ArcticMJ

Started cutting all the rust out of the rear fenders and getting them ready for the flares I should hopefully have the flares done after the weekend

Started working on the 97+ front clip and door swap. I found a 2000 XJ with power doors at pick n pull, the front clip, driverside fender and doors were all in great shape. I had to wait a few weeks to find a decent passenger side fender. Striping the MJ Installing the doors and swaping over the lock cylinders Rather them welding the new door striker plates on, I opened up the top bolt hole with a carbide burr and found a bolt that would replace the old door striker pin. That way I could bolt the striker and adjust the doors easier. Doors and front clip installed

While I've been waiting on the parts to come in, I started gutting the interior. The rot wasn't too bad, I only had to replace some of the floor on the drivers side. Carpets out Drivers side rust Cut into the floor to inspect the unit rail, it was surprisingly clean, so I just coated it with POR15 I didn't take any pictures of the driverside floor repair, but here's the floors after a couple coats of POR15. The carpet will be cleaned up and dyed black

I finally started on this build, as I was too busy building standup jet ski's all summer. I've order most of the parts I need now and picked up a 4wd parts Comanche Here's what I have now BDS Long arm builders kit 4.5" BDS coils 4.56 gears and an ARB locker for the Dana 44 HP Dana 30 with WJ knuckles 4.56 gears and a trutrack Ruff Stuff 1 ton cross over steering with offset tie rods 35" MTR kevlars Smittybilt XRC suspension seats Smittybilt XRC 9 comp winch Iceland offroad style flares Here's the 1989 base 4.0L 4wd comanche, the driveline was in really good shape minus a bad rear pinion bearing in the dana 35. I've already swapped the 4wd tranny and transfer case and I'll finish the 4wd conversion when I build the Dana 30

For me its an easy choice, BDS over iron rock. Its hard to beat the handling of a 4 link over radius arms. With the BDS kit i would ditch the single shear pan hard that comes with it and build your own

Rustys beat you to it, 199$ a pair though new MJ specific Have any pictures installed on a comanche?

Oh hey dude, where are you working these days?

I'm trying to decide on what bed liner to order right now, I've narrow it down between raptor and monstaliner

No major update, but took care of a few things over the weekend. Went to the wrecker and pulled the oilfilter adapter out of a HO cherokee and installed it in my Comanche. I also replaced the wheel cylinders in the Dana 44 and replaced the front shocks to pass inspection One of the local car audio shops was liquidating there 2014 stock and I picked up some demo units cheap. The Comanche only had one working 6.5" speaker in it and CD player barely worked. So for around $400 I was able to pick up a jcv bluetooth headunit, kenwood 5 channel amp, kicker sub with box and 4 alpine speakers.

Yes, I'm just trying to find a nice donor xj

For the front bumper I'll probably do the exact same one as my last Cherokee, since I still have the plans for it in bend tec pro.

I've started designing my hybrid cage with a bed rack, but I'm struggling with having the two flow nicely together. I'm not really happy with what I have now and am open to suggestions! I don't want the bed rack to sit above the roofline, I hated my roof rack on my 4door xj. I also want to make sure there's nothing overhead in the last few feet of the box so I can easily hop in the box and load a jetski.

I just picked up my 1990 2wd 4.0 long box Comanche two weeks ago and I'm getting ready to start building it. I've owned quite a few jeeps over the years, but its been about 3 years since of had a built jeep. My main purpose for this jeep is to get to remote hunting and fishing spots in the foothills and mountains, while still being able to haul a jetski in the bed and pull a jetski trailer. Plans Keep the Renix 4.0L and swap in a AW4 with NP231 tcase HP dana 30 with wj knuckles and brake, 4.56 gears Dana 44 rear with disc brakes, 4.56 gears and locker 4.5" lift (haven't decided on long arms or drop brackets) Hybrid cage with a bed rack Lots of lights 35" tires Iceland offroad flares Lots of armor 98+ front clip Paint silver or olive drab to match my 1947 willys Here's how the comanche looks the day I got it I'll get some better pictures when it gets back from the exhaust shop tomorrow, it's getting full 2.5" exhaust with a super 50 muffler.

Iceland off road

You can keep your 33's, they fit fine with proper bump stoping and clearancing and with enough cutting you could easily fit a lot bigger tires. This is one my old cherokee's with 6" coils and stock flares Same suspension on my old 2door Cherokee with cut fenders