got it done in the cold new england weather.

 

i hate brake work, but i rly should stop using these compression fittings to fix my brakes.. lol

 

haha thats exactly what we used.... it does the trick and makes the job 100 times easier but in the end you know your gonna havta replace them again at some point, just a matter of when.

 

also picked up two roof rack cross rails from Mcguyver_XJ after his took his factory roof rack off completly, will have pics of jeep at its current state before rear tire carrier comes when i can mount these suckers.

 

well this lovely 45-55 degree jan/feb weather has allowed me to get some work done on the jeep. between work n classes though only got a few things done.

first off i finally got my THOR cold air intake & cowl snorkel kit installed. took legit 30 min, took us longer bc we broke the bit for the hole saw late sunday night when no stores were open. the peice that attaches to the cowl is screwed in by 4 screws clearly not making it 100% waterproof so we added a bead of black rtv along the edges of the bracket as seen here, as you can tell still not 100% waterproof but closest ill be able to get, i will say that is only negative aspect of this kit, the mounting bracket mounting to the cowl. not a huge deal imo.


we had to relocated the braket that your under the hood light attatches too, so we just fliped it to the other side of the mounting brackett as you can see in the first picture. you can definatly hear the kit with it being right behind your dash in the cowl, when driving at low speeds all you can hear is all the air being sucked in through your cowl, but when reaching higher speeds where your rpms hit 2.5 and up range the kits gives a nice mean sounding purr. im very happy with the kit thus far, as like i said only negaspect is the mounting bracket to the cowl. on the plus side my jeep hasnt pass 210 on my temp gauge since install and before it always hovered just past the 210 mark. anyways here is what she looks like finished.


i also had the time to mount Detours custom A-piller light brackets (let me say Mark is a great guy to deal with and makes some pretty fine products, i highly reccomend his work and customer service) i mounted some cheapo Auto Zone lights to them for the time being. while Mark does send hardware for the brackets, i decided i wanted to mount them lower then suggested and when we pulled interior trim around the A-pillers we realized the hardware he gave us wouldnt work due to room in the A-piller and size of the bolts. so i went out n got some 3/4" in length grade 8 screws drilled three holes and mounted the brackets that way. the middle of the three holes is made for the wiring of the lights to go through so they cant be seen from outside the jeep, but im ok with some wires showing if it means the brackets are more structuraly stable. heres a pick of how there mounted followed by what they look like mounted from in front of my jeep.




finally with the weather coroperating i decided to slap some new stickers on the jeep after getting fine products from these companys. didnt realize till now my reflection is completely in the pic haa least i look BA lololz

 

looking good man i want those a-pillar bracket but am so torn about drilling holes in the a-pillar but in the way that i got you to order a cowl snorkel (yours doesn't look bad it looks good) i am going to order the brackets...thanks they look awesome btw...

 

Your truck has come a long way!... Where did you find those a-pillar brackets??? im NOT afraid to put some holes in my 96 hehe

 

Detours he is a vendor on here and has a website