here we go-claytons xj-texas style

[jerryg79]

i gots a welder and torch... i wish santa was generous enough to get me a jobsite generator to run the welder and the rest of the shop... but i dont think that will ever happen

for a price, i could pull up the one outside my trailer here at work that is powering my computer out now. I'd need a pintle hitch though. Whaddya say, split gas?

[Shaggy]

how big of one is it... and are you serious... i could really use a big one... how much?

[jerryg79]

Its a full trailer, and no i'm not serious. We rent it for 2950 a month. We've had it for over a year and a half. I think we've paid for it two times over, but when I suggest we just buy one i was told to mind my own business in not so many words.

Karl's dad's gonna be out of town over christmas, so I might have a line on one

[uglyota]

how about dropping RSC a line?

[CheapJeep]

Here you go Clayton. You need to take notes.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=415385

[texasxj]

WOW thanks robbie but no 42s and mogs just yet!!!!

Report so far: picked up flywheel, tranny bolts, lugs, nuts. picked up 14. need to primer the 14 some more and shoot paint. work on getting the dbc together and roll the 14 under the heep for a while. por 15 the rust spots and frame areas. bolt up flywheel and maybe try the tranny. work on getting the rear dump headers on and then end up taking them back and ordering center dumps from summit. Brakes on the billy goat decided to crap out last night, one rotor is trashed, so gonna do that here in a little while. waiting for lugs to come in and go pick up lug nuts and then start on the 14. ill take pics but didnt bring the usb cord with me so youll JUST HAVE TO WAIT!!

[CheapJeep]

Here's another link for ya to check out.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=416015

You oughta build an exo cage like that, scrap all the body work and just go with that. If you go exo, it'll support that unibody alot more I bet, but what do I know?

[texasxj]

well got the billy goats brakes taken care of. pads were shot and chewed up a rotor. and got about 1/4 of the inside floor painted with the por 15. i used about a cup of it and painted a lot. i guess the 35 bucks wasnt too bad after all. just ate a big ole plate of mexican food and some cervezas and headed back to the shop for a while to inspect the bottom of some aluminum cans oh wait i mean work on the jeep!!!

[AggieTJ2007]

you should just scrap the unibody and add tube

[texasxj]

well got the front floor por15ed and the back hatch area. may have to do some fabbing for the dbc??? ill take some pics and see what yall think. hopefully tommorow i can get the tranny and headers in. still need to shoot the 14 black.

[CheapJeep]

Sounds like you're making good progress. Keep it up. Seriously, you need to run some 38"s, with the threads with XJ's that I've been showing you...they speak for themselves.

[texasxj]

35x14.50x15 nitto muds.but by the time i get tires they may have a 12.5. little wide but for $150 a piece!!! and they actually measure almost a 36.5. 35 bfg muds are like 180 and iroks are 175~. I love my ats so just want to try the muds. then start saving for krawlers!!!

[texasxj]

well above as been ditched. gonna need 16" wheels with lots of backspacing for the dbc. now thinking about 35x1250-16 nitto muds. dont make a 12.5 15??? rather have a 12.5 anyway, and it will be around 240 a tire.

got the tranny in. wasnt too hard at all really. top bolts were easy from the engine bay. fits like it was meant to be there!!!!! got the 14 painted. not gonna mess with the headers until tcase/s are bolted up. ill have pics up tonight when i get back to cs.

[texasxj]

pics are up from this wk/wkend

link would help! http://tamor.us/members-rigs/album98?page=5

[Sharpe]

Whos disk brake brackets did you use? Were they specially for a SRW with dually hubs or just normal ones without the spacers?