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One To The Next One 97 Build

NJXJ666

NAXJA Forum User
Location
Central NJ
Time to make a new build thread, was out one night at a local spot with the 85 and the motor started knocking. It was a 2.5 carb so it was a prime opportunity to upgrade, so I went out the next day and picked up a new one.

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97 4.0 aw4 185k and got it for a steal, needed brakes and shocks then a few days later it looked like this

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Swapped everything off the 85 worth swapping, decided on new bumper so put the old ones up for sale.

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First local wheelin

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Local car meet

I plan on keeping this build thread updated daily. Still working out little things here and there but in given time everything will fall into place.
 
As The Jeep Currently Sits:
4.5 inch Rubicon Express coils
3.5 inch Rubicon Express Leaf Springs
IRO long arm upgrade
Bilstein 5100 shocks
Ford 8.8 rear w/ raised shock mounts, disc brakes & locker
F & R 4.88s
Ruffstuff d30 diff cover
Warn 8.8 diff guard
Iro solid tie rod
Magnaflow cat & muffler
Warm air intake
Custom offset rims
35 inch dunlop mus rovers
Cobra cb & firestik (to be installed)
H4 headlights (to be installed)
Trans temp gauge (to be installed)
 
Washed her yesterday. Looking into doing an injector swap soon and gonna try and get her ready to drive to big dogs and rausch this spring/summer

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