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  1. AK-RWC

    Stock suspension

    With 33"s you have AT LEAST a 2.5" lift. Especially coming out of Florida, check your body mounts too because you may also have a body lift.
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    My "new" dream Scrambler

    They work fine with the Crown frame I have now. ???
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    My "new" dream Scrambler

    Working with what I’ve got, over the last couple days, I 100% completed the passenger door and went ahead and drove around with the driver door missing the outer handle. Oh; and my Crown windshield frame FINALLY came in. Crown is at least using the same thickness as OEM, but there are still...
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    My "new" dream Scrambler

    Wait; seriously???
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    My "new" dream Scrambler

    I finally got around to ordering the hard-door seal kit, and the new left-side handle. When I ordered parts in 2008, I ordered the handles but realized later the “left” one was actually re-labeled from a different manufacturer, and underneath the “right side” label p/n was the actual left side...
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    Frame replacement

    I also have a TDK frame and have zero regrets about it. A friend of mine is getting started on replacing the frame on his 7 based on my experience with TDK.
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    Can anyone identify this style of step bumper?

    It also struck me vaguely like a potential MJ bumper, and since I was curious Google showed me what the OEM MJ bumper looks like. More interestingly, I found that Westin Fey still makes a bumper, the 6300 model, that looks just like what we're talking about, and it makes me think they supplied...
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    Can anyone identify this style of step bumper?

    This actually looks like a chrome version of the postal bumper. But it's very possible that the postal bumper was produced by the aftermarket; 230 is hardly enough to justify the tooling.
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    My "new" dream Scrambler

    That was actually my neighbor's. It was a pretty bad-@$$ little flattie. His dad built it up for wheeling in California, and he inherited it a few years before I moved to the neighborhood. His dad was more the mechanic though, and my neighbor only took it wheeling once or twice in the time...
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    'Mater - '77 Cherokee S 4-door

    I really like fender 3, but understand your reluctance to put it on the OEM decal. The lines work perfectly there though, and it doesn't detract from the rest of the OEM FSJ fender aesthetic. Short of that, fender 2 is your obvious choice for the reason posted: that's the approximate relative...
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    My "new" dream Scrambler

    It’s taken me awhile to come to terms with this, but I had a baffle loose in my left side Flowmaster 50 that was driving me crazy, and I wanted it a tad quieter anyway, so I took it in to have them replaced with a set of Dynomax mufflers. While there, someone decided to gaze at my 401. This was...
  12. AK-RWC

    Jeep bed

    I definitely had help. I decided to cheap-out by using construction-grade plywood instead of furniture grade. That just led to hours and hours of sanding and wood-putty. In retrospect, I should have just bought the good plywood. But the wood-putty inspired me to fill the gaps where the 2x4s...
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    Jeep bed

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    Jeep bed

    I bought the plans for this on Etsy before my daughter was born because we knew we’d need my son’s toddler bed back to return as the crib. And although we did make it back into a crib, it took me until COVID to actually decide it was time to get his mattress off the floor. I modified the plans...
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    Budget Iceland Offroad ZJ build

    I also installed the 52 mm throttle-body, but it isn't exciting from a photo-standpoint since it's just an OEM throttle-body that's bored out and polished. And then finally, the ZJ's revenge: the wheeling trip from Memorial Day weekend in 2019 that spawned the lift was up again, and the ZJ was...
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    Budget Iceland Offroad ZJ build

    As it turns out, apparently I can do an alignment by eyesight alone. This was how it came in to the shop, with the rear axle nearly within spec and the front not out too far. My friend took a few more pics of it on the rack for me, and flexed it to the extent he could to see if it was hitting...
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    Budget Iceland Offroad ZJ build

    Lots has happened since May. We drug it to the exhaust shop near my condo, and after the exhaust tech looked at it he decided the only reasonable way to construct it was using v-band clamps and a single piece going from the collector to the rear edge of the crossmember, so it could be pulled...
  18. AK-RWC

    Winter Temporary Garage

    I've got a small tractor I'm keeping this winter in one of the $199 ShelterLogic units. I did a fair amount of research, and it strikes me that most complaints are based on people who didn't anchor them, didn't properly measure to set them up, and didn't keep the snow off. I bought extra...
  19. AK-RWC

    Bestop Supertop Question?

    The OEM YJ soft uppers were squared-off in the back and I think they had a different (lower) horizontal line along the top edge. I don't think they'll work with a SuperTop.
  20. AK-RWC

    Full length hard top - inside rear clearance?

    It's been great for the most part. I've got some fitment issues related to my doors, but I don't blame the top; I've got an Aqualu dash which is 1/8" thick, plus the 1/8" thick plate on the dash for my Rock-Hard front cage, which means I've got 1/4" less clearance at the dash location which has...
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