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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 06:19 PM
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nice work man.. id totally be stealing your idea if i didnt have a chop top lol
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 07:01 PM
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No no no. His jeep ate the Prius cause it was covered in Obama stickers. It then gave his jeep explosive diarrhea and blew the front end out.

ROTFL!!
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 08:22 PM
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ROTFL!!
I laughed at it too hahahaha.
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 09:31 PM
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just went through this whole thing! beautiful work. Why you change jeeps??
Yea I ran over a Nissan. The Dana 30 and unibody didn't handle it so well
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 10:06 PM
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have you figured the light out yet? I was thinking with your skills you could weld a tab to the right of your tire near the hinge. mount the plate there along with the light. If you mount the bottom edge of the plate near the edge of the bumper then you could mount the light facing up on the bumper itself that way your not running wires on the swing arm. Just a thought.
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 10:59 PM
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have you figured the light out yet? I was thinking with your skills you could weld a tab to the right of your tire near the hinge. mount the plate there along with the light. If you mount the bottom edge of the plate near the edge of the bumper then you could mount the light facing up on the bumper itself that way your not running wires on the swing arm. Just a thought.
Nope never did. Have temp tags for now but not gonna bother with lighting it. I never had a problem with my old one not lit. Headlights light it up enough
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 06:57 PM
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Yea I ran over a Nissan. The Dana 30 and unibody didn't handle it so well
Thats explains alot!! but with your mad skills you could of fixed it! remember, 4x4's are for offroading, not "onroadingrunningoverNISSANS"... unless they really deserved it ;-)
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 11:03 PM
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Nope never did. Have temp tags for now but not gonna bother with lighting it. I never had a problem with my old one not lit. Headlights light it up enough

My neck of the woods they will run you down for no tag light. Just so they can check you over and look for something else. Plus that one cop will just do it to waste your time bc he can or he is bored that night.
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 11:30 PM
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Thats explains alot!! but with your mad skills you could of fixed it! remember, 4x4's are for offroading, not "onroadingrunningoverNISSANS"... unless they really deserved it ;-)
Unless they have Obama stickers. Then worth running over....
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 12:29 AM
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Unless they have Obama stickers. Then worth running over....
Added some tie ins to my hitch. Bumper should be sturdy as hell now. The 35 was bouncing and had me worried
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Old Oct 25, 2012 | 07:42 AM
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i like the tie ins.. they add in nicley
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Great job on the build, going to have to do this soon.
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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 11:34 AM
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Did you ever get any measurements on the tire swing?? How did you mount the spare and are happy with the T-handle???
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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by FISHIES848
Added some tie ins to my hitch. Bumper should be sturdy as hell now. The 35 was bouncing and had me worried
Yeah man that looks ironclad! You know what you're going to have to do now though right? Cut the receiver tube off and move it to the top side of the hitch tube to gain some departure angle... j/k
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Old Mar 2, 2013 | 05:54 PM
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So I need a trailer hitch, nothing with wiring or anything but just a hitch with a reciever. Does anyone know any way to possibly build your own? or any other vehicle with the same frame rails that would be bolt on to an XJ? Ive checked every junk yard in my city for an xj with a trailer hitch and cant find one....
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