im new to the site but have loved it so far. i know most of
us teens dont have much money but we all want to take our
jeeps from cool to holy crap any way, i have some "cost
affective" ideas i thought Yall might would want to hear and
i would love to yalls ideas ;
winch . . . xrc8 . . .300$ great reviews
go to zoneoffroad.com for lift kits
check out aussie lockers . . . 250$ each
cut a hole in your breather box on the back side so more
air can get in ( cut below filter )
hey, no doubt about the xrc8 and the aussie.they are some
awesome products for real cheap. My jeep is kinda old so
most of the stuff i do is homemade and cheap.
Custom bumpers.... under $200.. if you can weld
CRT HEI distributor.... $150.... more power
Suicide steering knob...$15... Tractor supply Company
(careful, not legal on road, but sweet) As we hooked the strap onto the jeep, i realized i couldnt remember how many times dad had actually towed me home.
I can weld and all but where do yall get the steel to make
the bumpers? From what iv seen I could just buy and alright
bumper for the same to cheaper than the cost of materals."Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
You're right. The price of steel is astronomical! And if
you think it's high NOW, you should have bought some last
year when scrap prices were so high. Steel prices are
coming down somewhat, but not nearly enough.
It cost me about $150 for materials for both my bumpers and
some side rails. I didnt think that was too redicilous. i
used 4" square tubing that was 3/16" thick. Then I used
2"x4" tubing for the hoop and some side rails. I also made
my front and rear bumpers into air tanks. As we hooked the strap onto the jeep, i realized i couldnt remember how many times dad had actually towed me home.
I guess 150 isent that bad.
Just wondering, how did you set up the air tanks, that is an
awesome idea."Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
the hardest part was welding it up so it was airtight. i
just used air fittings so i could put an air hose on it.
so to fill up my tires, i just put a spicket on the end of
my hose and air up my tires.
filling up the tanks is easy if you put in a shut off valve
like i did on my rear bumper. ill have to take a pic of the
setup i use to fill the bumpers back up cause its kinda
difficult to explain though. just let me know if you want
some pics of everything.
Edit: i tried to put in pics, but for some reason they wont
work. just let me know if you want me to send them to you.As we hooked the strap onto the jeep, i realized i couldnt remember how many times dad had actually towed me home.
I removed the AC condenser from my Grand Cherokee so I could
get more airflow to the radiator, since I only drive it on
the trails and an occasional trip to the gas station.
Instead of removing the AC compressor, I turned it into a
onboard air pump for a tank. I wanted air, plus I'm running
an air cylinder to operate my OX locker, rather than the
cable, and needed air for that. Turning the AC compressor
into a regular air compressor wasn't that hard. A few parts
from Granger & Co. and a few fittings, wiring through to
the dash to turn it on and off, and that's all there was to
it. I did install a pressure switch that turns it on at
70psi and off at 110psi, that way I don't blow any hoses or
anything. Works GREAT if you don't need air conditioning.
i dont have air, but someday im gonna find a pump and bolt
it on where the ac is supposed to go.
i'd rather have the compressor than ac.As we hooked the strap onto the jeep, i realized i couldnt remember how many times dad had actually towed me home.
Both those ideas sound great. For the rear bumper, what psi
do you keep fill it to? And for the AC compressor, that
sounds really useful and everything but my Tj is my DD and
for down here in Texas it would be horrable to loose the AC.
It is basically heaven to have a great AC"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
check pawn shops for the compressor my dad got a small one
for our rv at a pawn shop for 120$ and it is brand new with
auto. shut off and 350psi max. oh and it dont have a tank on
it bot it would fit in half a bread box lol ( i sound like
an old guy) and i love the bumper idea and the a/c idea to
but i cant do either. i have bumpers and the parents wont
let me take out the a/c
i had the tank filled to about 150 psi, cause thats the
highest i could get out of the compressor i have. the first
time i tried to air up my tires with it, i took one tire
from 12 to about 30, and another from 12 to 18, or somethin
like that. i havent tried it lately, but i think one tanks
holds enough to fill two tires up so you can drive on
pavement again after airing down.
if i lived in texas or someplace hot like that, i wouldnt
ditch my a/c either.As we hooked the strap onto the jeep, i realized i couldnt remember how many times dad had actually towed me home.
haha thats what im gonna do for my shop class project. My
Jeep didnt come with A/C and so im gonna look for one of
those compressors. but you need to be carefull cause it is
not street legal to have compressed air in a bumper. so my
plan is to have a quick relase that releses all air by a
pust of a button. i am still in the process of enenieering
it in indurial tech class, but it is gonna be awesome! When
the Build starts ill post picsBUILT not bought
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