Hey man just got done reading through your build up love the paint. I've been looking everywhere for military paint just can't find it in michigan. But anywho saw your post about not liking your tcase drop and wanting a sye don't know if your familiar with this but IRO makes what they call a hack and tap basically you drill and tap the rear output shaft and bolt this yoke on even comes with a rebuilt driveshaft only 200 love mine and they are worth it i was nervous but i have been beating on this thing for a while check it out heres the link

http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merch...tegory_Code=UP

but love the jeep and thanks for doing what you do i know cops don't hear that enough

 

Thanks man! Yeah I've seen it already. That's what I'm planning on getting but have priorities and major priorities for this thing. Just trying to figure out what order to do them in. Lol!

 

I hear ya about priorities blew a piston in mine last month trying to get the new motor in hard to do with no garage and snow on the ground I hate michigan

 

dang dude thats a sweet set up loven the bumper

 

Yeah since I moved out my parents' place this is the 1st house I've lived in that has a carport. I'm normally under a tree or something. Lol!

My list consist of:
1. Full widths D60/D70 (cuz a D35 sucks and no point in replacing it if I plan on going big)
2. Gears and lockers (again...no point in installing them in my XJ axles when I know I'm going full width)
3. Hack and tap
4. Bumpers front and rear with tire carrier (winch will be on receiver hitch plate for front/rear use)
5. Standard tranny (cuz I hate autos for off road vehicles)
6. Hood vents (got everything to build them...just need to do it)
7. Yank carpet and Herculine
8. Long arms (probably from ironman4x4)

Probably missing stuff. I know the list goes on. Just need to figure out what order to do everything.

 

so last weekend was a busy weekend. went to our camp for some duck hunting and camping. couple assorted pics consisting of my jeep and trailer loaded up about to leave, our duck pond, my 4 legged companion Jordyn, the only kill of the weekend, and the great luxury place we slept...a tent! lol! enjoy

 

couple of shots of the XJ in the woods

 

left the camp early Sunday morning. had to be back in town for a Xmas parade with Louisiana Jeepers. ended up pulling a float that day. i'll have a pic or 2 later once my mom sends them to me.

 

i have some left over bbq grill from when i did my rack so i decided i'm gonna use that for my hood vents. stopped by Advanced Auto Parts the other day to pick up some door edge trim and found this Victor air pump. puts out 150 psi. the tag on the shelf said $60 so i thought about it then set it back down. i have that scuba tank that i rigged for on board air and want a pump to tie into it. when i got to the check out i looked behind me and saw that this pump was 50% off so i couldn't resist for $30! i removed my spare tire and threw it up on the rack so i'm gonna mount the tank against that inner wall and mount the pump on that floor bracket that's under the spare. it doesn't have a shut off relay once it hits a certain psi but that's cool. i'll keep the tank at about 100 or 120 psi and when i need to air up something i'll just turn on the pump and do my thing. the tank will act as a reserve so that maybe it won't take as long. once i'm done airing then i'll shut off the pump once my tank is back up to the 100 or 120 psi.

 

Your Jeep is looking great..I dig the color and rack awesome work..

 

how do you like the khumos? how they wearing? and how much you expect mileage outta them? thanks

 

I'm lovin them so far! I went through some freshly plowed MUD without airing down and they didn't even spin. Caked up stupid but kept pulling. I've had them less than 5k miles but from what I read you can get 40k out of em if rotated properly.

 

started my hood vents the other day. started cutting where i wanted them and just decided to go bigger! shouldn't have any cooling troubles now huh? lol! i decided to go this big because we all know how they tend to overheat. especially for me when i'm pulling a load. for that xmas parade the other day when i pulled a float i put a can under my hood which kept it open about 3 inches. made all the difference in the world! never got hotter than like 180 or 190 in stop and go 5 mph traffic. when it was over i closed the hood and hooked back up to my boat and it got up to about 210. all i have left to do is add the grill stuff then i'm done. tell me what ya'll think...

 

Wow those are pretty big lol make sure you make some kind of drip pan as well

 

do you get alot of rain down in LA? b/c in Md we do so i was conserned with rain getting into the engine compartment..Cant wait to see how these play out!!