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CB installation in my 87 Cherokee-
I installed my Cobra 40 channel
CB radio right in front of my gear shift where
the ash tray is located. I figured since I did not smoke, I would make use of
that space. So first I remove the ash tray and drilled small hole for the CB
bracket. Then I took of the whole assembly for the gear shift, parking brake,
and transfer case shifter. I cut out a hole in the little storage compartment
about 1/2inch X 2inch for the CB wires to run through. I also drilled some small
holes and screwed the ash tray shut so it could support the little bit of weight
the CB would put on it.
Major fender trimming for my 87 XJ-
When I put my lift on my Jeep, I went with the 31" tires in hopes that I would not
have much fender rubbing. Well as it turns out, as much flex as I have (that
still impresses me) the tires rubbed quite a bit and chewed up my fenders and tires
pretty good. So I decided it was time to remove some sheet metal to prevent any further
damage to my tires or the fenders.
I began by taking off the fender flares which were held on by it seemed like 30 screws
but actually I believe mine had 9. Undo all thoses screws and pull off the fender flare.
Next, because the fender liner was pretty mashed and hanging down, I decided to take
that out too. Then became the dirty work.
As in the pictures above, I rented a sawsall for the trimming. I cut out lines that
went perpendicular to the new fender line and then just bent up the metal. Doing this
gives the smoother look and feel so the edges are not sharp. I have tried this
setup at Moab and found it works great so far. I can now finally turn my wheels
all the way and there is no rubbing. Also as you can see in the far right picture
I cut the flare to give a more clearance look. No picture here shows it but I grinded
the rough edges of the flare and put some black door edge guard on the edge of the
flare to give it a cleaner look.
Installing Olympic rock side bars on my 87 XJ-
As you can see in the pictures, I got these things a little late, but as the saying
goes "better late than never." Well since the XJ is a monoframe system and the doors
are so close to getting banged up on a good trail, I decided to put on some side protection.
I got these Olympic side bars from Leon Rosser's
Think Jeep! I liked these bars a lot because they are a good size and seemed pretty
sturdy. I also thought they would not lower my clearance all the much like a regular
nerf bar would, but as it turns out they pretty much do but they don't stick out as
far. Over all I am very happy with them. The instructions that come with them are
fairly easy to understand and it is definately easier to do with 2 people.
The first picture shows the lining up then the second picture shows the weld screws
that you have to drill to for the support brackets. The far right image is showing
the completed installation and again as you can see these were installed a little
late. But after use they have seemed to hold up pretty well, they will need some
paint pretty soon but they have done a good job holding up to the abuse.
Installing an Olympic rock winch fron bumper-
This summer I am decinding to invest in a good winch because there has been too many
times when I could have reallu used one (mostly times when I go on trail by myself *not recommended*).
Anyway, I got the bumper again from Leon Rosser's Think Jeep!
This bumper was quite easy to install and came a one piece which jumped the shipping
costs. All you need to do is undo the 3 screws on each side of the frame (as shown in in 3rd picture) take of the old
bumper and put in the new. I also put lock-tite on the bolts to make sure they
stay tight under heavy load from winching or pulling someone out of trouble.
I liked the Savanna Jones brush gaurd a lot
but it just didn't work for a winch. I also like the look of the Cherokee grill and
with the new bumper it shows that much more. It looks like it sticks out quite bit which
it does but it has been tested at Moab already and it did not get a scratch. It also
helped pull a buddy out of trouble where as with the stock bumper I could not do that
with out ruining something.
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