88eliminator

Here is some current photos I've taken of the Comanche exploring Northern California.

Testing out the JCR DIY bumper with the RM250.

Got my new JCR Crusader front bumper in the mail and put it on the other day. Loving how it looks! I also put some LED square pods on and made a custom switch panel in side the truck.

My buddy took a rad shot of the comanche a couple weeks back.

One modification that I have done is change my closed cooling system to an open cooling system out of a 96 XJ. I also wanted to keep my heater and air conditioner so I also put in a heater control valve out of the same year XJ. The radiator that I used was a aluminum and plastic Spectra Premium CU1193 brand new from Amazon for pretty cheap. I have no complaints about it but i do want to add better electric fans in the future. Here is the heater control valve that I put in. the heater and air conditioning works amazing. The overflow bottle I pulled from a pick and pull and is temporarily held in my bungee cords. (I plan on making a better braket to hold it) this has worked for now. Here is the thermostat cover I put on so that I can run another thermostat gage inside so that I can get another reading on how hot the jeep gets. I put an Auto meter Temp gage on the bottom of the dash. This temp gage is reading right where the thermostat is which I like because i can get to readings on how hot the jeep gets.

The Comanche finally hit 90k a couple weeks ago.

I had some time to go out to the OHV place in my town I live in and try to get some flex with my sway bar disconnected. It feels pretty awesome to drive the jeep around with out the sway bar being connected. Even though my jeep is a 2wd i notices that i had little more traction then normal.

Here are some more pictures of the jeep flexing. It tucks 31s very nicely. Here is some front flex with the sway bar still connected. I haven't tried to flex yet with the sway bar disconnected.

Spring brake finally came so I could fix this bad clunk that I was experiencing. I decided to put non adjustable lower control arms on because I figured I really don't need them for what i'm using the jeep for. I got Rough Country fixed lower control arms for only $100 on amazon and I could beat that price. Here are the new arms on the truck. Here is another view of the arms. The arms 100% fixed my clunk and I couldn't be more satisfied on how the jeep drives. These where the newer JKS arms that I replace them with the RC arms. The reason for my clunk was that there was movement in side the adjuster part which was allowing a load clunk noise when ever going over bumps. both of these arms together where around $400 and I was very un happy that they started clunking sense they where new. I am going to warranty them and hopefully get my money back. I am a very happy person now that my jeep is not clunking anymore. Now I can appreciate the ride quality of the lift.

yup these are my future plans for the jeep.

Here are some photos of the jeep when I was heading back to school after winter break. Took a small pit stop to test out the new tires and suspension on the way back. enjoying the OHV park. Here is one of my favorite picture that I got of the jeep while exploring in Humboldt. I am very happy on how the jeep looks and it puts a smile on my face everyday. Now I need to wait till spring break to put on the new lower control arms so the clunk goes away.

I decided to put a 3.5" lift on the jeep. I came time to replace the suspension components and I wanted to put a little lift on so it could fit the bigger tires. I also always loved the look of lifted comanches. In the front Rubicon Express 3.5" coils JKS adjustable track bar JKS adjustable upper and lower control arms JKS sway bar end-links Bilstien 5100 shocks Longer breaded brake lines In the rear I used Rubicon Express add a leaf Energy suspension poly bushings JKS 1" lift shackles Bilstien 5100 shocks Longer breaded brake line Here is the front being put on. Here is just the front with the 3.5" lift. The back is still stock. Lifting the back of the jeep. Here is the end result of the lift. I am very satisfied on how the jeep turned out. The only downside is that we ended up getting defective JKS lower control arms which make a pretty bad clunking sound when every going over bumps. We are going to replace them with fixed rough country lower control arms in about two weeks from now. Other than the clunk the jeep feels way better and handles all the bumps very well.

Yup I did save it

Finally winter break came and I got to come home to a brand new set of Double Standard Method Race Wheels. Specs are 15x8 3.5 offset. I was worried about how much the rim will stick out of the side of the fender just because I read forums that say that you should stay close to the OEM offset wheel. Here is how much the rim sticked out. Here is how much the back sticked out. After test fitting I then went and put on some 31x10.5r15 BFGoodrich Ko2 all-terrain tires. Here are the tires and Wheels mounted. I couldn't drive the truck while it was like this because the fronts would rub way to much. So I had to take the front fenders off so that I could just drive it around while I wait for my lift to come in.

I moved up to Humboldt so that I can start my first year at HSU and the jeep is loving it. Here are some of the beautiful views I get to go to up here. Here is the Jeep at a local OHV park playing around in the dirt and doing some stock flex action. As I moved up to school I had to put all of my modifications on hold until I went back home for winter break. I planed on lifting the jeep 3.5" and put some 31" tires on it. these where my summer plans but as I needed to drive 5 hours back home the jeep was showing that everything was getting old and it was starting to get un safe. So my plans for lifting it was set to happen over winter break.

A couple of days before I headed off to Humboldt State University I knew that the moisture up north is pretty bad so I got the jeep kinda prepared by fixing some of the rust on the rear end. All the rust is mainly surface rust but I just rattle caned everything that had rust on it because I will fix some of the rust later when I planned on lifting it. Also I plan on getting rid of the D35 in the future when I have time to replace it. Before with all the rust. Also the leaf springs are all rusted as well. After when I just rattle caned everything.

The next upgrade was to get rid of the old rear bumper and make make the DIY JCR rear bumper for the truck. I got my cousin who is a welder and he was more than happy to help me weld up my bumper. Here is the Bumper right out of the box. We bent all the sides as the directions showed and tacked it all up. Now it starts to look like a bumper. He then started to weld up the whole bumper with his clean welds. Here is bumper all welded up on the truck. I decided to keep the welds and not grind all them smooth. Now for paint. Here is the final result after paint. I wanted to have the bumper powder-coated black but I was running out of time before I headed off to college in less than two weeks. So what I did was rattle caned the whole thing with dupli-color semi gloss black. Not sure how many layers I put on but i'm not fully satisfied on the outcome but it works for me. The paint flakes off really easily but its very easy to touch up. The best part about it is that it only look 4 cans to paint the whole bumper.

The first major upgrade that my dad and I did was to try and improve the brake system so that they would stop over heating. I don't really have too many photos of what we did but I can explain. I also can take photos if someone wants me too. We decided to go with the 2000 WJ brake booster upgrade with deleting the height sensing proportioning valve. I replaced the proportioning valve with a 96 XJ valve. Everything went very well and all the forums about doing the upgrade where very helpful. Here is a photo of the booster and master cylinder that we put on. I had to make new brake lines that go to the master cylinder and also I had to remove the wiper fluid bottle. We also changed, Brake lines, rear brake cylinders, Rear Brake shoes, Brake calipers, Rotors and pads.

I finally took the camper shell off for the first time in 26 years. the in side of the bed was way to clean to put dirt bikes in and scratch it all up so I decided to put Rhino Line in.

Here is when I first brought the Jeep home. Here is the floor with no rust. It also looks the same on the other side.

Hello Everyone, I have an 1988 Jeep Comanche Eliminator 2WD 4.0, with 88,000 miles on it. I got the truck when it had 76,000 miles and I have owned it for about two years now and finally decided to make a forum about everything I have done to it so far. I want to start off by how I got it. My Grandma bought the truck brand new in 1988 in Arizona. She then moved to Wyoming for about 10 years and then moved to Utah and she gave me the truck when I helped her move from Wyoming to Utah. It took a couple years for her to give it to me because she was still driving it at the time. She kept the truck in perfect condition and was always garage kept. My dad and I drove to Utah in 2014 to pick the truck up and bring it to California. Ps: She also had the camper shell on the whole time she owned it. Here is the truck in Utah when we went to go pick it up. That is the short story of how I got my first comanche.

Here is the First Pic of the comanche

No you can only feel a little movement when the tire is bing rocked back and forth there should be ZERO movement. this is the first place i would be investigating. check to make sure the bolt is the proper size and that the bushing sleeve is the proper size. Yes I will double check the bolt size and bushing sleeve size when I get the chance. I'm also going to put the old CA back on to see if the problem is the JKS arms. Thanks so much for your help.

No you can only feel a little movement when the tire is bing rocked back and forth

I put the bilstien 5100's that had were capable for the 3" lift. Got a part number? 24-188197 for the 5100 in the front