TRX-4 Jeep Cherokee

[carpetfuzz17]

Originally Posted by Don_Olsen

These are warm white 3000kv and look pretty darn good during the day. And not half bad at night.

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Dan those do look very nice and bright i have choices to make maybe i will try both and go from there

[ubernewb]

looking forward to seeing progress on this. nice to know i'm not the only one that went xj with it

[carpetfuzz17]

Originally Posted by ubernewb

looking forward to seeing progress on this. nice to know i'm not the only one that went xj with it

thanks been doing some stuff slowly but I am getting there

[carpetfuzz17]

Having this plaque in town also makes having a Jeep that much more special


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[carpetfuzz17]

The weather was finally nice enough that I could get outside for a couple more pictures of what is up next
Wanted to do something different with the rear mount system so I am thinking of going this route not sure yet but it got possibles everything is held in place with posters putty just to get an idea of what it will look like. If I go with this I will use scale bolts to get a better look let me know if it's a good or bad idea everything should be up high enough that it won't hang up on things plus I don't have the weight of a spare tire




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[Natedog]

Looks good how you mocked it up!

[carpetfuzz17]

Originally Posted by Natedog

Looks good how you mocked it up!

Thanks for the kind words

[cmbscx10]

Originally Posted by carpetfuzz17

The weather was finally nice enough that I could get outside for a couple more pictures of what is up next
Wanted to do something different with the rear mount system so I am thinking of going this route not sure yet but it got possibles everything is held in place with posters putty just to get an idea of what it will look like. If I go with this I will use scale bolts to get a better look let me know if it's a good or bad idea everything should be up high enough that it won't hang up on things plus I don't have the weight of a spare tire

Looks good. If you get hung up your in a whole world of hurt. My only suggestion is to mount the Hi-Lift on it's end handle up.

[carpetfuzz17]

Originally Posted by cmbscx10

Looks good. If you get hung up your in a whole world of hurt. My only suggestion is to mount the Hi-Lift on it's end handle up.

Not a bad idea I will try to see what I can come up with I was going with something like you have on your 1:1

[cmbscx10]

Originally Posted by carpetfuzz17

Not a bad idea I will try to see what I can come up with I was going with something like you have on your 1:1

The pic i posted was the first week i had it. After 2 trips the insanely annoying way the previous owner mounted it was removed for good. As i didn't have a roof rack, I mounted it on the rear spare tire mount (Circled in Orange). Hope that helps. XJ is looking great and look forward to it painted.

[carpetfuzz17]

Originally Posted by cmbscx10

The pic i posted was the first week i had it. After 2 trips the insanely annoying way the previous owner mounted it was removed for good. As i didn't have a roof rack, I mounted it on the rear spare tire mount (Circled in Orange). Hope that helps. XJ is looking great and look forward to it painted.

Is it mounted horizontal under the tire or vertically

[carpetfuzz17]

Ok so I wired up my lights tonight and tired one of each bright and warm sorry for horrible picture but the clear winner is obvious
After getting the lights swapped out I think it looks good I know it's not period correct but with a little searching you can get LED lights for 2000 XJ so why not



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[cmbscx10]

Originally Posted by carpetfuzz17

Is it mounted horizontal under the tire or vertically

Horizontally under the tire.

[cmbscx10]

Originally Posted by carpetfuzz17

Ok so I wired up my lights tonight and tired one of each bright and warm sorry for horrible picture but the clear winner is obvious

After getting the lights swapped out I think it looks good I know it's not period correct but with a little searching you can get LED lights for 2000 XJ so why not

I Vote for the Bright LED

[carpetfuzz17]

Originally Posted by cmbscx10

I Vote for the Bright LED

That is my choice also plus with the light bar it will all be the same color and with a little work I might be able to mount the jack different

[carpetfuzz17]

Not my normal outside picture but thought I'd share latest idea going off CMBSCX10 suggestion from his actual 1:1 XJ. I found some nylon black bushings at local hardware store (awesome place they stock metric screws for pennies it's like my personal screw shop I am probably only one buying them) that moves jack out to clear the mount. The support arm already has 2 holes drilled into it so to my it was worth a try. Again used poster putty to hold things in place


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[carpetfuzz17]

It's nice to see the plaque getting some likes. Thought it would be nice to share some history with everyone. To me it's the little things that go missed. Very time I drive by it I wonder how much pride those folks had working their and if any of them are still around to maybe get a story of the place. Just makes me feel proud to see it

[Inspector86]

I'm a WWII history buff and I always felt Bantam got the short end of the government supply contract. But I also recognize it was war and Bantam physically could not build enough GPs to supply the needs of the war. Another interesting factoid is that after the war, the British were so impressed with the GP's ability that the very first Land Rover was built on a GP chassis. So it could be argued that Bantam inspired the birth of Land Rover. Thanks for sharing the plaque!

[cmbscx10]

Originally Posted by carpetfuzz17

Not my normal outside picture but thought I'd share latest idea going off CMBSCX10 suggestion from his actual 1:1 XJ. I found some nylon black bushings at local hardware store (awesome place they stock metric screws for pennies it's like my personal screw shop I am probably only one buying them) that moves jack out to clear the mount. The support arm already has 2 holes drilled into it so to my it was worth a try. Again used poster putty to hold things in place

There you go, that looks really good.

[carpetfuzz17]

Originally Posted by Inspector86

I'm a WWII history buff and I always felt Bantam got the short end of the government supply contract. But I also recognize it was war and Bantam physically could not build enough GPs to supply the needs of the war. Another interesting factoid is that after the war, the British were so impressed with the GP's ability that the very first Land Rover was built on a GP chassis. So it could be argued that Bantam inspired the birth of Land Rover. Thanks for sharing the plaque!

Thanks for sharing that little bit of history I did not know that about Land Rover