The Roosternator

REWSTER · Dec 17, 2010

got a little more seat time wheeling in late 09

this time i had my sway bar discoed

first time on the RTI ramp

There was quite a few rigs there that day (newbie run)

this is the group i wheeled with

REWSTER · Dec 17, 2010

so during the beginning of 2010 i got bored and had no money to modify any thing so i decided to paint my stock wheels to match the bumper

that last wheeling trip i posted about i lost one flair...

so by WF10 i had them all off

REWSTER · Dec 17, 2010

time to show off my ghetto fab snorkel set up

after WF i realized if i keep driving through water that can kill an alternator than i can prolly suck water into the intake with the stock set up so....

got this from menards $2.00

kids please clean up after your self's

bend in to a weird shape

make sure it fits kinda sorta good

this is were you run the tube

if you have a hole saw great use that

if your ghetto do it my way

seal up this hole in your air box

and where your new intake tube sits you will need to cut a hole and seal it off nicely, i didnt take that pic

it will look something like this

but i didnt take pics of it finished, there are deffently cleaner ways to do this to make it look factory or something but not for 2 bucks

you will get a little hissing noise after this is done, the way i fixed it was turning that little knob on the radio

i know what your thinking fancy huh

REWSTER · Dec 17, 2010

phil (philagony94x) grabbed a gas tank skid from the junk yard while he was there for me it was a pre 97 though they charged him 5 bucks i gave him a 10 cause he brought it to me
had to modify it to work

in this pic you see were it bends up

you gota bend that almost straight
but first and a crappy pic you got to break this weld and bend theses little ears out straight

for another way to do this check this wright up
http://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/pre-...st-96-a-22399/

i have it on and done but no pics, after a couple beers i lost the camera

i think i will stop there for the weekend cause its almost quitin time and were almost up to date here

REWSTER · Dec 21, 2010

i got the fenders trimmed here are the pics, this is about 2 days after i got the rear done notice the rust already forming

i have the rear lip painted with some spray on bed liner now

SAMSET · Dec 21, 2010

nice build thread rudy

REWSTER · Dec 31, 2010

the latest pics of the rig

i picked thees wheels up from hotrod hooligans on here for $100

and got this set of 32" mud kings for free from work

they look like they fit
at full lock of the steering wheel and flexing i will be rubbin on the inner pinch seam on the front so i have to cut and fold that out the way

the 4" backspacing makes it have a nice wide stance

philagony94xj · Dec 31, 2010

The transformation is coming along nicely. Looking good buddy!

REWSTER · Dec 31, 2010

Thanks man, i was gonna text ya one of thees days to see if you guys wanted to help me put thees hood pins on so i can weld the nuts to the top of that support instead of taking the grill off and going under it

FlexdXJ · Dec 31, 2010

REWSTER said:
Thanks man, i was gonna text ya one of thees days to see if you guys wanted to help me put thees hood pins on so i can weld the nuts to the top of that support instead of taking the grill off and going under it

So andrew, does your jeep look like a snowblower when you aren't running flares? I know mine does.

REWSTER · Dec 31, 2010

I cant wait to see what it does in the mud!!!

FlexdXJ · Dec 31, 2010

Haha, yeah it does what you think its gonna do!

REWSTER · Jan 23, 2011

pulled the jeep in to the shop at work today,and got a little done

cut and folded the inner fender pinch seam

put on a rustys D30 skid

and got the hitch and skid bolts in that i left out cause the holes didnt line up

next up is finding some used hockey pucks for some bumpstops,and i gotta figure a way to extend the rears

XJ&CHZ4ME · Jan 23, 2011

if you have a sporting goods store like MC Sports etc you can buy new pucks for like $2 each. I bought 6, now I am not sure where the other 4 are, but 2 are in the front of my rig for the past 3 years.

REWSTER · Jan 24, 2011

XJ&CHZ4ME said:
if you have a sporting goods store like MC Sports etc you can buy new pucks for like $2 each. I bought 6, now I am not sure where the other 4 are, but 2 are in the front of my rig for the past 3 years.

that's pretty reasonable, i will probably need 3 on each side ill start with 2 and see if i need the extra one

philagony94xj · Jan 24, 2011

I've got two on each side of mine. Works well but I think one more on each side would be perfect.

REWSTER · Jan 24, 2011

what do you have for the rear?

when i did the sharty test of flex after the last trimming i had the rear springs pretty much flat and the 32's were no were near rubbing

philagony94xj · Jan 24, 2011

I have no stops in the rear. I think that's why the springs flattened out so fast. The new springs I have yet to put in, I will fab up something. Either extended stops on the frame or a wider u-bolt plate.

XJ&CHZ4ME · Jan 24, 2011

I hate to admit it, but I have never had the correct bump stops in the rear of my XJ and I have had about a half dozen different lift heights in it with no problem..yet

philagony94xj · Jan 24, 2011

XJ&CHZ4ME said:
I hate to admit it, but I have never had the correct bump stops in the rear of my XJ and I have had about a half dozen different lift heights in it with no problem..yet

So why have you had half a dozen different heights in suspension? Progressively gained altitude or suspension flattened out? Have to ask cause I'm curious.

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