Recent content by Dirk

I got this motor to drop in to my 2000 XJ, as several people of good reputation told me it would work. It won't. Now, I have to sell this motor and find another one for the XJ. If anyone tells you the block on a 2005 TJ is the same as a 2000 XJ, I can attest that they are not. This motor...

Backspacing is the distance between the wheel mounting surface (on the backside of the rim center) to the outermost edge of the back side of the rim. If you lay a straightedge across the entire rim, (backside) you can measure from that edge to the center mounting surface to determine a wheels...

Yes- just like the pic that jeeper99 posted. That depends. Do you wanna run bigger tires later? Do you want to run the same rims at that time? There is a backspacing range that is acceptable for a given tire size, but the smaller the number, the wider the stance. The wider the stance, the...

If you stretch, it can be really expensive and/or very labor intensive. I'm running 108" WB. Your rig will look funny with anything less than 37" tires on a stretch. At that point, you'll want to ask yourself if you want to keep the stock width axles or go full width. There's a lot to do that...

Well, I'll swim upstream here.8) We only run alloy wheels- on and off road. In the last 12 years of wheeling and serious rock crawling, I've only seen one alloy rim get damaged bad enough to replace, and that was on my rig after a multiple roll-over. BTW- it actually bent. It didn't break...

Old Man Emu HD ZJ coils will provide a bit over 3" of lift on a TJ, but the spring rate is stiffer. We use them for TJ's that are carrying bigger bumpers and/or winches. You probably wouldn't like the ride quality on a stock TJ. They are probably the one's you heard about for 3"+ of lift. You...

Thanks Larry! Pretty cool site you have there too!:-)

Run the defroster in the winter. That also overrides the temp sensor circuit and makes the aux fan come on. An XJ can run hot in somewhat cold weather too, since the aux fan covers 50% of the radiators cooling area.

None yet. Most of those wheels are brand new, like the 133's and the new 171's & 174's in black. We've sold some of them, but no pics as of yet. They are great looking wheels and you can run anything from 31's to 33's easily on a TJ. Some of them will run 35's.

That jeep is running our Ultimate TJ Kit- OME/Hybrid system. You can see it on this page: TJ & LJ OME Kits It's running 33" MTR's on 15x8 Eagle Alloy rims with 3.25" backspacing. I'm more partial to the Ion Alloy wheels now though. The kits listed are our most popular, but there are still...

BTW- Bounty Hunter, I kind of like your sig- a lot...8)

Yeah? I know he's been trying to sell it. I think he's still trying to sell his big TJ too. The red jeep is really sweet. His big black TJ is a monster! Good question! I was scrolling through my bookmarks and saw this forum. It has been a long time. Been way too busy the last few years to spend...

That's a loaded question! You can run a ZJ front coil, but it may or may not be the best height and spring rate for your application. Also, keep in mind that lifting a jeep changes many things that were designed to work together from the factory. Operating angles on control arms, trackbars...

We used to carry the KM racks, but had problems with them- some of which you mentioned. We've sold & installed both the KM and the Garvin/Wilderness racks. I had the KM rack & congo cage set-up on my own jeep once upon a time. The KM racks do move too much at speed. They are also significantly...

Could also be a thermostat that is stuck open.