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Going to pickup a set of the key lenses for the comanche. (picture makes mine look better than they are). Trying to decide between chrome and black trim. I have black ones that I painted on now. I have chrome door handles and mirrors going on soon but the bumper and tailgate handle will remain black. I'm leaning towards black trim but still unsure.

Ended up just getting new eBay ones.

Trunnion upgrade is definitely a must. I went with the bronze bushing style from CHE. Very high quality kit. You can also get the caged needle bearing version but I wanted to completely move away from needles.

Little rich for my blood but I appreciate it. Maybe if I was going for factory fresh. I found a new aftermarket set for like 120

Before I get a brand new set, I'd like to see if anyone has chrome mirrors with the adjustable knob for the interior. No cracks in the plastic and in working order. Thanks.

Found

Looking for a good set of the stub shafts that 2wd axles used. Thanks.

Need the early style 4wd knuckles. I believe it's 84 to 89. Don't need the caliper bracket, just the knuckles. Thanks.

Yeah being in the northeast is tough for junkyard parts. Everything is always so rotted out and older vehicles are basically non existent. I'm still torn on using the monos as I like being able to use the jeep to haul stuff. If I go this route it really will be only a street truck.

Not more support. I'm looking to drop the weight of a full leaf pack and my slapper bars. ideally I would run the calvert mono and their caltracks. I can save ALOT of dead weight back there. I found that early rangers are 25(5/8)/31 lengths with the comache's 26/31 which is the closest I found. The rangers are also similar in shape but alot less arch than the jeeps but that could work out in my favor so I can ditch my lowering blocks. Its just alot of money to drop on something that might not work. But thats been par for the course with this build on alot of things lol. My other option is to have custom fiberglass ones made but i would rather the calverts

Does anyone know if leaf springs from other vehicles fit our trucks? And I mean the whole spring, not just a couple leafs. Mainly s10, dakota, ranger, Silverado 1500? Looking into some calvert monoleafs and of course no jeep, the above vehicles are the only lights pickups they make for. Could it be as simple as just finding some with the correct length specs?

When the girlfriend listens to exactly what you want for your birthday 😁

Not much has been done since the headers. Just been driving and enjoying the last bit of nice weather before she goes away for winter. Found a cool spot for some pictures. Forgot how hard it was to find a place without anything man made in it around me.

Was at a car show today and this old guy had a whole van full of literature for basically any vehicle made from 1930 to present. Got some cool jeep stuff. I got the 1984 Cherokee one and 1986 Comanche one and they also had a 1988 for my year so I had to grab that one too.

Last year I dealt with the floors on my Cherokee. Now this year I find my roof is just as bad. I hate having emotional attachment to this thing because it honestly should just go to the great beyond. Sigh. Time to get the welder and por15 out again.

Finally got the headers and installed them this weekend. May I say these things are beautiful. I got the ceramic coated ones, which are NOT cheap, but the quality and fit is amazing. The eBay S10 ones I had worked but they were tight on all areas and required a couple dings to fit. Novak ones dropped right in and not a single issue. Only wish I was able to get them on the initial build but that was peak pandemic and Sanderson was closed for a while. Off to the exhaust shop hopefully for the final time and probably one month left a good weather before winter storage.

I had my lifted xj at school with me. Was about a 4 hour drive from NJ to upstate NY. I had a lot of fun with my friends but I definitely got me into some trouble. My friends with "normal cars" never got asked to go take them off roading. Lost an alternator from mudding and well as a broke college kid that really sucked. Had to put it in the back lot while I waited to fix it. But I did have a lot of fun. I was the only one who could make it in the snow storms though. And was always the one who got asked for help with their car or to pull them out. So good stuff as well. A good shape stock XJ or an older Toyota would definitely be my pick. I have an old Camry I gave to my sister. Has about 200k on it and she drives that everywhere and just took it to school. I made her promise to give it back when she's done. I love that car, it just plain works. They are dead simple to work on, parts are cheap, and just really reliable. Late 90s/early 2000 Camry' are tanks. But for real, I'd rock the hell outta the eagle.

I decided to mount it on the back cab wall behind my center console. Really well hidden. But I didn't want to drill holes in my near perfect back board so I used L brackets to mount it.

Been a while since an update. Got the rear axle in 2 days before my road trip. Truck did great for the 1500 miles, but I did have some issues. My AFR's we're all over the place the whole way out. Thought the wideband went bad, swapped it at the car show but still showed crazy readings. Tried to make adjustments as best I could but didn't have a laptop to plug into the Holley. Drove it home and by the time I got home it was stinking rich. Like black soot out the tailpipe rich. Swapped injectors, cleared my fuel tables, and re-adjusted a couple sensors but nothing. Turns out my exhaust manifold cracked right before the O2....so waiting on actual Novak headers this time. Unfortunately backordered 4 weeks so for now just waiting. Don't want to drive it anymore than I already did. The roadkill show was great. Couldn't even step away from the truck because so many people were asking about it. But I think I was upstaged a bit by the Cherokee with a hemi. Took some cool pictures outside the jeep plant too. Just a quick stop off the highway. The other main issue was the exhaust and engine drown out the radio to the point where it barely sounds like its on. Now I love the sound of the truck but I want my tunes as well. So audio is also getting a small upgrade. I love the radio i have but 15 watts ain't gonna cut it anymore.

Doing a little upgrade to the sound system. The 90's style radio fits the interior perfectly but the 15watts it pushes gets drowned out by the V8 very easily. I have a 2 channel amp and some better door speakers going in. Best place for the amp? I want to try and hide it as much as possible so That really only leaves under the seat or behind them. Just curious what others have done.

Just last week I was at work reading an electric meter with my supervisor and all of sudden he yells bees! And I guess my legs were the scariest looking objects because I got about 20 stings in each leg. Not. Fun. I'm from NJ and I say kill them all!

I successfully have both of mine there

Man driving this thing like a grandma was tough. Jersey driving is bad enough as it is, but not trying to really load it out of toll plazas and merging was rough. I took it insanely easy the for the 60 mile drive.

Yup I got a/c in the Cherokee does really well.