The Rebuilding Begins

[stites-xk]

You run the coilovers just Like the OME or any other budget boost lift. Just don't want to go too far over 2".

Last quote I got was $1450 for standard 0-2" lift coilovers and $1700 for custom length.

That's still better then the JBA 2'' coilover kit that they sell.

[HueyPilotVN]

Picked it up this afternoon. It had a couple of extra things I missed when I first looked at it. It has the bluetooth in the rear view mirror U connect for the cell phone. Also has a couple of wireless headsets for the VES. I was actually thinking as I drove it that it was a pretty nice street jeep. Maybe a "Mall Crawler"...nah. I was amazed that there are no dings inside or outside. I bought it from a Lexus dealership and they really detailed and waxed it. It really does look showroom fresh.

Took a couple of pictures as the sun was going down.









My cousins Pam and Greg, and his wife and child are going up the coast to Washington state on vacation so I am going to give them the Commander for a few weeks while I plan the mods.

Since I am a full disclosure kind of guy, here are the details on pricing. KBB was just over 23K, bought it for 20K, after TTL it was $22,110.62. Now this was from a dealer and it seems about a clean as I could ask for. It has 62K miles and no they did not do the 60K service, so I will have to. When I bought my other one new it was about 43K and this one has some more goodies
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[ScorpionCrawler]

Congratulations, I love that color.
Nice to see you were able to find a duplicate.

[07JeepXK]

Your last XK was $43,000 and didn't have a HEMI?? Damn that's expensive. Looks like you found a real nice XK!!!

[Pixelcodex]

Congratulations Huey, as they say, some good can come from the bad. I like your new ride and plans. I am curious as to what you are able to do for an aux tank. As I told you before, a search for auxiliary tanks was what brought me to TUJ in the first place, and I have been looking into options since...

[HueyPilotVN]

The Aux tank is easy. I have to relocate the spare and then just order the kit from Aerotank thru Jon probably. Easy installation, there is a write up on it here somewhere. Maybe Jon should do three and then he can get his installed also.

[Pixelcodex]

The Aux tank is easy. I have to relocate the spare and then just order the kit from Aerotank thru Jon probably. Easy installation, there is a write up on it here somewhere. Maybe Jon should do three and then he can get his installed also.

Ohh, I had read your thread where you had pictures of how your old one custom built. This sounds like a good solution, though they look like replacement tanks, so not sure if we can find one that fits that space below.

[LWM]

The Aux tank is easy. I have to relocate the spare and then just order the kit from Aerotank thru Jon probably. Easy installation, there is a write up on it here somewhere. Maybe Jon should do three and then he can get his installed also.

I would be interested in this mod if there iny other interested parties. You and I make two.

[pjmjr508]

I would be interested in this mod if there iny other interested parties. You and I make two.

depends on price, this is something I would like. I travel up & down the west coast so this will help a lot.

[Pixelcodex]

I would be interested in this mod if there iny other interested parties. You and I make two.

Same for me regarding price, and in my case shipping to the east coast. We would have to determine if the space available on the XK is the same as the WK (as is mine). I just happened to do some quick down and dirty measurements last night because I saw some aluminum marine tanks for sale on CL. That area where the tire is now tapers, but it is about 36" close to the hitch, about 30" deep, and about 12" tall. I realize that is not all usable space, but we could even get a tank bigger than 30 gal in that space if my calculations are accurate.