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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: ponyracer1 on June 04, 2006, 08:29:38 PM

Title: XJ SPY PICS
Post by: ponyracer1 on June 04, 2006, 08:29:38 PM
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Post by: Bubba on June 04, 2006, 09:07:39 PM
sorry dude but thats fugly
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Post by: elvis on June 04, 2006, 09:18:00 PM
i was just about to say he was wrong but :butthead:
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Post by: Anonymous on June 04, 2006, 09:34:43 PM
not to my taste personally, but a nice job so far mate!!

looks good & has an "american flavour" like a lot of the yank guys are doin with their cherrys!! 8)
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Post by: ponyracer1 on June 04, 2006, 09:35:01 PM
haha, fugly huh? Whats fugly about it?
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Post by: Anonymous on June 04, 2006, 09:39:54 PM
t'aint fugly!!!! :roll:
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Post by: alcoholicmaggot on June 04, 2006, 09:45:36 PM
Nice job but not to my taste
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Post by: elvis on June 04, 2006, 09:48:10 PM
kissass kd :-k
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Post by: ponyracer1 on June 04, 2006, 09:49:34 PM
Okay I'll bite, whats a UK cherokee supposed to look like? 235's steel wheels and rust??

Is it to big for you guys or are the wheels to BLING for you??
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Post by: chrisjones on June 04, 2006, 09:52:47 PM
I can see it's well made, and it looks much better in the pictures with the lift but I have to ask, what made you decide on a pre-runner style bumper for a UK truck?

Surely that hoop is just adding weight.  I can't see a need for it for the kind of drivin' we get over here.
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Post by: elvis on June 04, 2006, 09:56:24 PM
no its a cool jeep but the front bar looks like a bit of garden furniture stuck on the front the d links look way too heavy for the rest of it you made it nice but it looks puny are you going to put a three foot lift on it to get some aproach angle back other than that its great
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Post by: isle of man on June 04, 2006, 09:56:46 PM
its a stinger for the rocks.........i like it.



peter henry
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Post by: ponyracer1 on June 04, 2006, 09:58:22 PM
Same reason I went with the 5.5 Rubicon Express lift and the MTR's. I have less than a year left here and the next place it will be going is 5 hours from moab. The bumper isn't finished, I still need some more bracing and to add the winch plate.
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Post by: elvis on June 04, 2006, 10:02:26 PM
so you want it to look like all the rest
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Post by: chrisjones on June 04, 2006, 10:02:26 PM
Quote from: "ponyracer1"
Same reason I went with the 5.5 Rubicon Express lift and the MTR's. I have less than a year left here and the next place it will be going is 5 hours from moab. The bumper isn't finished, I still need some more bracing and to add the winch plate.


Fair enough.

By the way............personally, I like the wheels, always fancied a set of them.
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Post by: ponyracer1 on June 04, 2006, 10:05:26 PM
haha. hey elvis why do you think all the west coast rock jeeps look like that? Maybe the same reason all the jeeps overhere look the same on 31" mud terain tires and close in heavy steel bumpers?? Cause it works. I've built over a dozen close in bumpers for your mates over here, just went for a different look.

Chris, those wheels are BAD, if you can get over the BLING factor. There nice and thick at the lip, they have a fake beadlock look to them that has extra material added there. Got them all delivered from the states for about 300 quid.
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Post by: trent on June 04, 2006, 10:22:37 PM
I think it looks different from the norm and pretty good.
It has to stick from the front for the winch?

Pre runner/hoops have there place over here to, not just for rocks.
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Post by: Anonymous on June 04, 2006, 10:28:23 PM
Looks the biz to me.... :D Nice one
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Post by: Anonymous on June 04, 2006, 10:54:50 PM
Quote from: "elvis"
kissass kd :butthead:

i dont kiss ANYONES ass!!!!!! i just tell it how i think!!! :finga:
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Post by: Dingo on June 04, 2006, 11:12:21 PM
I like it.
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Post by: JamesH on June 05, 2006, 08:25:46 AM
I think the front bumper and stinger will look more balanced with a winch sitting on it and when the lift is finally on, at stock height it's just weird.

I like the look of the lift, it makes those 33s looks small  :D

I want to see it out and flexing, you need to get to Tixover or somewhere with some rocks.
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Post by: JamesH on June 05, 2006, 08:29:39 AM
I want to see what design you come up with for a rear bumper and carrier - you may have an immediate order  :wink:

What shocks did you go for, the RE ones?

Cheers, J
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Post by: prozac on June 05, 2006, 08:23:14 PM
Quote from: "ponyracer1"
or are the wheels to BLING for you??


Too Bling??? I've got those on my Cherry , standard fitment :lol:  :lol:
Well done on the ....... er..... what is it?? ... not my cup of tea but each to their own :D

It'll go down well with the anti bullbar campaign!!

Keep up the good work. Life'd be shit if we all liked the  same things
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Post by: ponyracer1 on June 05, 2006, 09:52:36 PM
Well JamesH I'll hopefully have it on the road in a couple of weeks, need to get my SYE installed and order the driveshaft wed or thurs.

Heres a pic of a bump thats similar to the one I'm going to do. I'm going to have my tire higher and at the same angle as the rear window as well as a couple of jerry cans.

As far as shocks I went with the PORC ones. 125 for all 4, couldn't beat the price. Prob upgrade to the blistein 5150's later.

(http://http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e192/ponyracer/Tirecarrier001s.jpg)
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Post by: Bubba on June 05, 2006, 10:54:47 PM
deffo a bit of kissy assy kd but heck i still think its well made but fugly
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Post by: chrisjones on June 05, 2006, 11:27:29 PM
If you're going to do a tyre carrier like the one in the pic.  I'd be tempted to run a tube from the pivot upright round the wheel arch and tie it into the rock slider.

XJ's are real vunerable on the rear corners (ask people with rear light guards if they've ripped one off.............you'd be suprised how many have).  If that carrer takes an impact from the front, It'll be off.

I'd take a look at the lower control arm brackets on the chassis too.  They look like they could do with some bracing behind them. :lol:
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Post by: ponyracer1 on June 06, 2006, 06:13:38 AM
yea chris thats an idea that I've been kicking around. I'm going to stick some rusty's flares on her so I'll have to see what it will entale once there mounted.
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Post by: Anonymous on June 06, 2006, 10:23:47 AM
Okay, my €2 worth.... :)

Apart from sticking out a long way at the front, which, I guess is cured by fitting f'off tyre sizes.... I think it looks okay.... Must admit it does look a little flimsy, but I put that down to the camera.... And it is individual, 'specially for over here....

Did you think about mounting the lights and grill into it and moving it back "into" the body a little?

Oh, and if it was for UK use, I'd have suggested "Brush" guards for the side of the front lights too :) With a "Limb Cable" mount as well.