A-man930 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Stop it with the glamour shots with those fenders its gonna make me want a set!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOrnbrod Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 On 7/17/2018 at 9:49 PM, Comanche SS said: Is that the rear attachment point for the front fenders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 Is that the rear attachment point for the front fenders? One of them, they are just mocked in right now. Gonna be taken on and off a bunch before paint because the lines need to be cleaned up and fitted. Once they are good and set they'll be mounted more permanent. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted July 26, 2018 Author Share Posted July 26, 2018 Well, I heard ironman 4x4 fab was producing a few of these again. So I got myself a set of the rear double triangulated 4 link bracketsSent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-man930 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Dayum!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 Another peice to the puzzle... Picking up my new to me, freshly rebuilt king coilovers! 2.5x14 already valved pretty close to what I needed. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted July 31, 2018 Author Share Posted July 31, 2018 Yep. This "daily build" is getting a little out of hand, and I am okay with that lolSent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 More and more Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 Not a lot has been going on lately. Been busy with work, welding school and whatnot. But this weekend had some free time. The Satofab bumper was no longer in production but the owner offered to make the bumper again for nearly 200$ more than it used to cost. Luckily I still have the contact info of the guy who bought my LS comanche that had that bumper on it and hell sell it back to me. But for the meantime I wanted fog lights, so i got some cheap chinese LED pods that were flush mount and scabbed them into the stock bumper. Last week got a fix it ticket for a tail light bulb so took the chance to change every bulb in the truck to LED as well. When I installed the bedsides and removed the rear bumper I never finished cutting out the old bedsides, and tail light surrounds. Plus I removed the lower valance behind where the spare tire mounts so i trimmed all that as well in the name of clearance and visual appeal. Lots of little wins while I'm patiently waiting for things to fall into place for the axle builds and powertrain upgrade. My 1979 F250 Hp D44 is being delivered before the end of the year. I can pick up a matching 9'' rear any day of the week around here for 150$ or I might just beef up the MJ dana 44 and throw some discs on it. I'm trying to gather parts for the powertrain upgrade but I'm very back and forth between a turbo 4.0 or a SBC build. I don't have to worry about smog, so options are open, Probably not going to do an LS as ive already been down that road. I want as little electronics as possible in this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 photos of the rear end clean-up: don't mind the fiberglass hack, it has not been finished yet, hence why its not painted eiter. just hung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 lookin' good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 Had it with the bench, so Mastercraft Pro's went in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 INstalled the shell again just because and I think I like it, definitely will keep it for the winter months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmistake Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 The shell looks awful... you should send it to me in Texas! Seriously - looks great. Can't wait to see where the build goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 On 11/28/2018 at 7:01 AM, bigmistake said: The shell looks awful... you should send it to me in Texas! Seriously - looks great. Can't wait to see where the build goes! Thank you! Looking like the shell is being pulled off onto another jeepers MJ tomorrow, We will see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 I love the way it is coming together. Also how did you polish your wheels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmistake Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 18 hours ago, Comanche SS said: Thank you! Looking like the shell is being pulled off onto another jeepers MJ tomorrow, We will see. If you don't want it, and they end up not wanting it... let me know. Maybe we can figure out shipping it cross country. I really want one for my short bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 On 12/4/2018 at 8:08 AM, Swampy said: I love the way it is coming together. Also how did you polish your wheels? I used mothers polish. Did a really good powerwash, first round of polish with a ratty coarse rag, then clean, then another round of mothers polish with a microfiber. Gave it a nice polished, not shiny look. Very deep aluminum color. Spent about 1.5 hours on each wheel and it came out nicely. Just mothers aluminum polish compound. Before is actually more shiny than after (tire mounted photo) but I was actually glad about that, I didnt want the shiny look, otherwise id have gotten chrome rims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 On 12/4/2018 at 2:59 PM, bigmistake said: If you don't want it, and they end up not wanting it... let me know. Maybe we can figure out shipping it cross country. I really want one for my short bed. Its a state away now with its new owner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Comanche SS said: I used mothers polish. Did a really good powerwash, first round of polish with a ratty coarse rag, then clean, then another round of mothers polish with a microfiber. Gave it a nice polished, not shiny look. Very deep aluminum color. Spent about 1.5 hours on each wheel and it came out nicely. Just mothers aluminum polish compound. Before is actually more shiny than after (tire mounted photo) but I was actually glad about that, I didnt want the shiny look, otherwise id have gotten chrome rims. I asked because they came out nice. Mine have like some stuff on it and I wasn't sure how I was to go about cleaning them and polishing them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, Swampy said: I asked because they came out nice. Mine have like some stuff on it and I wasn't sure how I was to go about cleaning them and polishing them Gotcha, just take your time and make sure to use a decent quality product and process. They will come out nice as long as they arent damaged. My extra set of wheels had clearcoat peeling so I powerwashed them and didnt go any further and you can see how much better the good condition wheels are, even though they havent been cleaned in a month or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 Been a busy week. First and foremost I took the lady and the jku up to Johnson Valley to pickup my front axle I've owned for almost a year but didn't have access to. I bought it because it was too good of a deal to pass up at the time even though I had an XJ on rockjock 44s. But I knew one day I would have something that needed it. And here we are. So first photo is the housing. It's a 1979 F-250 Dana 44. This is the one with the 3"x 1/2" axle tubes. And normally it comes with the 8 lug outers that have dual piston brakes. But the same year F-150 Dana 44's have interchangeable outers. So I also got the 5x5.5 F-150 outers and single piston calipers. With this setup I'll net around a 66" WMS front axle. The F-150 of those years has a rear Ford 9" at a 66" WMS as well. So I'll be sourcing one of those soon.The next set of photos are my new rims. To anyone who knows broncos or F-150s of the early to mid 90's might recognize these wheels. They are a Ford and Alcoa partnership wheel. These are incredibly strong and super light. 15x7.5 in size with a 5x5.5 bolt pattern. With these narrower wheels, and wider axles I'll end up being pretty close to the same stance I currently have, but with a much nicer wheel to axle geometry and scrub radius. And much stronger axles in the end.I'll be running 35*10.5*15 all terrain tires either in the General or BFG flavor. Undecided yet.I'm planning to stretch the front a little for packaging reasons and it'll help out not having to reconfigure the front driveshaft also. Enjoy:Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 17 minutes ago, Comanche SS said: my front axle I've owned for almost a year but didn't have access to. it sounds like there's gotta be a story there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comanche SS Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 it sounds like there's gotta be a story there When I lived in Arizona I bought it there, when I moved back to socal I couldn't fit it in the back of the XJ along with all my belongings so it stayed with a friend. That friend is wheeling in Johnson Valley this weekend and agrees to bring it if I met him there to get it. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 what? you couldn't strap it to the top of the XJ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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