Recent content by Blazin_LJ

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    California Dusy Ershim Run 2022

    I’m interested. I won’t know if I can go until the beginning of august
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    Cost and quality of control arms

    Because you’re trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist for you. If you lift your Jeep more, your lift will come with arms. For the height your Jeep is at, the stock arms, which are tried and true, are perfect. The best choice. Cheap and easy to find.
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    We’re safe, but time to rebuild

    Two rounds at the frame straightener, new reinforced braces between rails. Windshield and frame, hood and grille off a 98 tj. Genright fenders with a lot of pushing and pulling. New radiator, fan, shroud, fan clutch, hard brake lines. Many hours of tweaking and rattle cans... Many thanks to...
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    We’re safe, but time to rebuild

    Thanks Nick, I thought about texting you the photos, but we're both so bad at texting... hahaha Hopefully I'll be ready by turkey time.
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    We’re safe, but time to rebuild

    Thank you, I have a black grill, hood, and will replace the poison spider fenders. Luckily my local jeep shop (all J) has some body parts. Going to the hot rod shop tomorrow to get the frame back to spec, and then to all J for the rest of the work.
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    We’re safe, but time to rebuild

    makes sense. the rock sliders / tires / hard top bore the brunt of the sliding.
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    We’re safe, but time to rebuild

    thanks, lol and thanks for the laugh. glad there's someone here who remembers the 70s
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    We’re safe, but time to rebuild

    damn, glad you're alive
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    We’re safe, but time to rebuild

    Thank you, a couple of bruises, my daughter was in the passenger side, the full cage did it's job
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    We’re safe, but time to rebuild

    still better looking than the angry eyes mod. :)
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    We’re safe, but time to rebuild

    the ground came up fast. i clenched so hard that we were layed over and i was giving it full throttle.
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    We’re safe, but time to rebuild

    As a bonus, this custom hard top was less than 3 weeks oldLast wed, I rolled over on the road. A corner was covered in loose gravel, and I was headed into oncoming semi. I oversteered, rolled and slid over the yellow and hit the semi anyway, but in the side instead of head on. Most of the...
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    Bronco vs. Wrangler

    I already mentioned the caveat that an modern truck can beat me on the freeway. off road? different story.
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    Bronco vs. Wrangler

    351
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    Bronco vs. Wrangler

    Intake, exhaust, cam, electronic ignition not too much, but it’s well tuned and scary fast until about 100. I would lose on the freeway to most modern trucks top end, but in the mud, sand, or snow it’s really nice.