North Atlantic Chapter Rig of the Month Contest

[RCman]

For the Month of March, we will be holding a NAC Rig of the Month Contest.

The winner will go on to compete against a the winners from the other chapters during 's April ROTM. Voting will begin on March 10th and conclude on March 30th. Only NAC members may vote in this contest.
As an added bonus, the winner will also be featured on the back of the NACFest 2011 shirts!

Typical ROTM Rules will apply (see full ROTM rules):

• Open to members only (Red letter)
• 2 high resolution pictures (no more than 1 poser shot)
• Full specifications and details must be listed
• Winner will be decided by a public poll
• ADDED FOR NAC - Rig must be currently able to support its own weight and move under it's own power. :spin1:
• ADDED FOR NAC - Vehicle must have come from the factory and started life as an XJ or MJ

All pictures submitted to the ROTM submission thread must have high resolution files available and have the permission of the photographer for use in the ROTM end of year calendar. If you do not have a high resolution image available then DO NOT POST THE PICTURE. If you do not have the photographer's permission to use the picture, without photo credit being given, then DO NOT POST THE PICTURE.

First 8 submitted rigs will be in.

 

[chedisme]

My Rig: Red 98 2-Door DD as of the end of Feb.
doorless mod
Push Button Start,
4.0, rustys air tube, cracked header, holly 10$ glasspak
One Hell of an Oil Leak,
a dancing skeleton crew that lives in my valve cover,
Bad head gasket,
AX15, hand throttle, np231 H&T,
RE 5.5" long arms,
durango box
RK X-factor steering, modded to be half over the knuckle
Occasional Death Wobble,
4.56s, Riddlers, D30 with a very fancy Aussie, XJ D44 with a Detroit
disks all around,
33" KM2s on black Steels
Protofab front bumper w/ 9.5k winch
tomkin Rock rails
bedliner inside
rustys flexy flairs
rustys show bar(makes me invincible)
soon to come-Stak 3speed, Rear coils

 

[90XJay]

I'll post my budget build:

specs:
90 2 door sport
4.0 aw4
33x13.5x15's
6.5 Teraflex/bastard pack lift (scored over 1k on the ramp with short arms)
teraflex adjustable upper arms
rubicon super flex lowers
rubicon re 1600 trac bar and bracket
rusty's knuckle to knuckle steering
dana 30/8.25 4.10 gears (ford 8.8 with UBE waiting to go in)
ruff stuff diff covers for 30/8.8
u-bolt straps for 8.25 driveshaft
stock front and rear skid
used sliders (olympic maybe?)
custom bambi basher on the front
8k receiver winch in cradle
confer roof rack
stealth gutter mount rain guard
open cooling system
tranny cooler
removable doors
h4 headlight kit
tj flares
cobra cb
probably more crap I can't think of.

$600 jeep
$600 in parts
$300 in tires
=$1500 DD/WW

upcoming upgrades:
rear bucket seats
8.8 with discs
front receiver for winch
ax-15 swap if I can find one
commache rear bumper.... sounds weird but wait till it's done!

 

[Victor S.]

87 Jeep Cherokee
Stock 4.0 and Aw4
Dana 44 rear locked with an Aussie lockrite
Dana 30 up front non disco with 297 axle shafts.
Cooling system upgraded to an open system
Rough country 4.5" lift with 2" shackles in the rear.
Armor consists of gas tank skid,t-case skid, solid diff covers front and rear.
Rear bumper is homemade, Front is a modified Ryans Fab.
Tires are 33's BFG At's on d-windows 15x8 with 4" backspacing.

Future Plans are to go to 7.5" of lift with 35"s

 

[ktm racer 419]

97 xj
271k miles
4.0
adub4
sye'd np231
30 spline alloyed, lockrite dana 44 front
35 spline alloyed detroited dana 60 rear
5.38 gears
disc brakes at each corner

35" bfg km2's on allied beadlocks

one ton steering
tnt belly pan
2x6 rockers
custom front bumper/crossmember
custom rear bumper with tire carrier
1/4 panel guards
completely plated unibody
beefy diff covers

custom mid arm 3 link
10" foa 2.0's
custom beefy-ass trackbar
progressive poly bumpstops
ruffstuff limit straps
some kind of coil spring

clayton leafs
1.5" extended shackle
relocated shackle mounts
8" bilstein 5150's
poly bumps

(photo by bob royal aka royalxj)

(photo by Adam Scwartz aka XJLI)

(i can get higher resolution pics of these as well, im just on dial up intranets and that would be death right now)

 

[ROBZ95Xj]

1998 Cherokee Limited
155k
4.0 AW4 242 HP30 8.25
Daily Driver
99% rust free
235/75R15 Good Years on Painted Alloys
non working infinidy sound system
death wobble
2"BB
Blue Monroe shocks
fake leather seats
power everything
motor from blue jeep, curently gots around 209k
smokled lenses and plate covers
likes to 3 wheel
chrome tow hooks

pic from marky mark

 

[5spd_xj]

2dr 98 XJ chili pepper red

Front End-
89 ford Dana 60 welded, SOLID cover, 5.38s, crossover steering
3 linked with ~5.5" lift

Rear End-
78 Ford Dana 60 Detroit, SOLID cover, 5.38s, 35 spline shafts
4 linked with~ 5.5" lift

Drivetrain-
4.0 stock besides intake and 2.5" exhaust
stock AX15
Atlas 3.8 2 speed clocked darn near flat!

Wheels/Tires-
37x12.50x17 pro-comp Xtreme mudterrains on H2 wheelz

Other stuff-
JCR Front bumper
Warn 9.5ti winch
Custom rock sliders
Uhhhh I'm sure theres something else I've forgotten

 

[BillDunn83]

'99 XJ police package
~8" lift
-6.5" big offroad springs and 1.5" spacers to level the front
-6.5" big offroad leaf packs with 1" JKS boomerang shackles
-RE HD trackbar
-adjustable upper and lower CA
-D30 4:10 gears, spartan locker, solid diff cover, custom LCA skids, and minor bracing.
-Ford 8.8 4:10 gears, Ruff stuff bracketry, stock LSD, disc brakes, warn diff gaurd, and axle tubes welded to center section.
-trimmed fenders
-hyline offroad hood vents
-intake and header
-fullsizeXJ front winch bumper
-custom rear bumper with swingout
-smittybuilt XRC10 winch
-35" maxxis bighorns on american racing alloys
-custom cargo box with sub and amp built in
-light bar
-rock rails
-hack & tap

have rock crawler steering to put on along with J20 steering box.

I will edit this and add the second pic when I get home from work.

My second pic since I cant edit the first post...

 

[mini=man]

I guess I'll play.

1994 Base 135k
4.0
AW4
231 w/ SYE

Front-
D30 w/ 760x
4.88
Aussie Locker
RS cover

Rear-
29 spline C8.25
4.88
Aussie
Disc brakes
RS cover

Suspension-
RE 4.5 front coils
RE Adj Upper and LCA
RE trackbar, mount, brace
Rusty's/Nissan Frontier bastard pack
Bilsteins 5150 Front shocks
Edlebrock Remote Resi rear

Pretty stuffs-
97 front clip
JCR sliders
Home made front and rear bumpers
Raised gas tank
Tail light boxes
33x12.50 15 Truxxus MT's
15x8 Cragar V-5's

 

[5spd_xj]

sweet, that's 8 entries. I'll close the thread and Mr. President can set up the poll and voting stuff :thumbup:

 

[RCman]

Thanks Travis.
Voting begins on the 10th!

 

[RCman]

Voting Poll OPEN - North Atlantic Chapter Rig of the Month Contest

Vote now!

 

[Dundy]

Re: Voting Poll OPEN - North Atlantic Chapter Rig of the Month Contest

I DON'T KNOW HOW!!!!!

 

[Dundy]

Travis' Jeep has blingin' rimz.

 

[mini=man]

Mah name is sweeeeet!

 

[OverlandZJ]

Tough decision.. all of those rigs are sweet!

Good Luck all..

 

[billyjp2]

I voted for the one guy Ive wheeled with in the last 6 months

 

[XJLI]

i voted for the biggest pile of crap in this election.

 

[billyjp2]

Jay needs a picture change

 

[chedisme]

man im doing terable this year. last year I was a close third with something like 16 votes. and this time I only have 2.