My Mild MJ

[cody4359]

kinda cheated with this. i bought it already lifted and 97+ swap done to it. after the intial excitment wore off i realized how slapped together this swap was done.

it came with:
SOA 8.8 with disks
RE 5.5" long arm with ACOS
99 wj 4.0
1997+ dash and doors
4.10 gears
bald 35" toyo's
powertrax no slip
Teraflex high steer

i have since added:
Homebrew rock rails
PSC hydro tapped steering box
Warn HS9500i
JCR winch bumper
Brown Dog Offroad super header brackets and mounts
Tera 2 low kit
AA Sye
Advanced drivelines CV driveshaft
Tranny temp guage
Banks torque tube
CB
Kevins offroad steering box brace
Home brew steering box reinfrocement
Spidertrax wheel spacers
G2 diff cover
33" cooper stt

me an my chauffeur drove a total of 10 hrs to go pick it up from central oregon.

not to special

some ghey wheels i put on to make it to the grim jeeper

realized the 8.8 didnt have wheel spacers, so i put on some spider trax

 

[cody4359]

went from 35" to 33", going to go back to 35" now that i have new gears

robbed my rolled xj parts stash. its always nice to see whats going on

very obnxiouse exhaust that i finally changed. here is flowmaster 40, banks header and 2.5" tubing



robbed the zj i bought for a PSC pump

started making the rocker guards

all finished up after a trip to the eye doctor for not wearing my saftey glasses.

 

[xjtrailrider]

Nice, real Nice!

 

[cody4359]

new SYE and 2 low

found that i didnt have a 00 xj block like the PO said. turns out its a 99 wj block. Brown Dog Offroad sent me a custom set of brackets for this conversion. only 3rd set they have made. OUTSTANDING customer service, very impressed.

 

[cody4359]

ordered a JCR crusader bumper.

found this knockoff street comanche as i was driving around waiting for the paint on the bumper to dry

 

[cody4359]

bought some JKS bumps stops, but they were about 3" short. so i picked up some UHMW and made my own.

got some new shocks

lowrange2 was kind enough to ship me this moon visor. im diggin the look but pretty certain it would get ripped off by a branch

 

[cody4359]

now for the poser pictures

 

[cody4359]

 

[Exxon Valdez Jeep]

are you down for a Rubicon trip in August?

edit: and drag those other two MJs with you!

 

[cody4359]

id love to but i have a shutdown i do every aug/sep i might have early aug off tho, when were you thinking?

 

[Exxon Valdez Jeep]

dang, right now its tentatively end of august. first weekend of august is out for me.

 

[cody4359]

yeah my work schedule sucks. my buddy jason with the silver mj goes to moab every september, and i happen to be working then too

 

[bails85]

I love how clean your truck looks. That white is bright. Don't really like the JCR bumper though. It looks too bulky on that truck. Other wise sweet.

 

[Lowrange2]

found this knockoff street comanche as i was driving around waiting for the paint on the bumper to dry

Alright...

1. I kinda like the Knockoff truck. Looks pretty cool for a driver.

2. Those are two of the nicest MJs I've seen. I'm diggin the dark colored one with all the black steel on it.

Mine WILL look good before I die. I have too many projects!

 

[89eliminator]

you need a rear bumper

 

[FlexdXJ]

you need a rear bumper

You need a t-case skid......


Man thats a badass MJ. Mine is not sold yet so I guess i'm gonna 3.4 swap it and drive the piss out of it.

 

[rweaver138]

Nice build. I'd love to get ahold of a clean MJ and throw a 97+ swap on it.

 

[cody4359]

got the new to me rubi 44 up front and the RK 3 link put on. still need to wire up the compressor, run some air line and fine tune axle placement/alingment. the lift fought me going on so im pretty sick of the truck right now

 

[Lowrange2]

Sweet. You'll love that kit. I know I love mine.

 

[Justpunchit]

builds like this make me want a purpose built MJ like yours! good stuff