Recent content by flexy92xj

Finished the bumper and painted the whole jeep olive drab green... http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14367793&postcount=392

Been busy working on redoing the front bumper/grill... rear air bags still working well. http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=557715&page=15

More updates... the dash is now complete with all the gages, lights switches, etc. I am still having issues getting the Auto Meter speedo to caibrate with the OEM speed sender in the t-case output...will probably have to rig up a magnet and sender on the driveshaft to get it to work...

Updated with more progress... rear seats, center console, now wokring on the dash. http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=557715

Learned how to weld about 10yrs ago and have just picked up more tools and skills cuttin up and reshaping my xj and other stuff... i'm an engineer by profession so this is my creative outlet.

Thanks all... its been a lotta hard work but I love it and have much more planned!! Got all my switches and mounting pods here... http://www.otrattw.com/

Lots more updates... http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=557715

diluted, when I started out I had no experience either, just takes time/tools/money to make your rig exactly how your want it... less money = more time. I would rather learn and stumble through a project than pay someone to do it for me.

Updated this thread with recent mods... steel fender flares, ARB bumper mod, battery relocation... http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=557715

Finished the intstall with 2.5" downpipe w/ flex seciton. Free flow all the way back w/o a cat... minimal performance gain with the new header but it is MUCH quieter without the leaker header, I can hear the injectors firing now. Here is the 2.5" downpipe with flex section, should keep the new...

Updated with pics of flares, etc... http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=557715

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diggin it, good to see some of the fab possible with a HF bender. Enjoy what you built and forget the patent and marketing... let people take your idea and run with it on their own... built not bought! Nice work!

Timber - do most of my wheelin down south in Ky and Tn, been to the mounds but wasn't all that impressed. Mud can be fun but the cleanup sucks and that seemed to be a lot of what the mounds was about. rehab - The top pretty much rests on the enclosed sheetmetal on the body and seals with...

Too many hours to count... I had to break it up into "mini" projects to keep from getting overwhelmed. Did each in the steps I showed... cage, roof rack, tailgate/liftgate, doors, cut top, sheetmetal body, sheetmetal top. Oh and add hacking apart my garage to add the electric hoist and 7' x 9'...