XJ Rebuild...

[John D]

I would like to try this for noise reduction...

Umm, running without doors and the Goodyear Wranglers and you're concerned about noise reduction? Save your time and money and buy a box of foamy ear plugs

 

[whitexj98]

Got the sway bar relocation brackets on, just tacked in, what a pain!

 

[whitexj98]

First time the hatch has been up without the aid of vice grips in a long time!! should have gotten new struts a long time ago.. 30$ shipped from rock auto. The old ones still have decent rebound, might be enough to hold the hood up....

 

[whitexj98]

Burned the sway bar mounts in...





All welding is now done... going to grab sandblaster from HF tomorrow unless I'm snowed in...

 

[XJ&CHZ4ME]

Be prepared to find sand in places you never thought possible...for years to come. I am still finding black silicate in the freaking rafters of my shop and that was even with a blasting booth constructed. If you can do it outside and not worry about recycling the sand, go that route.

Again, nice work man.

Cheese "D30 for the apocolypse" Man

 

[whitexj98]

Be prepared to find sand in places you never thought possible...for years to come. I am still finding black silicate in the freaking rafters of my shop and that was even with a blasting booth constructed. If you can do it outside and not worry about recycling the sand, go that route.

Again, nice work man.

Cheese "D30 for the apocolypse" Man

Yeah I was over the media blaster about 2 mins in.... tried to do the knuckles inside in a trash can...awful... said f it on the knuckles and drug the axle outside and blasted it (was also snowing).... but was able to get to the places I couldn’t with the wire wheel....



So now waiting on ball joints, will put those in then probably paint it. I think I’m going to spring for a full case locker with my tax return…. might as well, right?.....
Debating grizzly vs Detroit
And in other news I booked my plane ticket for KOH!!!

 

[whitexj98]

Got my BJs in....



really like these, they have snap rings for the uppers and low profile grease zerks for the lower, and RED seals so you look serious! Not bad for 120 shipped off Amazon...









Going to take advantage of this heat wave and paint it up tomorrow.

 

[Jeepguy91]

Looking good. Really like this build!

 

[VAhasnoWAVES]

heading into the metals lab tomorrow. ill try to get those spacers done during baja.

 

[whitexj98]

heading into the metals lab tomorrow. ill try to get those spacers done during baja.

Yeah buddy!

Painted up the axle, used good paint I had left from my dune buggy build....







Just needs geared now... and I think I have talked my self into getting a grizzly full case locker...

 

[VAhasnoWAVES]

spacers are done.

 

[ibeanob]

I would like to try this for noise reduction...

http://store.secondskinaudio.com/spectrum/

I decided to go with this company. They make noise and heat reduction. The heat reduction will be good for the two catalytic converters I have to run being I am in CA. http://www.lizardskin.com/

 

[ibeanob]

That is quite an axle build. I thing the housing will outlast anything on the Jeep and possibly on earth :worship:

 

[whitexj98]

That is quite an axle build. I thing the housing will outlast anything on the Jeep and possibly on earth :worship:

haha, yeah. First is was ah just regrear, then, well start with an unabused axle, then why not a truss....etc... oh well.

I'm not a hardcore wheeler, if I can't make it up something I dont' keep trying untill something breaks, so I'm hoping to keep it alive.

 

[VAhasnoWAVES]

do you still have your tweaked axle?
should do a weight comparison.

 

[whitexj98]

do you still have your tweaked axle?
should do a weight comparison.

Yeah I still got it.. I will see what they weigh....

I am going to see if I can get any deals on a yukon ZIP locker at KOH... if not I will be ordering one after I get back.... Then need to decide on what to do for air.


In other news got a carpet set so I can throw them back in the jeep... figured I would clean them and my seats while I had them all out... worked nice. To cold to work outside!



Going to look like a new jeep on the inside!

Here was the worst before/ after...

 

[kmanxj5050]

What'd you use to clean?

 

[whitexj98]

Rented a rug doctor, used their upholstery cleaner and shout, the shout with a scrub brush is what really took the bad stains out.

 

[MFXJ97]

great build. I'm going to follow this thread.

 

[whitexj98]

Put the interior back together.... Made a new bracket to replace the factory pos, so no more floppy console!