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Dontchya just hate waiting for parts to arrive?????? Could be uder the waka now playing with stuff but still waiting for body lift and front track bar to arrive from Aus.
Hopefully everything will be here during the week and i can attack it all next weekend.
Tuesday its going into the engineers who are going to shape up the steel fenders for me, and while its there theyre going to cut out the skid plate too. Ill just have to stitch the fenders together, paint them, and wire the new indicator in and theyll be on. Hopefully the body lift and skid plate all go on together well, ill still need to fashion some motor mount lifts too, but live plenty of 50 x 25mm box here to do that with.
Im assuming that i wont have to worry about the transfer case shift linkage as the tansmission and transfer case should be getting lifted around the same height as the body.... should be.... who knows what is likely to happen once its begun??!!

what ya up to dude

Stacked it into a bank last sunday and wiped out one fender and dinged up the other one a bit too. So rather than buying new ones, im getting some steel tube fenders bent up for me on Tuesday.

Aside from that i finally got around to getting an adjustable front track bar from Wooders to correct my front diff alignment (i removed the rubbish procomp drop bracket some time ago and have been running about with the stock bar in).
With that ive got a bodylift coming to go with the hi clearance tranny plate that will be ready to fit on Wednsday (fingers crossed).

I know that ive said it before.... but once these bits and bobs have been done, it will be the end of the mods. A line has to be drawn somewhere.......

Well maybe after the fuel tank has been tucked up too and a skid plate made for that too.....

Then the line will be drawn.......

Maybeeeeeeeee

it never ends does it .....got plans 4 my pos when i get back from aussie..but have to fix the little things first, brakes,ac pump,cv,then maybe will sort out the bigger rubber...good luck, and pics when shes done ....please

Tube fenders as well? Now I'm even more interested...

Are you talking about the whole fender? Or just replacing the plastic fender extensions? Would be interested in your design of the tummy tuck. Already got most of the stuff on to make that work, been dreading paying freight to get it in from overseas.

The tummy tuck is just a simple plate cut to shape with 5mm plate. Ill try it just sitting flush on the chassis, and if it works all well and good. If that makes it sit too high though, i have some 50x25 and 25x25 box section to add to it to drop it down. Some say it will sit flush, others tell me i dont have a show... we will see.
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As for the flatfenders, the verticle plane of the fender will stay, and the majority of the horizontal will be cut, just leaving the original fender tracking along the bonnet outline and around the latch. Bit hard to explain how it is hoped it will end up, but a plan is in place.

After straightening it......

[quote="xj"]Dontchya just hate waiting for parts to arrive?????? quote]

You and me both fella. Still waiting for the Teraflex parts to arrive from Aus as well. Have been out in the garage tonight smashing rusted bolts in half and generally having a blast of a time. As you keep reminding me" Its a Jeep thing"

RJ wrote:

xj wrote:Dontchya just hate waiting for parts to arrive?????? quote]

You and me both fella. Still waiting for the Teraflex parts to arrive from Aus as well. Have been out in the garage tonight smashing rusted bolts in half and generally having a blast of a time. As you keep reminding me" Its a Jeep thing"

What???? you were out breaking bolts and i wasnt invited??????? Well [huff]

[/quote]What???? you were out breaking bolts and i wasnt invited???????[/quote]

Its ok, they were only the smaller ones. I will let you know when I start breaking all the bigger bolts, now that will be fun.

have you done th slip yoke eliminator ??
is looking more and more like brian w all the time
when is the big tyres going on ??

bb402c wrote:have you done th slip yoke eliminator ??
is looking more and more like brian w all the time
when is the big tyres going on ??

Yeah man, sure have. Did that July last year. The 33's will be staying on, cant afford to upgrade the lockers to accommodate the ratio change needed for the 35's. (bought Bryans old ones off him) Actually, cant afford anything anymore.

Parts arrived today, front track bar is in. Pulling out the motor mounts tomorrow to sort the lift on them (making the blocks out of 50mm x 25mm box) and will pop the body lift in on the weekend probably. The tummy tuck will still be a few weeks away, and prob not before Pureora...... all in good time.

Little birdie tells me that we'll be sharing a drink at Pureora on Queens Birthday.

nah mate wont be able to make it down there to much on in this month already

bb402c wrote:nah mate wont be able to make it down there to much on in this month already

Bugger

dont get your hopes up but i might steal a couple off u

hay bb402c now dat your keepin your xj instead of the ffc (flat fender crew) we could be the bbc (butter box crew)

DAJEEP wrote:dont get your hopes up but i might steal a couple off u

I'll be sure to bring the Port!

bbc what ever boy im still the hard core ffc
none of this make belive flat fenders like xj
a wranglers never as tough as one of our
flat fenders
my flat fender aint finshed with yet boy have
i got a plan for that

Looks like someone forgot which name they signed in under.....

haha do you think i am the da jeep aswell
give it till the end of the month and then you will find out

bb402c wrote:haha do you think i am the da jeep aswell
give it till the end of the month and then you will find out

Couldnt really care less Shayne

xj wrote:

DAJEEP wrote:dont get your hopes up but i might steal a couple off u

I'll be sure to bring the Port!

na bring a 40oz off rum
that stuffs for oldes

DAJEEP wrote:

xj wrote:

DAJEEP wrote:dont get your hopes up but i might steal a couple off u

I'll be sure to bring the Port!

na bring a 40oz off rum
that stuffs for oldes

yeah..... nah..... doesnt do me any favours that stuff.

Seems ive got some castor setting issues in the lower control arms, hopefully I can get it sorted before the end of the month.

Yeh ha!

Rear Trac bar relocation bracket arrived today, front quick discos fitted, 2" budget boost purchased last night and on its way from Aus and 1" body lift in next months budget. Progress at long last.

Only got winch plate and winch, nerf bars, cb etc etc etc to go. Anyone who has or knows the where abouts of a warn winch around the 9500lb mark that might be coming up for sale, I will be looking sooooooon!

so your not at work today then.

xj wrote:so your not at work today then.
so your not at work today then.

Yes, I am at work today, Just been getting everything sent to the office rather than home so as not to run the risk of little fingers grabbing packages they don't own.