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Skunkape 06-01-2010 08:10 PM

Red xj
 
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Just joined , and I want to say thanks for all the info you guys share.I have owned my XJ for about a year and half it has been totally stock until about 2 weeks ago when i stumbled on these forums,since then I installed a 2" Rustys bb lift,put on some 31x10.50 MTs,And fabed a Spectre air intake by modding my stock air filter box.Added a Yakima rack, and I painted my stock wheels with black bed liner paint.I never really thought I could do a lift by myself but by reading all these post I was able to do it!Wasnt even that bad really mostly getting a few tools that I didnt all ready have(spring compressor)Oh and today I took off all my plastic and lightly sanded it and sprayed it with bed liner paint and chopped off the bottom 4"s of my front bumper and painted it along with skid plates,they look great now the were really faded.Now I just gotta go get it DIRRRRRTTTTYYYY!Thanks again

e30 06-01-2010 08:34 PM

paint came out great man! doesnt look too glossy ...where did you get the skid plate looks cool

Skunkape 06-01-2010 08:46 PM


Originally Posted by e30 (Post 557440)
paint came out great man! doesnt look too glossy ...where did you get the skid plate looks cool

The fronts off a stock xj,Do you know which ones came with all the skid plates?some one told me the Country had them,Yeah the paint is kinda textured i dig it the most!

Skunkape 06-01-2010 08:51 PM


Originally Posted by Skunkape (Post 557456)
The fronts off a stock xj,Do you know which ones came with all the skid plates?some one told me the Country had them,Yeah the paint is kinda textured i dig it the most!

Hey e30 I noticed you had a 3"Rc lift .did you have to change you control arms or any other stuff?I want to go lil higher but dont want to deal with control arms and t drops and pittman arm drops etc etc

e30 06-01-2010 09:07 PM


Originally Posted by Skunkape (Post 557462)
Hey e30 I noticed you had a 3"Rc lift .did you have to change you control arms or any other stuff?I want to go lil higher but dont want to deal with control arms and t drops and pittman arm drops etc etc

no sir everything is original except for the RC springs and shocks ...i didnt even need to extend brake lines or anything...you just put the new shocks and springs in and your good ! :cheers:

now i need to hunt down a skid plate that thing looks sweet man!

Skunkape 06-01-2010 09:22 PM


Originally Posted by e30 (Post 557478)
no sir everything is original except for the RC springs and shocks ...i didnt even need to extend brake lines or anything...you just put the new shocks and springs in and your good ! :cheers:

now i need to hunt down a skid plate that thing looks sweet man!

Hmmm do you think you could have pulled off 4" without any thing else but maybe shocks?I have a 2"now and want to go higher just seems like a lot of trouble to go back in just for 1"but 2" would be worth the work

e30 06-01-2010 10:28 PM


Originally Posted by Skunkape (Post 557497)
Hmmm do you think you could have pulled off 4" without any thing else but maybe shocks?I have a 2"now and want to go higher just seems like a lot of trouble to go back in just for 1"but 2" would be worth the work

only problem i could see is the brake lines possibly needing to be extended ...what does your kit consist of? like is your lift now shackles and spacers?

88MJ.uggernaut 06-01-2010 10:32 PM

looks great man and welcome to the forum!

Skunkape 06-02-2010 07:02 AM

Yep Shackles and spacers..Which would give it a total of 4".Brake lines are no problem I dont mind doing that

Skunkape 06-02-2010 07:04 AM

Thanks 88MJ.uggernaut

SGT ABN XJ 06-02-2010 07:35 AM

Nice clean jeep...Looks great........

Skunkape 06-11-2010 07:38 PM

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I finished my bastard pack today!And I added this Black widow roof basket.The s10 leaf gave me about 3"s to that saggy rear end!The pic without the basket is before the bastard pack,The pick with the basket is after the bastard pack you can really see the difference!

EUGENE the JEEP 06-11-2010 07:48 PM

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sweet i like red cherokee's too

Skunkape 06-11-2010 09:55 PM


Originally Posted by EUGENE the JEEP (Post 568267)
sweet i like red cherokee's too

Cant go wrong with red!

Skunkape 06-12-2010 04:33 PM

Spare
 
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I mounted my full size spare on my roof basket,now it rubs the top of my garage door when I pull it inside.I guess I have to stop lifting now or make it sleep outside!


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