adam518

I need a manual window regulator for the driver's side of my 1991 MJ. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Quick update on my truck... I've been driving the MJ 2-3 time a week and it is a really nice driving, running truck on smooth roads. However, the ride has been a bit harsh at times on rough roads. My XJ which has approximately the same amount of lift, springs, CAD, etc and rides much much smoother. I initially thought it may be the coils springs but after doing a bit of research decided to swap shocks instead. The XJ has RE 3.5" springs with ACOS and the MJ has RE 4.5" springs with a 1" spacer. Both sit between 5.25" & 5.75" and the 4.5" springs on the MJ are a much softer spring rate, so one would assume it would be a softer ride. Initially, I had Bilstein 5100's on the MJ while the XJ has RE Monotubes. I called RE after hearing that Bilstein made their shocks. They confirmed that the XJ/MJ/TJ springs are made by Bilstein, but to their specifications. Evidently , the off-the-shelf Bilsteins are a bit universal in that they are made to fit a myriad of vehicles but the valving on the RE shocks are specific to the weight of a XJ or MJ. Anyway, I swapped in the RE shocks yesterday and the difference in ride is tremendous. I went back over some of the same roads near where I live that really caused the MJ to loose its composure before and it rides silky smooth now.

I dig your light bar idea…think I may follow your lead and do the same thing.

I'll give it a shot.

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Been a while since I posted. I've been busy with other projects, but have been driving the MJ a couple days a week. I do have a question. Does anyone have a suggestion regarding my drip rail moldings? I have 2 really nice pairs. My truck is all blue & black...no chrome at all. I painted the drip rail moldings black, but it keeps flaking. I scuff w/180, prime, paint and they still flake. Instead of paint, does anyone have experience with any type of shrink or plastic coating that is durable?

I haven't posted to my build in almost a year. Actually, besides driving the truck, I really haven't done that much to it. We started building a new house at the end of Oct 2012 and the wife requested no new vehicle projects until the house is done. With any luck, we'll be in by Thanksgiving. After driving it 5-6 months, it never really settled any in the rear like I hoped. The 4.5" springs gave at least 5.5" of lift, maybe more. It got to where it looked like it had too much rake, so I called Hell Creek. He told me to remove the second shortest leaf. I removed the leaf and now it sits perfect. Not only that, it softened up the ride quite a bit. The ride is very nice and most (not all) of the interior squeaks & creeks went away.

I had to reread your post. At 1st, I missed "blue" and thought you were referring to "Walker". I was just about to pm you to tell you to leave that truck alone! It's a work of beauty! ..but the blue truck I say stick 'em out. It gives a more menacing look.

Thanks for posting the pics, whats the idear of of using the wheel spacers ? I wanted to run a factory appearing wheel. The only problem is that factory Jeep wheels all have a lot of backspacing to keep the tires fully tucked in underneath the fenders. Once you mount a taller and wider tire to a factory wheel, you begin having issues with the tires rubbing things, such as the back inside of the tire rubbing on the lower control arm, etc. Spacers allowed me to use the wheels I liked, but move the wheel out far enough that I don't have clearance issues. Do they give you identical wheel track front & rear ? Mine now has a slightly wider track in the rear. If you look at MJ's closely, you'll notice that the body is narrower up front. So, it creates the illusion that the front is axle is wider than the rear if all four tires have the each same backspacing. That always kind of bugged me so I chose spacers for the rear that were 1/4" thicker than the front. My problem is " by law " the tyres carnt stick out past the gaurds or flears I am fortunate to live in the great state of Tennessee. I have never heard of anyone here being harassed about fender flares completely covering the tires. As a matter of fact, many folks go flareless, but I like the looks of the factory flares. I will run 16x8 rims for big brakes & 32" tyre, the tyres won't be as wide as yours. Have been toying with the idear of adding a inch or so to the factory flears ( post update ). as i can go only so wide with tyres " by law " so no bushwackers + i want to keep the factory look Me too, I was kind of shooting for a look that appeared as though it could have been some type of bad-a factory option. That is why I stayed with factory flares, Jeep wheels & left all of the body panels as they were. Doing so limited me to 33" tires, but I am happy with how it turned out. You have a great looking truck dude Thanks

Sorry it took so long to get pics. Maybe these will help you see how far they stick out. The wheels are 15x8 with 5.5" backspacing. I have 1.25" spacers in the front & 1.5" spacers in the rear.

Initially, I wanted to rattle can mine...was having a tough time deciding between a flat gray or desert tan, but somewhere along the way it took a slightly different turn. If I can talk the wife into another Comanche, I'd like to keep it a little more along those lines. It wouldn't hurt near as much if it were to get a few dings along the way. Right now, I'm still trying to keep the "don't make it too nice" thing going with my Honcho. So far I've focused on fixing mechanical issues and making it more drivable & reliable while fighting the temptation to make it pretty.

They do stick out, but not a whole lot. I'll try to get a pic today that shows just how much. The camber is fine...I suppose it's a funky angle for a picture. The only trouble I had in the front alignment was finding a good compromise between caster and front pinion angle. I believe it ended up with 7 degrees which still drives good and I don't have any vibes out of the driveshaft.

Got my truck back the 1st week of August. In the past three months, I've put it all back together but today I washed it for the very first time. ...sorry if I overindulged in pics, but I just couldn't help it.

Looking for spare tire mounting ideas... I have a matching wheel & tire for use as a spare. Initially, the plan was to make a bracket to install it vertically on the passenger's side of the bed forward of the wheel well. Then the plan changed to vertically along the forward bulkhead of the bed. Now, I'm thinking a 45 degree mount at the front of the bed would look nice. I know it's kind of boy racer, but the whole baja style looks sweet. I have an extra front wheel unit bearing to use as a mount and figured it would be easy enough to fab up something to brace it all to the bed. Any opinions?

Thanks. I need to clean it up and take some nice shots. I've been driving it as much as I can and it's not really photo shoot material at the moment. Here's a pic of my "temporary" emblems. Since new old stock Comanche emblems are rather scarce, Spencer at jeepstickers.com cut these for me. They look nicer than my old emblems and will work ok until I can find a really nice set of the real thing. It's hard to tell from the pic, but he even cut them with a black outline that somewhat replicates the look of the original emblems.