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03-17-2008, 03:57 PM
Well I guess I will start one of these things. First I had an 87 wagoneer d44 hp 30 4.5inches and 33s
After finding the floor boards were gone decided to sell it
So a friend told me a guy at his work was selling a 96 with 8 inch long arm kit, he wanted the long arm kit I wanted the jeep we went half and half
The guy got in over his head is my best guess as to why things were done the way they were, bolts werent tight, parts werent installed yada yada
street tires suck
So I finally got it home, gutted the interior, it was solid, next was to swap out the 8.25 for my dana 44, get rid of the rusty suspension and install my own.
TnT skid and long arms
RE 7.5 coils 2 inch spacer, RE 5.5 inch leaves and boomerang shackle RE nitro shocks, sits a little taller than Id like, hopefully it will settle
Next was to find out why it wouldnt start, which ended up being the neutral safety switch. Changed out some rusty freeze plugs and see how things went, so far so good.
A friend at work got a package deal on jeep stuff and 36s were part of that, he wanted a smaller tire so I traded my 33 TSLs for his 36 TSLs on aluminum wheels with a new full size spare
Here is how it sits currently
03-17-2008, 04:00 PM
This week its getting hauled to get drive shafts made. When it gets back I am going to relocate the shock brackets in the rear, install the shocks, unibody stiffeners, test and tune, find a rear hitch, and do something in the front for recovery points. Hopefully I can have it ready for big dogs in april
03-17-2008, 04:00 PM
Nice, that thing's pretty mean.
03-17-2008, 04:00 PM
Woody!!!
03-17-2008, 04:24 PM
Nice man.
03-22-2008, 04:55 PM
Thanks, Got it back from the drive shaft place, installed the rear shocks, hopefully tomorrow the unibody stiffeners get installed. Do a little adjustments to the alignment and then I can see how it flexes
03-29-2008, 05:23 PM
Got to test it out some,
03-29-2008, 05:25 PM
The steering geometry is all outta wack, and it limits the front end travel, so for the sake of time because big dogs is soon, I think I am going to take 2 inches out of it, and run 33s at big dogs, then afterwards I have a lot more time to test and tune different setups
04-29-2008, 06:33 PM
Took out the 2 inches and ran 33s for big dogs here is how it sits now, err about 3 hours ago before I tried something
A friend let me borrow his 35s
They fit well, haven't trimmed the rear yet, probably do that this weekend
Now I just need to decide on what flavor I want to run in 35s
08-07-2008, 05:59 PM
Heres the most recent pics I have
and one beside a stocker
Current stats are 4.56s, nice I6 rebuild, heavy duty steering, dunno the company but it was free so I wont complain
I guess future plans are a cage and some nice bucket seats, get some rocker protection
11-27-2008, 02:30 AM
So I picked up some hood vents any recommendations as to where I should install them on the hood?
02-14-2009, 05:37 PM
and finished
Also looking for some seats to buy with some tax return money. Recommendations?
02-14-2009, 05:46 PM
The lime green's pretty wicked, it matches the diff cover. My brother's been wanting an xj, and I think your build's won him over.
02-15-2009, 01:20 PM
Been looking into an XJ for myself here lately- but selling my 93 ZJ is proving impossible right now, might have to trade it in- I want a 97-2000, preferably a 99 with a 5 speed
Trying to deal with a little Odometer fraud issue on the ZJ at the moment, not to happy about that....
02-15-2009, 03:31 PM
Always nice to hear my rig has inspired someone else
02-15-2009, 03:40 PM
Why did you put them on pointing outwards?
02-15-2009, 04:10 PM
Under the hood has structure support bracing, mounting them this way allowed me to not have to cut through that. Although since the previous owner or whoever before me hit a tree or poll on the passenger side, it buckled the hood enough for one damn stud to be lined up with that bracing.
Last edited by 1fox2go; 02-15-2009 at 04:15 PM.
03-08-2009, 03:35 PM
Got the Iron Scorpion winch bumper kit
all finished with a new winch from moonworksoffroad
03-08-2009, 04:11 PM
looks great
03-08-2009, 04:33 PM
The bumper kit is pretty nice looking. Looks even better with the winch sitting on it!
Thanks again!
03-08-2009, 04:35 PM
Iron Scorpion is good stuff, it's to bad he's not doing anything for the ZJ crowd. Nice job on the front bumper.
03-08-2009, 04:47 PM
Nice jeep man.
03-09-2009, 11:39 PM
Nice lookin bumper
'Some assembly required'
But looks BA, how much for the kit? Brother has an XJ, might be more than interested in this kit....
03-10-2009, 09:29 AM
HIJACK! I wonder how hard that bumper would be to adapt to a ZJ? could you get some measurements inside width of the frame mounts and the over all width of the bumper
Originally Posted by Krash80
03-10-2009, 11:21 AM
Post up pics of the old ZJ!
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