johnny quest

when i put a price on something, especially a vehicle, i usually use one of those 'for sale' signs that you can pick up at home depot or any other hardware store. either that, or i sometimes use those window markers, and write the price in big letters on the windshield. thats how i would put a price on it :brows:

any more pics of the XJ??

seriously?? cause ive been thinking all along that frame stiffeners were gonna be par for the course when youre getting into the 37"+ club. the LII frame stifferners are nice, but is nothing on the lower area, around the LCA's needed??

driver's side LCA mount is no more. now onto the passenger side. ugh...

How much did you cut out??

how hard was it to do the bed-bob, and how long did it take??

:thumbsup: any suggestion for shocks?? it looks like I'm gonna be around 4.5-5" over stock. i may have to punch a hole up through the bed for an upper mount

i honestly havent really thought about shocks yet; something between no-name white bodies and triple bypass coilovers :D I'm also trying to figure out brakes for the back, since i need something with a parking brake so its legal-ish. the eldorado calipers are the best stock option, since I'm running 3/4 ton chevy front rotors on my 14 bolt, but from what ive read, even those arent great.

ok ok fine ;) so yesterday, i got it outside for the first time in a while, and spun it around in my one car garage so i can start working on the front end swap after that, i was on a roll, so this happened:

didnt have much time to get deep into things, so for ha-ha's i bolted up 2 of the 37's, and whadaya know, they fit!! sitting on its own with 300lbs+ in the bed, and the tires clear the stock uncut fenders barely ;) and at 79" wide, i think it may even be street legal!! ill have to look into that more... so now that the rear end is as done as its gonna be for a while, its now time to turn to the front end. ive got the 60 ground down to the bare housing, the coil/shock/link mounts from Ballistic are ready to go, my custom cross member and side plates are ready to go, but i need to trim a bit more off the LCA mounts to clear the side plates. Then its time to bolt and burn all that stuff into place, and figure out link lengths.... then brakes, steering, driveshafts, boatsides, cage, bobbing the bed, (undecided about the dovenose/dovetail), oh yea and getting it running :doh:

that civic is local to me (utah) but i havent seen it lately

also, should i get a sye for the 231, or get a dana 300 and build a doubler??

ive never seen one here on CC, or otherwise don't mean to hijack but here's one on bc jeep club pic doesnt work for me :(

soon!!

small update- finally got the 14 bolt all bolted in with the stuff from RuffStuff. The drivers side stock LCA mount is off, yet the passenger side one is still on there; these need to go cause they interfere with my custom crossmember/LA brackets. I also got my 37" Cooper SST's mounted on my H2's today. this build feels like its going at a snails pace :(

very nice. if i can get my rear in gear, your truck will have a shortbed twin!! 60/14, 4" front/soa rear, 37's on H2's, blah blah blah

finished cleaning the brakcets off my dana 60 and my 14 bolt, and then went to town on cutting the LCA mounts off so i can get my crossmember/LA mount in place. then ran out of cutting disks :( tomorrow gotta get some longer bolts so my pinion guard can be installed, pick up some rotors so i can press on the 14bolt hubs, and then *maybe* get the 14bolt under

i can't believe nobody has asked the obvious question yet.... DID YOU CHECK THE BLINKER FLUID?? :jump:

went to an auto show this past weekend here in salt lake, and they had the indoor course set up. 4 or 5 rubi's and a WK2 running laps around the course. i wasnt impressed at all.

build thread: http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1039434

well as a late christmas gift to myself, i just pulled the trigger on a trac bar kit, panhard bar kit, axle swap kit, and pinion guard from RuffStuff, and i'm about to order a pair of link/coil/shock mounts from Ballistic.

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what would you get for your MJ??

last night. drove my GF's 01 TJ around for a bit to get out of the house. only has 63k on it, with a brand new 4.0 with like 8k on it :brows: