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Old Aug 22, 2013 | 08:22 PM
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Got the HD Offroad no lift shackle relocators installed. All I need to do now is install the shackles to the leaf springs. Bilstein 5100s came in today also.
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Old Aug 22, 2013 | 09:04 PM
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Well had a spare motorcycle horn in the garage so I wired it up to my 96 two door xj. Sounds funny as hell with the purple horny muffler I installed last month. Then I decided to bed line my bumpers fenders and the rest of the body from the lower body line on the doors down . It's a dark green xj so the color difference is subtle but looks good
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Old Aug 22, 2013 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by wildbill8125
Well had a spare motorcycle horn in the garage so I wired it up to my 96 two door xj. Sounds funny as hell with the purple horny muffler I installed last month. Then I decided to bed line my bumpers fenders and the rest of the body from the lower body line on the doors down . It's a dark green xj so the color difference is subtle but looks good
Sounds good. Welcome to CF
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Old Aug 22, 2013 | 09:29 PM
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Finally put in my quick disco sway bars that came with my lift. They forgot a bunch of bolts so I had to get my own from work none the less I don't flip anymore when I take a corner more then 15 mph
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Old Aug 22, 2013 | 10:25 PM
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Got my CB and antenna installed, finally.
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 12:53 AM
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Waiting for paint to dry and then bolting up my Hyline vents
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 1996sportXJ
Waiting for paint to dry and then bolting up my Hyline vents
Looking forward to the end results. Looks AND functionality. Did you also spray the vents to blend in better with the hood or were you keeping them black? Depending on the color of the jeep, I've liked those both ideas. On a blue jeep seen last year at the Pa ALL BREEDS SHOW his were sprayed to match and it looked great and recently I've seen a white TJ that left them black and I gotta say it made that ordinary white jeep look "mean". But I really think it depends on the color, i've seen them on others like a red one and they looked gaudy and over sized. So, curiously anticipating your finished project. Be sure to update us with photos and under hood temp improvements. Chewie out.
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 1996sportXJ
Waiting for paint to dry and then bolting up my Hyline vents
Got a pic of the vents?
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by mcgoaw

Looking forward to the end results. Looks AND functionality. Did you also spray the vents to blend in better with the hood or were you keeping them black? Depending on the color of the jeep, I've liked those both ideas. On a blue jeep seen last year at the Pa ALL BREEDS SHOW his were sprayed to match and it looked great and recently I've seen a white TJ that left them black and I gotta say it made that ordinary white jeep look "mean". But I really think it depends on the color, i've seen them on others like a red one and they looked gaudy and over sized. So, curiously anticipating your finished project. Be sure to update us with photos and under hood temp improvements. Chewie out.
I'll definitely be keeping the vents black and my hood white. I'm thinking that contrast will look pretty good but I guess we will see. I haven't seen an XJ I didn't like them on. Just personal preference.

And I wont be able to report back on changes to hood temps for at least a few days. I'm doing a few different things to her at once so she's far from ready to leave the driveway

Originally Posted by DESERTXJ206

Got a pic of the vents?
I'll post a pic as soon as I get em on this afternoon/evening
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 07:58 AM
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Never mind, this afternoon/evening sounded too far away so 5 AM wrenching it is. Here's what they look like. I love em. I'll have it back on the XJ this evening
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by NewKindOfClown
Get a Metra harness for your Jeep, and don't hack the wiring.
^ THIS
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 03:00 PM
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Got the front bilstein 5100s installed, and as soon as I go to put the rear bumper back on it starts raining.
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 04:25 PM
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Got home from work, used my ridiculously hot valve cover to re-heat some chicken nuggets, pulled out all the tools to remove my old busted up rear bumper to replace with a new Omix-Ada replacement... and it started raining.

Welcome to Florida.
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 04:27 PM
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You both got bumper blocked by rain. Lol.
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 04:29 PM
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Did some rewiring so now I can play tunes from my stereo through my PA.
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