Codenamefa

I would say while your in there make sure to look at everything, if it looks like it will put stress on the radiator I would cut it out so it doesn't cause that to happen. I know with my install I had to ditch the top mount attachments, cut the brace to fit the filler and then I had to tie my AC lines over because they were too close.

Codenamefa

Left on the list to put on.

Both NEW Front Fenders. $35 a piece - Waiting for nice weather to paint
NEW Header Panel. $45 - Waiting for nice weather to paint
2 hoods to Create a steel cowl hood. - Work in progress
3 Sets of Jeep Cherokee 2 door doors. - Waiting for nice weather to paint
New Rear hatch. - Waiting for nice weather to paint
Full Front Floor Pan. - SOON
Full Rear Floor Pan. - SOON
New Rear Fenders. - Waiting for nice weather to install and then paint
Performance-Curve the 2.5" Hi Flow Cat 400 hole
Gaskets Galore - Anything Jeep Gasket related lol. - Whenever it needs one
Napier Fender Flares - Ready when the Fenders get put on.
DBMetalWorx 2dr Rear Quarter Armor - Right before the fender flares go on.
Boostwerk's Ultimate Steering Support.

Done so far.
Flowkooler Water Pump.
RobertShaw High flow thermostat 195*
Replacement 3 row Champion Radiator(First one was defective) 3 Fan and shroud and relay kit.
Brown dog mounts that I yet to install
Crown's Fake Banks Revolver Header.
New Steering Knuckles to fix my insert issue.
New 1 ton TRE's to fix what the spinning inserts messed up.
Wheel Bearings
Nitro Dana 30 Chromo Axles 27 spline Axles
Ten Factory HD 8.25 29 spline Axles.
Liberty Rear Brake Conversion kit. Slotted and drilled rotors.
Dapper Lighting Custom HID projector headlights. (Ebay $300)
Clayton Long Arm Upgrade - belly pan waiting for later.
SYE installed with Long arm.

Upcoming purchases.

So I made up my mind, I'm buying the Clayton Rear Coil Conversion. I love the ride quality of the long arms and want more!!

Going 35x12.5r15 Cooper Discoverer STT Pro or Regular STT's and New Rims.
I'm thinking these. D558 Anthracite Anza 15x10. They match my paint pretty well. and I think with what I'm going for it will stand out.


Also looking at swapping in a D44 HP in the front and a D44 in the rear. I know I plan on spending another 10k atleast on this jeep before its where I want it to be.

Codenamefa

Little update since I was able to get after a little bit today.

I did the fenders and the header panel and removed the fender flares finally. Boy I got a little work ahead of me ha.





Flares gone... Now to fix what was done and put the Napier on.

Codenamefa

Added an item to my list that will be delivered today....

Or-Fab CUT AND FOLD REAR BUMPER!!!! I will add pix of it later today.

Codenamefa

Man thats an ugly box


Hmmmm miss more parts than I thought.... Anyone have an Or-Fab Rear Bumper that they could give me dimensions of the mount? Otherwise I'm going to be getting crafty.... lol

LittleMonster

I like the build so far!
I'm super curious as to what your entire exhaust setup is? I have a also have a stroker and the same Crown knock off header. I love that rumble yours has at idle! I've tried looking up different muffler/cat combos but nothing sounds close. If you could point me in the right direction I be glad! Thanks!

Codenamefa

Kid you not, right now Its nothing fancy, just the crown knock off, stock poo downpipe, stock cat, turbo muffler and I am pretty sure its still 2.25 still.

Codenamefa

What I accomplished today. Did the front, not doing the rear yet as I ordered rear quarter panels to eliminate as much rust as possible. Floors are going in this weekend also with that means the interior is going to swapped with the new stuff I bought like 2 years ago. I'm actually thinking of not running a headliner but I will see the first time I take it down the road and how loud it gets.

These are Napier by the way, fairly easy to install.










This flares literally make it look like I could put 37's in there...... No bad..... no..... after you get the Rubicon Dana 44's front and rear.... then you can.

Codenamefa

So after Evaluating the rocker rust situation and determining how much I going to need to do to bring the rockers back to normal I have decided stock isn't the way to go.

So I did a little measuring and a little decision making and decided I should be able to stiffen the chassis and make a fairly clean looking rocker with 2x5 11ga and to attach it to the structure I'm going to use 2x2 11ga welded to the chassis internally. After I get everything setup then the 2x5 goes in and lined up. Drill holes thru the 2x5 and run some self tapping bolts thru into the 2x2 to conjoin the 2 pieces and make it removable-ish with only cutting my welds out to allow the 2x5 to be removed, Also I plan to make the Fender attach to the 2x5 and look like it was kind of designed to attach there with the same self tapping bolts. The fender flares won't have to be trimmed to work with this due to the 2x5 being only almost perfectly in line with the original place where the panel used to be. Once all this comes together I honestly think will have a completely sleek looking look for a 2 door.

blarg well that is my rant idea for today. I'm gonna go drink a few cold ones.

Codenamefa

I know I been working slow and steady on this but here is where she is now.









I did 1 side for the rear fenders and I was going to do the other side and then my schedule changed at work so I had to get something and I stumbled onto a pretty decent find, 2006 Jeep Liberty 6 speed Manual with 62k on the clock.

NPx

Looks like your XJ is coming along well and that you're getting the rust cleaned up!

Codenamefa

So made a little more progress today





Comparison to the other side.



I'd say I did a pretty good job on her, I mean I know I'll have to do a little bondo work on her but that is expected when putting a new fender on. All that is needed now is to cut and fold the rear quarters for the Or-Fab HD rear bumper, and then some trimming on the fender and in the end I should have a pretty nice form to put the rear fender flares on and be finished for the time being.