Project \"Grimmis\"

[GTJake]

I got my new clutch and u-joints today!


-Ryan, i was going to bring the jeep over to your place today but i dont think that it\'ll make it. so ill get my flatbed trailer this weekend and go get it over there

-I was about to order my lift today...but made the mistake of telling my wife first. she wants me to wait till we close on the house we just sold.....guess I shouldnt tell her i ordered tires and a clutch huh... :badidea:

[MrMindless]

lol

[Ryan_25]

I wondered what happend to you today.

[GTJake]

I towed the Jeep over to Ryan\'s lastnight. He should be able to start working on it monday.

-Ryan, try to take some pix if you can please

[GTJake]

ok so I told my wife about the tires and clutch lastnight...i didnt want her to freak out when she gets home before me and sees 5 tires on our front poarch.
It didnt go over as well as i had hoped, but shes getting a remote starter put in her new jeep so shes ok with it now.

I cant wait to be able to drive my cherokee. I never realy got the chance to go anywhere with it as the clutch went right when i put plates on it. it will be nice to drive somthing again where i dont have to worry about someone parking too close to me and touching my car. (im alittle bit obsessive with my camaro)

[smichaelR22]

what tire size and which tire did you get again?  is this going to be a wheeler or a dual purpose?

[GTJake]

dual purpose. nothing crazy. i got the tred-wright version of good year MT/R\'s

31x10.5x15
http://treadwright.com/Tires-31x10_50R15_M_T-P16.aspx

i would have went with some TSL\'s but I have to drive it 70 miles a day and they wouldnt last. also ill be running these tires through the winter and the TSL\'s werent any good in the slush

[smichaelR22]

31\"s are a nice size for a near stock XJ-  

needs 35\"s though :)   or Crackers 33\"s would have fit nicely too...

[GTJake]

i had 35s on my last wrangler and i liked them, but was hard to get the kids into. this XJ is a 2door...its a pain to have to climb in to put the kids in the back if its too high. if someday i could find a nice 4door 5speed, i would consider going bigger

[GTJake]

yesterday Ryan sent the flywheel out to get machined, i  guess the trans was missing some bolts and the starter was rubbing on the flywheel....ouch.

also he said that it looked like someone replaced the clutch at one point but didnt change the throwout or the pressure plate. i cant wait till its done! it will be fixed right and will be solid transportation.

[GTJake]

I ordered my lift today! nothing extreme. I ordered a rough country 3\"
its new front coils (no spacers)
4 hydro shocks
LONG rear add-a-leafs
and i got them to throw in free shipping and red shock boots.
should be here in about a week!
http://www.roughcountry.com/jeep_xj_3.html
(heres a pic of what it looks like)

[MrMindless]

shock boots just help the shafts rust and get crappy from holding mud and salt....

[GTJake]

not if you seal them properly....i never had a problem with them in the past. i put commercial grade ty-wraps on them and they seal up fine.

i get it back from Ryan tomorrow, i have to look under the front bumper to see if i have the bracket for tow hooks or not. they all dont come factory with it. i need to fab something so i can get some tow points up there. I need some in the back too. but i might just get a hitch and weld some 1\"x2\" pieces of steel on each side to attach some D rings to...i duno yet

[MrMindless]

boots have drain holes.  drain holes double as fill holes :)

[GTJake]

you seam gloomy lately mike...is it cuz your trucks down right now?
i agree about the \"fill\" holes. but for now boots look nice so Ill put them on.
and i haggled to get them for free so i feel as tho i earned them. haha