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Next did some urban wheeling "Mall Crawling" just for the heck of it...sway bar was still on.

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Before our next trip to Aetna I made some homemade quick disconnects. They are simple and cheap, I can have my sway bar disconnected in about 30 seconds, and can zip-tie it to the unibody. Here is the result of no sway bar front or rear up on Aetna.

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After wheeling it and driving it a while I decided it was time to do something with the bland paint job on it....so this happened

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After getting the front somewhat done I noticed uneven wear on the km2s...decided to gave them re-mounted with white letters out. An alignment soon to come.

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A few days went by without painting and just drove the jeep half painted. Time finally came and some progress was made

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Cleaned up the side a bit and this is what I had.

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Liked the idea of a military look and cut out an XJ stencil out of notebook paper. Wasn't really happy with the outcome but left it for time being

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Jeep stayed like this for a week, went fishing and got dirty so the new paint got its first bath

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Funds got low like normal so no major mods....I splurged and got some sick seat covers

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Wheeled some with b lee with the new paintjob, more pics soon

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Cut some metal and hacked some of my flares hoping it helps...when I flex my 31s basically tear the flares off. Before and after pictures are shown

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Future Projects: Since Im not really doing anything with the Jeep right now I figured I'd let you guys in on my future plans. These are in order from when they will get done...I hope!

1. Custom shackle relocation by B.LEE to add 1.5 inches of lift to the rear along with a 1.5 inch spacer to put me at around 5 inches. Will also be adding a tc drop.

2. Got a deal on some used upper and lower control arms that will go on with the new relocaters in the rear.

3. Ebay Snorkel 150 bucks to my door...cant complain with that.

4. New Adj. Trac Bar

5. 33x12.5 tires

6. L&L FAB Pre-Runner Winch Bumper

..somewhere in there ill add in longer shocks (hopefully dual resivour shocks).

7. Winch

and eventually...custom long arm, full 5 inch coils. Hopefully money will permit!

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Ok well got a killer deal on full 4.5 inch packs full 4.5 inch coils and shocks so im going to 4.5. Any suggestions on getting those 4.5 inch coils on? I had a hell of a time with puting my 3 inch coils in there. I had the sway bar off and shock mounts off of course, what else will drop the axle? Also should I expect any trouble from my leaf spring mounts?

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Your 88 is looking good. I like the color you threw on it...looks military and tough as %*@$!

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Thanks man, it was a last resort for my fading paint. Its getting a new lift in a few weeks...hoping all goes smooth!