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Old 07-28-2011, 06:58 PM
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Well its time to start my build thread on my heep of a jeep. I picked her up about a year ago from a buddy of mine that was getting ready to deploy to afghanistan. I bought it for 500.00 and drove it home. There was nothing wrong with it when I got it and was in pretty good shape. I then started to mod it. The pictures pretty much explain themselves.
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Looks a little different in those pictures than the first time I saw it!
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looks good isnt it funny what some poeple do. did it atleast stop the leak?
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Originally Posted by d50
looks good isnt it funny what some poeple do. did it atleast stop the leak?
well im the one that did that. its what got me home.
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Looks a little different in those pictures than the first time I saw it!
yea its a picture show of how it started. but now i cant upload any pics so mabye later.
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and these are the trucks i used while in Iraq in 08
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Well i picked up some 3/4 emt conduit today. i'll be making that this week and im getting a new lift from xj-nick so this week will be full of work. also doing some wiring for sneekeepete.
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should be a pretty busy but productive week! I can't wait to see what all gets done!
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Well i got the bottom part of my roof rack done today. going to finish it tomorrow afternoon as well as throw on my new to me rear leafs that i bought from xj-nick. maybe even have time to re-do the front coils and drill my trackbar relocation hole. busy busy. also put bumper caps back on that i got from sneekepete. Its coming together. slowly. lol i'll post pics tomorrow!
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Hit me up tomorrow and I will see if I can help you with anything. If nothing else I can try and be a tool gopher man. Oh and I will see what I can do about getting you the cross beams that will actually fit your rack when I talk to the junk yard about the axle, tranny, and driveline. I am excited your build is coming together bud!
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Originally Posted by farmerjohnson
Well i got the bottom part of my roof rack done today. going to finish it tomorrow afternoon as well as throw on my new to me rear leafs that i bought from xj-nick. maybe even have time to re-do the front coils and drill my trackbar relocation hole. busy busy. also put bumper caps back on that i got from sneekepete. Its coming together. slowly. lol i'll post pics tomorrow!
Yeah if you are doing any work on it, you should definitely throw them leaves on so that you can get some positive lift over them blocks man. But I really like what you have done with it, it's coming along nicely man!


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