Also if anyone has anything they don't use anymore or spare parts they wanna sell that will fit on a wj let me know. I might be interested in buying them. Just bought a budget boost 2 inch lift off one of the classifieds waiting for that to arrive to put on. Can't wait. Still want to go bigger. Probably about 4 inches. But I'll take what I can get and upgrade later.

 

Well I got my budget boost lift in the mail today. Anyone know how long itll take to put on? I think I'll have to wait until Tuesday when I am off work to do it. I don't want to run into any problems this being the first time I've taken on a challenge like this and not have a car to get to work tomorrow night.

 

All you have to do is take the rear shackles off, loosen your front coil springs and take your old shocks out. It's simple

 

This is a WJ, grand cherokee. It has coils front and rear.
You need to pull the coil springs to put the spacers in.

 

Decided to use the nice day to my advantage, I painted the grey trim on the wj black. For never painting anything before I am really happy with how well it came out. I need a little touching up I washed it with dawn soap, taped it off, and went to town. I ran out of daylight so I didn't get the front bumper done. Tomorrow I will take that off knock the dent out of it and paint that before putting it back on. And I will be putting the budget boost on tomorrow too.

 

Looks good, if you have a suction apparatus, should be able to pull out the dent without removing bumper. Or, maybe even get underneath and hit it?

 

Ya I have that plastic in the wheel well blocking the bumper. I am gonna attempt to try and get that dent out today without taking it off. I didn't get my lift put on. I discovered that one tires lugs are larger then the other so I couldn't get my tire off

 

Well I got the dent out of my bumper, wish I could get the one out of my fender. Its bent funny so my headlight doesn't fit perfect. Painted the front bumper and now it all matches. All the grey trim is now black. Also I hit the jackpot. Its not for sure but I think I just scored myself a brush guard, rear bumper guard, nerf bars, 2 lights for the brush guard, and the grates to cover my tail lights all for a whopping 200 dollars!

 

So its going to be almost 200 to get all that stuff shipped. I am going to have to road trip to Connecticut. It'll be cheaper to drive there and pick it up then to have it all shipped. Didn't get the lift on today either...

 

Didn't get the lift on today either...

Thats normally how it all goes for me....its ok, you will get used to it, lol.

 

Ya I've discovered this. I lost my keys last night at my buddys house. Also found out I'm leaking transmission fluid... so now i have to figure that out now.

 

Your T-case uses the same fluid, so confirm where it is coming from.

 

So its going to be almost 200 to get all that stuff shipped. I am going to have to road trip to Connecticut. It'll be cheaper to drive there and pick it up then to have it all shipped. Didn't get the lift on today either...

You should come visit Clayton while you're at it.

 

Clayton? Where's that?

 

East Haven, CT.

 

Ah I see. I was thinking maybe while I'm on my trip do a little exploring with the wj on the way back through the moutains in pa

 

So i was drivibg when smoke started pouring out from under the hood and my heart sank. I've had a lot of overheating problems and u was scared it was happening again. Pulled over and looked.


Performed surgery on the said of the road while she bleed out :/


Tranny fluid everywhere.
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All my transmission fluid gone
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Blew the hose from the transmission to the radiator. Just replaced it on the side of the road
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Glad you got it replaced and I assume working again?

 

Yep working again. Thank goodness I was so worried

 

OK so after reading xjsuperman's build I liked his list idea. I am very unorganized, and tend to start another project before I finish the one I'm on. So I am going to steal his list idea to get myself organized.

- first things first put this 2" BB lift on for now, I want to go about 4" but budget is tight. Its been sitting in my trunk for awhile now. I was having trouble with rusted bolts and have been soaking them with pb blaster daily for about a week now.
- touch up the black paint on the trim and bumpers. I painted them all but some spots need touched up. I think one last coat all around will do the job.
- touch up the rest of the paint. Its all pretty chipped and scratched from the previous owner.
- look up mounting brackets for the brush guard, rear bumper guard, and nerf bars I am about to win on eBay. I have another day until the auction closes.
- invest in an aftermarket CD player and a wiring kit for the sub and amp I have to install. Its nothing crazy just one 12 and a 1000w amp.
- I'm looking for some kind of light bar with some lights, the brush guard comes with 2 so I'll have to look into wiring that up to a switch. Might make a switch panel so I can add additional switches as I add lights to my jeep.
- speaking of lights I think I am going to buy a set of halo projectors and an HID kit. And since my jeeps that maroon color I might get the 12000k so it'll be a purplish color. Thinking of picking up fog lights to mount in the stock location too.
- sand down my rims they're pretty corroded and paint them I'm going to do black and accent it with the maroon color of the jeep.
- look for new tires. My 2 back ones are almost bald so I think I'm going to go 265/70/16 or 265/75/16. What do you think? I want big, aggressive looking tires.
- look into bushwhacker fender flairs. I think they make the look.
- retint over the back windows and get the 2 front ones tinted. Maybe tint the tail lights.
- purchase the decals I want to put on the jeep. I'm going to go with a zombie response theme.


Wow this list is a lot bigger then I was expecting. Lots to do! I'm sure im leaving out a few things, I'll add them as I think of them. Maybe today if it doesn't rain i will work on some of this list.

Also I see a lot of mods for xj's and what not for performance like injector swaps and what not. But nothing is ever posted for wj's are there mods like this for the wj?

 

Thanks for the compliments. Good luck on your list.

 

Well touched up the paint on the trim. One thing off the list. Also added this sticker I found.


I love rockstar games. Hands down the best games ever!

 

Well my radiator cracked again in the same spot =/. that's 3 in 6 months, before I had a blown head gasket and an overheating problem. I fixed all that so this came out of nowhere... going to have to replace that.

 

well got the radiator replaced, but now my fan isnt working, pretty annoyed, broke my phone too so no picture updates for a while.

 

alright! car is fixed! woohoo! now i really hope the radiator doesnt crack again. i made sure everything is 100% and there should not be any reason for it again.

 

Well she was fixed for about 4 days... Jeep started making a loud thud thud thud noise as I drive and shaking pretty bad. Came out of nowhere. I looked underneath and nothing appears to be broken. Its not drivable this way (at least I wouldnt think so with how violent the thud is) any ideas before I take her to a shop to get checked out?

 

Check the driveshafts, wheel bearings, ball joints, pinions, brake caliper bolts... anything affected by the Jeep rolling. I'd even look at the CV joints on the axle shafts and make sure the joint isn't blown. Even if the boot is intact, the joint inside may be shot... wiggle it and see if it moves.

Check your steering box, steering, and lug nuts too. All simple stuff, yes... but all little stuff that could cause it.

 

I think its the joint I just went and looked at it and found this...

The bottom is dripping with some kind of fluid. Im not sure what, im not a mechanic or anything but im sure its not supposed to be dripping.