Project TiinkerBell

[rubican!]

Well after alot of crying and stress i finaly have a reason to post a build thread. I just got her back from Seacrist Motorsports to today and here is what they installed.

2" Rustys Coil Lift
3/4 Daystar Coil Spacers
Full Traction front and rear Sway Links.
JKS front and Rear Adj Trac Bars
Crown 3-5 Inch Lift brake Lines
2" extended Bump Stops front and rear.
35 x 12.5 r 17 Pro Comp Xtreme Muds
17 x 8 Crager Soft 8's

Ive done little stuff as follows

ARB Diff Cover Front
Gibson Split Rear Exhaust
K and N Drop in.
Cobra 75 CB Mod

Ive always called my jeeps fun tough names like the purple Dragon and the black bear and when i asked my son what i should name my rubicon he made fun of me and called it tinkerbell. Ive tried calling it "Crimson Death" or "The Red Dragon" but no matter what my son calls it tinkerbell so tinkerbell it is. Here are the picks

http://scc4x4.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=5&pictureid=16
Not long after i got her

http://projectwiseowl.com/images/66.jpg
How she sits now

http://projectwiseowl.com/images/64.jpg
Front Shot with Diff Cover

http://projectwiseowl.com/images/65.jpg
Horrible Exhuast Shot

http://projectwiseowl.com/images/67.jpg
Some how these fuzzy dice ended up on my mirror (JT i will have my revenge)

http://projectwiseowl.com/images/61.jpg
While on vacation this week in myrtle beach i saw xjtrailriders old trail rig thought id share

http://projectwiseowl.com/images/62.jpg
Another side shot

Sorry about the bad quality my camera batterys were dead so i used my blackberry to take these cause i couldnt wait to post some pics. More to come!!!

[Bluewaterrider]

Me likey ! :2thumbsup:

[DAZYDG]

Very nice :2thumbsup:

Nothing wrong with Tinkerbell :cool:

[Scrambled]

Looking good Matt.:2thumbsup:

Glad you liked our lil gift.;) Best $5.38 I have ever spent.:rotflmao5:

Time to get Tink out for a shake down run bro.

Later
Sean

[xjtrailrider]

I can't see the pics? I've been having that issue since we changed over but no problems on other forums.

[rubican!]

hmm evidently when posting from the gallerys you need to leave out the www but it was working fine earlyier with it. Let me knwo if you still cant see it.

[xjtrailrider]

I can see them now! The Rubi looks good!!!

That XJ makes me wanna:puke:

[YJeXtreme]

I had to goto gallery/album to view, but looks great! Evil Admin strikes again :harhar::harhar::rotflmao5::wings::2thumbsup:

[Scrambled]

X2 on the XJ Jon :sSc_eek2::puke:

Note to all . . . chrome will NOT get you home! Oh and BTW . . . . . somebody please tell the random kid in the Honda that sticker does NOT make you quicker!:D

Later
Sean

[RUparrothead]

She looks good!

[hadfield4wd]

I don't see them. I'm sure it looks good. My kids named mine the "junk bucket"

[rubican!]

ok uploaded some of the pic to my site so now they should be veiwable to all. The gallery here changes the url to view a picture every blue moon so links wont last here.

[rubican!]

well went to park at the salem ice cream shop and my emergency brake Cable broke. JK's are a POS but man i love it. More reason to crawl it.

[Bluewaterrider]

well went to park at the salem ice cream shop and my emergency brake Cable broke. JK's are a POS but man i love it. More reason to crawl it.

Did you un hook it from the silver wire hanger under the tub?
Held on with 2 10mm nuts on 2 studs.

You need to do that after you lift it more than 2" or it will stress it and break.

[rubican!]

Well it sbeen forever since i updated this thread and william inspired me to update mine so here goes.

I got the rancho rear tire carrier for the JK. I looked at a bunch of diffrent ones but for 400 bucks i felt like it couldnt be beat. Its very sturdy and was easy to install. Took me about 2 hours to get everything right and does exactly what i want it to do. It doesnt protect the rear corners to well but i have plans in the future to fab somethign to weld to the sides. Even after that this bumper is well under $600 what the going bumpers are for the JK.

[rubican!]

When we ran the potts meet in the middle it was pouring down the rain and when i went down the stacks i could see anything and BAM slid right into a tree. The stock JK bumper just krinkled up and looked real ugly. I thought about stubbing my bumper like paul but after trying it out i wasnt happy with the outcome and thought "maybe its time" once again in my hunt for a fair priced deal i found the rugged ridge modular bumper.

It was 415 shipped and is able to hold my factory fog lights and a wench. Took me an hour to install and is really sturdy. Because its modular int he future if i decide i want a stinger, bull bar or pre runner its as simple as bolting it on. I can also make it a full width bumper. Pretty neat and i love the way it looks as a stubby.

[rubican!]

Everyone and there mother said " dude you need armor" best deal i could find was the SKID ROW oil ban and tranny skid. Pual helped me get it installed took us about 3 hours to do (beer was envolved) but it turned out great looks like its already helped me out once.

[rubican!]

Man oh man the on going argument with Jk owners " relocate it or skid it" I read all the posts heard all the arguments but after all that i still had a few problems.

ONE: some of them have to be drilled into the tub to relocate. I dont like that idea at all. I mean vibrations etc, rust crap like that. in the future when people are looking to get a JK one of the things people will say is " make sure to look for rust if the evap can was relocated" Cause if a jack o leg like me is doing it its not gonna look right lol.

TWO: Others just sit up against the tub and once again i didnt like that either. Rubbing etc.

THREE: Some people have thrown codes, as well as gotten flack from the dealer about it.

FOUR: My jeep sits on 35's and has 3 inch's of lift. The dang evap is up higher then the transfer case skid.

SO i went with the skid row evap can skid. I chose this one because to install it you dont even have to remove the evap can at all. Some you have to take the can down slide it into the skid and bolt it up re connect everything but this one came with brackets and i could tell skid row did alot of R and D making it super easy and sturdy. to top it all off i got the skid for 10 bucks cheaper then the average evap relocate kit $79 bucks from 4wd.

[rubican!]

I messed up my front diff on bobcat way back in the day so i had to replace it. I wasted my money and bought a very Expensive ARB diff cover cause i thought it was pretty. Man what a joke. But i learn t from my mistake and when it was time to do the rear i went with poison spider bombshell diff cover. Came with grade 8 hardware and rather then use RTV i went with lube locker as always its super easy that way.

NOTE: i know everyone in this club knows more about jeeps then i do but man Lube locker is full of crap about 35 pounds torgue. I snapped grade 8 right off and had to easy out one of the bolts. 32 pounds is safe thats what i went with.

[xjmudman96]

Tink's lookin good Matt :):thumb:

[Scrambled]

When you said you were getting armoured up for Big Dogs you werent kidding were you! Looks good Matt.:2thumbsup:

Later
Sean

[hadfield4wd]

It was 415 shipped and is able to hold my factory fog lights and a wench.

Looks kind of uncomfortable for a wench. It might work better as a winch mount.:harhar:

The armor looks great.

[rubican!]

sorry my spelling is as good as my spell checking. :(

[YJeXtreme]

Nice armor Matt! Same dff cover Im going to order!