November 2020-Fryedaddy's 88 Bucket List

[89 MJ]

November 2020 MJOTM-Fryedaddy's 88 Bucket List

 

Build Thread- 

 

https://comancheclub.com/topic/57268-bucket-list/#comments

 

 

Year/Model – 1988 Comanche (Bucket List)

 

Drivetrain- Factory Renix 4.0 with a bored throttle body, AW4 and transfercase 180k miles (All have been serviced), 1987 Grand Wagoneer Dana 44 & Ford 8.8 and ARB lockers front and rear with Yukon 4.88 gears.

 

Cooling- Alloyworks 3 row aluminum radiator, factory fan, fan shroud, electric fan & converted to open cooling. I am impressed by how the aluminum radiator cools the engine.

  

Electrical/Ignition- Stock wiring harness, complete Cruiser 54 tip run through/maintenance, Mean Lemons battery cable and ground wires.

  

Suspension/Steering- Barnes 4wd High steer arms, one-ton steering & truss for the Grand Wagoneer Dana 44, Clayton 3-link long arm kit for the front axle, Core 4x4 adjustable trackbar and bracket, JKS ACOS 2” Spacers, Rusty’s 6.5” springs (8.5” lift total), SOA rear axle with a Barnes 4wd swap kit and truss. Procomp shocks all around. Front and rear driveshafts have been lengthened by Oliver’s driveshaft.

 

Interior- Completely gutted except the dash, bench seat and shifter cover. Mat66 sound/heat deadener installed throughout. Round push button switches for lockers & lights.

 

Brakes- New Factory calipers and brake pads front and rear. 1995/96 XJ power booster and a Dodge 2500 master cylinder to apply additional pressure to the front and rear disk brakes.

 

Lighting- Rigid LED headlights, Baja Design amber foglights, Rusty’s rear brake light pods with oval LED lights, KC amber reverse lights, Rigid lights mounted on the tent rack faced rearward. LED lighting installed in the interior.

 

 

 

 

Exterior- 

Color: Krylon Fusion – Matte Ink Blue

2000 Jeep Cherokee grill and fender conversion

JCR front and rear bumpers with Smittybilt Winch

Dirtbound Offroad protection panels on the front fenders and bed.

Dirtbound Offroad rock sliders

 

 

Wheel & Tires- 

Micky Thompson Side Biter II – 15x10” wheels and 35”x12” Baja Claw tires.

Hopefully, I’ll install a set of 37” tires soon.

 

 

Misc-

DIY Cowl intake based on a Renix Specter intake.

ARB onboard air with aux tank.

Cutdown a Tacoma Beast mid height bedrack

Smittybilt RTT

Highlift jack

 

 

Best MJ story- So far this truck has been in pieces for 80% of the time I’ve owned it. Originally, I was looking for an MJ with intentions of building and driving out to Moab. I’m a year late but learned a lot while building the rig. I’ve taken it to Windrock park, TN and Cape Lookout, NC so far. Everywhere I go, people walk up to me and complement me on it.

 

CC is Awesome! Why? 

During my build, several people offered advice and I’m thankful. Everyone on CC has been helpful and I’ve never seen anyone flame another for their decisions. You can click on a link to the most heavily built rock crawler to bada$$ street comanche with an LS. The addiction is real!

 

Congratulations @Fryedaddy!!

 

[JMO413]

Congratulations! 

[scguy]

Congrats! That's a lot of work, and a good looking truck. There's just something about a blue MJ

[Fryedaddy]

Thank you for adding my rig to MJOT

[Pete M]

one of my favorite MJs      sooooo many drool-worthy mods! 

[89 MJ]

8 hours ago, Fryedaddy said:

Thank you for adding my rig to MJOT

Thank you for building a bada$$ rig!

[MiNi Beast]

well deserved.  solid rig yo. 

[thecodemonk]

Love the RTT

[billyblankss]

Love going back through MJOTM posts and this truck slaps. Had a couple questions for you,

 

 

- what is the thing on your hood in the first picture? looks like something... on the front corner of the hood

- I see in some of the pictures you have the bushwacker flares, but in others it's naked with the dirtbound panels - do you normally run flares or no? I'm trying to problem solve for my truck, bought the ARES bed armor and trying to figure out if i need flares

- what was your favorite mod and maybe a separate question what was the most useful mod, or the one you noticed made the most improvement?

[Pete M]

might want to @ him so he gets an alert.  

 

@Fryedaddy

[89 MJ]

8 hours ago, billyblankss said:

Love going back through MJOTM posts

Love it enough you’d want to be an MJOTM?

[billyblankss]

15 hours ago, 89 MJ said:

Love it enough you’d want to be an MJOTM?

Most Definitely brb gonna go post pictures 

[Fryedaddy]

On 6/24/2021 at 8:59 AM, billyblankss said:

Love going back through MJOTM posts and this truck slaps. Had a couple questions for you,

 

 

- what is the thing on your hood in the first picture? looks like something... on the front corner of the hood

- I see in some of the pictures you have the bushwacker flares, but in others it's naked with the dirtbound panels - do you normally run flares or no? I'm trying to problem solve for my truck, bought the ARES bed armor and trying to figure out if i need flares

- what was your favorite mod and maybe a separate question what was the most useful mod, or the one you noticed made the most improvement?

Thank you! I don’t have anything on the hood. Have a punisher Jeep symbol, that’s it. I’m using self tapping screws to make the flares removeable. Due to the body protection panels, I can use self tapping screw and a cordless drill on the trail to quickly remove the flares for travel. If you plans on traveling through many states, get flares of some type. I bought mine with a lift installed previously. My first purchases after the vehicle were bumpers, winch, sliders and protection panels before axles, lockers and lights. Another item is to go through cruisers tips, this doesn’t cost much but freshenes alot of possible issues.