Okay so I just bought this XJ about 3 weeks ago. It was stock. Has 100,708 miles on the odometer and a clean title! I stole this bad boy for $1500! yea I still cant believe I got the deal. Just needs header panel, fenders fixed, and hail dings pulled out (if even possible). So about a week after driving it, I decided to tear down my other XJ and throw all of its good stuff on my new XJ. Includes: 8" critical path long arm lift from Iron Rock Offroad. Has 3/4" stacked isolators, Doestch 8000 shocks, Shackle Relocators. Sitting on 35x12.50 Maxxis Bighorns and 15x10 MT Classic Lock II wheels.













And here is my Cowl Hood project I started a few days ago. Its going by real slow. My hood needed repainted anyways, so I thought'd id try and chop it up and get me a $600 hood for a fraction of that. I bought paint, clear, primer, activator, reducer, body filler, fiberglass, sand paper, sanding block, spray gun, and 22gauge sheet metal. I bought enough paint so i could repaint my hood, fenders, and header panel. Ill get more pictures posted as I move along.

 

Nice Rig, what's your plan for axle upgrading with those 35's?

 

You got a great deal. That's a sweet lift kit man. Good luck on the build.

 

Thanks man. And for right now, ill keep my foot a little light. Ive got a full width dana 60 rear in the garage. Used to have a dana 44 front, but it was low pinion. So once I get my tax money, ill probably upgrade to hp d44 front and d60 rear. Leave them at full width. Throw a locker in the front and call it good

 

I painted the rings on my wheels today. I wasnt about to pay $150 for some new rings from MT. So I bought an $8 can of "anodizing" paint. Its blue, but when applied to shiny metal, it is more of a candy blue. Looks good. No primer needed. It sticks very well to bare metal. I applied about 8 coats since it is such thin paint.









And I trimmed my fenders finally and took some flex pics from a ditch by my house. My shackles arent in the right hole, so they do not articulate 100% like theyre suposed to, but it is very close.





And here it is compared to a stock cherokee. His is kinda on a slope and mine is still missing the hood.

 

i want a cowl for my jeep! i was currious on how that will look

 

I like that flex. Nice job on the lift.

 

Ill have the cowl done sometime soon. Its looking sweet. Just taking my time on it. Its some pretty thin metal. Every tack warps it just a little. And im using just a 90amp welder.

Thanks drumfreak!

 

jeeps looking really good and painting the rings really set it off nice. One thing i noticed is that you still need to cut your upper control arm brackets. Crazy that that is 8", doesnt look that tall.

 

That is cool.

 

Thanks guys. Yea im glad I painted them. Everyone stares at them at stop lights haha. You can really tell its 8" when you put the stock wheels n tires on it.

 

what did you use to cut the hood?

 

why so high? gonna be running 38's soon?

 

looks good. if i did it over again id lose the bushwackers, ive got 9in in mine but yours still looks alot bigger. the Bw's give me tire coverage but i lose about 2in of clearence

 

Thats a sick rig!!!!!!!