started my budget build

[spanky]

fitted some coil spacers today,made some out the plastic stuff we put on wear surfaces at work, about 14mm thick , i made 8 which will give me 55-56mm of lift with 4 on each side.have only fitted 2 each side at this stage to bring it up level,removed the ugly bar that was on and trimmed the spoiler bit off,next will be to cut the guards to clear bigger wheels.

[TJ]

Spoiler on XJ

Looking good

[niblik]

That's right. Isn't the Xj part the spoiler? Lol.

Kiddin guy.

[spanky]

done a bit more this week to the gem,made a cowl intake,took to the guards with a 1mm disc and a hammer,have ended up with heaps more room for the wheels,jeep is only raised 1" in the front and std in the rear.

[spanky]

made some longer shackels and put some more spacers in the front,raised a total of 55mm all round,as far as i will lift for now until i re axle it,will make some shock spacers this week to allow a bit more flex.total cost of mods so far $0 so on budget.

[TJ]

Nice work. You could easily take the intake out through the fender and make a snorkle. Its nearly there already.

[spanky]

done a little bit more on the jeep,cut down a old rack i had for the roof,still got to make better lower mounts that dont stick out and get caught on stuff,had to put some hillbilly lights on,they are old cibie oscars that take a halogen bulb and have hi and lo beam.i have decided to cut the tailgate into two and have just the top opening and the bottom half fixed,will start on it this week once i have made some room in my shed for the jeep,will cut it on the black line .

[yeti]

easy cutting ..fiberglass ...........

[spanky]

good being glass,i can do it at home and not have to take it to work to weld.not 100% sure how i will hold the top shut,but will sort that out after it open and closes and seals propely.

[yeti]

that's where the gas thinys are anyways...should be able to sort from there.......miss me old xj ..good wee rigs

[Dirtydog]

thought about relocating the latch that holds the door shut normally? being glass will be easy to modify.

if ya can make a bracket for it i think it would work.

[spanky]

cut the tailgate today to make just the the top the opening part.so far seems alright,latches are a bit bogus but already had them and they will do untill i make something better.will finish the bits where i cut it this week.

[spanky]

bit more done this week, rebated a bit of rimu into the top of the tailgate bottom, this makes it strong and gives me somewere to pour a drink , glued and rivited a 40mm strip of ali to the opening part to create a seal.

[spanky]

tailgate had only one gas strut and it was buggered anyway. so i drilled a hole through the shaft and voila my window stays up .

[TJ]

Looking interesting . You can make the bottom part drop down like a CJ tailgate. Then its somewhere to sit with a shade.

[TJ]

Progress update..... How does it look now.

[spanky]

havnt done much work on it,just using it whenever i can,just had a good weekend thrashing round ngaroma,cps must be on the wayout as stopped 3 times when hot over the weekend,just left it and would go get it when cooled down,broke a trans pipe on sat afternoon,had some spares so fixed that,followed a paj on 34" swampers all weekend and did pretty well.

[JeepFanatixs]

made some longer shackels and put some more spacers in the front,raised a total of 55mm all round,as far as i will lift for now until i re axle it,will make some shock spacers this week to allow a bit more flex.total cost of mods so far $0 so on budget.

Hey Spanky.
could you fab up some rear shackles for me too?

[spanky]

been making the front a bit stronger to mount a winch and good tow hook,bent the tow eye and bumper at ngaroma last time there getting towed out.boxed the front chassis with 65x65 box,some angle stuff and 38mm roll cage tube,braced back with75x5mm flat for 400mm along the chassis rail.put in a bigger trans cooler and a scoop with a fan to vent the engine bay.