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Yep, in the bare, open, sometimes snow filled driveway. :doh: my 'shop': and dedicated shop assistant. :yes:

Everything I've ever owned has been a 'project vehicle' :doh: (warning 10,000 pictures below :waving: ) Since this thread has switched to 'project Jeeps'...... My first project Jeep (paid $500 in 1993): My first project XJ (was $1500 in 1994): This is the only pic I have online of (what was left of) my first MJ: so here's my second one:($500 in 98') Current trail MJ went from this ($500 in 03') to (05') and back to cars.... had a bunch of these (5 were daily drivers) this one was $900 in 1990, (first pic from 1991, second 18 years later): Also have a soft spot for first gen GSXR's : my first is on the right, an 86' bought in 1990: sorry for clogging the thread :thwak:

I think the new stuff cleaned up the lines a little, without taking over the whole look. (pics before I changed the stock mangled ft bumper) But yeah, either type of mirror will bolt to the door with all the donor hardware. If you get old style, make sure all the tabs on the inner plastic mounting bracket are intact, or it will pop off (unhinge, to prevent damage) too easily. Once you see how it's mounted, you'll understand what tabs I mean (the plastic gets brittle with age). They use springs to hold the mirror to the inner bracket, make sure those aren't rotted either (or the mirror will actually fall right off the Jeep when it disconnects from the inner plastic bracket). It might just be a corrosion/New England thing, but the ends of the retainer springs rot off all the time around here, tho it does make for easy mirror removal when 4-wheeling ;)

:thumbsup: Awesome achievement, congratulations! (on a small side note, did you get a return congratulatory letter from President Obama? my buddy's son got Eagle last year, and did not. :( )

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: tho I'd probably just hang it on my wall, parking in Boston everyday would just destroy the poor thing.

There is an allen head plug in the casting to fill it.

X2, get the new style (97+) XJ mirrors. Very slight 5 minute 'mod' with a razor knife to get them to fit against the older style door trim, but well worth the effort. New mirrors are bigger, and have a better designed folding mechanism than the old style. Plus they look better/cleaner. :chillin:

You can drill new holes in your axle perches where you need them, sounds like you need to drill new holes, maybe an inch, or so forward of the old holes (to move the axle back). Don't forget you also need new holes in the U-bolt plates, to let the back of the center pin bolt pass through. BTW, how is your shackle angle now (since it sounds like re-arching the springs effectively shortened their overall length)?

After reading this thread, I ran a list of part numbers (including the back bumper & taillights) through one of the online parts searches, and got a hit on the bumper (also got a hit on one of the chrome trimmed taillights). I put the order in just to see......... and got this on my order status today: It does s*ck, since a few years ago there was still a bunch of this stuff left (not bumpers tho). ryno56, how far did you get with the phone call?

It's funny tho, someone at GM liked the 'TJ ft flare on an XJ fender' look enough to copy it when they made the H3's. :ack:

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There's more info in the link, but the guy had already opened up his wheel wells before he got the flares, so they were creatively installed higher than normal (atleast in the front) to cover up the existing openings.

I was interested to see what these look like on a Jeep, first set of pics I've seen posted so far: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=937114 Still not sure if I'd like the look on an MJ. I wonder if they break, like the other 'wackers'.

Every one I've heard of in the dealers network so far have been false alarms. There have been a few guys here with access to the system that had leads, and they were all duds. I 'found' some a few years ago, put the order in, and it was canceled a few days later when the bumper wasn't really in the system. It's possible it's really there, but there seem to be alot of 'ghosts in the machine' when it comes to MJ parts in the dealer network.

I did not reinforce that edge of the bed. The plan was always to add a length of angle iron, or similar to the inside of that edge (from underneath) to beef it up, otherwise it would be a weak spot if something heavy ever was dropped right there on the rear edge of the bed. This MJ was sort of back burnered when I picked up the 'Grandpa Jeep' last January, then had to put it into daily driver mode when 'her' daily driver ZJ bit the dust a few weeks later. I'm hoping to start working on it soon (now that I finally replaced her daily driver), but we'll see how smoothly that goes. :ack:

This KJ thread actually had some interesting tech in it, and slightly less XJ obsession than usual. I'd rate it a 3.5 out of 5 stars. ;) :cheers:

Ignoring the 84,85 & 86's, most 87+ 4cyl XJs got 4.10's: 4cyl 4spd SB MJ's, and cheepo stripper 4cyl 2wd 97+ XJ's got 3.55's (you probably won't run into many of those), the rest either got 4.10's, or the super rare 4cyl/4spd auto (AW4) 4.56's. If you find the 4.10's, great. If you find the 4.56's, grab that axle too, and make someone else here really happy.

You can go longarm for that money, if you like RE stuff (I do), then use their ft coils, with a 'long arm upgrade' kit of your choosing + a track bar kit. Grab some good sway disconnects (JKS), whatever shocks you can afford after dropping all that coin, and SOA the rear. Done. (well, then you should do steering, upgrade the axles, get a hula girl doll for the dash, tires....)

To update this, 86qt edgestar is huge, would be tough to fit the camper. Doesn't matter either way, since mine only worked sporadically upon delivery. It would to work for anywhere from a few minutes, to 48 hours, then do this (on the temperature display): and this (5c is really SC: Short Circuit) I'm still working things out with them, since the replacement I got from them doesn't work either. :shake: I guess that explains why they have so many 'scratch & dents' to send out (former failed units that were returned and 'fixed'). I took some pics of the trailer underside if anyone is interested: I was going to try to store it for the winter, on it's end like this, but decided against it for now. I was measuring to see if I could fit the tall fridge in the camper by cutting a section out of the plywood. (newp).

One of the '2001 MJ' builders used 97+ rear end caps on an XJ bumper (rear, I'd guess), on an MJ. (I think it also used a 97+ XJ hatch for the tailgate). I know he had to plastic weld the caps to fit the longer 'tire to rear bumper distance' of an MJ, I don't know if he was able to just space the caps further out on the bumper, or increase the width of the center section itself. An MJ's rear bumper should be about 5" wider than the front.

To update an old thread, I ended up getting the Centric ones @ rock auto, for $36 each, or so. They seem about as heavy as the stockers, and have a nice coating on them. I'll post back in a few years to see if they've turned into dust yet, or not. ;) FWIW, I ordered 'Centric' brand for everything, and saved on shipping (vs ordering from multiple companies & warehouses). Rock Auto adds to your shipping price if they have to ship from more than one location, so ordering all one brand saved me $10-15 on shipping. I think the whole order was ~$90

I did, sort of. I used a build-it-yourself bumper kit: + parts of old rear bumper to build a new rear bumper. It got backburnered when other stuff came up, but the width is wrong, I had to add a 2-3" filler piece per side to make the width work: Thread: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18919

Yep, it does look great with those wheels, and in that color, but the few that I see of them, the lines just don't look right to me. I'd still think about picking one up someday, if they ever turn into the cheap little used cars I'm hoping they will. :D

I don't even remember what I did with mine. They were falling out of tree's back then, couldn't even give them away. :doh:

There was a thread on another message board 7-8 years ago, someone had bought a new-used XJ, that had the used car dealer's badge on the back. He asked "how do I remove it carefully-bla bla bla". He got a ton of answers & opinions: heat gun, wait till a hot day, use a plastic bondo scraper once you get it started, etc etc. It seemed like the guy hadn't done much mechanical work, because he replied to most of the posts, and asked alot of questions. Anyway, he buys a heat gun, and takes his time, and very carefully lifts & removes the emblem.... only to find the dealer had removed the last dealer badge with a screwdriver, gouged the crap out of the paint, and just slapped the new emblem over the damage. :doh: :wall: :wall: :wall: