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Terrehautian's where I have been, where I want to go, how do I get there build thread

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SAMSET said:
he also spells cool with a k...

:rolleyes:
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That's true. Because using the word cool in reference to the neatness of something is incorrect anyway. So i may as well spell it incorrectly.

k "kool" man
 
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kmanxj5050 said:
That's true. Because using the word cool in reference to the neatness of something is incorrect anyway. So i may as well spell it incorrectly.

k "kool" man
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lol

i just figured you like kool cigs
:smoker:



or maybe because your name is K-man :spin1:
 
Re: Terrehautian's where I have been, where I want to go, how do I get there buil

why did grilled cheese just pop into my head?
 
RedHeep said:
TH, you want what everyone else has so that you can drive in the snow and cruise around on the green trail on the badlands. You're shooting way higher than you need to.

You need a 3" lift on 31's. They're all basically the same, save for spending the extra cash on full leaf packs and not an AAL. Get yourself a nice set of shocks, put on some shackle boxes and then enjoy it. Learn how to do it yourself. Buy yourself the tools to install it and then fix it.

Build your garage the way everyone else does, one tool at a time. You don't need to save for a year and then blow all your money trying to make your jeep way more capable than you are of driving. Spend that money on ratchets, wrenches and sockets, not on someone else to do it for you. Shit, you don't even need a garage. I did my first lift in the driveway with used parts and a socket set.

There's truth to the idea that you build it right the first time and you save a bunch of money that a lot of us have gone through building one step at a time. But the same can be said for someone that spends a ton of money on stuff they don't need, building a jeep to a size they don't need, just so they can drive back and forth to work and take it on the occasional trail ride.

Do yourself a favor. Stop asking everyone else what you should do. Figure out what you want your jeep to be and do it. Learn the hobby, that's what this is. You don't buy into the hobby, you teach yourself how it works, you learn how to fix it and how to build it and then you make lifetime friends on the trail when you're underneath each other's rigs helping each other out.

And you got a lot more free time than you think you do. Trust me.
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This. All of this.

There were countless nights spent working all through the night in my apartment complex parking lot when I was in college. It was the only time I had to work on my junk. And that was after a full day of class and working two jobs. I couldn't afford to let somebody else do it, but I did manage to make other Jeep friends locally who would (and still do) help whenever needed, as I do for them. People who are some of my best friends still today. I wouldn't trade those nights for anything.
 
Wish I could find other people locally, but sadly the most I can find are 30 or more minutes away.

And for those saying I won't listen, someone mentioned the Hankooks right after Winterfest and that is probably what I am going with at this point. This isn't a thread I started to BS in, I seriously want some links to good lift kits that are not junk. Unless I see some people actually helping with that, I am done with this thread. If that happens, you guys hijack this all you want and I will ignore it.
 
terrehautian said:
Wish I could find other people locally, but sadly the most I can find are 30 or more minutes away.

And for those saying I won't listen, someone mentioned the Hankooks right after Winterfest and that is probably what I am going with at this point. This isn't a thread I started to BS in, I seriously want some links to good lift kits that are not junk. Unless I see some people actually helping with that, I am done with this thread. If that happens, you guys hijack this all you want and I will ignore it.
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30 minutes away? Sounds pretty damn local to me! I went 7 hours to help our former chapter prez get his Jeep back together a couple of years ago.

You didn't get links to good lift kits, you got the actual names of them. Fire up your Google and use that copy/paste feature.
 
Basic kit that will have you clearing 31's with out trimming and 33's if you ditch the flairs and trim.this kit can be done in a weekend.

http://www.roughcountry.com/jeep-suspension-lift-kit-633xn2.html

long arms can be added later if you feel the jeep rides like crap.

http://www.roughcountry.com/jeep-suspension-lift-kit-689u.html

or C/A drop brackets

http://www.roughcountry.com/jeep-xj-control-arm-drop-kit-1627.html

you will need a SYE

http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merc...OR&Product_Code=OA-18676.72&Category_Code=PFX

or hack-n-tap

http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merc...e=IROR&Product_Code=IR-XHNT&Category_Code=PFX

and these will give you a better ride in the rear.

http://hdoffroadengineering.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/xj-shackle-relocation-kit

throw some coin at a couple cans of...

http://www.pbblaster.com/

and spray it on any bolts you will need to take off, every day or so for at least a couple weeks before doing the lift.
 
So say you're sitting there thinking, hey maybe i don't want to lift my jeep 4.5". i just want to clear 31's make it look cooler and throw down some green trailage at the badlands. you can go this route.

lift
http://www.roughcountry.com/jeep-suspension-lift-kit-630.html

you may still need the SYE or hack-n-tap
http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merch...egory_Code=PFX
http://www.ironrockoffroad.com/Merch...egory_Code=PFX

but maybe you can get away with a Tcase drop. i have been for the last 4 years.
http://www.rustysoffroad.com/rustys-transfer-case-drop-kit-xj-mj.html

throw your 31's on and wheel all day long maybe add a locker sometime later.


remember EVERYTHING is upgradeable.
 
I read this page a lot back before i did anything to my jeep.

http://jeep-xj.info/

and build threads read a lot of build threads, since you are saving up for the lift any way you have the time.
 
I haven't decided on tire size, but if I can do green/orange and some other things. I would be happy (stock was fun, but is no longer fun). I don't want to be able to do Red or MI yet. Tire size will affect how much I spend since 33's are about $70 more a tire (so $350 more total just on tires). I will be lifting because since I need to replace tires and rear leaf springs, I won't be staying at stock. For the time being, if I want to wheel something bigger then 31's or 33's, I have access to something (depends on who long my friend stays out while OTR trucking).
 
terrehautian said:
Wish I could find other people locally, but sadly the most I can find are 30 or more minutes away.

And for those saying I won't listen, someone mentioned the Hankooks right after Winterfest and that is probably what I am going with at this point. This isn't a thread I started to BS in, I seriously want some links to good lift kits that are not junk. Unless I see some people actually helping with that, I am done with this thread. If that happens, you guys hijack this all you want and I will ignore it.
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This is why people consider you an immature, helpless baby. There's good advice in here. There's people that want to help you help yourself. And all you want is spoonfed website links so you don't have to think.

And you're going to ignore your own thread unless we give it to you? **** you dude. **** you.

You don't rate to make those demands. You barely rate to participate in the threads at all. I seriously took the high road. I explained very eloquently what we all thought you needed to do and you shit on it. You're a lazy, mooching jackass who thinks that your $35 a year gives you all the friends you need and the luxury of being spoonfed everything you want. I got news for you. When you get off your ass and help yourself, other people will want to help you too.

What I wouldn't give to live 30 minutes from the friends I've made on NAXJA.
 
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