XDR's TJ Build Thread

XDR

XDR

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Joined
Jan 3, 2013
Location
Goldsboro, NC
Here is a quick timeline of my build over the last 2 years. A lot was left out and a lot more has gone into this Jeep. Hope you enjoy and within the next year plan on having long arms and some lighting issues resolved. All the work has been done by myself (engine swap, axle build/gear install, all the fabrication (not including prefabricated parts of course) and everything else with the exception of exhaust work.

Purchased this TJ Christmas of 2012 with the intentions of doing a LS swap (had motor pulled the weekend I bought it). Jeep was a bone stock 4 cylinder and I was stationed in Texas at the time. So here is what I started with..

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Pulled the front clip and stock motor and ordered a crap load of parts...

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after a couple months had the motor installed and worked on all the little stuff, like making a custom cluster..

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here is a photo with the old single pass radiator (have dual pass now)
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had to install a 2" lift to clear front axle control arm mounts and painted factory wheels
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installed some mastercraft safety seats
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got some 32" KM2s
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installed a front cage kit
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went wheeling at Lake Buffalo and got damage warranting body armor
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then harness bar..
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got some body armor, and front and rear bumpers
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went to Monkey Creek
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installed spartan locker and ten factory shafts in front LP D30 and took it to Bridgeport
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sold the stock axles and started building a HP D30 and Ford 8.8
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tested flex on a RTI ramp
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tested new axles and lockers at Lake Buffalo
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moved to North Carolina, within first month made it out to Uwharrie...
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Johhny joint came apart..
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ordered 35X12.50R17 General Grabbers and Allied Rock-A-Thon 17x9.5 Beadlocks... still waiting on wheels and that brings us up to today.
 
How much do you want for it?
 
Got the tires mounted on the beadlocks only to find out that the "anti-coning" ring have coned. Looks like the directions that shipped with them were incorrect, said to torque to 16-18 ft-lb, now looking online it looks like it should of been 12-15 ft-lb.

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Dude, sick build! I'm wanting to switch out my 4cyl engine and trans. Any tips? I'm by far no "rocker", more of a "mudder" myself.
 
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