Simple yet effective storage.

 

Oh I like the looks of this!!!

 

Yes it came out very nicely, and there are a bunch of aftermarket ***** available. I happen to like the original CJ ****, though.

 

Dude....



Seriously, those look amazing. Those look 100 times better than JCR. In fact, if these were for sale, they'd be the only ones I'd consider buying.

Gimme a price!

 

Front light guards, pretty easy and look bad ***, though I have not heard of anyone breaking headlights on the trail

 

Happened to me once, but those guards wouldnt have helped. Lol.

Looks good, simple, and effective

 

Maybe this one has been done before, but I did a search and didn't find any threads about it, so I thought I'd share. I was scavenging through my junk pile looking for a cheap and easy way to secure my sway bar when it's disconnected, and I came up with this u-bolt method.

There are two holes in the passenger framerail (at least on my '98, don't know about other years) that are spaced just right to fit a C8.25 u-bolt. I just had to enlarge the front hole shown in yellow a little bit on both sides of the framerail:



I cut down a u-bolt to fit through the frame. This one wound up a little short - I should have left a few more threads on, but it works.



I swing the sway bar up and then slide the u-bolt over it and through the holes:



Put the nuts on the inside of the framerail, just finger tight:



Then I swing the sway bar quick disconnect up and secure it with a velcro cable tie (so far the velcro has held up even after getting wet and muddy).



There you go, free sway bar retainer. If anybody else wants to try it but doesn't have a spare u-bolt, let me know. I've got 7 more old ones laying around, and I'll send them for the cost of shipping. Just send me a PM.

 

Only problem most people will have is that is the holes that a reinforced bumper use. So they will not be available then.

 

Bingo that was the first thing I seen. Good idea but only works for stock and some bumpers that don't grab that far back.

 

Good point, I didn't think about that. Oh well, I'm happy with my free mod for now while I have a stock bumper, and I'll figure out another solution whenever I get a better bumper up front.

 

Made a rear box for misc items in recovery or going camping with the family and comes complete with storage for axles.

 

I like the shaft storage

 

I really wanted to make it wider but I didnt want to spend a boat load of money on a swing out tire carrier bumper and I definitely dont want a roof rack as I want to keep my low center of gravity. I found a way to make the 33" spare fit in the back. The drawer space is enough to store what I need, plus with it being a lower design, I can put strap hooks on it and a non-skid mat and put coolers and other items on top of it.
More mods on the way

 

I know where u can get some stock tire carriers for $25

 

You mean the tire carrier that was featured on alot of the xj's that are out there? I am not interested in a stock tire carrier really. What I have is just perfect. I have thought about chopping the back off and having the tire in a desert racing rear mount something like this pic down below, but with only one tire. So making the xj a pre-runner type with the rear chopped off. It is a 4 door and I am not a fan of the rear flared fenders but like the fronts flare with glass.