Pete M

how do yours attach? does it match up with the MJ frame where it needs to?

the MJ is very capable in stock form and much nicer to drive on streets. personally I'd focus on armor and recovery points first. then a rear locker. (unless you have a dana 35, then I'd get a better axle and invest my cash into that.)

yup, that's it. have you pulled the carpet up yet?

time to pull the rear window and re-glue it. :) be prepared to deal with some surface rust. read the urethane tube and follow the instructions exactly. I'd replace the hood seal too if you haven't yet. radio antenna grommet too. and hvac seal. and literally everything else that is made of rubber or foam and is supposed to keep the water outside.

better put some steel toe boots on your christmas list. I own a pair just for that very reason and I rarely ever use the chainsaw.

it's not BFG that's to blame, but the soft rubber, tall blocks, and intricate pattern can go sideways fast if the alignment is a hair off or driving style or location put extra abuse on the tires. for example, here in the foothills of GA every tire will be sensitive to outside edge wear simply because there's no such thing as a straight line in our roads. tires here are also prone to what I call "eraser wear" due to the amount of braking we do downhill. (so named because I use a pencil eraser to describe to people what is happening. but essentially the individual rubber blocks flex backwards under braking and wear a feathered pattern into the edge and needs to be cross-rotated to be put into the opposite rear spot on the truck to balance it out.)

looks like it's officially hardtop season.

first I'm hearing of it.

I just last month used the Jegs kit. went on fine. though I found that the order in which you install them is very important if you only want to take it all apart once. while you're disassembling the door, take the opportunity to do other maintenance like vacuuming out the door and greasing all the moving window parts (including shooting some lithium grease up in the tube).

a classic truck with a classic tire. very nice. do make sure you rotate those BFGs religiously. maybe even more than you think.

my 4.0 has been doing that since I got it in 97. it's weird sounding, but normal.

maybe stop parking your cars via "feel".

if they truck has a retro theme, I feel like "out" would work. if not, I'd say "in" would be better. but I guess if the letters are in a weird place, than "in".

Just wait until I take them on the week long trip I'm working on.

dude, you're only 5.5 hours away!

if you want a dealership brochure, they look like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/385151951578

missed the XJ's 20 gal tank too. I got it. (although I always make it a 23 and never the 16) XLS denotes top of the line interior trim mostly. fancy door cards, cloth buckets, maybe the better radio. stuff like that. should have most every interior option. rolllbar, graphics, and bed rails were separate boxes to check when ordering.

buy. from. down. south. honestly for a comfortable highway DD, I want another ;late 90s era chrysler minivan. damn I miss that van. the seats were super comfortable and you sit up higher than a car for better visability. plus I could carry 4x8 sheets of plywood or a whole couch.

needs a good cleaning. https://www.ebay.com/itm/404565142334

as some of you know, my father isn't improving quite as fast as we'd hoped from the pneumonia (still improving though, which is the important part!) and so I had to keep scaling back our long planned Halloween Disney trip from camping in the trailer for a week and a half, to staying in a hotel for a week, to then just 4 days, to eventually canceling and refunding the whole thing. well, almost everything. unlike most Disney stuff, special event party tickets like the Halloween party at Magic Kingdom are not refundable. BUT I found out they are re-assignable. so I concocted an "Uncle-Pete-plan" (as they are apparently known) to blow like 500 of the bucks I just made (selling parts to you guys) on flights/busses/food to take my niece and nephew for a 30hr whirlwind trip to make use of those party tickets. so I reserved the various transportations and then on tuesday we got up super early to start forging some core memories with their first plane ride, first ever Disney experience, first ever driving a car, first ever roller coaster, first ever singing robots, second ever roller coaster, first ever parade, first ever ibis trying to steal their lunch, 1st/2nd/3rd ride on Pirates of the Caribbean, first ever serious fireworks show, and so much more. best lemonade ever. I am very tired though. if anyone needs me, wake me up in a few days... helping her brother see out the plane window the big letters outside the disney All Stars hotel my family takes a picture with heavy metal Mickey every trip so I made sure to stop by we didn't actually get on the monorail. the day crowd was pouring out of the Magic Kingdom and we kept getting filled trains so we just hoofed it back to the park. soooooo close. their first experience with an audio-animatronic. I wanted this to be first because they could just stand and stare and wonder, so made sure we had lunch with Sonny Eclipse. and yes, I was asked if he could see us. riding on the People Mover look at that smile. her first ever solo drive of, well, anything. yup, 'tis the castle taking a break with their first Dole Whips oh my. their second ever coaster (the first was an hour earlier but I didn't snap a pic for some reason). clinging on for dear life before we even leave the station. the Buzz space ranger spin. essentially a laser based shoot 'em game. they did pretty good once they got the hang of it. I maxed out the score again. breakfast of champions! horsing around with one of the various props at the Hotel. finally, a Mickey premium ice cream bar! occupying herself while we waited for our flight. kids are weird. got some rock versions of Disney songs in their ears and JP magazine in their eyeballs. and watching some Mickey cartoons on my phone

24hr trip to Disney World with my "adopted" niece and nephew. Kids had a blast. I'm' not sure I've ever been more exhausted in my life.

there are several 97+ swap threads in the link in my sig. I'd wager one or more contain the info you seek.

just gotta change your mindset. it's not little, it's old and rare and precious.