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  1. whitexj98

    Wheeling 8/7 anyone?

    Anyone want to meet up show me around some trails? I moved to Cali ~1 month back, looking to get out for the first time Saturday August 7. I'm just south of Irvine, was looking at maybe Big Bear, but open to options not to far drive, will just be for the day. I'm on 37s/ locked.
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    Hello SoCal

    I will be moving to the Irvine area April next year, I have been to KOH a few times and am excited to take my jeep out to Johnson Valley. What are other great wheeling spots within a few hours? Also, any more active Facebook groups to join?
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    XO Fab Cage Install

    Figured I would throw up what it takes to install this cage as I didn't find much in my research. Kit is bent and coped, 1.75"-.120 wall DOM. The main roof hallo is cut into 3 pieces for shipping, so first step is to weld this together. It comes with sleeves, I also added some plug welds...
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    Mandrel Bent SS downpipe

    I'm redoing my exhaust front to back, stumbled across this place out of New Jersey, UPSW Auto Parts selling a mandrel bent Stainless Steel down pipe. They come from China under the name Northeastern Exhaust.. ordered it up and sure enough it's real. Haven't installed yet as I'm still waiting on...
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    JK 44s and other Fun Stuff

    Well I figured I would document some of this for the next person doing a swap... This will be a years with of work.. It will jump around a bit because I'm going to post in my photo order. Picture quality will also increase as I eventually got a new phone... It all started with a decent built...
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    Boostwerks Steering Brace + Antirock

    Figured I would share this, I picked up a Boostwerks brace to add to my axle swap (jk44s). I have been running a Currie Antirock for a few years now and have no plans of ditching it so I also got the relocation brackets to keep it. Mounted it all up and just wasn't happy with how low the...
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    Test pic

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    Test Pic

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    ARB back lash with used gears

    So I'm putting an ARB in my 8.25. I previously geared to 4:56 7 years ago. Anyways I checked backlash and turning torque before disassembly. Back lash was .009-.010". I have the arb installed and back lash set right at .009-.010". I have new carrier bearing installed so my question is...
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    Photobucket charging 400$ a year to host pictures now.

    Well this sucks, I have been using Photobucket since 2007... Lots and lots of pictures here, now I get an email saying you have to pay them and all my pics are gone, even the main page of naxja has an error link from a Photobucket pic.. 400$ a year... Not going to happen.... This could be...
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    WJ swap issue... brake caliper spacing

    Not sure where my issue is... I thought I would not need to run spacers between the calipers and knuckles with the following setup... Rotors are WJ redrilled, BD125693E Hubs are late model, HA597449 But as you can see the rotor is hitting the caliper bracket... Or did I get wrong...
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    Credit Card Fraud

    So little rant here… I had my CC hacked over the weekend, got an alert Sunday evening of declined charges so called up canceled the card… ect. I noticed many of the charges that were approved were at a local Meijer as well as a gas station near it. I’m thinking wouldn’t be hard to figure out...
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    Who has been to the Baja 1000?

    Friends and I are planning a trip to see/ chase the Baja 1000 this year. I’m looking for any tips/ info from anyone who has experience. Were just now starting to talk about it but what we got so far… It will be at least 4 people in 2 Toyota 4 runners, My friend speaks Spanish fluently! My...
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    Lift plans for a new Jeeper

    So I got a friend that picked up his first Jeep, 99 XJ AW4/C8.25. He wants to lift it and run 31x10.50s or maybe 32x11.50s with NO cutting. He’s looking for some recommendations so I put together a list of what I would run and want to see your guys opinions as well… so here’s what I have so...
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    What’s wrong with my leaf springs….

    Looking for some input here… After wheeling this past weekend towards the end of the day I was hearing my driver side shackle bottoming out on the shackle bracket. A better look at it shows this... I can pull up on the bumper and it will sit normal: These are Big Offroad 4.5 flexy...
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    New Spicer Dana 30 low ratio carrier

    I have a brand new Spicer Dana 30 low ratio carrier. Took it out of the box and that's it. Decided to go with a full case locker instead.... Don't want to ship yet, located in Fraser, MI This exact one ===>...
  17. whitexj98

    Comments on gear pattern please...

    How does this look, Back lash is .005"
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    Soldering Supplies

    I am a relative newb in soldering, well at least in the correct way I think... I’m about to do a bunch of wiring and will be soldering the connections. I recently completely wired a dune buggy by soldering but I think I could have done it better. I pretty much just used rosin solder and heat...
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    Gottrikes Bender Build

    I am going to be building one of these benders===> http://www.gottrikes.com/ Bought the plans last night, I will be building the "simpler" design A. It will be a little while before I start because I need to get my jeep back together to get the steel but I figured I would see if anyone else...
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    WTB: Dana 30/ housing

    Looking for a HP Dana 30, only need a straight housing at the minimum...
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