'99 MJ Trail Rig
- Thread starter Rockdrummer93
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Got the rest of the cab painted yesterday. well kinda the driver side fender gave me fits. something was on the fender when I went to paint it so I had to strip it down and start over so thats only thing left. Got the bed on last night. A buddy of mine came over and help me maneuver that massive thing back onto the frame rails. Wont be too much longer now till I have her on the road and get some miles on her as a '99.
Got the tank in. Fits all like it should. Drove the Jeep around my neighborhood. feels like it should. then again I can't notice a whole lot under 20mph. I have come to the realization that Im not going to make my goal of taking the truck on the Christmas trip we have every year. It just needs too much and I just cant afford what it all needs at the moment or at least before the trip. So Im just going to slow down a bit. Move the goal to around april and try and take it on the opening weekend at Uwharrie. So we'll see. Cause right now it needs a front axle (thats non disconnect), steering box, a few things for the interior, exhaust system and windshield. here is a picture of it outside the garage for once.
Finally got back to the Jeep today. Got the door switches worked out.. was a bad ground. Still need to get an exhaust and windshield. Might be getting a set of 33x10.5s from a friend. So while I had time on my hands today I swapped two 33x12.5s off my dad's Jeep just to see what it would look like.. Looks pretty badass in my opinion. I like it lot. All it really needs is a coil spacer up front.
Flexin a bit:
Leveled out:
That is maxed out front up travel and no rubbing:
And back in the garage:
Flexin a bit:
Leveled out:
That is maxed out front up travel and no rubbing:
And back in the garage:
Took the MJ on its first journey on the big streets today. Took it to my friend's place up the road a bit so we can take it to a muffler shop in the morning. Only one major problem I found, it has a major case of the death wobble. I believe its due to a wore out steering box but only time will tell.
