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4.3LXJ
07-06-2010, 04:33 PM
Glad you joined our group Deviate!
Are you an old Jeeper, or new to the hobby? What brings you to our site? Do you have an off road monster, a daily driver, or something in between?
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Deviate
07-06-2010, 05:19 PM
First Jeep, my 24th vehicle overall (since '97).
It's neither an offroad monster, daily driver, nor is it really anything in between. It's a project that I took upon myself.
I traded a nice BMW E34 Touring for this XJ, and admittedly I got the raw end of that deal.
The XJ has been in my family since it rolled off the dealer in '96. 245k miles, 2-door, 5 speed, 4x4. Pretty basic with manual everything.
As purchased:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0499.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0498.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0495.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMAGE_155.jpg
Super-sweet custom fuel cap:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMAGE_150.jpg
I got ~10 miles on it before a catastrophic engine failure. The car already had a foot-and-a-half in the grave. Apparently that 10 miles was enough to put the proverbial bullet into Ole' Yeller.
The oil pan:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0533.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0537.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0536.jpg
Sooooo, 245k miles on an engine that obviously failed badly enough to send shrapnel through the pan? Time for a new (used) engine!
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0502.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0503.jpg
Tore it down to clean it up:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0505.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0507.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0519.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0523.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0532.jpg
Out with the old:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0530.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0544.jpg
In with the new:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0546.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0548.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0549.jpg
Mmmmmm, I love the smell of neglect in the morning:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0550.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0551.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0553.jpg
As it currently sits with a set of TJ Canyons on there (not "cool", but at least they all match both in appearance and offset now):
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/XJ/IMG_0554.jpg
I've only had the XJ for ~ a month. New balljoints, tie rod ends, windshield and possibly the left mirror will be coming this week.
And a parting shot to the E34 I had to give up to make this project XJ possible:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Touring/IMG_0475.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Touring/CRL_Spring_Cruise_132.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Touring/CRL_Spring_Cruise_134.jpg
Deviate
07-06-2010, 05:35 PM
Here's a few of my other current project: 92 Miata
As purchased back in February:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/Photo-0002.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/Photo-0012.jpg
New (used) top after the old one cracked along the rear window:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMAGE_072.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMAGE_071.jpg
Goodbye 18-year-old, peeling OEM steering wheel, hello Momo Mod 88:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Mobile%20Uploads/0_IMAGE_059.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Mobile%20Uploads/0_IMAGE_063.jpg
Bulky, cracked, useless center console out, Barchetta console in:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Mobile%20Uploads/0_IMAGE_075.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Mobile%20Uploads/0_IMAGE_078.jpg
Ground control SpecMiata Coilovers with Bilstein HDs:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMAGE_084.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Mobile%20Uploads/0_IMAGE_092.jpg
~2.5" drop:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Mobile%20Uploads/0_IMAGE_095.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMAGE_099.jpg
Rollbar goodness (woot! for reduced likelihood of death!):
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Mobile%20Uploads/0_IMAGE_122.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMAGE_126.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMAGE_125.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Mobile%20Uploads/0_IMAGE_131.jpg
Some Duplicolor bronze on the wheels, just for the hell of it:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMG_0105.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMG_0104.jpg
Alignment (little out of spec):
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Mobile%20Uploads/0_IMAGE_141.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Mobile%20Uploads/0_IMAGE_142.jpg
RCI Platinum (2 extra years of SFI certification) camlock 5/6 point harnesses!:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMG_0363.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMG_0366.jpg
Carpeted the console/shifter surround since I couldn't get the black plastic of the console and the painted black fiberglass of the shift surround to match:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMG_0374.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMG_0375.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMG_0380.jpg
New (free used) Radio #1 after some *** stole the faceplate from my ~15 year old Panasonic:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMG_0467.jpg
Shiftknob and visor blanking plates:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMG_0472.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMG_0473.jpg
And last (so far): New Radio #2 after I dropped the faceplate from New Radio #1 down a storm drain... oops:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e163/Deviate_3s/Miata/IMAGE_219.jpg
At some point soon, I need to coat the floorboards with truck bed liner. I have the stuff to do it, just lacking the time/desire/drive. :thumbsup:
4.3LXJ
07-06-2010, 06:11 PM
Glad you got the Jeep running again. Tough break with the motor, but you will have peace of mind now. Nice Miata too.
Mudderoy
07-07-2010, 12:16 AM
Those are some great and interesting pictures.
Thomass
07-07-2010, 05:29 AM
Nice and interested photo's, Hope to see more of your doing's
XJ4IV
07-07-2010, 08:30 AM
Welcome from the southside (houston) I think you live near where I used to live in plano... those apts look familiar
Deviate
07-07-2010, 08:48 AM
Glad you got the Jeep running again. Tough break with the motor, but you will have peace of mind now. Nice Miata too.
I kinda knew what I was getting myself into on the Jeep before I agreed to the deal. I'd just hit the proverbial wall on the Bimmer; I got bored with it.
The XJ has had to tolerate my little brother's abuses over the last ~6 years. He drove that thing into the ground and neglected it really, really badly (see brake rotor pics as an example). So I traded my E34 to a friend for a solid little E30 318i for my brother to drive, then I took over the Jeep.
Welcome from the southside (houston) I think you live near where I used to live in plano... those apts look familiar
Fort Worth, actually. :thumbsup:
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