rmtofast

Ok so got all my 35s mounted on my new wheels (pocket is hating me) 5 inch lift will be here wendsday, winch bumper will be here thursday, just got done ordering rear upper and lower adjustable control arms, and rough country 2.2 steering stabilizer, all together i have 2,750 dollars in lift, wheels, tires, adjustable arms, winch bumper, adj track bars, sway bar disconnects. Ill have my tax money here this Friday so go berserk flares and roof basket is a good way to spend that money lol. Cant wait to get all my stuff bolted up i have about 5400 into my jeep as of today counting the price of the jeep not bad at all!

sc0r1a

nice looking jeep, cant wait to see it with the lift.

For the pinch seams on my old jeep i just beat the hell out of them with a BFH (big f-ucking hammer)

rmtofast

bed liner grill wasn't digging the chrome anymore

Irongrave

i love the no lift and 33s makes me want to go out and get a ZJ or hack up the WJ thats in my driveway (moms bad weather car dads weekend DD)

darknezz

looks clean, I like this zj more than other I have seen, maybe its the color dunno.
cant wait to see it lifted with the bumper and everything!

I'm gonna take the molding and stripping off mine and paint the grill black like that too, looks much better!

Then vht night shade for the blinkers, side markers and tails.

rmtofast

yea only a couple more days till my lift bumper and wheels and tires are on its going to look alot diff seems as if time slows down when your waiting on the ups guy to bring all your big money parts lol, but def got my work cut out for me this weekend for sure.

sc0r1a

Good luck man, post pictures along the way!

1ABrian

Cool build. Did you have a 2" budget boost with the 33's on there?

djlarroc

No, it was stock.

1ABrian

wow those 33's stuffed right in there. Looks cool like that but I bet its gonna rock when all done. Looking forward to seeing more

rmtofast

Yea that was no lift not even a spacer, anyhow i took on the front pinch weld last night and all i can say is wow! I had no idea that i needed to move metal that much lmao! i probally spent 35 mins on each side non stop beating on it with the back side of my heavy *** axe. but i got them done throughout the process i would put a 35 on and turn the whole way and i have about 3 inch gap at full lock between tire and wheel well. when i get my berserk flares we are going to pop rivet a clean bent fender well cover in, I just tracked my stuff lift should be here first thing tomarrow and the bumper is going to be here sometime tomarrow also I also got rid of my air-box and mounted that evap thing or whatever it is up in engine bay, and the big metal box thing on side of fender well for stock bumper attachments were drilled out and taken off

Irongrave

tip if you ever do it again take a cut off wheel and pie cut the pinch weld it makes it easier to bend.

djlarroc

rmtofast, with what you trimmed, do you think you could run a 33x10.50? I'm really thinking of going w/a zj, trimming fenders, bumpstopping, and running a 33x10.50 stock. I see you still have a lot more front fender left.

rmtofast

well if your looking to wheel it or flex, id at least get a bb of 2 inches, with a 33/10.50 on stock offset wheel you may have luck with it, problem is the rear not so much the front, I just through them on there for time being and daily drove it. i took my front fenders off at the first line on the stock fender a little over 2 inches, if you bump stop right you will be fine but no lockers or a lift it probably wont do much that you want it to off road, so i recommend a 2 inch bb at the least. for the zj's theirs a lot of 2 inch bb out there pretty much anyone can afford. i have about 1300 in my lift once i buy my front long arms and its about 5 inch lift long arm front compared to irons 4 inch long arm 1500 kit. but hey its whatever you wanna do its your rig. let me know if i didnt answer your ? or if you have any more. at the time i did not have anything at all trimmed in the rear which isnt that hard to do. Not sure if your familier with mallcrawlin.com but the whole forum is pretty much dedicated to zj's.. one guy gets decent flex with 3.5 inch lift on 35's after i saw his thread i figure why cant i do 5 inch with 35s also go berserk flares are getting ordered this Friday when i get my tax money they really open the fenders up prob 2 more inches than what you see on mine iv had 6 jeeps 3 xjs built up and wouldn't trade my zj for one any day!

rmtofast

ok here is a pic of how smooth and flat i got pinch weld and how i mounted my evap canister. after i beat them in i used fiberglass to smooth everything out now today i will undercoat them and when i get my flares i plan to make new sheet metal covers to make everything look nice