Started building a storage box to keep stuff organized and stop it from flying around. Just have to cover it with carpet and add some sort of latch. Also found a pretty sweet all steel shovel at the hardware store, so I mounted it to the side of the rack.

 

You lucky SOB! How did you score such fat deals on CL? I can't find squat but the hiv on CL. Dang!
Bay Area CL doesn't have much for XJ parts.
Your Jeep is one sweet ride man. Clean Clean Clean! And you did some very tasteful mods. Congrats man!

 

do you have a rear bumper?

 

Grats to see another craigslist junkie!

I got a warn rear bumper that was display the same for 200 bucks!
ARB front bumper like yours for 450
TJ soft top NEW for free, traded for some steel tubing
fiberglass fenders for 150 bucks.

Craigslist is soooooooooooo amazing!

good luck on the rest of your build!

 

That's because I'm quicker on the draw! I actually seach the bay area as well as the Sacramento area since I drive up there quite a bit anyways. Found the D44 in Grassvalley, bumper in Sacramento, SuperNerfs in San Rafael and so on. Thanks man

 

Ordered the bumper a few days ago. Should be here in the next couple weeks.

 

Awesome deals dude! Yeah I don't know what I'd do without Craigslist. I'm to the point where I hate buying stuff new because there are so many deals on CL. Ebays good for the small stuff though. Thanks

 

lmao. you and me both, me and my girl can walk through almost any store and i go through looking and not buy anything because i tell her i can get in on craigslist for cheaper. its great for shopping for these parts too

plus sign up for the jcwhitney email subscriptions, im always getting deals off that.

 

Threw some black paint on where the trim used to be. i hated the silver that was on there. Took it down some overgrown trails a couple weekends ago, so i now i have some good scratches from headlights to taillights. Oh well. Some new dents will cover those scratches right up! New JCR bumper comes in a couple days. Cant wait to get it on there. I feel like someones going to put their hood right through my gas tank without a bumper.

 

Hey guys, been awhile since I've made an update. Forgot to post some pics of the rear bumper when I got it on. I also finished the storage box in the trunk that turned out alright. Other than that, I've just been having fun with it. Its just about time for another round of mods.... if i can find some time. I got a Nissan Titan not to long ago that I drive most of the time. So, I'm probably going to make the XJ a little less road worthy and a lot more trail worthy. Here are some pics of the bumper. Overall, I'm happy with it, but since I removed the trim on the jeep, the bumper caps aren't flush. I guess I can fix that with some quarter panel armor but I'll probably spend the money elsewhere.

 

grats bro. She's a beaut. Glad to see er comin along so well.

And I have to say, Im def jealous. The misses wrecked mine in june and I def have been 2dr less since.... 8( drivin the misses all stock 4dr 4.0 just isnt the same. But yea, Im def lovin it. Ill post a link on here for ya to check mine out. Im buyin a new 2dr 2mrrw. ordering my lift 2mrrw as well.

keep up the good work and happy jeepin~Paul

 

Damn that sucks man. Did you manage to salvage any parts from it? That was a nice 2 door. Glad to hear you found another one. What lift are you getting?

 

Hey FishinXJ.. What part of NorCal are you at?

 

I'm in the East Bay Area. Nice looking XJ you got there. I like the stripe on the hood.

 

Thanks man. You've heard it many times before, but VERY nice Jeep you have there.