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    Hey guys, Nash here, new member to SJC. Some of you may know me from AJOR or facebook groups.
    Here's a running spec sheet on our XJ that I'll try to keep up to date. Had it since our daughter was born June 2009 with 197,000Km - now sitting at 295,000.

    As I bought it:
    98 XJ Sport 4.0L Auto with black leather seats, "Gunmetal"
    LSD rear, 3.55 ratio
    NP242 transfer case
    94 intake elbow
    TJM alloy nudge bar

    Mods since:
    94 7120 casting higher flow head
    K&N panel filter
    VT commodore injectors
    MSD coil & leads with 0.075 gap copper plugs
    6-2-1 headers, high flow cat, custom 2.5" cat back with high flow mufflers
    Oversized 3 row alloy radiator
    Oversized PWR trans cooler with radiator heat exchanger bypassed
    Belt driven fan replaced with 380W Ford Taurus electric fan fitted to stock shroud, Volvo 2-stage relay
    Late update, higher blade count stock thermofan
    3" total lift with combined 1.75" lift OME springs and 2" budget boost
    Extended bump stops
    Rancho adjustable front shocks, stock JK rear shocks
    31x10.5" Hankook muddies on 15x7 King steel wheels, approx 4" BS
    Rubicon Express Super Flex LCAs
    Iron Rock Offroad over the knuckle steering with 5/8" hardware
    Iron Rock Offroad double shear adjustable track bar
    Corrected speedo gear
    Alloy pre-update bull bar modified with super slim 18W flood lights as DRL, painted black, chin removed
    180W Amber/white LED bar
    55W 6000K HID converted LightForce 170 Strikers with combo covers (currently removed)
    Straight6Garage Hawkeye LED Headlamps
    LED bulbs in stock dummy corner marker lenses with DRL harness for mark and indicate like JKs
    10W LED reverse bulbs
    TJ rear flares all round
    Custom removable mud flaps

    Touring gear:
    Spare on Mopar roof mount
    2x2.5m Powerful 4x4 awning
    180AH AGM deep cycle battery
    CTEK D250S DC-DC charger
    Narva fuse block
    39L Aldi fridge/freezer
    2x 12W camp lights on roof


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    Nice work.... Im back in the market for a wheeling jeep... Something like an XJ would suit me well... Hopefully will catch up with you in Yalwal (Y)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dieselcon View Post
    Nice work.... Im back in the market for a wheeling jeep... Something like an XJ would suit me well... Hopefully will catch up with you in Yalwal (Y)
    I think I can source you a free XJ, Rup's brother inlaw has a replacement radiator($?) & from there we can get a blue slip pretty easy.

    I will check up on it tonight.
    98 ZJ Grand Cherokee(Lightly Modded), 84 CJ8, 74 CJ6,
    Lord Help me I'm in to Jeep!!!!

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    I picked up my radiator on eBay just last week for $175, here is the link:
    http://www.ebay.com.au/ulk/itm/201493252631
    It is for LHD so you need to modify the shroud mounts and also run some longer transmission hoses to the heat exchanger as its in the "correct" side, but in conjunction with the stock cooler should keep trans temps well under control.


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    Hey Nash mate, I'm quite certain I saw your rig parked out front of my girlfriend's place in Sutho the other week!
    Also if memory serves you might have also suffered from a busted rear driveshaft at Jambo, fun times!
    Great to see another Jeeper on the better (south) side of Sydney. Also very nice looking spec sheet, not bad for ~6 years work!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Milky View Post
    Hey Nash mate, I'm quite certain I saw your rig parked out front of my girlfriend's place in Sutho the other week!
    Also if memory serves you might have also suffered from a busted rear driveshaft at Jambo, fun times!
    Great to see another Jeeper on the better (south) side of Sydney. Also very nice looking spec sheet, not bad for ~6 years work!
    Thanks mate. Yeah I work in Sutherland so always parked around here. It was the spider gears we think busted at Jambo ;-)
    You must have the black JK shorty with awning then?

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    Cool, I thought I recognised that XJ from somewhere!
    I trust your spider gears have since been repaired and stronger than ever before
    Mine and Boof's Jeep is a white JK Unlimited, limited mods thus far but that is changing gradually over time.
    Looks like our paths cross pretty well as I live near Sutho and work over in Kingsgrove, will be sure to Jeep wave if I see you on Alfords Pt bridge or similar!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Milky View Post
    Cool, I thought I recognised that XJ from somewhere!
    I trust your spider gears have since been repaired and stronger than ever before
    Mine and Boof's Jeep is a white JK Unlimited, limited mods thus far but that is changing gradually over time.
    Looks like our paths cross pretty well as I live near Sutho and work over in Kingsgrove, will be sure to Jeep wave if I see you on Alfords Pt bridge or similar!
    Nice. Yeah for sure. I also see a black JK shorty parked near my work too.
    Ended up just swapping for another D35, don't really have the cash to upgrade to a Ford 8.8 and regear/lock the front at this point...


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