FitchVA - The Bad

[FitchVA]

stock specs:

1998
4.0L I-6
AW4
NP231 TC
D30/CHRY8.25 - stock 3.55 gears

pic from when i bought it:

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first thing i did to this one was to armor it up a little bit





if my memory serves me, in those boxes are:

RRO rock rails (junk)
rusty's tc skid
skid row gas tank skid
c4x4 front tow hook kit
rear hidden hitch


you can kinda see the rails installed in this pic of my dad and niece washing my jeep for me

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the day before the lift went on, i put this gem on...

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theeeeeeen the long day of the lift install...

Rubicon Express 4.5" superflex lift
adjustable upper and lower control arms
RE heavy duty track bar bracket and track bar
OME shocks and steering stabilizer
32x11.50 BFG MT's on 15x8 crager soft8's

before:





after:

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the very next weekend, i took on the task of the SYE install all by myself in my apt parking lot. i had experienced help with the lift, but none whatsoever with the sye. none-the-less, it went very well considering up to that point, my mechanical resume was rotating the tires and oil changes

and thankfully i didn't get thrown out of the apt complex

i did the advanced adapters hd sye kit and a tom woods shaft

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i picked up a surco roof rack as well as a xj d44 from a fellow SWVA4W member. the d44 came with a warn diff cover. i soon after scored a used warn diff cover for the d30 but have no pictures.

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at the time, i couldn't find anyone local that had experience with ARB lockers, so i took the xj down to the Carolina Rock shop to have him install them.

4.56 gears front/rear
ARB lockers front/rear
u-bolt yoke conversion yoke front/rear

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here's where you'll see the xj w/out the front arb bumper. why you ask? because some ass much thought he was more entitled to my stereo and tools that i kept in the jeep than i was.







i sold the bumper so i could replenish the tool supply.

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i took the xj back home with me to trip up the fenders and bumpers as well as herc.'ing the rockers and bumpers

the full gallery -> http://fitchva.com/jeep/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=166

trimming



hercing



trimmed bumper



factory flares mounted higher up

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i'll save you guys on the saga known as the progression of my switch boxes so i'll just post the final version.

full writeup: -> http://fitchva.com/jeep/?p=75





those switches control my relay box. full writeup -> http://fitchva.com/jeep/?p=60