98XJ: Project Salsa

[sean_xj]

i dont have a garage

nope, barely a shed too. oh, and i know ur not home, but ur jeep was driving somewhere!

 

[XJLI]

Wtf!

 

[XJLI]

Tied in the d pillars today

Stealth tie ins... welded to some 1/8" plate which is welded to the floor

 

[WAD357]

lookinnn good dood

 

[Pat Vogt]

oh snap

 

[XJLI]

thanks d00ds... getting tired of doing cage/unibody stuff (even though i havent done much) i wanna get the lift on and be cool again.

 

[XJLI]

today i did the a-pillar bar quick

then the gas hose exploded on the welder so i stopped. time for a bbq at my dad's then fireworks tonight... front axle is geared and coming home tomorrow.

 

[Dundy]

looks dumb.

 

[sheepjeep]

needs more flames

 

[XJLI]

used all my scrap pieces for this haha. getting a new gas line for the welder tomorrow morning, then bending the b-pillar drops sunday, hopefully have time to weld it all up after since i'm busy all day tomorrow. also got the shackles from jason, only thing holding me back from the lift is the pass side knuckle i gotta deck drill and tap for high steer.

oh, and i got 4 35" H2 takeoff BFG ATs for 300 bucks. gonna run those for now.

 

[clean4drxj]

I love the progress. keep it comin!

 

[XJLI]

i didnt do anything else this weekend, oh well. busy this week, pretty much the only thing holding me up is the knuckle/hardware for the high steer drag link, and i need a solid weekend to work on it... might take a day off from work when i figure out when, possibly the first weekend in august.

 

[XJLI]

ordered bumps:

8 ring prothanes for up front, and these fancy-pants prothane progressives in the back:

same concept as the energy suspension polys, we'll see how these do.

 

[clean4drxj]

Me likey

 

[rweaver138]

With all these fancy shocks/bumpstops and cage you better jump this thing to the moon, roll it over, then continue driving

 

[Begster]

gettin into the jeep dukes of hazzard style cuz the doors were wedged shut

I would just like to bring up the blatant irony in this post, since Sam now has his doors welded shut in true Dukes of Hazzard style, and must climb in and out of his Jeep like this.

 

[sean_xj]

i hate seeing all this progress. in the four years ive had my jeep its gotten a lift, tires, and a new trackbar. u, less than a year. who wants to take over my rent payments!

 

[Pat Vogt]

How much longer than stock are those rear bumps? What did the pair run you?

 

[XJLI]

How much longer than stock are those rear bumps? What did the pair run you?

uh idk. the stock ones are like barely 2", the 'upcountry' solid rubber are 4.1" i think. these are 4.5." cost $60 shipped for the pair.

 

[Pat Vogt]

sweet. Thats exactly what I'm looking for length wise.