I've been building my brother a xj and thought I would post some pics. 5in lift, 34/10.50 TSL's, cut and relocated flares and built him a front bumper. All is left is to bend up a stinger and paint.

 

looks good i have the same jeep=) nice work

 

Nice work, but how big are your shackle tab holes?

 

They were only 1/2 in in that pic, I burnt up my drill and couldn't finish with a 3/4 bit. Here's a pic of it done and with the right size shackle hole's.

 

Looks awesome man

 

what he said ^^^^^^^^^^^^x a lot

 

are those just the original flares moved up a bit after trimming the fender?? i wouldnt mind doing that, got anymore pics of the actual work?

 

X2. If so that's awesome and saves me lots of $$

 

Yes there stock pre 97 flares and No,I didn't take any other pics, there use to be a write-up I did on my old blue jeep around here somewhere but I can't seem to find it. Search you'll find some info on it.

 

looks good very clean on the bumper and the flares.

 

Sweet, I got a 96 so i should be able to pull it off. what did you use to actually fasten them? and about how much did you trim? like a half inch or an inch or so?? sorry for all the questions haha.

 

man i'm really liking that bumper!!! looks simple and easy to build!!! how much you think you got invested in it? is it possible to take pics of the mounting?

 

I used carriage bolts in this one but you can use regular bolts and lock washers. I found a couple write-ups you can check out. Do not cut any higher in the back than this write-up say's, Your splitting in between the pinch welds so the unibody doesn't separate. In the front it's just a fender so not as critical, Just use the left front on the right and vice versa. It keeps you from having a hole in the back where the body line is.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/cu...-fenders-1718/
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f51/31...t-spots-25424/

Here's a couple pics tactical..I've got a couple hundred in metal, wire .095 tubing ect. It is easy to build and light. the runners are 1/4 in steel and the rest is 3/16th, I've had one like this on my jeep for 2 years of heavy wheeling and it's held up great.

 

Wow, looks good!