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Old 02-04-2010, 09:20 AM
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any of you have any plans for your project for the next 6 months?

mine are just rough ideas at this point since i wont have my xj for at least 2 more weeks, but they will go somewhat in this order.

-full tuneup with all fluids changed and new belts
-gut interior
-3" lift, homemade spacers in the front and s10 bastard pack in the back
-cut fenders
-33's (going to run the junk ones i have until they are bald, then buy some, not sure what kind)
-8.8 rearend with welded spiders
-non disco shafts (or whole non diso front end if i can find one)
-front lockrite
-tube doors


somewhere in there it's going to get a rusty's style longarm kit and i may swap in the 63" chevy springs i have instead of the bastard pack if i can do it with 3" of lift and not have to have my shackles stick out past the bumper
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sounds like it's gonna be a sweet set up cant wait to see pics.

here is my 6 month list:

4.5" RC short arm w/ full packs (at my house already)

OR-FAB winch front bumper and matching rear

Mickey Thompson Side Biter wheels

ARB snorkel

33's or maybe cut the fenders and get 35's

and some other stuff too....
Old 02-04-2010, 12:39 PM
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o, i forgot the 2x6 rocker replacement.

i'm still trying to decide if i just want to take the doors/hatch off and windows/windshield out and make it like an overgrown Rhino, or leave them and keep heat/defrost...brother in law (who was wanting an atv at the time, now he's wanting a jeep or toyota) argued with me one day and said it would be stupid to not have heat but i made him feel stupid when i asked him what the difference in that and an atv would be...i just cant decide. on one hand, it would be nice to sell the perfectly straight doors to get some of my money back to put into it, but on the other hand it would be nice to have heat out on the trail, especially since i have a son who will be one in a few weeks and i want to get him into offroading early so hopefully he grows up enjoying it, not being a video game addict like most kids these days.
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4.5 inch lift to install
H-N-T SYE
HP Dana 30 for the frontw/4.56 gears
Ford 8.8 for the rear w/4.56 gears
33 inch tires
Diff skids
lower control arm skids front and rear
Buy wife a ZJ and lift it.

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make tracbar/axle bracket
wheel it
fix what breaks
repeat

i have no plans until next winter
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Picking up my D60's
Tires and wheels
Start cutting and welding up the stiffeners/rockers and suspension
get it up to a roller.
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New Tyres (probably General Grabber AT2) 235/75/15
New Antenna
Investigate/Regas the aircon
New front U Joints
New rear spring shackles
Probably a new catalyst

Yep, very tame stuff but hey - it'll make you guys look good
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My plans are pretty mild, but I'm excited none the less. Already buying parts, just setting them aside for now since I teach school, so I've got to wait for summer...

Install the Taurus e-fan I just bought.
Install the 99+ intake I just bought, along with a TBS and bored TB.
Exhaust header, probably this one.
Install Neon fuel injectors.
Install front tow hooks that I got for Christmas.
Bedliner+sound deadening under carpet that I got for Christmas.
New Headliner.
Have A/C recharged.
Window tint.

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Well I had some pretty nice plans for my Jeep but I went outside earlier today to get the mail, and well I see my gas leak has gotten worse. So now I need a New gas tank, a new Transfercase, and we will see what else it needs as time goes on...
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lift 3-4 inch
i want to do a 4x4 conversion(we'll see)
wheel & tire package
exhaust and intake
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Not set in stone BUT assuming I can get a job...

2-3 inch lift- bastard pack rear, ZJ V8 springs front.
New shocks
fix rear cargo area floor and probably do something robust with it
paint rims
fix mirrors
new tires after lift 29-30 A/T
its a DD so maybe some 6x9s in the rear
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put on lift

make some front tow pts

wheel it alot
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Install 4.5" LA RC lift kit, SYE , rear CV driveshaft, front JCR stage 4 bumper, & rear JCR stage 3 bumper w/tire swing this month all parts ordered bumpers here. Before spring replace dented down pipe with 2 1/2" exhaust pipe front to back with magnaflow cat & flowmaster 44 exhaust. Installed shorty header Rugged Ridge last month.
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have a buddy coming over today to pull my little brother in law's yota out of the woods with his XJ. he hauls it on a trailer since it's just a playtoy with no ins/reg, so hopefully i can talk him into going and picking up my XJ for me since his trailer will already be hooked up.
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New Rotors and brake pads tomorrow.
2" lift with new tires(nothing serious, I got young kids still)
what ever engine repairs pop up.

My list is short. I dont want to blow a ton of cash on mine until I am comfortable with the engine. I expect things to go wrong and the last thing I want to do is wish I hadnt spent all that money on a lift, tires, etc. and need a cooling systme replaced or head replaced.


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