mcantar18c
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Kiefer and I went and picked it up earlier.
93 ZJ with the 5.2, 200k on engine and chassis.
Clean tan cloth interior, power everything, no stereo though.
Mostly clean forest green exterior, some mild body damage on the drivers side fender and top of the door from a tree, little dent on the pass side fender but that'll be gone soon, seriously faded plastic trim.
New radiator, fairy fresh trans.
Good tires, more than enough to get me through winter.
Leaks trans. Should be a fairly easy fix, looks like it just needs a new gasket.
Not too bad for $700 bucks.
TO DO (Phase I)
I feel comfortable/confident enough with my fab skills to where I'll be building most if not all of my junk myself.
Body/interior:
Stereo. NEED a stereo.
Replace drivers side fender, possibly front drivers side door too.
Trim lower lip off fenders.
Paint (gonna go with the color Mike used on his XJ).
Rustoleum spray-on bedliner on rocker/door trim, bumpers, fender flares.
Tint.
Polish up the headlight lenses.
Replace tan interior with black+woodgrain trim if money allows... low on the list though.
Beef/armor:
The normal skids (tank, etc.).
Planning on sleeving the framerails (all 3 sides, not just the normal 2).
Low-profile winch bumper (thinking about doing something similar to Starboard's latest version of his winch bumper).
Debating rocker replacement. I like the idea of it, but I dunno if its worth the work. Leaning towards yes.
Not sure if this is possible on the ZJs, but if it is I want to open up the ends of the rear of the frame rails, insert rectangle tube as far as I can (a few feet-ish) and spot-weld it from the outside, using that as the mounting point for a fairly simple rear bumper.
Drivetrain:
Minor engine tune up.
Replace overdrive housing gasket (believed to be the source of the trans leak).
Swap tcase for a 231.
Swap turdy5 for 8.8 or 44, whichever I can find a better deal on (probably 8.8).
Haven't decided what I'm gonna do with the front 30. Probably gonna leave it be.
4.xx gears (undecided). Goal is 35s so I'll find a gear calc and figure out what'll bring me back to stock power, then go up one.
Steering/suspension:
Gonna (need to) make me some beefy one-ton steering. Not sure on hems or BJs (I will do that searching on my own, please don't chime in on that cause I know everybody has their opinions on it and I know who likes what from reading the posts).
4-4.5" lift. Less if possible, I'm gonna try to get away with as little as I can... I'll be limiting the uptravel and relying on LOTS of droop for flex.
Not sure what I wanna do about arms. Maybe 4 link rear and radius front? Dunno, I have some searching to do on that. All I know is that I'm gonna get tired of measuring crap by the time I'm done with em.
Phase II will have the fun stuff. Fancy azz projector beams, cage, motor will probably be dead by then so maybe even a 360 swap
But that's all up ahead, gotta finish what's already on my plate first.
I'll put up more/better pics when I'm feeling less lazy, but here's a quickie in front of my garage...
93 ZJ with the 5.2, 200k on engine and chassis.
Clean tan cloth interior, power everything, no stereo though.
Mostly clean forest green exterior, some mild body damage on the drivers side fender and top of the door from a tree, little dent on the pass side fender but that'll be gone soon, seriously faded plastic trim.
New radiator, fairy fresh trans.
Good tires, more than enough to get me through winter.
Leaks trans. Should be a fairly easy fix, looks like it just needs a new gasket.
Not too bad for $700 bucks.
TO DO (Phase I)
I feel comfortable/confident enough with my fab skills to where I'll be building most if not all of my junk myself.
Body/interior:
Stereo. NEED a stereo.
Replace drivers side fender, possibly front drivers side door too.
Trim lower lip off fenders.
Paint (gonna go with the color Mike used on his XJ).
Rustoleum spray-on bedliner on rocker/door trim, bumpers, fender flares.
Tint.
Polish up the headlight lenses.
Replace tan interior with black+woodgrain trim if money allows... low on the list though.
Beef/armor:
The normal skids (tank, etc.).
Planning on sleeving the framerails (all 3 sides, not just the normal 2).
Low-profile winch bumper (thinking about doing something similar to Starboard's latest version of his winch bumper).
Debating rocker replacement. I like the idea of it, but I dunno if its worth the work. Leaning towards yes.
Not sure if this is possible on the ZJs, but if it is I want to open up the ends of the rear of the frame rails, insert rectangle tube as far as I can (a few feet-ish) and spot-weld it from the outside, using that as the mounting point for a fairly simple rear bumper.
Drivetrain:
Minor engine tune up.
Replace overdrive housing gasket (believed to be the source of the trans leak).
Swap tcase for a 231.
Swap turdy5 for 8.8 or 44, whichever I can find a better deal on (probably 8.8).
Haven't decided what I'm gonna do with the front 30. Probably gonna leave it be.
4.xx gears (undecided). Goal is 35s so I'll find a gear calc and figure out what'll bring me back to stock power, then go up one.
Steering/suspension:
Gonna (need to) make me some beefy one-ton steering. Not sure on hems or BJs (I will do that searching on my own, please don't chime in on that cause I know everybody has their opinions on it and I know who likes what from reading the posts).
4-4.5" lift. Less if possible, I'm gonna try to get away with as little as I can... I'll be limiting the uptravel and relying on LOTS of droop for flex.
Not sure what I wanna do about arms. Maybe 4 link rear and radius front? Dunno, I have some searching to do on that. All I know is that I'm gonna get tired of measuring crap by the time I'm done with em.
Phase II will have the fun stuff. Fancy azz projector beams, cage, motor will probably be dead by then so maybe even a 360 swap
But that's all up ahead, gotta finish what's already on my plate first.I'll put up more/better pics when I'm feeling less lazy, but here's a quickie in front of my garage...
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