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just for fun, here's a pic of a tight squeeze in one of the University of Houston parking garages. Sign said 7' but I know my XJ is about 7'3" with the tire up top. However i didnt hit the clearance...

Question on using the snatch block and connecting back to the XJ...

Is it safe to attach to anchor point with snatch block and then back the the shackle that can be seen in the above pictures?

Well yesterday I bought some goodies and finished up the brackets to mount the tow bar brackets.

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Here is a simple redition of what my brackets look like so that i can use the tow bar brackets. The bracket will mount to the bottom of the winch plate with 2 bolts going through the winch plate and...

I picked up some 1/4 inch angle iron yesterday to make some brackets for my tow bar brackets. While drilling the first 6 holes i wore out my 1/2 inch bit. So the last two will be finished up tonight...

Oh and need some new bolts for the tow hooks as 3 of the 4 of those also snapped off when trying to remove.

Simple answer... maybe.

I have to get a new 45 torx, the 45 torx i have, well the bit is missing from the socket. I might have to chop off the front face on the factory mount part, but I do want...

These pics also show the header panel trim pieces i swapped from a 95 XJ i had briefly. The red matched my xj's red perfectly and look way better than the all black trim.
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RC track bar arrived yesterday. Will prob install tomorrow. This is how it sat on my porch when I arrived. Luckily no damage or missing hardware.
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Ohhh yes, I certainly remember that day, i was reminded of it just a couple months ago when I had the entire interior out and the water lines were visible on the inside. That pic there shows the...

I agree with the kc/round lights "off-road" statement 100%.

I've had 3 or 4 people ask why I didn't get an led light bar instead in the last month.

And yes the rack got painted an appropriate...

Yesterday I ordered up a new track bar with a new drop bracket and heim joint. I was tired of the little amount of play i could never get rid of with the TRE on the frame side. I'm also headed to...

You're right, but these were a gift to me a couple years ago and thus only cost was my time to install and miscellaneous things for wiring them in. I'm frugal, I buy when its something that makes...

Finally last Thursday I made it out to find some trails to wheel and took some poser shots. :D

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For my roof rack lights, I routed 2 12 ga wires from my relays up front, through the cab to the driver side rear tail light. From there I added a common ground for the 4 lights, went out the bottom...

Here's some finished shots of the floorboard replacement

Bought the replacement pan from rockauto and cut it to use on the sizes i needed. rivited it all in, used seam sealer top and bottom and...

I bit the bullet and fixed my headliner a few weeks back, used about 50 push tacks, problem solved :D

Just another place to leak, and I would have to deal with the dropping headliner too.

Time to get back to work on my XJ.

I yanked my previous a-pillar lights wiring to start fresh and also run the wires for my roof rack mounted lights. I really don't want to drill through the roof...

You saying por 15 over everything when I'm through?
I used it on the entire floorboards in the passenger area so far

Took 84 rivets on the larger patch, hopefully will have time to finish the smaller patch tomorrow, the prep the floorboards underneath for seam sealer.
Suggestions/tips on finishing this sort of...

Cancer restore update:
Cut out the cancer, trimmed floorboards to fit painted and then riveted them in, I've had this ready to be welded but lack of time to get to my friend Matt's shop to weld them...

H.D. Offroad Engineering $130 shipped

Got some goodies in...
Frame stiffeners, rear passenger floorboard and POR-15(not pictured)
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I ordered up some materials to repair my rust issues.

POR-15 starter kit plus an extra pint from amazon
right rear floor pan from rockauto
XJ frame stiffeners from H.D. Offroad Engineering - I...