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1020 viewsHad to clean all this up and sand it good and painted with rust inhibitor (POR)
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1019 viewsFactory setup
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1019 viewsI reused the cut pieces and riveted them back to the trimmed bumper corners so I would have a nice edge instead of a narrow cut one and a way to mount the inner fenders back to it. I would epoxy glue those later in this process for stability as those rivets would never last by themselves under off roading conditions.
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1018 viewsold and new yokes and old and new seals
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1018 viewsView of the inner fender folded around and bolted to the lower part of the metal inner bumper
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1018 viewsThe first one took me a few hours as I was designing and figuring out how much to cut etc as I went. Taped off the final measurement remembering to leave some to make a folded edge out of.
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1017 viewsTyler removing a black snake we found while taking a large Maple tree down.
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1016 viewsPainted with POR
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1015 viewsdriveshaft mounted to front diff
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1015 viewsWorking out a way to mount the inner fender to the newly trimmed bumper cover so I wouldnt have to cut it as well. It worked out perfect.
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1014 views1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo / 4.0L BEFORE installing a 2.5 inch spacer lift kit from Supreme Suspensions, Bilstein shocks, and a front driveshaft conversion from Rzeppa/Rzeppa type (CV) to a Double Cardan type (U Joint) .
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1013 viewsTyler taking down more of the big Maple in our yard.
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1012 viewsI did another small cut and bent the metal around to protect the washer fluid reservoir.
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1012 viewsAFTER trimming the fender (I will trim that top part later after I see if I go with a bushwhacker flare OR if I do something custom) For now I have all the clearance i need and it doesnt look that bad but that will get trimmed eventually !!!
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1012 viewsnew rims /tires mounted . These are JK take offs and are 255/75.17 so the tires are 32.5 inches tall.
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1011 viewsNew yoke installed on TC
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1011 viewsPinch weld ground back significantly. Most people beat that over flat or cut it out and weld a flat piece back. Not needed in my case. any larger tire and I would have to.
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1011 viewsFolded it over to make the new edge
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1011 viewsAfter the first couple of coats of black trim paint. Plastic trim was in bad shape and had been painted before with a gray that was too light and was a shoddy job it was flaking off so a LOT of sanding had to be done to get it all off and prepped for some good paint done correctly.
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1010 viewsTyler rigging up his rope before cutting some limbs
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1009 viewsThe coil spring towers were extremely rusted out. I did not both with replacing these as I am not planning on doing hardcore off roading otherwise I would have cut those off and welded in a repair kit or fabricated something.
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1009 viewsTaping it up to paint the trim black
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1008 viewsTyler doing some extreme climbing at a waterfall deep in the Sampson Mtn Wilderness area.
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1007 viewsBadly worn and dry rotted rubber isolators and rusted frame towers
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