Front

1.5" Teraflex Spacers w/ OEM isolator (2" total)
Skyjacker Hydro Shocks
Teraflex BPE

Rear

2.25"-ish bastard pack using YJ main and XJ third leaf
Skyjacker Hydro Shocks
Ruff Stuff Specialties upper shock mounts















Rear Upper Shock mounts

 

looks good.

 

Keep a close eye on those new mounts.........

 

Did you trim the front fenders and reinstall the flares? Looks like there is a gap there. Sweet looking rig....I love that color on the XJ's.

 

That's all you've got to say?...

Looks awesome man!

It ride aight?

 

Yeah, really. They are welded better then you think. I'm not concerned. It's better than the bar pins that were welded in there by the previous owner.

Thanks for the props everyone.

It rides awesome! The rear packs are quite soft. Softer than any AAL for sure.

 

Yes I did. Where is this gap you see? I'm not seeing what you are talking about.

 

looks great!!

 

Between the bottom of the front flare and the bumper endcap. On mine (before I pulled them off) they met flush. Yours has a space in between, so I figured you had trimmed and reinstalled. Looks like you did a great job.

 

Ok, I see what you are talking about. I did trim up the front end cap too.

Here are a couple of pics with the end cap trimmed and the flares in the stock location.

 

Looks nice! What size tires are on there now?

 

31x10.50 Kumho KL71

 

STHU and put your e-***** away.

Hey Dud,
Are you really that pissed that I didn't put a drooling smilie in my reply or oh and ah about your rig? Not everyone that see's your heep has to be impressed by it. Sorry but a 2" budget boost isn't all that impressive. What does impress me is fact that you did it yourself. Map props for that.

As far as the rear shock mounts are concerned...

I've been at this for a while and my advice still stands and here's a few reasons why.
1.) Besides the fact that a ugly weld is a weak weld...and those are ugly....you also joined a rather thick piece to a very thin piece, and from the looks of things you failed to get adequate fusion on either piece.
2.) What did you use to prep the surface, spit? Good lord! The metal used in the production of the XJ s loaded with zinc, and that's hard enought weld properly as it is. Without a damn near spotless weld area to begin with, your welds are are going to be contaminated and porus. The backside of the weld area should have been prepped just as much as the primary weld are.

So although I do infact like the look and appreciate the effort, please don't try to convince me that the welds are good.

 

 

Too bad ya dozed off, ya might have actually learned something.

Good luck with your heep.
Done with this child.