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Herman (mrslousypirate's xj) - Off to new owner

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Wanted to start a thread for my other half's rig. We finally started doing some modifications over normal maintenance.

Specs at time of purchase:

- 29" tires :sonicjay:
- 4.0, AW4, 35/30, 241?
- pretty much all original (found most of that out working on it the past two weeks)

Put in a new battery, tune up, oil change, stereo

Day she bought it (I found it in Holland, two owners)
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Silver lake, stock, zero issues. Welded a tab to front bumper for flag. Pictures on Facebook, can't pull from cell. Will update later

Drove it as a dd in stock form until last weekend. Picked up an xj as a donor for the suspension lift. Ditched the rusty's shocks, kept coils and springs. Picked up jk Rubicon front shocks, ended up purchasing s10 rear because I ran out of time looking. Made bpe's for mounting. Relocated track bar to accommodate lift.

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This weekend, made the front bumper I promised her a year ago.

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And up to now. No death wobble experience after relocated track bar. There is a undulation around 50-55, but I think that may be attributed to older tires...

Going to replace the stabilizer in two weeks when she is back in town, and keep an eye out for some 30-32" tires and maybe some rims to push them out a little bit.

Still her dd for now, but looking better.

She said she wants to make a name, ask I said she had to be mrslousypirate
 
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Went through the ringer for death wobble, I'll try to link to that thread later.See thread on the Death Wobbles here. I'm finally back to doing things i actually want to do to this.

Upgraded rims and tires this weekend to tj moabs on 265/75/16 falken Rocky mountain ats.
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Got a spare moab too, next major project is rear swing out bumper to carry the tire and some other things.

Going to twisted with it labor day weekend, so I'll be sure to take some pictures. Will be somewhat lightly wheeled (okay, probably a little bit harder than the 05 Subaru Legacy... which is pretty hard wheeling to some people).
 
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