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    Default Here's Lil Red

    Shortly after purchasing a 91 Laredo off of eBay for Mrs Howler, I decided it was time for ME.

    Picked up this from craigslist for 1500





    Rather quickly I started on modding "Lil Red"

    Installed a set of 4WD Hardware's 3" rear leafs (military-wrapped)
    and HCP's first set of 2" coil spring spacers with 2 insulators:





    Had tons of rust repairs on front and rear floors.

    Threw on some white wagon wheels wrapped with Firestone Destination A/T 31x10.5



    Flattened out front crossbar on roof rack and mounted some rectangular BAJA brand lights.



    Removed the bumper ends, and added HCP's first adjustable trackbar.



    Created HCP's first brakeline extender and added some longer bumpstops for the rear:



    Installed a 1" TC drop:

    Whipped up HCP's first aluminum diamond-plate door sills:



    Took the white wagon wheels with no center caps and mounted the stock caps:



    Took visible vacuum canister from here:



    And mounted it in front of the harmonic balancer here:



    Installed a j/y Lund Bugshield and created the now infamous A-pillar light mounts. For which I mounted some 5 1/2" rounds that match the rect. roof lights...
    And here is what Lil Red looks like so far:







    Some other things:

    Added an HCP 1" 62mm Throttle Body Spacer:



    HSP window stickers (To be replaced with HCP Logo stickers):




    Added the longer YJ e-brake cables:



    New exhaust from engine to rear bumper with hi-flow cat/ Dynomax Super Turbo and the heftier 91 Laredo tailpipe:



    Installed a CCV oil catchcan

    Coming soon:
    LCA Skids
    Overhead CB mount
    CB Antenna mount
    Quick disconnects
    Hyd. Hood lifts

    Have I forgotten anything???
    Last edited by Howler_GT; 06-08-2009 at 08:05 PM.
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    Nice build dude
    01 XJ /4" lift /33" DC Muds
    / M/T Sidebiters/ Surco / Hi-lift /Pilot Navigator lights / Bad Apple Fab diff gaurds / Midland/ Wilson / Front and rear receiver hitches / Rusty's LCA's / Magnaflow / AEM Intake / TB spacer / Jet Stage 1 / Pioneeer & Fusion Sound / AJ's Super rails / Warn Skid / BW Flat Flares/ Bedlined Rockers and Quarters / Big Daddy Tie Rod / Rustys Steering Brace


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    red looks good... looking forward to more of your products
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    Sexy buidl
    '03 Grand Cherokee Laredo - Mods: None [crys] [AUDIO]SSL HU (60x4); 2 12" MTX 4500 Subwoofers powered by a Boss 1100watt class d monoblock ; iPod nano 10gb for music

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    looks good those a pillar light mounts are growing on me.

    Are TJ lines longer in the front too?

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    Unsure.
    I corrected the info (my bad)
    I used the YJ Emergency Brake cable... Almost TOO long.

    Hmmmm...
    Easy fix there...just have to go higher to take up the extra slack
    Last edited by Howler_GT; 06-08-2009 at 08:06 PM.
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    Nice pictures!!

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    Hey Howler, Lookin good...
    1996 XJ Sport-RE 4.5" & Daystar BB netting about 6"s..Adjustable Upper & lower control arms..HD adjustable track bar...RE Mono shocks...Mojave teflon rims w/BFG 32x11.50 KM2s...RR SYE & CV shaft combo...Treck's steering frame brace and M.O.R.E. Brace...Kargo master roof rack w/home brew light mount...Home brew snorkel w/K&N filter...Yaesu 857 & Galaxy DX99V CB radios...DeTours Backbone and Tailbone system...8000 lb winch....

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    Thats a really good post. Thanks. Love the pictures, but you knew that already.

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    Nice lil red XJ its so CUTE!!!!

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    I like the white wheels
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    I am PLANNING on going doorless soon.

    ALSO: Mrs Howler's 91 Laredo a.k.a. Jeepster will be getting some overdue attention.

    Making XJ inbred leaf packs with military wrapped secondaries and creating custom coil spring spacers to match. Right now, I am unsure of total lift height. But ANYTHING is better than the saggy stock height.
    Jeepster will be getting it trackbar replaced with a Light-Duty HCP adj. trackbar.

    She mentioned something about wanting rock rails and OBA...
    Eat your heart out guys...she's all mine and I plan on keepin her.
    Howler_GT

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    Looks good. Is the HSP adjustable trackbar a modified oem unit or completely aftermarket?
    White 1991 XJ Sport - 4.0L, 5spd, 2-3" Spacer/AAL lift w/ RE shocks, 31/10.50r15 Cooper Discoverer STT's on 15x8 wagon wheels with 4" backspacing.
    Alot More to come.

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    The HCP Light-duty adj trackbar is a modified oem Spicer replacement unit
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    Lil' Red is looking good. Great pics.

    "In America You Do Have Freedom of Choice. Love It or Leave It!"

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