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Back at it today. Pulled the bed off today to begin mild frame clean up and just make it look better. Lots of red dirt under there. Owner before me was trying to make this rig into a hard core trail rig. He installed an oversized gas tank. Good grief! The tank unfortunately is trying to occupy the same real estate at the rear left shock absorber. Poorly thought out mod. I knew I was getting a project and a project I clearly have. I feel I am truly doing the Lord’s work here, Jeep Fam rehabbing this poor truck and saving it from the miserable existence of being cut up and bastardized hack mods.

Welcome. Nice truck!

Installed steering dampening shock. Not too difficult. Fit pretty well. Also removed non functioning track bar. Waiting for the new one to arrive.

Sweet bumper. I bought one too. Waiting for the dirt bound rock sliders and JCR front winch bumper to overcome the COVID-19 and get here as well to get them powder coated. Maybe I should have just done what you did. Nice start to your rig.

Wow, excellent work.

Excited to install this.

Love it. Nice rig.

Well when it’s really dark outside, lots of lights come in handy. I had plenty on my Rubicon. Made wheelin at night a lot more enjoyable.

Notch Customs M-MAX fenders. Packaged and shipped well.

Good question. Thanks for resurrecting the thread. I would have never known this thing ever existed.

Tightened front shocks and test fit rear bumper (enough) and sent it in for powder coat..learned a few things about powder coat. Learned that what I wanted to do is going to cost more than double and add at least 8 weeks lead time so just going to do black textured.

Nice.

Went ahead and mostly installed the front Fox shocks. Need to get the hardware to bolt in the bow ties down below. Test fit the rear bumper tomorrow. baby steps

Update: After consulting with Safari Off-road Nixa, MO as well as a couple of local guys who’ve done XJ builds, the consensus among all of them was to just wait for the rear Fox 2.0 shocks instead of trying go with another brand. COVID has shut a lot of things down so its going to be a crap shoot anyway trying to find another brand who makes the shocks I need for the Ford 8.8 rear end. Still waiting on track bar to ship so I can at least have a somewhat stable front end. Gonna try to test fit rear bumper tomorrow. And then install front shocks on Friday.

Pulled the stock bumper off today as the bed is coming off and a new bed and new Dirt Bound bumper are going on. Bolts were a bit rusty and stuck on...needed a little PB Blaster and why are they all different sizes? 15mm 17 mm 3/4 WTFlip? I have no plans for that bumper. It’s not perfect but if anyone needs a bumper and can get to it, it’s yours...pm me if interested. The bed is relatively rust free but a little too much around the wheel IMO has been cut out. If anyone is interested in that, it’s yours if you want it as well...PM me about that too.

Sorry for your loss, mate. I have know idea what that is like. I’ve been thru some rough stuff and looking back, I can’t really remember what exactly I learned from going to counseling but I sure can tell you what I’ve learned flipping 2 homes and the satisfaction of accomplishing something I wasn’t sure I could. Cheers and all the best to you.

Word of the day: offset. its kicking my hiney. I thought 1.5” thick adapters would be enough for these JL wheels. And they probably would if I never planned on doing bigger tires. It’s very tight between the frame and the tire :/ And with the M-Max flares from Notch the stance would look not amazing. Currently on hold with Quadratec.....their hold times are insane. Also the rear Fox 2.0 shocks are on back order (COVID-19) until end of June. Think I’ll be sending back the fronts and doing something else. I need to get this rig on the road. Not by frkn July. Any advice would be appreciated.

Nice looking rig. Inspiring as I’m just getting started with my list. FWIW I liked the flares.

Krusty, are you the one that does metal tail light covers for the MJ?

Moar....rear bumper showed up. The fit and finish look really good on this piece. Nice work, Dirt Bound. Any thoughts on this set up? https://www.tntcustoms.com/jeep_parts/jeep_comanche_mj_long_arm_upgrade_87_92_jeep_comanche_tnt_customs

The Fox 2.0 front shocks showed up today from Quadratech. Doesn’t that sticker add 2” of articulation and 10HP.

Which long arms are you using? Nice looking rig.

Updated to do list.

Then powder coated it shall be.

Fixed. Should I just paint or powder coat?