Yes! didn't think about that!! back to the drawing board. So if I get a 9 incher it needs to have 5.25" backspace to stay the same and if i get an 8 inch rim it would need to be 4.75" backspace. Is my thinking correct?
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Yes! didn't think about that!! back to the drawing board. So if I get a 9 incher it needs to have 5.25" backspace to stay the same and if i get an 8 inch rim it would need to be 4.75" backspace. Is my thinking correct?
My wife has been driving the XK around town (we switch every couple weeks between cars). Yesterday she took the girls to the doctors office and when leaving had some guy stop her and ask about the XK saying it looks kind of like his cherokee and wondering what it was. He asked my wife if we take it offroad and said it looks great. She told him that it does get a decent bit of offroad time.
Last saturday a lady walked up to me and my wife as we were putting the kids in and ask for information on lifting hers cause she thought mine looked taller than hers (parked about 50 yds away) while in the Burlington Coat Factory parking lot. I gave her some info and she seemed quite excited to know that she can lift it.
Just thought I'd share that. I've gotten lots compliments on the look (esp. since the bumper mod).
it's always cool when some one approaches you about your XK, never get tired of the looks!!
You know you want to....:)
I had the tape on it after the post
I can't bring myself to cut it. It's still so shiny... Maybe I'll scuff it up on a rock or something Saturday and won't feel so bad about it.
I had to give the XK a bath today. I first realized it was nessacary when I noticed that SAL had pulled up in my driveway this morning. ......................
Upon walking out to meet him and say hello I realized it wasn't Sal's XK but actually mine. I then Proceeded to give it a bath so the two XK's couldn't be mistaken for one another.
I was wondering when you'd read that. lol. Not dirty, just frequently wheeled and a darker paint color. In fact my XK is a bit jealous.
I think we both have a pretty good time in these awesome off road monsters :) Do you get that "What the hell is that? holy crap its a commander bro" when you're on the trails?
Yep, on and off the trails. Went through the sonic drive through (didn't stop in a stall) yesterday and a guy who was cooking who saw the jeep drive up had to come up to the window and compliment the jeep's appearance. Most people don't realize it's a commander. Guy's with Wrangler's half of the time haven't even given them a second look and don't know what it is. My buddy in the first Hidden Falls pics with the White Rubicon said he and the other guys were "suprised as hell" that I would even take it off road and after seeing how capable it was wants to buy his wife one and immediately lift it and swap out tires. He said he had seen the commmanders before but because it looked like a liberty he never even wanted to know anything about it cause it had to be a non capable mall crawler only. He constantly asks me to go back with them wheeling. They are going this weekend and got Thursday and friday off from the command to participate in a Wheelers For the Wounded weekend. I sadly can't go cause i've got to go camping with the Boy Scouts for a big campout in the Houston area this weekend.
Sal, Romeo and I were on a trail at Flagpole and we ran into 23 guys coming the
other way from NOVA Jeepers. As they let us by, thier leader said, I have never
seen 3 liberty's together before!
I was aghast! We are Commanders I said in a most righteous tone! He laughed and apologized.
I get all kinds of looks now that it looks more like a rig than a soccer mom mobile. You can catch guys/gals in Wranglers, Libertys, and even other Commanders starring at stop lights. LOL, it's great! I like being the odd ball swimming against the flow.
I'm in Dakar Senegal right now and guess which jeep I saw? A diesel Commander Limited! I'd just like to note I've not seen any other jeeps at all. Plenty of ford escapes though surprisingly.
Suprise Deployment!! yaay! I've known about it about 1.5 weeks. We have a Coast Guard Cutter coming into port here in Dakar tomorrow that needs a french interpreter and that's me. Not my normal gig but what can you do? I'll be here about 3 months.
He wasn't in his Jeep. It was parked on the side of the road at the main market here. i Want that diesel so bad!
I guess i'll have to recall my second to last post about only seeing a Commander. I just saw a Limited CRD. https://theultimatejeep.com/images/i...DSCN0206-1.jpg
I'm jealous.
Here's a pic of the Grande Mosque here in town. https://theultimatejeep.com/images/i...DSCN0204-1.jpg
I'll be home next week. Sure are a lot of new faces here from the last 2 months i've been out. I can't wait to get back in the XK.
Hey I had a couple questions on how you mounted the sheet metal guard of your coolant lines. Do you have any pics of the install? Did you just rivet them on there? Any info would be greatly appreciated, my first cover I fabbed up got ripped off, and i really want something to keep the tires out of there on the trail. Thank you!
The only real pictures i have are the ones i already put up here. I bought a large enough piece of sheet metal. I cut it down to a size that was bigger than the area i needed to work on. I started bending and shaping it as i needed to get it to go where i needed it. I had to make almost a right angle cause i extended it under the jeep a little ways so i had to make 2 triangle cuts to get that to fit. I used self tapping sheet metal screws to screw it down in at both ends. When i finished it up it still rubbed a bit so i used a hammer to finish the shaping process and to get it to lay as close as possible to the lines. Then i painted it black. It still will rub every now and then when my wheel compresses but it aint going anywhere.
Ok cool, I might message you some questions if thats ok with you. I would hate to loose all my coolant way out in the middle of nowhere
Well i'm officially in texas once again. It's quite nice to be home. Tomorrow will be my first day back to work and i'll be happily driving the XK for a while.
My 1966 ford F100 is about ready to come to texas and join me. It's getting the finishing touches put on in Augusta GA during the next 2 weeks and will be trailered up here by my dad once finished. I had an alarm system installed and a Dewalt Tracking system (lojack basically) for just in case it decideds to go home with someone besides me. I have a feeling i'm going to have to keep it under a tight watch here in Houston. The falcon will be going back with him though and although i'll be sad to see it go I like the truck much better (especially since it has A/C, disc brakes, power steering, and independent suspension).
On a sad note I'm going to have to post pone the Big Bend trip i was planning for september cause i've been too busy and need to get things back on track here. I'll bump my thread about it.
Welcome back, post pics of the truck when you get it back..........I love old cars! One day i will have a '51 Chevy/GMC truck, one day.
Do you have a base nearby? Do you do a 9-5 thing when you're in town?
Glad you are back and I am still! Still working on my license....got side tracked when I couldnt read for a while.
Normally i'm only a vessel inspector. All my work occurs at the dock when a ship pulls in. Yes there is a Coast Guard Base here in Houston with about 240 people working here (there are also about 800 CG members around houston in other USCG facilities i.e. small boat stations, cutters, support depts, and the air station). So in short i'm always a 0700-1500 guy. I was sent overseas as an interpreter (not normally part of my job by any stretch of the imagination) for an impromptu type of deal. I'll be back permenantly unless something similar comes up (with the few exceptions of a school or something i have to attend occasionally for my inspections job).
I'll post some pics up when i get it. The shop said it would be done this week. That makes me think it'll really be done around next week and i'll probably have it in around a month(since it has to travel here on a flatbed from GA).
Here's some pics I took at the park with today. I've not really taken any since the front fender chop a few months ago. Enjoy:
https://theultimatejeep.com/images/i...0100_236-1.jpg
https://theultimatejeep.com/images/i...5931_851-1.jpg
https://theultimatejeep.com/images/i...0053_314-1.jpg
Seeing these pics.... i think im going to be working on a "sal bumper mod- phase 2". Jeeps looking great!!
I may have to chop mine as well!
I've not had any regrets about cutting it off. Gives better angle of approach (although the bumper was flimsy anyway and just bent in if you hit something giving you really the same angle. Thanks guys.
Nice rig man! Its always nice having a little helper around too
Great looking Commander! Seeing photo's of rigs like yours makes it harder and harder to putt off the lift and tires for ours.
Thanks for the compliment. I still have lots of stuff I'd like to do to it. I really want the 4 inch lift, an arb locker for the rear, the 4x guard rock sliders, a snorkel, and I'd love to do the extra fuel tank mod. I'd be happy with it at that point. That being said, take a look at the pictures from hidden falls where just a two inch lift has gotten me. There are two sets in the pictures section.