96xjeeper
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Fort Leonardwood, MO
Well I went and looked at this Jeep Christmas Eve and came home with it.
It has 4.56 gears, D44 rear, Yukon Shafts, Aussie rear, 2 sets of 35's, extra Tranny, Automatic, extra T-Case, 6 1/2 Rusty's LA lift`Rusty's front Baja winch bumper, factory gas tank skid, HD Tie Rod, and an AWSOME MP3 Player Head Unot. I am sure I missed something.
Once I got it I put on a Solid D30 Diff Cover.
Then I installed a new tube rear bumper to match the front. Well I was unhappy with how it mounted so I added some tubes for extra support and added additional mounting points. Well then I didn't like how low the rear corner panel sat below the bumper tubes so I trimmed about 3 inches off them and folded them under, then welded everything back together. Once that was done for ashtetics (to make it look better) I smeared a nice sealing coat of silicone in there. Since my weldeing isn't perfect yet I did that to fill the welds and make it look cleaner. Well then I removed the stupid rubber kick panel on the rockers, cleaned them up and masked them off so I could paint everything black. It really makes the jeep look meaner and like I said I will snap a few pics probably this weekend.
This is the bumper I put on
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?...t=corner+panels
This is the trimming I did
Now that I have the rear bumper finished up and re-installed I want to figure out a way to clean up the front fenders, buy some rocker guards and get a front locker. Then I will start gathering materials to start my Exo (That'll be fun)
OK Pix.
This is the overall when I got it
And the overall now
As you can see I removed the trim molding and claened it then painted it black. And as you may also see I trimmed the rear corner panels to have less to come down off of rocks onto
drivers side
And passengers side
then I changed the rear bumper from what was on there (stock with a hitch)
to this one
and on the jeep
But not before modding it some to add to the mounting method and recovery ability (these are the welds I was practicing for. I did these today after 2 days practice and my wack-a-weld was a success)
The tubes on the left and right that are circled were not there. I added them because the bulk of the mount was on the bottom tube but the hitch is on the top tube so it kind tied them together. The circle in the middle is wehre I added a piece of flat stock welded to the bumper via tubes. I put a two additional bolts through the "crossmember" there.
and heres another pic of the Rusty's front winch bumper
It has 4.56 gears, D44 rear, Yukon Shafts, Aussie rear, 2 sets of 35's, extra Tranny, Automatic, extra T-Case, 6 1/2 Rusty's LA lift`Rusty's front Baja winch bumper, factory gas tank skid, HD Tie Rod, and an AWSOME MP3 Player Head Unot. I am sure I missed something.
Once I got it I put on a Solid D30 Diff Cover.
Then I installed a new tube rear bumper to match the front. Well I was unhappy with how it mounted so I added some tubes for extra support and added additional mounting points. Well then I didn't like how low the rear corner panel sat below the bumper tubes so I trimmed about 3 inches off them and folded them under, then welded everything back together. Once that was done for ashtetics (to make it look better) I smeared a nice sealing coat of silicone in there. Since my weldeing isn't perfect yet I did that to fill the welds and make it look cleaner. Well then I removed the stupid rubber kick panel on the rockers, cleaned them up and masked them off so I could paint everything black. It really makes the jeep look meaner and like I said I will snap a few pics probably this weekend.
This is the bumper I put on
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?...t=corner+panels
This is the trimming I did
Now that I have the rear bumper finished up and re-installed I want to figure out a way to clean up the front fenders, buy some rocker guards and get a front locker. Then I will start gathering materials to start my Exo (That'll be fun)
OK Pix.
This is the overall when I got it
And the overall now
As you can see I removed the trim molding and claened it then painted it black. And as you may also see I trimmed the rear corner panels to have less to come down off of rocks onto
drivers side
And passengers side
then I changed the rear bumper from what was on there (stock with a hitch)
to this one
and on the jeep
But not before modding it some to add to the mounting method and recovery ability (these are the welds I was practicing for. I did these today after 2 days practice and my wack-a-weld was a success)
The tubes on the left and right that are circled were not there. I added them because the bulk of the mount was on the bottom tube but the hitch is on the top tube so it kind tied them together. The circle in the middle is wehre I added a piece of flat stock welded to the bumper via tubes. I put a two additional bolts through the "crossmember" there.
and heres another pic of the Rusty's front winch bumper
