ROKSURF
04-18-2001, 10:39 PM
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I have been bite by the curiosity bug. I know many of us out here are adicts to our toys. I have built 4 nice rides, and am working on my 5th. I plan on keeping this one, so I am going at it with a different approach. Everyone has always said lift it first. That has always been a pondering question in my mind. I have always done this first, followed up by lockers, wheels/tires, then performance mods. I have taken a different view this time around. I began doing performance mods. It started with a simple K&N filter, followed by a Hyper tech chip. Nice touches, but I needed more. Soon a Flowmaster cat-back was exhausting throatier notes. I then focused on appearance. I had a minor rear-ending accident which expedited a new rear bumper from Custom 4x4. I got a good deal on 5 Z-Racing wheels from Sears. I placed 30x9.5x15s BFG ATs on them. To my dismay, they rubbed the rear bumper & fender wells! I cut my flares, but not the bumper. I soon found myself installing a Tera-Flex 1.5" budget boost. No more rubbing. Well to match the new rear bumper, I got a front bumper with the shackles. I love the look, but somehow it seemed like it was missing something... A haaah! A winch would fill that hole nicely. I ordered one, but was sent the wrong one! In two weeks, I will have that resolved! I then added some dual tubed rocker protection. Yeah, armor is good. Next, I fabed my own roof rack from 1 1/4" DOM tubing. A tad beefy, but it looks stout as hell. Where else do I have to go but up? Raising the XJ, a story unwritten. Give me a month or two and "raising expectations" will be evaluated!
I have been bite by the curiosity bug. I know many of us out here are adicts to our toys. I have built 4 nice rides, and am working on my 5th. I plan on keeping this one, so I am going at it with a different approach. Everyone has always said lift it first. That has always been a pondering question in my mind. I have always done this first, followed up by lockers, wheels/tires, then performance mods. I have taken a different view this time around. I began doing performance mods. It started with a simple K&N filter, followed by a Hyper tech chip. Nice touches, but I needed more. Soon a Flowmaster cat-back was exhausting throatier notes. I then focused on appearance. I had a minor rear-ending accident which expedited a new rear bumper from Custom 4x4. I got a good deal on 5 Z-Racing wheels from Sears. I placed 30x9.5x15s BFG ATs on them. To my dismay, they rubbed the rear bumper & fender wells! I cut my flares, but not the bumper. I soon found myself installing a Tera-Flex 1.5" budget boost. No more rubbing. Well to match the new rear bumper, I got a front bumper with the shackles. I love the look, but somehow it seemed like it was missing something... A haaah! A winch would fill that hole nicely. I ordered one, but was sent the wrong one! In two weeks, I will have that resolved! I then added some dual tubed rocker protection. Yeah, armor is good. Next, I fabed my own roof rack from 1 1/4" DOM tubing. A tad beefy, but it looks stout as hell. Where else do I have to go but up? Raising the XJ, a story unwritten. Give me a month or two and "raising expectations" will be evaluated!