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stripesace · **Joined:** Sat Oct 18, 2008 1:25 pm **Posts:** 54

Sooooo what did everyone get for christmas?

I got cash, and then a plane ticket and a week in Hawaii with the family in March. Nothing Jeep related... but with the cash it's either going to be Jeep Accesories or surround sound at the hosue to go with the blu-ray and HDTV I bought earlier this year.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:53 pm

I bought my self some really nice seat covers. I will get picture later

Boblemoche · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:09 am

I got a winch

http://titanwinches.webs.com/12vcompressors.htm

when I opened my gift (to me from me) everybody was like : ewww wtf is that ? a what ? for your jeep ? you will put that s*** on your brand new jeep. your getting more and more crazy every year :lol:

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:32 am

but really, that is bad arse :twisted:

so who are you going to mount it?

Mr Nick · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:47 am

Mr Nick · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:51 am

Rims are 17x8 and I'm planning on running General Grabber AT2 in 255/65/17. I only have two tires in at work right now, other two are on back order from General. They stopped making certain sizes of that tire, and don't know when they will restart!

I've got a load of Conti/General coming in Monday, I hope they are on that shipment. If not, I may have to rethink my tires... :cry:

E2 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 2:00 am

it's a nice compact one and not a pepboys piece of extra weight.

Pierocksmysocks · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:22 am

Mini wet and dry vac, survival kit, slush mats, and a "maybe" for the lift kit. Ahem.

Boblemoche · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:17 pm

Quote:

but really, that is bad arse Twisted Evil

so who are you going to mount it?

I guess you mean where and not who :lol:

I will fab a steel bumper or something similar to the kj backbone. not decided yet. But I will have to wait for that white stuff to melt because its covering all my garage floor :roll:

Pierocksmysocks · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:23 pm

Boblemoche I'd definitely like to see the finished product. Sounds pretty awesome.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:30 pm

Boblemoche wrote:

Quote:

but really, that is bad arse Twisted Evil

so who are you going to mount it?

I guess you mean where and not who :lol:

I will fab a steel bumper or something similar to the kj backbone. not decided yet. But I will have to wait for that white stuff to melt because its covering all my garage floor :roll:

I guess I should have asked if your going to mount your winch :twisted:

depending how you look at things :lol:

J/K

any way, yes you are correct

Inc · **Posted:** Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:49 pm

Boblemoche wrote:

I guess you mean where and not who :lol:

I will fab a steel bumper or something similar to the kj backbone. not decided yet. But I will have to wait for that white stuff to melt because its covering all my garage floor :roll:

Do you already have those deep gears and a lift done to your KK yet? You were the guy getting 4.88s or something right?

Boblemoche · **Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:10 pm

Quote:

Do you already have those deep gears and a lift done to your KK yet? You were the guy getting 4.88s or something right?

yep im the one with gears but not lifted yet

mods I want to do by the end of next summer if money allows it:

custom front bumper with winch (something lighter and smaller then the kj arb)
custom rear bumper with reciver hitch built in for better departure angle (got rear ended so this is a must anyway :roll:

)
custom light bar on top
air intake that goes inside the jeep or snorkel with everything else needed to play submarine
alloy axle shafts and diff cover for 8.25
4'' lift or more: I might get jba 4'' lift and modify it a little. Im waiting to see if Digger's KK will fall apart :lol:

16'' alloy rims with more offset than stock to avoid wheel spacers if possible
33'' tires 285/75 16 baja claws or 255/85 16 BFg Km2's not decided yet
1 1/4'' driver seat lift :lol:

mods I already have:

arb locker front and rear with 4.56 gears
bad @$$ skid plates and rock sliders
tow hooks (will get replaced by bumper shackles )
clevis lift ( might get rid of it depending on how the 4'' + lift turns out)

KKJim · **Joined:** Wed May 21, 2008 9:57 pm **Posts:** 109

Boblemoche wrote:

Quote:

Do you already have those deep gears and a lift done to your KK yet? You were the guy getting 4.88s or something right?

yep im the one with gears but not lifted yet

mods I want to do by the end of next summer if money allows it:

custom front bumper with winch (something lighter and smaller then the kj arb)
custom rear bumper with reciver hitch built in for better departure angle (got rear ended so this is a must anyway :roll:

)
custom light bar on top
air intake that goes inside the jeep or snorkel with everything else needed to play submarine
alloy axle shafts and diff cover for 8.25
4'' lift or more: I might get jba 4'' lift and modify it a little. Im waiting to see if Digger's KK will fall apart :lol:

16'' alloy rims with more offset than stock to avoid wheel spacers if possible
33'' tires 285/75 16 baja claws or 255/85 16 BFg Km2's not decided yet
1 1/4'' driver seat lift :lol:

mods I already have:

arb locker front and rear with 4.56 gears
bad @$$ skid plates and rock sliders
tow hooks (will get replaced by bumper shackles )
clevis lift ( might get rid of it depending on how the 4'' + lift turns out)

This maybe a noob question but what is a clevis lift and how is it done. If you could show pics or maybe write a how to I am sure some of us less knowledgeable could greatly benefit from it.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:08 am

ok if you look at the picture, the "strut fork is the item that is on either side of the half shaft. the strut fork is then bolted donw around the bottom of the strut assembly. you can add spacers in between the strut and the fork.

Boblemoche, what did you use as a spacer

P.S. I try every day to brake it :twisted:

, but im to lazy to remeasure it (i kinda lost my original measurements :oops:

)

Mr Nick · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:57 am

Diggerfreek wrote:

Boblemoche, what did you use as a spacer

I had already PM'ed Boblemoche, and he didn't use a spacer. Just made the gap even on both sides, and clamp it back down. If the weather holds out, that my place for this coming weekend.

05_renegade · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:27 pm

how are those arb's in there. get stuck yet?

kelticknight · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:26 pm

got a ticket to new zealand with girlfriend,second in a year,nothing for jeep,but always 2009 for jeep gear

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:59 pm

no spacer? so are they still the same as when you moved them?

Boblemoche · **Posted:** Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:05 pm

yep no spacers on my clevis lift but there is more space between the clevis and strut there is just no spacers to fill the gap and it has not moved a hair in 5 months. its already hard to move the clevis even unclamped. I had to use some pry bars. sry I dont have pics but its very easy to do and theres a very good post somwhere in the kj sections that explain in detail how to do it

Quote:

how are those arb's in there. get stuck yet?

those lockers are awsome. much better than esp. esp/arb is like comparing full time awd to part time awd. last trail I did there was this steep hill and I could climb it at 1 mph steady where all the others (tj's , xj's, pickup's with much bigger rubber than me ) had to gun it. Its also a lot of fun to watch the priceless faces of the passengers when i tell them that not only those buttons are not stock but it will activate a compressor and I can inflate my tires :shock:

They usually dont care about the lockers since they have no idea what it is. I didnt get stuck yet in the trail but almost got stuck in my driveway :lol:

I guess i need to remove all that snow :roll:

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