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<blockquote data-quote="afd516" data-source="post: 351706" data-attributes="member: 501"><p>Sam from Texas</p><p>I started wheeling in an 89 2 door cherokee. Back in 2002 My brother owed me 3k for a car he was paying me payments for and then he wrecked it. He quit making payments. I took his Cherokee. We are even. It started out as nothing more than a red xj with a 4.5 lift on 33's.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s16.photobucket.com/user/afd516/media/Buggied%20XJ/Dscf0526.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/afd516/Buggied%20XJ/Dscf0526.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is pretty much what it looked like when I decided to part it out because I wanted more than it could handle. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://s16.photobucket.com/user/afd516/media/Clayton%20July%202007/ClaytonJuly2007058.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/afd516/Clayton%20July%202007/ClaytonJuly2007058.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>After 2 years of mowing lawns on my days off from the FD, I had collected the parts I needed and saved enough to hire a guy to build my chassis and give me a roller. I need to get out more. Kids have slowed that down. I am waiting for my 7 mo son to get old enough to hit the trails more often again. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://s16.photobucket.com/user/afd516/media/Buggy/003.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/afd516/Buggy/003.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://s16.photobucket.com/user/afd516/media/Buggy/004.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/afd516/Buggy/004.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Fuel injected 5.0, c4 2200 stall, atlas 4 speed 10:1</p><p>Spidertrax front with a hi-9 5:13 spool</p><p>Spidertrax rear with strange lp 5:13 spool</p><p>PSC steering</p><p>4 seater </p><p></p><p>I prefer to not promote the chassis builder. After owning and wheeling it for some time now, I realize that I could have made a better decision on a builder. Time has really showed in the builders short comings. I had a **** ton of bugs to work out that I should never have had issues with being that this was built by a "professional". In the end, I am super happy with the build, parts list and design after the relentless task of dialing it in. It has better wheeling capabilities than I do driving capabilities. Probably has everything to do with the fact that I don't want to beat it up, roll it, break it. I prefer to wheel it, come home, wash it and set it to the side ready for the next trip. Not fix it because I tried to force it. </p><p></p><p>Recently my wife and I traded in her Acura tsx for a 2010 Rubicon JKU. </p><p></p><p></p><p>It will get a set of 37's and some Walkers under a 3.5 MetalCloak lift. My first for it purchase was a set of Shrockworks sliders. A front stubby will be next. It already has a winch. A full compliment of skids will be installed as well. When the motor runs its course a LS swap will be in its future. </p><p></p><p>Intended use will be daily transportation for my wife to go back and forth to work and a kid taxi. The added advantage is its potential for great family fun and ability to haul camping supplies, tow a small trailer and travel the unbeaten path. </p><p></p><p>I don't have any pics of it yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="afd516, post: 351706, member: 501"] Sam from Texas I started wheeling in an 89 2 door cherokee. Back in 2002 My brother owed me 3k for a car he was paying me payments for and then he wrecked it. He quit making payments. I took his Cherokee. We are even. It started out as nothing more than a red xj with a 4.5 lift on 33's. [URL=http://s16.photobucket.com/user/afd516/media/Buggied%20XJ/Dscf0526.jpg.html][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/afd516/Buggied%20XJ/Dscf0526.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This is pretty much what it looked like when I decided to part it out because I wanted more than it could handle. [URL=http://s16.photobucket.com/user/afd516/media/Clayton%20July%202007/ClaytonJuly2007058.jpg.html][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/afd516/Clayton%20July%202007/ClaytonJuly2007058.jpg[/IMG][/URL] After 2 years of mowing lawns on my days off from the FD, I had collected the parts I needed and saved enough to hire a guy to build my chassis and give me a roller. I need to get out more. Kids have slowed that down. I am waiting for my 7 mo son to get old enough to hit the trails more often again. [URL=http://s16.photobucket.com/user/afd516/media/Buggy/003.jpg.html][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/afd516/Buggy/003.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s16.photobucket.com/user/afd516/media/Buggy/004.jpg.html][IMG]http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b6/afd516/Buggy/004.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Fuel injected 5.0, c4 2200 stall, atlas 4 speed 10:1 Spidertrax front with a hi-9 5:13 spool Spidertrax rear with strange lp 5:13 spool PSC steering 4 seater I prefer to not promote the chassis builder. After owning and wheeling it for some time now, I realize that I could have made a better decision on a builder. Time has really showed in the builders short comings. I had a **** ton of bugs to work out that I should never have had issues with being that this was built by a "professional". In the end, I am super happy with the build, parts list and design after the relentless task of dialing it in. It has better wheeling capabilities than I do driving capabilities. Probably has everything to do with the fact that I don't want to beat it up, roll it, break it. I prefer to wheel it, come home, wash it and set it to the side ready for the next trip. Not fix it because I tried to force it. Recently my wife and I traded in her Acura tsx for a 2010 Rubicon JKU. It will get a set of 37's and some Walkers under a 3.5 MetalCloak lift. My first for it purchase was a set of Shrockworks sliders. A front stubby will be next. It already has a winch. A full compliment of skids will be installed as well. When the motor runs its course a LS swap will be in its future. Intended use will be daily transportation for my wife to go back and forth to work and a kid taxi. The added advantage is its potential for great family fun and ability to haul camping supplies, tow a small trailer and travel the unbeaten path. I don't have any pics of it yet. [/QUOTE]
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