pdwighty Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Hey everyone. Being new to posting but not to reading around the forum I finally figured id show you guys my rig. This is my 89 Jeep Comanche 4x4 Pioneer 4.0l shortbed that i picked up in April 2009 completely stock from an old farmer up the road who used it as his daily. I bought with all intentions turning it into a project/toy. Quick Overview Front: Dana 30 w/ 4.56 gears & skid plate 2 Rubicon Ex-Duty Mono Tubes 5.5" Coils, Track Bar, Control Arms & Drop brackets Rear: Dana 44 w/ 4.56 gears & skid plate 2 Rubicon Ex-Duty Mono Tubes 5.5in leaf over conversion Before & After The project.... Here are some pictures of her the week of purchasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdwighty Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 When i bought the truck owner claimed no rot (or atleast nothing all the way throught). Being in experianced at the time I didn't check under the carpet. So this is what I found when I got home. First Rust repair 101. Was able to clean and restore pass side but driver side had to be cut and resheet metaled. Eventually floor will be bedlined but ran out of good weather last year before this was acomplished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdwighty Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Around September 09 I finally did my Spring over conversion in the rear. While doing this I also swapped out the stock axles with a 4.56 geared d30 and 4.56 geared d44 for the rear. The front has a LockRite and Rear is welded. Haha gatta love the stance :shake: Put two Rubicon Exspress XD mono tubes in rear as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdwighty Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 I was able to pick up a cheep garage before winter then around January I was having overheating problems. Knowing how rough Jeeps expecially those being wheeled or rock crawling have with their cooling I decided to do a complete overhall. Replace thermostate, waterpump, all lines/hoses, radiator, and installed 3 yes THREE electric fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdwighty Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 Finally got parts to do front end in during late January and got right to it. Working in the garage instead of out in the cold thanks to my buddy Andy. Had to cut plenty of room for them nice 36x12.50 Tsl's Rubicon adj upper and lower control arms, drop brackets 5.5" Rubicon Springs, XD Mono tubes to match the back What a change. Barely fits in her home. Built Not Bought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdwighty Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 To Be Continued... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakjeep93 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipaman Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Nice MJ man! Those tires look sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdwighty Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 Thanks guys. I'm not online often but will try to upload some pictures of her on the trail once i get them as well as keep up to date with the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJA814 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Nice to see another truck on 36's :D Any plans on trimming the rear? My TSL SX's don't tuck that well, and I'm debating tubing the rear wheel wells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdwighty Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 Yea rear will be cut before summer. I'm planning on trimming them a little less than the front but close. Also be doing rust repair and adding body armer for those trees and rocks around the same time. Id lose half the truck bed if I tried to tuck them now haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reson46 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Nice job. :thumbsup: Any more details about your fan set up? Willy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdwighty Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 They were a bit pricy but for a rock crawler or any offroad jeep the last thing you want is overheating. Very strong and come with toggle switch and thermostate so they aren't running off the batterie 24/7. Friends think they are overkill but then again better having a product thats overkill is better than one that fails all the time when your out on a trail or during a huge climb. They offer a cheeper kits as well as kits for other vehicles. Hope this helps :dunno: here's the link for the one I bought. Its called like "triple threat" from FFDynamics http://www.ffdynamics.com/extremecherokeeB.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdwighty Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 Time for update. New steering being ordered today. :brows: http://completeoffroad.com/i-124127-tie ... nd-60.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdwighty Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 Finally got some time and money to do rust repair and rocker upgrade! 2x6x1/4" steel rectangle tube, capped off and angled edges. Came out better than expected. Before: After: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 solider mj Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 could you give me a little more info on the rockers and how u fixed them I'm extremly interested cause my comanche here in ohio with alot of winter driver my rockers look exactly like yours and i want to clean them up n your look perfect for style and goin wheelin like i do!...did you weld them to the body or any other brackets for support??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdwighty Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 Here is the rocker write up that my buddy sam did. I used this method just angled my front and rear cuts on the 2x6s and made mine full length from wheel wells. http://www.sisoffroad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6994 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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