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Well its time. i'm going to post up some pictures.

it all started because we couldn't fit all our crap in this anymore.

so we traded it for this

the day the baby came home

 

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but we couldn't resist 4 wheeling it. so a week later we took it out and beat on it.

 

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i started looking for parts to upgrade. i wanted a winch, and rocker protection. i couldn't find anything i liked. so i started fabricating my own.

started with a winch

 

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started building

 

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prototype done

 

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tires and lift showed up finally

 

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removed the rear sway-bar

 

[Phunkeydude]

Can't wait to see what comes next out of your garage!! Rear bumper maybe?

 

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okay some actual pictures of my garage.

 

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i finally finished my welding table

 

[TR4Runner]

Nice... Did your Commander start out life as a rental vehicle? If so, how many miles on it when they sold it to you?

 

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yes it started out as a rental. it had 21K miles on it almost one year ago. we got it for $21K and it was only a year old.

we now have over 45K miles. it runs great.

 

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i finally installed my new bumper. i'm no longer running the prototype. it looks sooo much better.

 

[a49erFan]

Looks great, can't wait to get mine installed.

 

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next purchase,

solid front axle or real lift springs for the front.

 

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Added some new stuff. and a few new pictures

i took apart the dash to hide my wiring for my GPS. i also hard mounted my GPS to the dash.

now its easy to read.

Current MODS:

OME front springs
Get Lost 4x4 front winch bumper
T-Max 9000# winch
Bilstein 5150 rear shocks
Rusty's spacer lift in the rear
True Flow Air-Filter
255/75/17 BFG Muds
1.5" wheel spacers

Future planned mods

rear bumper w/swing out tire carrier
33" tires
superlift lift kit
bilstien front shocks
rear locker
Defender Roof Rack
Roof Top tent
Aux Gas Tank
Rear Shock Hoops
3 link rear suspension
longer sway bar links
CB
Wheels
rear grab handles


Anyway

Pictures:

GPS Mount

OME Front Springs Installed

 

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i'm trying to get ready for a trip four wheeling tomorrow.

so i stole Cico7's idea of hiding my lights. i didn't like them out on my bumper. i'm always afraid i'll rip them off on something.

so i made a few tabs. welded them to the radiator support and was done.

 

[a49erFan]

That's Cool, Nice job!

 

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alright. i may be a bit to high. i added the junkyard springs in the rear. i really like them over the stock crap. i gained about 2 extra inches in the rear. i'm going to trim them some more tomorrow.

here's what i did.

BEFORE

lengthened the rear bump stop. my tires where hitting inside the wheel well and my shocks were bottoming out. i added about 2.5" to them. i also removed the crappy spacer lift i sold to someone else.

stock bump stop

spacer lift.

extending bump stop

installed

 

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junkyard lift springs installed. $ freebe

what it looks like now.