Recent content by Wraith40k

Hello! My 2001 xj's engine was fully rebuilt and bored out to 4.5l and I am looking to upgrade the plugs/coil pack etc. Having read through the forums - Do I go with an upgraded coil and NGK plugs then just play with the gap of .35-.4 ish?

Ok! All the parts are installed and my baby is back! Had to weld on the rock sliders after adding the frame stiffeners... and build a new sway bar bracket/spacer to make space for the BEEFY Boostwerks 'ultimate steering brace'. Everything was then etched/painted with 2 coats of Por-15 (1 can...

what is a rough estimate of how much por15 it would take to do a coat covering the unibody (adding frame stiffeners) as well as the underbody from the transmission back?

Por-15 seems to be the most referenced- but I also see requires prep and/or rust to adhere to

after the frame stiffeners are on, before rebolting everything, what underbody coating would be recommended? Currently have very minimal rust (i am lucky!) and want to keep it that way

Thank you all - based on the recommendations and other links- going with the boostwerks steering brace and hooligans frame stiffeners

Thank you everyone for your help and responses. This forum helped me move from mourning the loss of my XJ to being excited about having it be better than ever. I tend towards overkill whenever possible (pay once, cry once) so went with Boostwerks steering brace and hooligans stiffeners (full...

These both worked in my 2001: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D8DJN30/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 (900 lumen) 1700 lumen https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H566VKY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 Amber (I use in my clear/smoked turn signals so they flash...

Based on the above I am going to put in the frame stiffeners and steering brace. Even if tightening fixes the problem, I want to bulletproof it as much as possible. Likely will never do anything crazy with this XJ (easy to mid offroading, ice/snow work for getting to the mountain to snowboard...

Will do! Thank you for the recommendation. Know of any reliable shops that could handle welding the frame stiffeners/braces in the PDX/Hillsboro area?

only running 32’s (265 70r17), and have been carrying a portable winch when going out. as a novice I really haven’t done 10% of what the jeep is capable of yet, and better people have said I need to get underbody armor before starting to do the more fun things… so now frame stiffening, steering...

the shop basically charged me for $200 for what seems like 5-10 minutes of work and an 11 second video… will tighten everything up tomorrow to check, and then order a steering brace anyways

Thank you both for the help! They didn't remove anything (other than loosening the sway bar) to come up with their diagnosis, so definitely a deeper look is in order. I was looking at the iron rock frame stiffeners (which others should I consider?) and either the ironman or the bootswork...

Hello! My 2001 XJ sport steering started being unstable at freeway speeds, particularly while turning right about a month ago. It hadn't been off road in 7+ months, so I thought it was me and took it in for an alignment to Iron Rigs 4x4 here in Oregon. They said the unibody frame is cracked...