Drahcir495

I am so pleased with the 97+ XJ side view mirrors on the Cherokee that I’m doing the same thing to Comanche. Took the old factory mirrors off -> Three bolts hold them in -> I also picked up the cover plates that hide the bolts -> Quickly got the new ones on. I did have to cut off the wiring that is used to operate the motors in the mirrors, because I am never going to use them anyway. The after-> I really find these mirrors to provide a greater field of vision than the factory ones. I preferred to keep the original look, but I can’t ignore how superior these are over the stock mirrors safety wise. TBC-Rich

I am sooo looking forward to this journey. I would love to do something like this, but life would not let me get away. I will live vicariously through you! Safe travels

I will check that out now

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=D1NdGBldg3w&si=r7BUzAu74ExFrVTA Electric Callboy

Got the Throttle Body off my engine today. I had put in an engine from a 1998 XJ with low miles, so it has the HO throttle body. I’m having the TB sent to Jeff Liegh to be machined to a larger bore. As you can see in the picture it’s nasty -> I would imagine if I just cleaned it out I would have noticed a difference . I should have the “after” TB picture in two weeks TBC - Rich

Lol - good point. I will have to look into that intake TurboedMJ

I paid a fair amount of money for it too. I will just end up selling it to offset the cost off of the machining. Thanks again

Thank you very much Gojira94 for the awesome explanation. I am going with all your advice and “ditching” the spacer as Cruiser54 said. Thank you all

I think I would lose that also. I would assume that having just a enlarge tube will not provide any benefit? In your opinion?

I’m having Jeff Leigh bore out my throttle body and I have a question about having my spacer machined to match. There are these inner rings, like a screw for lack of a better word -> Are these critical? Will machining some, if not all of these out, negate the benefits of the spacer? Do I even need the spacer because of the bigger bore?

Ahhh, the good life

I will have to check on that. I should see if it can be put any other way in. I will have to bring it with me tomorrow to bring it by the truck to see other options

Good to know. Yes, I’m wondering how thick of MDF can I fit behind the original carpet covered panel?

“Little strokes fell great oaks” - Benjammin Franklin, so I try to tackle a small project a week. Sweet Amazon has got 4 Nilight LED spotlights and a four-lead wiring harness with relay/fuse. I took the rack off the Comanche’s topper and brought it back home. The holes for the mounting bolts were already drilled for the lights I had on it before. It looks great with those lights on it -> TBC – Rich

Thanks Smokyyank. Not to sound ignorant, but what is MDF board? How thick can I fit behind the panel? I definitely don’t want it to make unwanted noise.

Did a search, but couldn’t find an answer. I have a kicker powered subwoofer box. It’s a bit heavy, but I still would like it on the back panel behind the seat. Will putting this 1/4” plywood on the back be enough to support it? Any other things I should consider?

Nicely done

Wow - some of those left me speechless.

Very nice ! Congratulations on the MJOTM

Fun read Came with one of my 86’s and I thought it would be nice to hold onto.

But it was still a good day!

My bumper and brush guard look horrible. Surface rust and faded finish. Nothing too bad but it does look like crap -> While removing the bumper off the Comanche I snapped off one of the rusted bolt sending my knuckle into the lower bumper steel. Apparently the mechanic heard me lighting the parking lot with a slew of obscenities and came over to find out what happened . He looked at the cut and said I should go get it checked out. Nah, just went into my tool bag and pulled out the duct tape. Wrapped up the knuckle and returned to removing the bumper. It actually hurt worse taking the tape off because it pulled open the flap of skin again -> If my day couldn’t get any worse, I managed to roll into a fire ant mound . I swear those bastards waited to get their ranks in position before the launched their coordinated attack. By the time I was able to roll out from under the Jeep, they had lit me up good. I hate them with a passion. If I could, I would magically remove them from existence along with the mosquitoes that kill 1 million people each year. It was well worth it in the end -> TBC Rich

I just happen to have just the passenger side factory seat bracket -> $75 plus you send me a shipping label. I will get you the box dimensions and I’ll box it up and ship it out

I’m looking forward to see what you come up with.