xj trail jeep winter project

[hurt4x4]

I know there is tons of xj builds but now there is going to be one more. The plan is to get it ready for the road and ready to wheel by spring.

I've already been working on this for a while and on a pretty low budget (20 and living on your own, budget). When i got the jeep it already had some work done but it was pretty torn up and hadent seen the road for a few years. Seeing as i dont have a truck or trailer the jeep had to be drivabe to the trails soo it needed LOTS of work. Upper and lower ball joints where shot, all tie rod ends shot, front and rear axle seals leaking, exhaust manifold cracked, and pretty much all bushings but most of that is fixed now with some up-grades along the way.

few pics of when i first got it.

 

[hurt4x4]

some things that got up-graded alonng the way


went with iro arms, so i got rid of the pass link mount and made a little truss

added c gussets and boxed in lca mounts a little then primed axle for paint. Went ahead and did ball joints and axle seals while the axle was out

 

[hurt4x4]

attempted some cage work but it is all getting torn out and re-done, I really kinda rushed through it for it being my first cage build and it is poorly ''tied into the frame''

 

[hurt4x4]

its current progress
got the front axle back under it, welded and bolted on the iro mounts and got some new tires

 

[hurt4x4]

Sence i am saving up for my steering parts I will probably start boxing in the unibody this weekend with some 3/16 i have (not to sure what to do with the already welded on link mounts) and cuting out the 1st cage so i can start on the new one

 

[Jweezy]

none. i mean none of those pics work.

 

[hurt4x4]

none. i mean none of those pics work.

hmm they seemed to be working earlier, thanks for letting me know . not really sure what i did wrong

 

[hurt4x4]

got the pics working and old cage cut out but other than that not much progress