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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 08:53 AM
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Lots of mods that we do to our Xjs,Which ones would you not do again or the results were just not worth it.Lets keep in mind the mod probably worked for somebody or they had better results so no bickering about a mod being stupid,dumb etc(unless its about yourself)...My worthless mod was a TB spacer a couple years ago,I feel a lil dumber for having installed it.
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 08:57 AM
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i still have mine installed i bored it out even when i bored my throttle body. bahaha. why is it on there? eh.... not doing anything good or bad. why not?

no dumb mods personally..... i love everything I have done
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 10:48 AM
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i still have mine installed i bored it out even when i bored my throttle body. bahaha. why is it on there? eh.... not doing anything good or bad. why not?

no dumb mods personally..... i love everything I have done
Didn't hurt a thing.I just think my money would have been better spent on a bored tb or 703s.Glad it worked out for you.
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 10:51 AM
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find someone with a metal lathe.

I did mine on a lathe for free and then made a new butterfly out of 22ga aluminum that i had laying around
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 11:10 AM
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doorless
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by 96_xj
find someone with a metal lathe.

I did mine on a lathe for free and then made a new butterfly out of 22ga aluminum that i had laying around
Thats a great idea.What did do performance wise?Did you post any pics of the butterfly you made in your build thread?
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Skunkape
Thats a great idea.What did do performance wise?Did you post any pics of the butterfly you made in your build thread?

I didn't bore mine out but I took the lip off the bottom one of the lathes at work.
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 99rockies
doorless
They sagged I assume? I have been tossing this idea around(doorless).This is why I started this thread people often say they love a mod at first to justify the time or money spent and then down the road it might not have been all it was cracked up to be.
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 12:18 PM
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Old Jul 20, 2011 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Skunkape
They sagged I assume? I have been tossing this idea around(doorless).This is why I started this thread people often say they love a mod at first to justify the time or money spent and then down the road it might not have been all it was cracked up to be.
i have the HEAVY 2 door doors and mine have not sagged yet and they are either on or off depending on the week
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 96_xj
i have the HEAVY 2 door doors and mine have not sagged yet and they are either on or off depending on the week
Wonder why it works for some and not others?Be awesome to take them off just don't want to screw up my doors.
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Skunkape
Wonder why it works for some and not others?Be awesome to take them off just don't want to screw up my doors.
maybe the way you take on and off the door. or something.....
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 08:43 AM
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its not really a mod i guess but the stupidest "mod" iv done is paint some of my interior red to match the outside. I did it when i first got my rig a couple years ago. it was cleanly done, but it looked too ricer. now i coverted everything to black.
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 09:06 AM
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Oh my...there have been so many.
In no particular order.

Swiss Cheese mod on the airbox.

Fuel pump kill switch in the wrong location. It kept getting tripped when the drivers seat was moved.

Bushwhackers.
Loved the look, hated what happened whenever I got close to a tree or boulder.
Snap, crackle, and Pop.

Tube rear bumper.
Looked great but the part that wrapped around the sides of the jeep just didn't work out the way I hoped.

Dual Jerry Can mounts along with a fullsize spare.
Just too much weight to hang off a tire carrier/bumper. It basically destroyed a set of leafs in less than 1 season.

4.6l Stroker
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