boatedwagon
President of Mud N Blood ORC
- Joined
- Jan 27, 2011
- Location
- McGees Xrds. Willow wpring.
Last september I picked my jeep up because of an unfortunate series of events. The kinds best shared over a cold one and a camp fire. So anyway I've always loved these models. Mine's an 04 special edition
4.0L
Had 172k
30/35
Quadra - Trac
My plans are not to really reinvent the wheel...more be the guy than came out with 30 inch rims because he knew someone would love it.
So far...
Paid jeep off. Most important of steps!
Rusty's 6.5" long arm
Pro comp 35"12.5x15 Mt2
Pro comp wheels with centers painted
( VHT silver wheel paint, 250 degree chip resistant)
Bushwacker cut out fenders
I'm not the guy who takes pictures after every bolt or cut...sorry it's not going to be a very picture heavy thread....I'll work on taking more. I do all my own work, installs, fab,etc.
Once I had everything together it was time for screwing, nutting, and bolting ( lol I crack myself up)
Had just left the alignment shop on may 10...red XJ I'd Metal Man's Thing Two...I was picking up my Tom Woods front drive shaft he had shipped in to his work. So I installed that and the first Saturday it was ready just so happened to be top less jeep saturday so Freeman Park is where I went.
Did just fine...pulled some kid in daddy's Z71...greatest part was asking how he felt be pulled out by a grand cherokee....cause he was buried frame deep with the tide rolling in lol.
Sooooo.....Memorial weekend, time to stretch it's legs.
I snapped a sway bar link and popped out a coil spring. As of today sway bar links are being built, curved 42" light bar brackets being fabbed up, spartan locker for front will be here Tuesday as well as diff armors front and rear, coil spring retainers will be in Monday, few smaller things to do before next friday 6/5 when it's off to URE again.
I'll be building my own bumpers...mean, staught, and clean!
Little light bar will be integrated into stinger, smaller lights in rear bumper which will have rear tire swing out, 4 point seat belts for the churrins in the back seat, future stuff is full skid system for everything ( answer your questions with yes), dana 44/9" combo that will get the full treatment ( really not going to spend anything other than what I have to on present 30/35...spartan for front is to get this pigs front end over rocks), clean exo, ditch Quadra Trac in favor of whatever I come across that suits my needs at the time..., sye for said transfer case swap and read Tom woods to match front.
Already have kicker system, cold air, and flowmaster.
Pictures of future upgrades and add on will come but that's about as up to date as can be. Hope yall like it.
4.0L
Had 172k
30/35
Quadra - Trac
My plans are not to really reinvent the wheel...more be the guy than came out with 30 inch rims because he knew someone would love it.
So far...
Paid jeep off. Most important of steps!
Rusty's 6.5" long arm
Pro comp 35"12.5x15 Mt2
Pro comp wheels with centers painted
( VHT silver wheel paint, 250 degree chip resistant)
Bushwacker cut out fenders
I'm not the guy who takes pictures after every bolt or cut...sorry it's not going to be a very picture heavy thread....I'll work on taking more. I do all my own work, installs, fab,etc.
Once I had everything together it was time for screwing, nutting, and bolting ( lol I crack myself up)
Had just left the alignment shop on may 10...red XJ I'd Metal Man's Thing Two...I was picking up my Tom Woods front drive shaft he had shipped in to his work. So I installed that and the first Saturday it was ready just so happened to be top less jeep saturday so Freeman Park is where I went.
Did just fine...pulled some kid in daddy's Z71...greatest part was asking how he felt be pulled out by a grand cherokee....cause he was buried frame deep with the tide rolling in lol.
Sooooo.....Memorial weekend, time to stretch it's legs.
I snapped a sway bar link and popped out a coil spring. As of today sway bar links are being built, curved 42" light bar brackets being fabbed up, spartan locker for front will be here Tuesday as well as diff armors front and rear, coil spring retainers will be in Monday, few smaller things to do before next friday 6/5 when it's off to URE again.
I'll be building my own bumpers...mean, staught, and clean!
Little light bar will be integrated into stinger, smaller lights in rear bumper which will have rear tire swing out, 4 point seat belts for the churrins in the back seat, future stuff is full skid system for everything ( answer your questions with yes), dana 44/9" combo that will get the full treatment ( really not going to spend anything other than what I have to on present 30/35...spartan for front is to get this pigs front end over rocks), clean exo, ditch Quadra Trac in favor of whatever I come across that suits my needs at the time..., sye for said transfer case swap and read Tom woods to match front.
Already have kicker system, cold air, and flowmaster.
Pictures of future upgrades and add on will come but that's about as up to date as can be. Hope yall like it.
I'll let you know on that tcase stuff too, haven't had any come through here yet. Need to get a couple more WJs in, my yard is full of ZJs and XJs right now.
