I love that front bumper!

 

Thanks! Not bad for an old broken POS. I've got to add some side pieces to protect the headlights, etc.

 

Yeah it looks pretty good. Was it originally on an XJ or did you have to modify it? I've always like the tube style front bumpers, they have unique styling to them.

 

Just read all 8 pages....

Nice job!

 

Thanks! Yeah it was originally on an XJ, a friend of mine in the club had it and hit a tree. It bent one of the tubes that used to be in front of the headlight and wrapped around the fender. I just cut both off, took a grinder to it and painted it up. Like I said, I plan to add a couple of hoops to protect the headlights, etc. Someday....

 

New diggars. 34 LTB's on Cragar V5's.



Tread vs no tread:

Can't wait to try them out. I figured I'd play around with air pressure to see how they do. Still considering taking a groover to them, but I'll try them out first.
The old ones will be up for grabs. Still trying to decide whether to sell the set of 4, or keep one for a spare and sell the other 3 as spares....

I was going to get the 33x12.5 TSL bias, but found these for a lot less on CL, so I went with them. They are pretty much brand new. On a couple of them you can still read the word Swamper on the face of the tread, so I couldn't pass on them.

 

Jeep looks good, new tires and new wheels make it look very aggressive. Your jeep really crawled everywhere at wicked hills.

 

Thanks, Connor. It was a blast that day. I had to winch that one hill that Mike bashed his fender on, but I made it further than anyone. I bet you're still smiling?

 

Oh yeah I am!!! Awesome day really great see what my jeep could and couldn't do. Don't think she'd been wheeled that hard ever. That clay was nasty stuff, took two washes and you can still the outline of mud. The ride home was a different story!!

 

Well i finally got all my LED's installed.

I bought a string of 20 when the guy on Pirate had them on special. He also sent an extra 5, so I got 25 4 light LED's shipped for about $25.00

I installed them in my overhead console (5)and put another 5 on the rear hatch, then the other 15 under the rig.

I really like these a lot. They are small, draw virtually no load and are waterproof. They have a small hole in the center to mount them.

If anyone wants to buy some, here's the link on Pirate, many different colors available too:

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/misce...20-lights.html

Here's a couple of walk around videos to get an idea how bright they are:


http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user...ts001.mp4.html

http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user...ts005.mp4.html

 

Those LEDs are nice! How those gonna be when wheeling? During ledges and waterpassings? they won't short out will they? Look great and super bright. Do you have the LEDs on the interior as well? I noticed the last time I saw your jeep it was different.

 

Well, I hope to do some night wheeling once in awhile and they're great for camping, etc. I tried to tuck them up in areas where I want hit them plus they're pretty small. They are also waterproof and all the joints I made were soldered and have heat shrink on them, so I hope they don't short out. They are sealed LED's so they should be fine.

And ya, I put them in my overhead console, the rear dome light and 5 on the hatch itself. Those are tied into the switch in the dome light, so I can turn them off.

 

Nice build! Im the guy who was asking about your v5's on your youtube video. dang i didnt know those were 34s...how much cutting/trimming did you have to do to make them fit? assuming youre still running the 4.5inch lift..? favorite xj ive come across so far. thumbs up sir.

 

Wow, thanks, you just made my day! I did the normal cut&fold in the rear and in the front I cut like most do for flares. I did grind all the screws and flattened the seam in the fenderwell so when the tire tucks inside it's not getting cut up. It only rubs at full flex.

 

any new updates chris? whats been going on man?