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The Greens (my build up)

in4aride

in4aride

NAXJA Forum User
Location
Montrose
well ive decided to kinda get a little thread for this thing going.

this spring i traded my ZJ straight across for another XJ.

was a bone stock 96 classic in great shape.

heres how she sat after i put my Moabs and 31" a/t's on
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right away i bought a used lift off a guy i knew. Just a mixed lift of rusty's coils and leafs, rancho shocks, adjustable uppers, and fixed lowers. Tossed on longer brakelines, soft 8's and 33" km2's
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after a good detail
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then i made a stupid decision, and ran Liberty trail with no sliders and tore up the rockers pretty good
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so i thossed on some sliders my friend built for me
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then i picked up some snazzy beadlocks and wrapped em in the km2's
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then the first real use of the jeep came, dropped the first few waterfalls on indy
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and i realized how much i hated these BFG's, so i bought my old allied beadlocks and kevlar mt/r's back :D
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and the little 5-1/4" lift clears the 35's just fine
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then tired of my damn stock looking jeep, i decided to try my first hand at some fab work and built a front bumper

1/4" plate mounts, and 1-1/2" .250 wall DOM

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all finished up
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then was the next big step for the jeep, droppin all of Indy, bunker hill included
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unable to make the turn due to weak stock steering it was time to upgrade

enter full heim/DOM steering
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its 3/4-3/4 heims with misallignment inserts making it 3/4-5/8
 
last mod so far was ditching my destroyed motor mounts for the Brown Dog offroad mounts i got at COFest
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and here installed
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the difference in noise, vibes, and overall fel is amazing, its like a whole new jeep..cant complain at all.

up next is finishing the front bumper and installing winch, then building rear. 1/4 guards with LED lights and 4pt. cage are going in this week


other misc. mods are:
redtop battery
IPF headlights with fatboy bulbs and harness upgrade
welded rear
aussie locker up front
warn diff cover
trab bar drop bracket and heim trac bar
cone air filter
gas tank skid
 
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Never saw anything about gears....stock gearing???
 
yup stock gears for now (3.55) and ya it sucks a bit on the trail, but the 23 mpg i get on the freeway on the way to the trail is super nice. so im thinkin about just doing a 4:1tcase for the time being.
(i plan on building different axles some dumping money into the 30/8.25 is just nonsense to me)
 
what speed/rpms are you running at to keep the 23 mpg?
 
well got another project knocked out today, home brew 1/4 guards w/light boxes and led lights. Lamely painted to match the rest of the bolt of shtuff

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still need to finish bolting down (thats why it looks crooked) and have a hatch clearance issue that a grinder should make quick work of
 
nice transformation, looks good
 
Are your quarter guards flat of were you able to put a slight curve in them. Metal thickness?
 
just some recent action shots of it at COFest....

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just a shot i like
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the lady drove it, even got a wheel up on it :thumbup:
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