Ohhh buddy got the JCR bumper and VR8s winch installed, easy peasy
Money shot by Emerson Bowling, on Flickr
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JCR Vanguard Bumper and Warn VR8s winch by Emerson Bowling, on Flickr
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Added weight needs added lift by Emerson Bowling, on Flickr
Just ordered a .75" coil spacer to get my lift back...
Had a work trip this week to Niagara Falls, NY. Last minute I decided to drive the XJ out and brought my Wife with me. We figured we would take the long way back home through Canada and camp for a night since I still had the tent on from the weekend before for the Overland Bound meet.
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My JKS heavy duty shackles, Sway bar bushings, Hi-Lift, and recovery gear showed up from amazon. Went ahead and installed the sway bar bushing and painted the bar while it was out, black is a much better color than rust lol plan on knocking out the shackles today, fingers crossed that the bolts...
Got the Vanguard bumper painted and mounted, extremely happy with the way the rattle can paint turned out
Rear 3/4 view by Emerson Bowling, on Flickr
Rear Vanguard Bumper by Emerson Bowling, on Flickr
JCR close up by Emerson Bowling, on Flickr
Amazon fairy dropped of a load of stuff yesterday! Surprised the floor of the porch didnt cave in lol
Amazon Fairy by Emerson Bowling, on Flickr
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Everything came in early and with the new Coopers sitting on the porch of course the first thing I had to do was quickly get them installed before...
Good news everyone!
I got a small sponsorship from JCR offroad! Sent an email talking about the trip, that I was interested in some info about their products and to see if they had any interest in the jeep project. After a couple emails backand forth I got an email today from Corey saying he got...
Finally got my second car sold so I have a good amount of cash flow to finish this jeep up before the September trip!
Some of the things I feel like I HAVE to have for the trip (BOLD), some things might not be completely necessary but hey I still want them done lol
Dirtbound Mojave Rear...
Finally got my axle work done!
ARB up front, Trutrac in the rear and a regear to 4.10s
Jeep feels great to drive, hope to be done with gear break in by this week. Planning on a trip to the Badlands offroad park about 45mins from here to get a good shake down of everything
Axle work is done by...
Slow progress
Loaded up the jeep with 4 of us and drove down to Red River Gorge in Kentucky to climb, just 3 days outta the jeep. Maybe about 50 miles of some terribly maintained roads to get to and from the crags, not a single issue outta the jeep. Loved it!
Red River Gorge by Emerson Bowling...
welcome! I don't know how I haven't seen your Rubi around living in Walton! I'm in Galveston right next door. I drive through all the time to get the freeze when they open haha
Actually just installed it for the first time
Tepui on the XJ by Emerson Bowling, on Flickr
Overall very happy with it. Deploys quick (even for our first time) and folds back up even quicker. Maybe one or two small things i could gripe about like one of our internal storage bags has a hole in...
Picked up my $160 custom rack yesterday, super happy with it. Great work for the price and made to my specs!
Rack on the XJ by Emerson Bowling, on Flickr
Rack Mounts by Emerson Bowling, on Flickr
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