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Trailer hitch showed up. Hmmm. Welds look good but they could have spent a few minutes taking the bite out of these edges. Dremal time.

Congratulations. She looks both good and purposeful/useable. some spacers on those d rings will work wonders. They’ll sit straight, won’t rattle and and save the paint on your bumpers.

Pulled the trigger on the JCR Vanguard Pre Runner winch bumper so that should be arriving soon.

I’ve noticed that driver side long bed pics of the M-MAX don’t really exist. In talking with the fine chaps at Notch, they say modding is necessary to the driver side rear flare to accommodate the fuel filler door because it’s closer to the wheel well on the 7’ box vs the 6’ box. Sounds like you have to “Notch” the flare. Ba dump dump...I’ll show myself out...

Will definitely keep you posted. Haven’t seen the M-MAX flares in person but they’re the most attractive offerings I’ve seen. To me they look the closest to what Jeep would have done if they would have done bigger wells and flares from the factory.

Ordered a set of wheel adapters off Amazon. They sent me 2” thick 4.5”-4.5” spacers. 😡 done with them. No humans to verify jack. Ordered a set of hopefully non Chinese made adapters fro Quadratech. They’re more than twice the price. For grins and giggles just imagined what the JL Rubi wheels look like. Also bought these problems” replacements with a Crown track bar and 2-5” Fox 2.0 shocks all the way around. Should be getting a decent 96 Cherokee parts jalopy here shortly for a couple hundred bucks.

Thanks for the advice. Good to know this isn’t Reddit lol.

Just ordered manta ray rear bumper from dirtbound off-road along with tow hitch. I had originally planned on the JCR rear bumper. Both offer provisions to flush mount extra lighting but decided to go with DO’s Manta Ray because of the license plate provision.

Winch showed up. Adding some detail: it’s the 7hp gen 3 with wireless remote and the small box with a SB aluminum shackle came free of charge.

Nice work! What a bitchen build.

Ironman4x4fab hardware seems pretty pricy. I know you usually get what you pay for...legit quality or just overpriced?

Need to do a lot of replacing of existing suspension pieces. Any pointers? edit: 4” lift is plenty for my needs.

Took tires over to my friend’s shop where Tulsa sits ATM to show her her new shoes. I think she’ll dig em.

If anybody is interested in the old box, PM me.

Thank you. Drove out to Augusta, KS and picked up a 7’ box. I think Tulsa’s box is a bit too hacked up. Also ordered a set of MMax fender flares from Notch Customs today. This box is in better overall shape than the one that sits on Tulsa.

Finally sold my Jeep Wrangler so it’s time to get busy. Purchased a few items this weekend. purchased 5 JLRubicon takeoffs from FB Marketplace and also went ahead and purchased my winch for this rig. Went with the Smittybilt Gen 3 9500 with synthetic rope. Had good luck with the last smittybuilt winch I had. Just can’t justify spending over twice for a Warn Zeon.

Well the next time I’m there, I’ll have to check it out. Mahalo!

Glad you got to go to the Big Island. I wonder how many more Comanches are languishing on that island. Can’t be very many.

Update. Progress is slow. Got rear shock mounts properly welded in. Pulled the mounts off an old F150 axle and had them welded onto the 8.8” rear end. DriveShaft was too short. The driveline shop in Springfield mismeasured but did fix free of charge but somehow the wrong flange made it on to the rear. COVID-19 is making everything a serious challenge.

Let me know if you hear anything back from them.

I heard Ohm knows the electrical pretty well on these rigs. I’m busy busy this time of year with my work so I’m impotently picking away at this.

Picked up my redone rear drive shaft today. New u-joints. Quick question. This has various Cherokee parts. The wiring is pretty hacked up. Would I better off just locating a new harness and going back to as close to factory. And who sells new harnesses?

Thanks to eaglescout526 picked up this command trac emblem. What a decent human being. Small progress.

Progress is slow. Friends garage is finally cleared enough to get Tulsa moved inside. Picked up the rear drive shaft to take up to Springfield. Going to have it cut to 49” to accommodate Ford 8.8 rearend. That is all for now.

Not yet. When I get home this next Monday I’m going to begin making some headway. First objective is to get the Rubi sold and then get Tulsa streetable, insured and legal.