PEAK PUTTERS

TJDave wrote:Simply. Awesome.
I look forward to every one of your posts/mods/fabrications. Thank you for sharing.

Appreciate the kind words Dave. I hope to have more coming...

Now that all of the body modifications were complete, it was time to address finding new homes for everything that was displaced underhood. These include the battery, fuse block, air cleaner, horn, evap purge solenoid, and the wiper fluid reservoir... Oh, and in my case the ARB compressor that I had...

With the front fenders loosely relocated 3-1/4" up and the hood trimmed accordingly, it was time to address getting the rear fenders to match. This seemed simple, right up until I realized that the evap canister is hiding in the cavity behind the passenger rear tire... IMG_5615.JPG IMG_5616.JPG...

So apparently the LJ isn't for the youngest minion anymore? Well, truth be told, it never really was... she laid claim to it the moment she saw it and in a moment of weakness my response just wasn't emphatic enough to keep her from thinking as much. Further, because of the bevvy of other junk at my...

Looking for a straight high pinion Dana 30 front axle, typically from an XJ... Don't really need anything but the housing but I'll take whatever you might have laying in the weeds

So there I was... staring at a perfectly good set of 39's just sitting on the shop floor... Next thing you know: IMG_5364.JPG IMG_5365.JPG A quick test drive revealed massive fender contact at pretty much every point imaginable, to nobody's surprise I might add, but I just couldn't sleep knowing how...

No rocket science here, but keeping flatter control arm angles is usually beneficial for a bunch of reasons. In a TJ/LJ, the control arms are so short that it doesn't take much lift at all to make things really funky... Luckily for us, the factory frame mounts have a ton of meat on them below the or...

Yrjan wrote:I have stock plastic front fender flares here. Free if you want them.

Hmmmm.... depending on where this rabbit hole leads I may take you up on those. I'll let you know... Thanks!

Anyone have a decent TJ hood and/or fenders laying around?

For anyone looking to add a little functionality to the cavernous TJ center console, czek this out: Tray_1.jpg It's a 3D printed tray that drops right in!! Genius!! I "installed" mine in last night as soon as I opened up the mailbox and found it waiting for me, so it was too dark to get an...

For this year's event, our small group met up at the Maverick for an 0800 departure under foggy and gloomy skies, but we had high hopes for sunshine as we gained elevation. In the group were Dryside in the trusty white 6.0L powered JKU-R, Dan and Jenn in their grey 2021 JLU-R (accompanied by their d...

*** DISCLAIMER *** The report and photos below depict travelling a route that by all accounts is normally closed this time of year. However, a very fortuitous conversation with, uuuuh, the right people led to some insider knowledge that based upon current trail conditions, said closure was not being...

Just to provide some final clarity on the mythical gap trail issue, onX seems to currently provide what I've found to be the best view of the situation. I've added the arrow to approximate the location we got stopped on the nasty sidehill from the Ahtanum side back in September of 2020, with the red...

The mission for today was to FINALLY put the puzzle pieces together between NF-1302 and the maze of trails off of Cowiche Mill road... Joining me for the expedition were Dryside and Rottwheeler, and we launched from the Maverik in West Richland sometime around 0800 in the dreary misty fog that has b...

Pulled the Tewb Kinker 5000 off the shelf this weekend and finished up the front bumper: IMG_4806.JPG IMG_4808.JPG IMG_4813.JPG And, here is the final result of the crossmember/belly pan debacle: IMG_4819.JPG I pulled it out of the shop Saturday afternoon and put a few miles on it, and I'm extremely...

Always love Outlaw II's, but these are for my daughter's rig not mine...

Looking for a full set of 5x4.5 wheels... I don't have any tires yet so I'm open to 15, 16, or even 17" diameter but the one stipulation is they must be a black, or at least predominately black, in design. Similarly, I'm open to either steel or aluminum construction.

Looking to clear out some space in the shop, and it's pretty evident that the Bestop Tiger Top that I bought back in 2002 isn't going back on the flattie... It's been stored indoors it's entire life and is in perfectly serviceable shape. I'll say $100 for anyone interested. https://www.bestop.com/pr...

With most of the heavy lifting out of the way, it's time to address airing up the neighbor kids pool floaties :lol2 As much as I adore a good engine driven compressor, the ease of an electric outfit has really won over my laziness so an ARB twin was chosen for the task at hand. After some consternat...

What are you doing for a sway bar now? Long term, the plan will be to correct the geometry enough, primarily the roll center via correcting the trac bar angles, to where a sway bar won't be necessary for what little street driving this will ever see. Additionally, I'll eventually get around to outb...

After marinating ideas over a few frosty beverages and a particularly aggressive planning session with a tape measure, I set about the business of fabricating a skid plate: IMG_4716.JPG IMG_4717.JPG IMG_4734.JPG IMG_4752.JPG While all of those booger welds were cooling, I took a start on a front bum...

As mentioned before, one of the reasons behind installing the body lift was to allow room to stuff the drivetrain up a little higher and gain some much needed belly clearance. The "shovel", as the factory belly pan is often referred to, is among the worst factory design elements I've seen ...

To further the saga of turning the Mullet into a bonafied work truck, I installed the MOPAR brake control unit in the dash. Up to this point, I had been using a bluetooth brake control unit that is handy as a pocket on as shirt, but because it uses a large control box that mounts on the trailer tong...

With minion sports officially over for the season and mamma on a mission to clean the house, I was instructed to leave and was able to con OG into an overnighter in Naches. We launched from the greater West Richland area sometime Saturday morning and arrived at a completely vacant Long Meadow (sans ...