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Got the 14 bolt in (the perches from a 79 chevy k20 are the same width :cheers: ) with the rear lift and drilled and installed zerk fittings into the front and rear shackles 8-) Have my gears on order, gotta trim the bumper ends, drill and tap my steering box for the hydro assist and mount my front brushguard. I'm on the hunt for a d300 now :twisted: With the 4 wheel discs the jeep stops faster than it has a right too lol

As always, with school and work progress is slow but I got another teaser pic finally. Gonna cut the fenders for TJ flares and get my 5.38's installed now

Yup keeping the 4.0 til it blows, which will more than likely never happen :cheers: These are the new shoes, trying to find a decent set of rims. Bout to order my 538s and rebuild the 14 bolt.

Got some 11r16 xls almost brand new. Measure out to 38.5"

Been working slowly on the truck... Got the ten bolt under and put on new bearings, seals, rotors and calipers, looking shiny 8-) Now gonna trim the bumper ends to have them end at the back of the side light bezel, followed by reinstalling my front brushguard. Then gonna trim the fenders and install my TJ flares. Also scored an xj steering box and gonna rebuild, drill and tap it for hydro assist. Next step is to rebuild my 14 bolt and install with my rear 3" springs. Should have some good progress over the next month or two

either d300 or switch out the front center section later for a hp d44...

Just a teaser...mocking up the front axle

Been a while but made some slow progress. Picked up a new set of axles (10/14 bolt with 4 wheel discs, welded rear and soon to be high steer) and ordered a crossover knuckle for the front. Dave here in Gainesville is going to weld on my front shackle mounts. Got my crok front plate and ordering an xj steering box brace. Finally got my speaker box and bedlined interior done. Next step is to bedline the actual bed. I really like the way the gloss rustoleum over herculiner turned out. (The picture is pre-rustoleum) I will try and get final interior pictures soon. From this: To this:

There are a few mounting surfaces actually in the bumper and I mounted the lights there and used a body saw to cut out the holes about an 1/8" larger than the lights. I then took black door edge guard and went around the cut. With the lights in it is a very tight fit and holds everything together...

Tires in stage 2 are 33/12.5x15 procomp mt's on 15x8 ar outlaw II's

i mean from an older pick up. Just test it out prior, a roll bar from any compact truck should be close enough.

I don't have the bumper yet, Nate is running about 4-5 weeks out on bumper orders right now with the specials he has. No one can even touch the prices right now. My bumper with d rings, grade 8 hardware and the long mounts ran $210 shipped to florida I almost went ahead and bought his winch bumper which is on sale for $300 right now but I really wanted to keep my front brushguard... I had him make my bumper without the little prerunner bars. I know his warranty isn't exactly consumer friendly but the bumper is 2x5 mitre cut for the most part, not that hard to fab up and make strong, plus the d ring tabs go through to the actual bumper mounts. I'll let you know how it looks and goes on. I ordered it about 2 1/2 weeks ago so hopefully I'll see it around the middle of april. I'm going weld some nuts on the face to allow the brushguard to go on and off easily with bolts, weld up some shackle hangers, and then bedline the whole thing... The roll bar is the front hoop from my buddies toyota, but I think he got it out of a nissan? lol. With my gull wing tool box it clears perfectly. The rack is from an xj, as well as the carr front light bar. Working on lockable shovel/axe/hi lift mounts right now...

Stage 3 plan: Still 2wd for now :roll: 4wd comes in stage 4. Nates 4x4 front bumper Front 7 leaf waggy springs with 1.5" AAL HP D44 front with cross over steering at first and then full high steer soon after. Swaybar disconnects Rear SOA with 3" AAL 10.25ff 5.38 gears, discs, welded rear Michelin 11r16 XLs (38.5/11x16) on black steelies Comparison of the d35 currently in the rear to the new 10.25 about to go in Spring plates with shock mounts I made to fit the 3 1/2" ubolts Installing the 3" AAL and test fitting one of the driveshafts I had lying around, ended up using my original one for a perfect fit. With the 2wd and longbed the dshaft will be fine and I am going to upgrade to a tcase with a SYE and upgrade the rear shaft in the future anyway. Using the hi lift to align the rear axle laterally. The durn thing weights close to 500 lbs! Figured I'd throw in a couple pictures of the cab. I'm about to bedline the floor and install a set of buckets. I know they have some tears but I want to recover them in camo anyway. I'm also building a center console to match my sub box behind the seats... Travis helped me weld up the rear perches, fix some cuts in the axle tubes, and weld the tubes to the pumpkin. Thanks again! Test fit of the XLs

Stage 2 of the comanche: 7" front lift with drop brackets and the usual parts SOA in the rear roof rack brushguard front and rear hitch I never upgraded the steering like I should have and eventually decided to go big via front leaves, 3/4-1 ton axles and high steer.

lol I just noticed my white MJ in the background too... My room mate and I were bending metal to make a seat for my streetfighter and didn't have a vice so we used the comanches massive flex to hold down the part.

This is my latest comanche, third so far :cool: Pick it up from the original owner, he shed a tear when I drove it away... very nice older gentleman. Long Bed 4.0L AW4 Two wheel drive but has the factory metric tonne package, aka d44 with lsd. Yeah he had all the factory service manuals! and a gun rack behind the seat lol

I'm a student in gainesville... started with a black 4x4 long bed stick, then a white 2wd short bed stick, now a gold 2wd long bed auto soon to be 4wd. All lifted and with 33's... My sis just got a 2wd long bed stick with 100k. :cheers: For what it's worth, I don't post much but I'm on here and FJOA daily reading tech and for sale posts... Not really into forum drama... BTW My gold mj: 6.5" lift with drop brackets d30/d44 w/lsd. soon to have 4.56's and mini spool have all parts for 4wd except aw4 and rear d shaft, considering a 2 piece rear shaft with carrier bearing and full length belly skid front bumper/grill roof rack with all recovery gear onboard air System with 12" kicker square 33/12.5 pro comp mts gonna rhino the bed and interior and have plans for custom rear bumper, tube doors and a quick disconnect rear lexan window going for the expedition/$#!& hits the fan style

where did you get that mesh gate? did you make it yourself? I think it looks killer. Hows the strength compared to a stock tail gate?

haven't opened up the diff, but you can definitely tell a difference from my other manche with an open rear diff. Plus the guy I bought it from was the original owner and custom ordered everything... also has factory rubber lining instead of carpet and cargo light among other things...

sure can 8) just bought me a new manche from the original owner... 2wd, d44 with lsd :cheers:

in florida. tailgate is slighty bent but works good. Everything else is rust free

I was just curious what you guys think a short bed is worth. Rust free with good fenders and everything... Thinking about going tube bed