99XJ 2Dr 5spd Build....Progress Pics

woodkrawler

woodkrawler

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Thought you guys might like this:

I had all week off from work last week so i finally got to spend some time on the XJ, so here is the progress pics so far.

Specs:
RE 3.5" SF lift with rear springs and an extra OEM isolator up front
Dana 44 from 87 XJ
HD tie Rod
3.55s in the Dana 30 to match the 44
Rocklizard Monitor lizard Ft. Bumper
Rocklizard lower quarter guards
JCR Stage 1 sliders.
Trimmed fenders for 33s
"ultra star" 5.9L/60th anniversary 16x7 Jeep wheels
285/75/16 BFG AT KOs(thanks to Steve_Kibbie)

Waiting to install:
4.10s, Rigidco Rear bumper, hand throttle, hopefully lockers ft./rr.

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thats a nice looking ride. Makes me miss the ol xj:huggy:
 
that looks real good, we need some none poser pics now...now why don't you lend me some money to get the mj done.
 
this rig got me to looking! some guy in char was selling a 97 2door 4.0 5speed. pretty tough to find. it was also a one owner. 2,000. not a bad deal




jeep looks good. PM me a price to cut my fenders :)
 
2-door looks pretty good, now hold on to this one for more than a couple days and maybe we can get together and go wheelin sometime.
 
Kegcrawler said:
2-door looks pretty good, now hold on to this one for more than a couple days and maybe we can get together and go wheelin sometime.
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i plan to keep this one for a while! as for wheelin, sounds great however i don't think the 33s will be able to keep up with the 42s on your rig. i still got to drive mine to work everyday.
 
Kreg has little 39's so you should be able to keep up. :lol:
 
you can have a lot of fun on 33's and still be a good DD. Hope to see you around town...and on the trail.
 
sams right they are just "little" 39.5's, i mean they aren't even 40's:rolleyes: , we can go some where and wheel again, we'll figure it out. but seriously the XJ does look good, and we'll figure some where to go and all go wheelin again, for old times sake.
 
You can mount certain shock upside down. The shocks just have to made for it. Nice looking Jeep.
 
Look to be Bilstein shocks which are recomended to be run upsidedown (atleast some series)
 
sprinkler1228 said:
learn something new but would the advantage be? I would think it would be sterdier with fat side down by the axle.
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they are rubicon monotube shocks, designed like most high pressure gas shocks to be ran upside down, ie bilstein, edlebrock, etc..

i really don't know what the advantage is but thats how rubicon designed them so i don't ask!
 
toyotafreak said:
i'm not a jeep guy but i like this xj... i think cause it reminds me of "unccengineer"s jeep on moabs.. i like his too... i dig the black:beer: :beer:
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caleb, thanks for the compliments. UNCC civilengineer got all his ideas from me! haha. i was up at universal auto the otherday, they lengthen my DS for the XJ.

BTW see Universal Automotive in Concord if you need any driveshaft work done.....GREAT WORK AND VERY FAST!!!!
 
woodkrawler said:
caleb, thanks for the compliments. UNCC civilengineer got all his ideas from me! haha. i was up at universal auto the otherday, they lengthen my DS for the XJ.
BTW see Universal Automotive in Concord if you need any driveshaft work done.....GREAT WORK AND VERY FAST!!!!
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Hardy har har....... Sure....

the shock question gets pretty technical dealing w/ Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy, Hydraulics, Angle of the dangle... just kidding... But yeah Monotubes can be mounted upside down but are not necessarily designed to be mounted that way. Over time they will begin to fade due to being mounted like this but the effects are negligable so no one really cares. Mounting a "twintube" shock upside down would be worthless.

When you compress a TT shock it stays compressed... now compress the MT shock and it extends back.. so you get the idea.

Also it's been proven that running a shock boot is worse than not running one... if any really cares..

there's some useless knowledge for you....
 
thanx for the Tech cris, i was losing sleep over why the shocks were mounted upside down........LoL
 
uncc civilengineer said:
When you compress a TT shock it stays compressed... now compress the MT shock and it extends back.. so you get the idea.
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I thought that was the difference between hydraulic and gas shocks, and that the main difference between MT and TT was piston diameter and fluid capacity.
 
looks awesome, very clean:bling: ! what did you line the trimmed fenders with?
 
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