The money pits; Jeep JK & XK

[Ty@Tekin]

Originally Posted by rottenbelly

Nice! I've heard those new shocks are alot better than the older ones!

I read that also and that they are pretty good for DD and light offroad. For $150 I figured I'd give them a shot!

[BigSki]

Beautiful scenery right at your back door!

[Ty@Tekin]

Put the shocks and stabilizer on this weekend, then went for a little evening trip with the wife and kiddo. Found some cool trails that were blocked off (Ha, nice try gents.)



Really like how this mounts up and out of harm's way. Had to flip the bracket on the tie rod, it was dragging on the shock body, works great now and really firmed up the steering wheel compared to stock.



Next up is new exhaust, this one is a piece of and rusting really bad with a few small leaks. Previous owner's "aftermarket" setup...



I think next I'm going to try and track down some used 2.5" springs and take the spacers out, they were cheap anyways and gave me the look I was after, but the 33's are a bit too small.. Then new panhard brackets to re-center the axles and 35's after that!

[Ty@Tekin]

Well shit, I just can't catch a break with this damn Jeep! Throw-out bearing just went tits up on me....FML

[JonnnScott]

That XK is amazing. I miss my jeep so much, the wrx is fun but i sure miss being able to go just about any where I wanted to.

[Ty@Tekin]

Thanks dude! I think it looks pretty good as well, definitely turns heads, don't see many lifted ones around here.

[Ty@Tekin]

Got the front skid on last night, covers up the front crash bar and cleans up the front. I like it and so does the wife, win!

[Ty@Tekin]

Summer mode and it's raining this very moment, of course. Emergency Jeep tarp GO!

[Ty@Tekin]

Well this weekend's project was a huge let down. After dropping my first Jeep transmission to replace my throwout, it still has something wrong. Looks like it's coming back out and a new clutch is going in.