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Cool video, looks like you guys had alot of fun.

When I put my 44 in my waggy, I got u-bolts at Napa, kind of spendy. Think it was around $45 for four.

I like the way your truck looks with the 30's. What size did you have before? Also what did you do to lift the rear. Just trying to get ideas for mine. Thanks.

A guy in my jeep club had the same problem. Remove your belt and see if it still happens. If the belt is slipping or worn out it will create static electricty by slipping on the pully and it will arc. Try it and let us know. Here is a link to the thread http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/showthre ... park!-Help

Thats what I wanted to do, have matching XJ/MJ. Planned on changing the grill like you did and cutting it up to put 33's on it with fender flares. Also was thinking about painting it the same color and put woodgrain sides. Than I found this truck and my plans have changed. Might still look for a beater to do my original plans. They are hard to come by around here for some reason. I have been looking and have yet to see one on the road. I also have not seen one at a junkyard. Strange. Are these trucks that rare?

One day I aspire to make my NJ rust-bucket SporTruck look like this. I am very jealous. Do you mind me asking what you paid for such a gem? I paid $3400 for it. The guy had fat folder of reciepts of the work he has done to it. He owned it since 2003. Rebuilt engine with 600 miles on it, replaced every sensor/sender on it. Recent brake work, new discs/drums, master cyl/powerbooster, used rear prop valve. Was painted a couple of years ago. New carpet. Radiator and water pump 3 years old. Replaced weather stripping for doors and other little stuff. The guy was planning to move back east to his farmland and was fixing it up to take with him to haul stuff around his property. He decided that he didn't want to tear it up and was just going to get a beater truck instead when he moved there. This is not really what I was looking for, but was very clean and could not pass this up. So looks like I am just going with about a 3 inch lift and some 31 inch tires. Mainly daily driver and camping. I will just use my Waggy for the harder stuff, since I don't mind getting dents in that if they happen.

Whatever I do to it, I want to be able to go back to stock one day. It might be more of a mall crawler, take it to some of the local car shows. Don't really see any MJ's around here for some reason. I like the look of both of yours.

I have an 1988 MJ now. The truck is very clean and only has 600 miles on a rebuilt engine. Now I have a problem. I was looking for a truck to put 33 inch tires on, small lift and cut out the fenders like I did on my Waggy and beat it offroad. This truck is in great shape, no rust or dents and to clean to chop up in my opinion. I think I am changing directions and only go with 31 inch tires and a small lift without cutting up the body and make more a daily driver. What is a good size lift for 31's without rubbing issues and who makes a good one for the MJ's. Thanks Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found Image Not Found

Hi, My 89 Waggy XJ does this. The lights turn themself off after about a minute. It was strange the first time this happened to me.

If you do get an after market bumper and want to tow with it , make sure it is rated for towing. Alot of aftermarket bumpers are not designed for towing. They will tell you that it is designed for accessories (bike rack...) and not actual towing. If you do tow with them and the bumper fails and causes an accident, they are not liable, since it was not designed for the load. Just something to watchout for.

Glad he is OK. The roof held up pretty good.

Thanks for the compliments. I have seen a lot of nice looking MJ's on this site. The vents work pretty good. It keeps it from going over the 210 mark on the gauge, use to go to about 230 while wheeling.

Hello, I am looking to buy a MJ, found your site and it has a lot of great info. Right now I have a 89 XJ Wagoneer, 3.5inch lift, 33 inch tires, dana 30/44 4.56 gears, truetrac front, lockright rear, Rockhard cage, and other stuff. Looking foward to getting an MJ and sharing info with all of you. I usually hang out at virtualjeepclub.com