Operation: BACK IN BLACK! 97 xj build

[Ktmracer419]

im not doing a subaru color

when i had the subaru grill on my jeep all it did was break

[Burton58]

you'll do a subaru color if i have to pour it on your roof myself

[Ktmracer419]

you'll do a subaru color if i have to pour it on your roof myself

and ill drench your subaru in emerald pearl coat

[Burton58]

paint it like my friends mustang

[Ktmracer419]

jcr 1/4 guards with integrated taillights are on thier way

gonna use them as well as a rear bumper to mount a dookin-ass tire carrier eventually

none of that sissy, clankin, bumper only mounted shit

[crosbike]

4dr gaurds for a 2 door ftl

[98XJ4X4]

the armor has saved the rear quarter a few times, i like it just cause it acts like an insurance policy, i dont need to hammer out the rear if i hit a tree or something.

[Ktmracer419]

4dr gaurds for a 2 door ftl

it was on sale for $210 and came with the taillights. and i can never get as sexy of a shape with 97+ taillights with my metal fabbing skills. I plan on plating to the front doors (welding some actually, seeing as one of my lower sections behind the door is beginning to rot out) I think I can tie it in pretty good if i can find someone willing to give some 3/16" a slight curve to it and I weld them together and grind em' smooth

[crosbike]

it was on sale for $210 and came with the taillights. and i can never get as sexy of a shape with 97+ taillights with my metal fabbing skills. I plan on plating to the front doors (welding some actually, seeing as one of my lower sections behind the door is beginning to rot out) I think I can tie it in pretty good if i can find someone willing to give some 3/16" a slight curve to it and I weld them together and grind em' smooth

thatd look good. get cracking on it.

[Ktmracer419]

I built mahself a trackbar

i kept blowing through the bushings on the tnt trackbar and the superflex joint was shot. the trackbar bracket is still welded to my old jeep and im never cutting it off.

so I built diss

it uses 7/8" heims
misalignment spacers
9/16" bolts
tubing inserts plug welded and circumference
the tubing is 1.75x1/4" wall dom

each bracket is essentially 3/16" thick hitch tubing. the upper bracket uses a $8 piece of 1/4" plate from home depot which I didn't even have to cut.

I bent the trackbar using my good ol' harbor freight pipe bender.






tnt on top
ktm on bottom

[Kyle]

Looks sick. I woul dhave had so much more done to my XJ when i had it if i had my own welder.

[Even]

Looks good.

I actually already have almost the exact same shit to build my own, except make it 5/8" bolts and 1.5" DOM.

[XJLI]

(ha)dookin

[Ktmracer419]

Looks good.

I actually already have almost the exact same shit to build my own, except make it 5/8" bolts and 1.5" DOM.

i was gonna run 5/8" bolts. but i lost a pair of misalignment spacers
then I figgured whatevs, i never broke 1/2" bolts, i'll be good with 9/16"

[Hydra]

Would using heims like that fit the stock width mounts?
I gotta build one and I can't figure out if a hiem will fit where thr axlesidevmount goes