Alex E
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Bay Area, California
Hey guys, thought I'd finally make a blog for my pile of Heap so what the hell..here goes nothing...
For those of you who don't know me let me introduce my self. My name is Alex, I grew up in the south bay and I'm in my late 20's. I love just about anything to do with cars. I'm a mechanic for a living, I started out working on domestic and Japanese cars and now I specialize in VW's, Audis and Porsches. I own a 1966 GT Mustang I've had since high school and a 2004 GT with a full Griggs Racing chassis that I built for open track and road course driving. Then...I got a 1987 XJ...soon after it all went to hell in a hand basket and I got the wheeling bug BAD.
Before I get to the Jeepus here are a few pics of my Mustangs.
I started with a 87' XJ, 4.0, 5 speed, A/C and nothing else. No cruise control, no power mirrors, no rear defog, nothing. Its weird, it was the absolute base model but its a 4.0 with A/C, kind of nice because there isn't much else to break. I got it with 243,000 miles on the clock and I bought it for 300 bucks cash plus a rechargeable Stream Light from the Snap On truck, LOL.
The weirdest thing was the non tinted windows. I swear, at night time sitting at a stop light I felt like everyone was watching me, its like being in a huge fish tank with all the windows, no tint and small pillars.
Here is it after some Pro Comp wheels, 32's and a 3 inch lift.
This is its most current state.
So, far I've upped the lift to 5 in the rear and 4.25 in the front. I swapped out the front for a non disco 30, swapped in a rear 44, locked both ends and installed 4.56's. I built bumpers for it, got sliders, rebuilt the engine, deleted the C101 connector, swapped in a 89 PCM (apparently better among the RENIX crowd?), re did a whole bunch of the interior and added some insulation, ditched the carpet in favor of vinyl flooring, worst mistake ever (fits like absolute crap), swapped injectors, cleaned up the wiring, the list never ends...
Now I've got an AX15 sitting around for it, 6.5 inch coils, long arms, rear shackle boxes and a few other items. I guess I'm doing what I should have done 3 years ago from the get go. The wheeling bug is in full effect now...
Well, I hope to keep this updated with my future "re-rebuild" of my Heap. I've met lots of good people on here, went "Red" this year and hope to meet more of you XJ freaks!
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For those of you who don't know me let me introduce my self. My name is Alex, I grew up in the south bay and I'm in my late 20's. I love just about anything to do with cars. I'm a mechanic for a living, I started out working on domestic and Japanese cars and now I specialize in VW's, Audis and Porsches. I own a 1966 GT Mustang I've had since high school and a 2004 GT with a full Griggs Racing chassis that I built for open track and road course driving. Then...I got a 1987 XJ...soon after it all went to hell in a hand basket and I got the wheeling bug BAD.
Before I get to the Jeepus here are a few pics of my Mustangs.



I started with a 87' XJ, 4.0, 5 speed, A/C and nothing else. No cruise control, no power mirrors, no rear defog, nothing. Its weird, it was the absolute base model but its a 4.0 with A/C, kind of nice because there isn't much else to break. I got it with 243,000 miles on the clock and I bought it for 300 bucks cash plus a rechargeable Stream Light from the Snap On truck, LOL.

The weirdest thing was the non tinted windows. I swear, at night time sitting at a stop light I felt like everyone was watching me, its like being in a huge fish tank with all the windows, no tint and small pillars.
Here is it after some Pro Comp wheels, 32's and a 3 inch lift.

This is its most current state.

So, far I've upped the lift to 5 in the rear and 4.25 in the front. I swapped out the front for a non disco 30, swapped in a rear 44, locked both ends and installed 4.56's. I built bumpers for it, got sliders, rebuilt the engine, deleted the C101 connector, swapped in a 89 PCM (apparently better among the RENIX crowd?), re did a whole bunch of the interior and added some insulation, ditched the carpet in favor of vinyl flooring, worst mistake ever (fits like absolute crap), swapped injectors, cleaned up the wiring, the list never ends...
Now I've got an AX15 sitting around for it, 6.5 inch coils, long arms, rear shackle boxes and a few other items. I guess I'm doing what I should have done 3 years ago from the get go. The wheeling bug is in full effect now...
Well, I hope to keep this updated with my future "re-rebuild" of my Heap. I've met lots of good people on here, went "Red" this year and hope to meet more of you XJ freaks!

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