Just another tj build

So I have had this jeep for over a year and have just about completely neglected it until now. Bought it stock with 120k a pos 2.5 block suspension lift practically falling apart with some worn down 31s
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Couldn’t really find a good picture but that’s the gist, bone stock.
So while my tires and lift were in order I decided to do some chopping to those stock fenders
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A little bit of painters tape a ruler and a harbor freight oscillating multi tool and voila
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I did put the painting on hold for awhile until I had the proper amount of time.
Next I decided it was time to freshen up my old rusty rocker guards. At first I thought a little sandpaper would do the trick but 3 hours later I discovered I was very wrong.ImageUploadedByTapatalk1413344233.265481.jpg
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The struggle came with the cheap paint applied directly over the factory coat without any sanding or priming done. These things were a complete mess. But with the help of a few 4.5" grinder attachments it became a lot easier

So not sure why the pictures uploaded in reverse order but I guess that’s what I’m going with for now lol. Somewhere in here you will see 2 bare metal rocker guards ready for paint and than the finished
product. Rustoluem Hammered does do a pretty good job

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So now putting all of that to the side, the tires and lift showed up finally. Was pretty interesting packing all of the nonsense. I also just had to line up the new wheels to see how she would look. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1413344915.916636.jpginImageUploadedByTapatalk1413345265.062643.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1413345060.246091.jpg

Now that all of the pieces arrived it was time to have a lift party with Matt here in the club. Hats off to him, without him this would of never have been done. Here’s a few install pics of the 3.5" RE super flex, billstein shocks and adjustable track bar. There was a point in time when things went down hill and I was too frustrated to keep taking picturesImageUploadedByTapatalk1413345745.536495.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1413345731.719527.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1413345716.066724.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1413345654.497107.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1413345637.876814.jpg

So after 13 hours of fun, 6 Home Depot runs, a couple busted knuckles and a few burns from hot metal shavings here is the finished product ImageUploadedByTapatalk1413346006.961971.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1413345989.878062.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1413345955.620873.jpg

Jeep looks great. Now time to get in the woods and bag it up on the rock and add some mud :smiley:

You forgot to add a bloody nose from a shock bolt falling and whacking me right in the nose

Rather than attaching pictures I would recommend hosting them from a site such as photobucket and linking to them.

I’ll have to do some more editing when I have time. I did that on my phone lol.