99' XJ: Slowly Going Down Under.
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IPF 968CSG. The aux. lights are mounted to the stock bumper. A hole was simply drilled and the mounting hardware that came with the lights, were used. I went with round because I didn't like the idea of rectangular aux lights, with the square driving lights. I like round to simply break it up. In all honestly though, I think it would like find circle or rectangular.
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You think just like me, but I did end up receiving these as a gift so it was that much sweeter. I've seen that rear bumper and it is quite interesting, as well as being functional with the stock bumper. I'm leaning towards going with a full replacement though, that wraps arounds and possibly does a cut in fold in the rear. Something along the lines of Rock Hard 4x4 or DirtBound Offroad.
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Ha oh yes, cool concept!
But my heart lies with a full-fledge replacement of the ARB Bull-Bar
. Nothing else, in my eyes, rivals it. I wouldn't be satisfied with anything else, only cause I've wanted this bumper ever since I got my first XJ, when I was 17.
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Lots of rain hitting the Pacific NorthWest today. I was driving home, and well, I just had no choice since the street was flooded side-to-side.
99' Jeep XJ by Obray Optics, on Flickr
99' Jeep XJ by Obray Optics, on Flickr
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MCObray
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exactly why I could not personally drive a "car". Has to be some for of lifted/mildly lifted suv or truck.
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I've always been in the understanding that if you can rebuild your brakes, you can do anything on your vehicle.
Did you invest in a drum brake tool? That was a couple bucks well spent the first time I did them. I came up with a mod for mine that made the job a lot easier too. At the end of one handle it had a thing that you were supposed to hook the big main springs (towards the top of the assembly) onto and then twist it around onto the big stud. That was the hardest part, I couldn't get that to work for the life of me. So I just cut that part off of the tool and ground it down to a dull point. I put the hook on the end of the spring onto the handle, then the point onto the stud and used that as leverage to pull the hook up until it slid down onto the stud. Worked perfect!
Did you invest in a drum brake tool? That was a couple bucks well spent the first time I did them. I came up with a mod for mine that made the job a lot easier too. At the end of one handle it had a thing that you were supposed to hook the big main springs (towards the top of the assembly) onto and then twist it around onto the big stud. That was the hardest part, I couldn't get that to work for the life of me. So I just cut that part off of the tool and ground it down to a dull point. I put the hook on the end of the spring onto the handle, then the point onto the stud and used that as leverage to pull the hook up until it slid down onto the stud. Worked perfect!
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This was my first time doing brakes. I took my Jeep over to my Grandpa's shop, where luckily we had a fire stove and dry ground, and did my work their. It was quite the experience and I know have a good understanding why people end up converting from Drum to Discs... lol.
On another note, my Grandpa already had one of these 'drum brake tools'. Everything you just described in bold, is what we used exactly to get those hooks back onto the top stud. At times the rear drums were frustrating, but in reality, this was another great learning experience, especially since I was able to spend some quality time with one of my pops'.
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That's actually pretty wise. I might have to apply some of your logic to my drum brakes.