What have you done to your Jeep today?

  • In the process of cleaning up the frame and coating it with chassis saver. I wish I was ripping this D35 out and tossing it in the trash along with the 3.07 gears but haven't found a 44 yet.




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  • Most go with an 8.8 on a TJ because they are coil sprung already


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    - 258 I6

    - '93 Cherokee fuel injection and HO head,

    - bored 30 over

    - with 4x4 cam

    T18 tranny with granny low / Dana 18 t-case

    Dana 44 front and back from late '70s Wagoneer, both locked and loaded with 4.88 gears

    SOA on modified YJ springs with shackle reversa

    Fiberglass tub with 6 point cage mounted to the frame


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  • Most go with an 8.8 on a TJ because they are coil sprung already


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    I've been searching fb marketplace and Craig's every week. There's actually a 8.8 with an arctec truss and Solid diff cover I found down in MD for $500. It's already in an TJ. I think it's got 4.10 in it. I should probably try and get it. Not really sure what to look for though.



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  • not really anything u have to look for. Its pretty staight foward if it has a control arm/spring bucket mounts already done then it will pretty much bolt in. U may need different ebrake cables and a different soft line for the brakes.

  • The 8.8 is a little narrower than my D35 right. I already have an 1.5 spacer now to convert lug pattern to JK wheels. Should I get a 2" spacer to make up for the difference or just leave it.



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  • its maybe .5" narrower. It should not make a difference. U may also need to shorten the driveshaft and get an adator flange because the 8.8 doesnt use a yoke.

  • I made a deal with the guy yesterday. $600 for the 8.8 and his dana 30 front that way I don't have to re gear my front. He already has the flange adapter for driveshaft. I just need to get cables for the emergency brakes. I guess I will make this one big project and drop my tank and replace the shocks and tank skid at the same time as Aaron suggested.



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  • I made a deal with the guy yesterday. $600 for the 8.8 and his dana 30 front that way I don't have to re gear my front. He already has the flange adapter for driveshaft. I just need to get cables for the emergency brakes. I guess I will make this one big project and drop my tank and replace the shocks and tank skid at the same time as Aaron suggested.



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  • I couldn't take the crappy sound any more so I threw these in place of the factory speakers. Tremendous difference! Btw amazon is about half the cost of qtec on these things. All 4 speakers are plug and play. Pay no attention to all the sand in the jeep...

  • Picked up my axles yesterday. Fri I installed a new Kenwood head unit, Focal 6.5" speakers in soundbar, and a 10" powered sub. The stereo totally transformed the driving experience. I Found myself driving around all weekend just listening to music and going nowhere.



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  • looks like the 8.8 just needs a little work on the hard brake lines and its set. Well a good cleaning and some paint too.

  • looks like the 8.8 just needs a little work on the hard brake lines and its set. Well a good cleaning and some paint too.


    Yea those hard lines aren't going to cut it. East coast gear supply sells a bunch of parts for them so I figured I would grab a set of brake lines and emergency brake cables when I ordered the flange adapter for the driveshaft. I started cleaning it up last night so I can coat it with the chassis saver paint I used on my frame.



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  • Passed inspection on the TJ on Friday. It was due in February so I was only a little late, I've been driving the WJ down the beach...didn't put a tag on the TJ this year. Failed on the first pass, one of the high beams was out. Pulled into Lowes, fixed a broken wire and was back in line in 9 minutes.


    Need to take the windows/top and doors off the TJ today and drive it around. I forget what it's like to have an open air jeep.

  • So this guy showed up at my house:


    With these:


    To help go from this:


    To this:


    Huge shout out to Quadratec for their amazing customer service and their support of DEJA and the Jeep community.


  • I installed my hyline offroad hood louver the other day and a set of high beam offroad headlights. The hood louvers help tremendously with the heat coming up through the floor going down the highway.



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  • Replaced leaving caliper and sandblasted my rims and painted hammered grey. Came out pretty good.


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  • Installed some LED lights, 2- 6" rear facing. 1 cube for a dome light, and 4 cube for a reverse. The dome and the rears can be switched on or off together or separately.


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