Pretty productive day.
Fixed the rubbing from the Belly Guard. Due to the belly guard connecting with the suspension skid it would have needed quite a few washers for those bolts to actually give clearance from the cat. converter; so we went to home depot and bought (2) nuts for each bolt and it gave it plenty of clearance for when I smack it again.
My tire was leaking from the middle of the tread line from a 2" screw. Pulled it out and plugged the hole so thats all taken care of as well.
Trimmed the bolts on the hitch so the spare would clear. It did clear the bolts but the tire is just too large to clear that metal bracket that is right near the track bar. My step-dad wouldn't take no for an answer, so he rigged some plywood and made a mount so the tire is very snug and no longer moves under there. Drove 45 mins back home and no noise like before so the rig will work until I eventually throw it on the roof w/ the rola roof rack.
Good day
EDIT: Discovered multiple tree scratches on the XK!!! it will need a buff job soon lol *cough andrew*
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