IamJEEP's Garage

[IamJEEP]

I dont see any wires....just some wheel pics...

'Cause I did'nt take any, duh!! Someone is trying to win a steak....

[IamJEEP]

Those look real nice man the off set totally changes the look of the XK makes it look so much better and tougher. I might have to go with that style of rim myself but I think I will stick them out a little further.

Thanks bro, I wanted to go with the 4.5" BS at first. But I figured that if i kept it conservitive, I wouldn't have to do a bunch of alterations to the wheel well. I wanted a deeper lip than what these have but, I really like how they look in the well. I personally think it looks better in person. For some reason the pics take away from the overall look of the set up (could be 'cause of my crappy camera). You can see for yourself what i mean next month in person.

[Sal-XK]

I think they look awesome on your Jeep bro, and I understand about the modifications to the wheel well. Fortunately for me I don't mind attacking my jeep with a saw and a hammer to make things fit LMAO

[07JeepXK]

Your XK looks great!

[cico7]

So, you going to get that Mall Crawler dirty??

[IamJEEP]

Your XK looks great!

Thanks bro........it's getting there.

So, you going to get that Mall Crawler dirty??

Yep, in about three weeks!

[IamJEEP]

First, I had to make some new cross rails that were lower profile (so i can park in the garage at work). I used curtain alluminum rails that we use at work. Cut them to length and test fitted them..............









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[IamJEEP]

Then I sprayed them with undercoating/bed liner stuff and installed them in their resting area..........







I gained 1.25"s of lower profile....with the sport bars (including the mounts) it was a total of 4"s high.......with my home-mades it came out to be 2 3/4"s high.

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[IamJEEP]

Then it was time for the basket.......Originally i planned on widening and lengthening it because i wanted a little bigger basket but, I ended up just putting it together and seeing how it looked.........I'm glad I did, it fills the roof of the XK pretty well and I did'nt think I needed to mod it any.....Sometime in the future I will fab up a custom basket from scratch but, for now i'll rock the Rage......I picked this basket because of Sal's review and torture tests......Anywho, on to the pics.....















I still have to mount some rear facing lights and make a light bar for the front, but thats a differrent thread..................I'm out!!!!

[IamJEEP]

Got some rack lights on today and ran some wires for front fogs/driving lights/and front roof lights. Still have to hook up the relays and switches but ran out of time, gotta take mom out for early dinner( it's mothers day). Here's the rear lights I installed................