Pete M

white rims for the win! besides, you can always change your mind later. the red/black two-tone would look good too. :thumbsup:

fine. 86-92 MJ or 84-96 XJ front bumper looks like this: (super cool blues brothers plate not required) :rotf:

apparently my brother-in-law's boss is in need of a front bumper and I got volunteered to hunt one down. :dunno:

I'll be looking into it once this move is done and I'm finally settled in georgia. probably after the first of the year.

also see rule #2: http://comancheclub.com/topic/1183-rules-for-the-comanche-club-forums/

I think so. the explorer rears are the ones for Jeepers. :thumbsup:

awesomeness :D sigh... I miss Moab. :(

actually, the Explorer guys say that the early Explorer 8.8s have the same shafts as the later models. :thumbsup: (except maybe some very early production 91s) the only real difference is that the early ones have drums and the later ones have disks. and if I remember right, the explorer disks are easily swappable. I've got no idea on the thunderbird ones though. also, there is no internal difference between the explorer 8.8 found behind a v8 and those found behind a v6. don't pay extra for one with slightly different bracketry (that you're going to cut off anyway).

and you don't have to pull the trans! if I can do it, anyone can.

explorer 8.8s can be found with 4.10s too, so that'll allow for upgrading the rear later on.

what engine/trans/tiresize do you have and what do you intend to do with the jeep?

I meant that they suck on the road in every conceivable way. offroad is waaay different. :D

spring over and 33x14s (and a 9"). rim width, backspacing and bumpstopping are key. I did nip a bit off the bottom edge of the flares. also, never take them on the road. they suck in every measurable way (and a few non-measurable ones).

GO FOR IT! :thumbsup: no shortage of public land for wheeling and hiking. :yes:

feel free to throw some info into your sig :thumbsup:

x2 check the valve cover first. buy 2 seals. just in case you mess one up. then you don't have to run to a store mid-project. also, let the RTV fully cure before firing up the engine. learned that one the hard way. :( If you pay a pro, don't let them convince you that the trans has to be pulled. If they say that, go somewhere else!

4.0? there is a way to swap just the HO block into your truck. that way everything looks and acts stock. guys with memory better than mine will need to fill in the details.

check out the "popular" sub-forum in the pub. :thumbsup:

I would transplant the 4.0 stuff into the solid body. but that's just me. a big hammer will clear the firewall, and you have a complete truck to steal the radiator mount area and hood. It's been done before.

that's kinda a pain in the butt. :dunno: they should do something about that. it works though :yes:

yes, that's not the addy of the photo itself, but rather the page with the photo on it. I wanted to include that page so y'all could see what I was working with. :thumbsup: why would a site have a link address, but not allow linking? doesn't make any sense to me. :hmm: at least now I know I'm not simply doing it wrong. :D thanks!

one of our newer members is trying to share pictures using a site called zenfolio. it provides a hot-linking address that just doesn't want to work. what exactly is going wrong? this is the page with the photo: http://dlcorcoran.zenfolio.com/p865211914/h1497dfda#h1497dfda