Watched my jeep get jealous while I worked on this beauty. 92 corvette, formula 1 350, only 45,000 miles on it. So clean...

 

Nice

 

Oh, I don't know. I was thinking about throwing on some nice shiney 20's on mine. On the 2WD, that is. Since I've got a 4x4 XJ toy now, I was thinking of spiffing up the commuter. Something the cute local 'hood rats would love cruising in with me. =)

 

Pretty kick a$$

 

That is just awsome. My shift **** is clear with a swan in it.. Came with the jeep.

 

Do you sing "I feel pretty oh so pretty!" While you shift! Lol

 

The XJ I had back in 2010 had a Billet Steel pistol grip shifter in New England in the winter I was saying FML with every shift lol cuz that thing would tear skin off it got that cold. And I kno shame on my I traded it for a 93 Honda Accord that died 20 days later lol

 

Not all today but over the last couple days

 

Nice like the chop.

Over the last few days I changed the oil and filter.

Finally put some tow hooks on that I've had for almost a year.



And finished one tube door. Other one got warped in the welding process so there will be a delay on the passenger side.

 

Why use square tube and not round?

 

New heater core, evaporator coil and another thermostat to replace the defective one that was just installed last week.

 

Finished my 2" BB lift.

 

Liked the box look to a boxy Jeep. Plus don't have a tube bender. So with this I just cut angles.

 

The latch on the rear hatch for mine came apart inside the door the day after I replaced the strong arms . I left it that way for like 5 months as it was winter and I didn't want to freeze to death fixing it.

Took it over to my buddy's house the other day to finally deal with it and then other stuff happened.



First thing that rear bumper has to come off as you can't get the the latch from the inside unless it's open of course. Was a super pain to get a wrench inside that thing so we started drilling holes.



Then we cut the holes into these rectangles for reasons we didn't really understand. It seemed like the best way to fit a ratchet in there to get to the bolts. Put the jack on cinder blocks and jacked up the left side of the bumper as the guy I bought it from bent the crap out of it at some point and this was the best way I could think of to bend it back. It's not perfect by any means but it's way better than it was.



Once you get it off you can get at these 2 nuts down here and release the latch from the vehicle which will take a whole lot of kicking from the inside and pulling from the outside and maybe a crow bar who knows. That thing will come open eventually if you remove those though.



We drilled some holes in these projections that come out from the frame and then went to the auto parts store and I saw these cargo mount things for truck beds that looked like they would fit right into the rectangles we cut out of the bumper. They aren't tough enough to tow anything heavy with but I'm thinking of doing something with bungie cords or a cargo net on the back that I can attach to these things plus we figured we could pull people around on sleds behind it once it snows again in the field beside the barn.



Then I put a 4 port DC power supply in the back. This is not an original idea of mine, I saw it on some other site when I was searching for cheap things to do to my Jeep so I don't want to take credit for it. Anyway I thought it was cool and I've also got a 400 watt inverter with a watt digital watt meter on it that's going to be mounted right next to it so I can have 2 power outlets in the back as well. I've got an air compressor for tires that can plug in right there to inflate rear tires and the one up front reaches to the front tires. Then I drove the thing all the way to Valparaiso, IN to buy 3 kayaks. One is yellow and one is green and one is orange and the yellow and green one's I am giving to my brothers but I kept the orange and mounted that thing on top!



Went to Menard's to buy a chain and one of those rubber coated master locks to lock it on the Jeep so no jack-*** can steal it from me to easy if I keep it up there for a while. I destroyed the front license plate when I drove it up that tree a few months ago so that is still just zip-tied to the front grill which is lousy, but I am waiting for this guy in Schaumberg to make me a new front winch bumper as I have a winch I want to put on once he finishes making it. Trying to decide if I want to paint those cargo rings on the back bumper black which I think I will. Just glad everything is back in working order now.

 

IS that an ocean kayak?