XJ Rebuild...

[whitexj98]

Might need to go to jeep night first to try the side of the house again....lol

 

[whitexj98]

Well I definitely know what tie rod roll is now.... got some spacers on the way, I hear they work pretty well.

I also put on a new set of Bilstein 5100s on the front, they seem to be pretty stiff..... hopefully the winch that's on the way will help with some more weight up front....

 

[XJ&CHZ4ME]

that is the nicest 30 I have ever seen. nice work.

 

[whitexj98]

Thanks! hopefully I don't regret the decision!

 

[whitexj98]

Put some limit straps on...



and cut down the sway bar links...



Also got the tie rod spacers on, so much better. It really drives nice now.

 

[whitexj98]

Like Christmas!



Started with a winch plate from HF... not bad for 23$ and 1/4 plate



Cut to fit...



Had to cut the header panel and will trim the grill...

 

[MT Mike]

Like Christmas!



Started with a winch plate from HF... not bad for 23$ and 1/4 plate



Cut to fit...



Had to cut the header panel and will trim the grill...

I'd like to see some more pictures of this setup. Did you weld the winch plate to the bumper? Is that a JCR bumper?

 

[whitexj98]

Its home made==> http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=927965

The winch plate will be welded on and the rear winch plate bolts will catch the back part of the bumper where I have angle iron. I will also be adding 4 gussets to catch the overhang of the winch plate.

I just hope I don't have any cooling issues by blocking so much of the radiator....

 

[1989TwoDoor]

Its home made==> http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=927965

The winch plate will be welded on and the rear winch plate bolts will catch the back part of the bumper where I have angle iron. I will also be adding 4 gussets to catch the overhang of the winch plate.

I just hope I don't have any cooling issues by blocking so much of the radiator....

Nice, I have the same set-up, just not as nice looking. Good job. I haven't had any cooling issues, but I don't drive on the street.

 

[MT Mike]

Its home made==> http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=927965

The winch plate will be welded on and the rear winch plate bolts will catch the back part of the bumper where I have angle iron. I will also be adding 4 gussets to catch the overhang of the winch plate.

I just hope I don't have any cooling issues by blocking so much of the radiator....

Thanks. I may have to steal this idea for my current bumper.

 

[whitexj98]

Mounted the lights....

 

[whitexj98]

I got another fuse block from the JY and robbed some parts of it to put all my accessories fuses and move my alternator fuse...

Started with this...











Really worked pretty slick. I now have the ARB compressor/ Aux fan/ Headlight relays in the Maxi fuse spots and I have 2 mini fuses, one for a hot wire into the cab and one for my aux light. I also ran one extra Maxi fused location for future.

 

[John D]

That looks better (safer) and cleaner. I did something similar when I redid my harness for the LS swap and gutted the Jeep wiring. Worth every minute of effort.

 

[whitexj98]

Finished the bumper up, added some gussets and burned it on...



some rattle can paint and its ready to go!

 

[whitexj98]

And done!



I cut the winch leads down by about 18 inches. Figured shorter is better when it's pulling 400 amps at full load....

All I got left is to wire up the lights, I will be using the fog light switch so I will need to go find a diagram.

 

[REWSTER]

that looks sweet.

 

[ibeanob]

Looks great

 

[whitexj98]

So I got around to finishing the wiring using the factory fog light switch. I also found my switch was working intermittently, the internals had overheated and it was cracked on the piece that slides inside the switch, luckily jeep was thinking when they designed these and they used the same internals on the wiper switch. I had a spare so I was able to fix it.

And I put in a USB charger in place of the cigarette lighter, like it was supposed to be there!







And I got all my relays moved to one spot with the wiring all nice and clean!

 

[Jeepguy91]

I like the USB mod. How hard was that to wire in?

 

[whitexj98]

Super easy, cut the connecttor off the cig lighter and crimp on female spades. Done. I actually first wired it hot all the time off the 12 volt power outlet but it has a led that lights up when powered so I didn't want that running 24/7, so I used the cig lighter so its only powered when key is on.