C.Shontz 2001 Jeep Cherokee (Progress)

[Ryanmb21]

Man, that looks good!

 

[vonguido]

Love that rear bumper! I can't wait till I have the funds to purchase one of those! Your XJ is looking awesome.

 

[cshontz]

So I'm pretty sure I'm going to relocate the license plate here. I'm going to fashion a panel out of ABS plastic that attaches to one of the Rotopax bolts under the spare tire, and then use two plastic Maglite clips to fasten it to the vertical tube.

On top of that, perhaps with a supplemental license plate bracket, I'll mount the license plate. Also utilizing the LED that came with the tire carrier, and also allowing me to shorten the wiring and neaten it up a bit.

It'll make sense when I'm done. It'll hopefully look halfway decent.

 

[cdn_xj]

Looks good! Though I'd recommend mounting the hi-liftt with the heavy end to the passenger side to reduce the leverage on the carrier's spindle/hinge.

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[overlandxj]

Dude, I love your rig, staying small is the hard part. I started with the OME 3.5 inch kit, then wanted 32s for a bit more clearance and it has been a steady fight to keep it low. Love the ARB and JCR bumpers the same color.

 

[overlandxj]

Did you ever fix your heatsoak issue? I fixed mine for 7 bucks.

 

[cshontz]

Did you ever fix your heatsoak issue? I fixed mine for 7 bucks.

Embarrassingly, no. How'd you fix it?

 

[cshontz]

The LED reverse lights were incorrectly mounted outset. I changed them to inset, which looks a bit nicer.

 

[Huffster]

The bumper looks awesome! I really like how tight it fits against the rear of your XJ. Looking forward to hearing how you deal with the rear wiper and how it's performing after a couple of weeks. Great work!

 

[Lecoq]

Love it! This is the XJ version of what I want my WJ to be.

 

[Singlespeed92]

Being new here,I'm just seeing your thread/Jeep for the first time tonight,LOVE it! Subbing so I can get updates when you have em,and will be going back and reading it all this week coming

 

[cshontz]

Being new here,I'm just seeing your thread/Jeep for the first time tonight,LOVE it! Subbing so I can get updates when you have em,and will be going back and reading it all this week coming

Thanks!

It's not as much reading as you think. Only pages 1-5, and page 47 are interesting. The rest of the pages are mostly just me complaining about some mechanical issue or another.

 

[Singlespeed92]

LOL,YW,and I'll check those 6 pages out today then :sombrero:

 

[cshontz]

Surgery begins for the AALs. The nice thing about having a garage and a backup vehicle: just give 'em a squirt of PB Blaster, lower the bay door, and call it a night. I'll work on it more tomorrow, but for now, it's Millertime!

 

[Singlespeed92]

Man...good ole PB Blast has sure saved many 'a knuckle around our homes over the years,LOL! :victory: (I read those pages,btw,awesome stuff,lots of idears for my '98 XJ )