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Old 07-10-2012, 07:20 AM
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Wow ive been reading this for the past 2 hrs...all i caj say is great job rich
I cnt wait to chop my xj now i was thinking something like dirtybomb' s in earlier pages but who knows wats gonna happen to my old girl...keep up the great work
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Originally Posted by Domeskii
Wow ive been reading this for the past 2 hrs...all i caj say is great job rich
I cnt wait to chop my xj now i was thinking something like dirtybomb' s in earlier pages but who knows wats gonna happen to my old girl...keep up the great work
When you make the cut, post some pics for us. And thanks for the kind words.
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Installed the BB last night. Now with the fenders cut and fab work done to the inner fender and unibody, the 33" tires I have stuffed has plenty of room for full turning radius and as much travel that I need. Now I'm happy. LOL.
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Pictures or it didn't happen. :-)

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Pictures or it didn't happen. :-)

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LOL! I'll get the pics on as soon as possible. They are loaded on the Bro-N-Law's Facebook page but we are up to like 800+ pics of this project in one of his Facebook Photo Folders and it overloads my phone. I can't pull them up anymore to copy them. I'll have to do it from my computer. But I promise pics to come.
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Here is with the 2 inch BB
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Rich, been reading through bits of this thread the past couple days and all I can say is great work! The Griffin is looking awesome. I can't wait to see it all done.
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Originally Posted by no rdplz
Rich, been reading through bits of this thread the past couple days and all I can say is great work! The Griffin is looking awesome. I can't wait to see it all done.
Thank you. This has really turned into more of a project than I planned. I was originally just gonna fix it enough to trail. But now we are taking it to another level to make it turn heads as well. All the seams will be filled and the thing will be custom painted. Hopefully it will be completed by August because there are some things coming up here in the area where I want to kinda show it off. That is the goal any. LOL! Thanks for the encouraging words.
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That looks bad *** with the boost! I've been subd to this for a while now and i love watching it get bigger and better!! good job man!!
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Originally Posted by bmikes
That looks bad *** with the boost! I've been subd to this for a while now and i love watching it get bigger and better!! good job man!!
Thanks man.
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Looks to killer
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Starting to wrap the tubing with a skin.

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This is the inside of the flare and mount. All the skin sticking out will be wrapped into it just like we did the back fenders.


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We are liking this because it is giving a look of the old school Jeep flat fender.
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Good look at our take on rock sliders. I really like how the factory skin from the rockers was opened up and the new box steel was add in. Then the factory skin was wrapped back into it. Good clean body line.
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Here is where one of the two gun barrel surpressors will go.
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Wrapping the skin around the tubing for the flares.
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