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SEMA 1999

Article By Kenneth “N2wishN” Montijo Vegas…lights, money and glamor or maybe lights money and amusement parks! Anyway the XJ was washed and the roof rack in the shop (Parking garages!). We were going to Vegas! Myself and my “I would rather just gamble partner” were headed to Automotive Aftertmarket Industry week in Sin City. After […]

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Installing JB’s SYE kit and Tom Wood’s CV driveshaft

Installation date: 10/16/99 Introduction: I’m not really going to go into any depth on driveline vibs or what all causes them or the differences between all the slip-yoke eliminator (SYE) kits out there or CV vs. regular driveshafts…this will just cover the installation of the JB Conversions SYE kit and CV driveshaft from Tom Woods. […]

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Rusty’s Off-Road’s Airtube and K&N cone air filter

Installation date: 8/25/99 Rusty’s aitrube and K&N kit is designed to replace restrictive the factory airbox and flat paper filter with a high-flow reusable K&N cone filter. Installation is easy and should only take about 10-15 minutes. The airtube will work on all Jeeps with the 4.0L and 2.5L engines, just make sure you specify […]

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Exploring Michigan’s UP, August 20-22, 1999

Article by Jeff Ayers. I had wanted to explore a couple different regions in the Upper Peninsula for quite sometime, so I sent out the word to all my fourwheeling buddies and came up with one taker! Chuck Schnell and his family agreed to join me, so I set things up. We agreed to explore […]

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Rancho 9000’s w/in-cab controller

Installation date: 3/6/99 Because of time restraints (ie: school), I did the complete installation over the course of two weekends. I first installed the compressor and gauge/controller kit, since well, without the controller kit the shocks would be stuck on the lowest setting. I mounted the compressor to the fender well inside the engine bay, […]

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Warrior Products XJ Safari Rack

Installation date: 2/25/99 I’d been wanting a safari rack for a while and had pretty much narrowed the choices down to the Garvin Wilderness Rack and the Surco Safari Rack. I was talking with my friend Todd Rosser of Rosser Jeep and happened to mention I was looking for a safari rack for my XJ, […]

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Build your own swaybar quick disconnects

Article by Eric Day. After reading all of the discussions on the XJ-list about which quick disconnect sway bar links were the best and realizing that there was no one exceptional design, I decided to make my own. Also, the 5″ lift I just put on had drained my wallet and the commercial quick disconnects […]

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Rusty’s Off-Road Steering Box Brace

Installation date: 2/7/99 Finally! Someone has come out with a steering box brace for XJ’s. Installing the brace involves drilling two 3/8″ holes and bolting up some brackets. The brace itself is pretty simple and looks similar to a brace for CJ/YJ/TJ’s: a round bracket/clamp to go around the bottom of the steering box and […]

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Changing disc brake rotors and pads

Things you’ll need: hydraulic jack metric socket wrench set (if working on ’92 or newer Jeep) allen key set (if working on ’91 or older Jeep) standard open-end wrench set pliers (if replacing the rotors) anti-seize compound (optional) brake fluid brake cleaner wire brush clear tubing and a small container (available as kit for ~$5 […]

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Hella 500 Series off-road lights

Installation date: 8/2/98 Since it seems that people are interested in reading about installing Hella offroad lights (or IPF’s or PIAA’s or whatever you like), I thought I’d do a quick write-up on how I installed my Hella 500’s. I ended up installing 3 individual lights (a pair of fog lights and one driving light) […]

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