# Delete **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [July 31, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411 "2009-07-31T20:22:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/21 "2009-08-07T14:24:55Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > I remember that build, it was before I was into jeeps hardcore. > > What kind of primer did you use? just rattlecan? I planned on doing the bedliner on the floor, with some boat drains so i could hose it out. yeah it was an auto grade rattle can. i had NO problems with the floor at all holding up. it was a lil louder and your feet got warm, but youll be fine. its a great investment, esp up there where the salt destroys everything. your floor boards will already have drain plugs in there. its a jeep… theyre every where… just make sure you tape EVERYTHING!!! once a hole is covered with that shit… you wont get it open. check out my new build [http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74621](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74621) not as many DIY shots, but theres not much more than just adding parts to a new one ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/22 "2009-08-10T11:42:16Z")
well its been such a crummy rainy weekend that I didnt bring my camera with me anywhere. I picked up stock wheels and tires, so I’m rolling on tires that arent flat. I also picked up s10 leafs for my bastard pack and already cut the eyes off. Today I went and finished getting everything for my paintjob, because its been misserable and wet. ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/93%20XJ%20Build/CIMG1525.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/93%20XJ%20Build/CIMG1525.jpg) for those wondering, the $50 paint job, costs closer to $65 paint tray kit $7.88 3 1’’ foam brushes for trim $1.08 blue painters tape no residue $5.77 2 qts of rustoleum $17.96 5 high density foam rollers $8.97 mixing tub $1.67 gallon of mineral spirits $9.97 3m 220 grit 5 pack x 2 $ 3.94 hand sander $4.64 sub total - $61.88 tax - 4.95 Total - $66.83 new ubolts and centerpins ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/93%20XJ%20Build/CIMG1524.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/93%20XJ%20Build/CIMG1524.jpg) all the local places want 50$+ tax for 3’’ lift shocks, So i’ll be grabbing some nitro 9000’s from RC later today, hopefully. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/23 "2009-08-10T20:38:32Z")
![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/93%20XJ%20Build/CIMG1527.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/93%20XJ%20Build/CIMG1527.jpg) free tow hooks! better than no tow hooks, and, better than stock tow hooks. ---
**Author:** ![mindless](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mindless/32/7286_2.png) [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/24 "2009-08-10T21:03:20Z")
No pics on new tires?? lol ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/25 "2009-08-10T21:10:03Z")
> [@mindless](#): > > No pics on new tires?? lol They are in the shop, cleaning up and painting the rims, then balancing. Its been so shitty I havent bothered to move it to work on it. Thanks again for hooking me up 😃 I also just pulled the trigger on some new shocks, Hydro 8000 series. I went cheap, as cheap as possible, because it was either these, or relocating, stock used shocks. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/26 "2009-08-12T19:47:30Z")
i got the jeep up on jackstands and started cutting the springs out ect. ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/93%20XJ%20Build/CIMG1530.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/93%20XJ%20Build/CIMG1530.jpg) my camera died, because I forgot to switch the batterys so no real update, thats the only pic I got when I moved the jeep. I need to get my other wheels on it, these are always flat. the right rear leaked 3 lbs by the time I filled the other 3. Anyways took a messurement, got 30.5 inches at the rear flare. Free tow strap, my dad gave it to me today! ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/93%20XJ%20Build/CIMG1531.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/93%20XJ%20Build/CIMG1531.jpg) Big update tomarrow hopefully. New shocks will be in friday! and yes mindless, the wheels i got from you will be on it soon, gotta take them for balancing. they will be on it before I have to move it again. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/27 "2009-08-14T19:32:11Z")
rear bastard packs are in. got the shocks today ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1533.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1533.jpg) I’ll take a bunch of pictures tomarrow, countdown to jeepfest is killing me. ---
**Author:** ![vt1992s10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/73ab20/32.png) [@vt1992s10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vt1992s10)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/28 "2009-08-14T20:10:31Z")
jeepfest? where, when, how much? ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/29 "2009-08-14T20:13:58Z")
new castle PA. pre registration is almost full, somewhere between 10 - 50$ ---
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/30 "2009-08-14T20:19:34Z")
LMK how you like the fit / finish and install of the RC lift. i was plannin on ordering through them for my zj ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/31 "2009-08-14T20:30:09Z")
> [@ImportMuscle](#): > > LMK how you like the fit / finish and install of the RC lift. i was plannin on ordering through them for my zj didnt get the RC lift, just bought the cheapest lift shocks they had. I opted to build my own bastard packs for the back, and ill be running spacers in the front until i can decide on a set of lift coils. ---
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/32 "2009-08-15T10:30:18Z")
ah word ---
**Author:** ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/33 "2009-08-15T12:02:13Z")
I had the Rough Country lift on my XJ and it was decent. I also had the shocks, prob the same ones you got… Theyre called ROUGH country for a reason. They ride like dog dick, but for what you have it for, youll be fine. ---
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/34 "2009-08-15T13:24:29Z")
yeah, i was thinking about goin with the rough country 4in / w lower control arms. Than ditch the RC shocks for some bilstein 5100’s ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/35 "2009-08-15T18:56:38Z")
rear lift ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1537.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1537.jpg) new dif clearence ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1538.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1538.jpg) still need to instal spring clamps and shocks ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1539.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1539.jpg) I would have installed the shocks and pulled the front end apart, but I hit a snag. The front end under this jeep is completly 100% junk I thought it was just upper ball joints, HA all the ball joints and both hubs are SHOT. So pending checking the gear ratios, ill be swapping the entire front dif out of my parts jeep. its just not worth it anymore. My advice to anyone who wants to get into jeeping, buy an expensive one. Dont bother buying a cheap one, you’ll nickle and dime yourself to death on it, and buy one thats on the road and driven. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/36 "2009-08-16T18:54:28Z")
didnt bring my digital camera today because I wasnt going to work on it, frustrated it was 90 again ect. Ended up working on it, header panel off ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_0S.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_0S.jpg) front dif almost out ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_0E.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_0E.jpg) front dif out ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_0H.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_0H.jpg) sittin on the ground ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_0J.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_0J.jpg) pic of approx height after front lift give or take a bit ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_0D.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_0D.jpg) yanked the header panel off the parts jeep ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_0HH.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_0HH.jpg) shitty pic, but new yj front and rear brake hoses ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1540.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1540.jpg) both jeeps have the 8.25 and 3.55 gears so needless to say i have a spare 8.25 and dana 30 forsale. ---
**Author:** ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/37 "2009-08-18T18:25:36Z")
> [@ImportMuscle](#): > > yeah, i was thinking about goin with the rough country 4in / w lower control arms. > > Than ditch the RC shocks for some **bilstein 5100’s** best shocks ive ever rode on!! worth every penny ---
**Author:** ![AFhockey31](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/afhockey31/32/5086_2.png) [@AFhockey31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AFhockey31)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/38 "2009-08-18T18:27:26Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > both jeeps have the 8.25 and 3.55 gears > so needless to say i have a spare 8.25 and dana 30 forsale. save that other axle and build it. sleave it out, chromoly shafts in, locker and make it stout. if you plan on wheeling it, you never know when you could use an extra axle if yours breaks. those 8.25 are fairly hard to come by ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/39 "2009-08-23T17:32:24Z")
well jeepfest was cool. Now that I understand it more, next year will be much more fun. Plus I should have this jeep there. DTPA sold me some tires and had Matt bring them to jeepfest for me. allowing me to pick them up and pay for them at JF. ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1619.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1619.jpg) ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1617.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1617.jpg) ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1616.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/CIMG1616.jpg) Stay tuned for the front axel, which should be going in soon, and tons of other updates that I now have planned. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411/40 "2009-09-07T18:19:15Z")
I havent updated in a while, mainly due to not bringing my camera, but also nothing has ben picture worthy. The d30 is almost out of the parts jeep. I pulled the steering boxes from both jeeps to switch them. Also got some spacers for the front springs to match the rear bastard pack. custom one off piece I had my dad fab for me. I picked up a transfer case drop for 5$ off someone locally, just incase I have vibes. Basically I got the front bumper off and all the shit to do with that body wise, been taking it slow, but now that my daily driver is sold, I should be getting more work done on it (driving another project car while I wait. took these today walking by with my phone, nothing special, but its a picture. ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg_.jpg) ![http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg.jpg](http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/billkarter/imagejpeg.jpg) and mindless can see one of the wheels I got from him, haha they wont be on much longer because I have the 31’s now, anyone need some tires? [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/delete/71411.md?page=3)