funkle95xj

So I have spent the last two days workin on my XJ. Finally I had all my parts I had been waiting on, so I decided to just do a little solo wrenchfest! The new parts list goes as follows..

Rough Country double shear trackbar with frame end drop bracket
Rubicon Express 1 3/4" coil spacers
Rough Country adjustable 1 3/4" lift shackles
Rough Country control arm drop brackets
Rough Country's new style of quick disconnects (More like Rubicon Express than previous generation discos)

This was all getting installed on top of a 3" RC lift with full leaf packs.

Before:




I installed all of those parts by myself (wish I had some help!) on Friday. And yesterday I found myself with an angle grinder and a few hours of nothing to do. So I went to town on my front end. Got rid of the front airdam and bumper end caps. Did the cut and fold to the front fenders, and trimmed my flares to match. Also cut my bumper just outside the brackets too..

After:












I had to reroute my exhaust a little because of the new shackles. I had it exiting out the side, behind the rear wheel kinda like a pickup truck's exhaust. I got rid of the 90 degree bend and it just exits next to my gas tank now, between the tank and the leaf spring. Sounds a little louder than before, but nicer tone.

Before:


After:


Sorry if that was too many pics, but I'm pretty stoked off all this crap finally getting done with my truck. It's like a whole differnt Jeep now, lol. No more death wobble or vibrations too. And the CA drop make it ride alot smoother.

Let me know what you guys think!!

shintastrife

looks nice i would on just pained my bumber black or something to kind of hide it away, you never know when you might need it. but all in all nice looking jeep. cant what till i get mine down.

im setting at 3'' and looking to go 4.5 with long arms and looking to put spirng and a 4 link in the rear. as for the motor looking in to a supercharging it. nothing big just 5-10 psi

funkle95xj

Thanks man, I considered long arms, but for the price, and for what I use my Jeep for i had to go with the CA drops. A supercharger would be nice, but I have done quite a bit of "Performance Upgrades" to my XJ, and boy does it sound awesome, but I've kind of accepted the fact that my truck will always be slow, lol. A supercharger would fix that slow issue, but I drive like a granny most of the time anyways, haha.

88MJ.uggernaut

nice rig bro

funkle95xj

Thanks man!

Crazycaraudio

nice jeep man. hey i like how you removed the red pinstripe strips on the doors.. i am thinking about doing it to mine. where did you get the black door panels.