Justin's 97 Sport -- "Sue"

[97sprt4x4]

believe me if i had my ex at school i'd be working on it constantly, but it's two hours away so the only time i get to work on it is when i'm home, i'll get you updates once a month til december, then they should come weekely.

Justin

[Project_Exploder]

awesome looking forward to it!!

[97sprt4x4]

The lift: stage one In progress

I'm getting WAR153 shackles powder-coated by Jtsmith, 4dr leaves from ped5stang, and doing a TT for a total of hopefully 2" in the front, and 3" in the back

[joshuaj0214]

I started the exact same way. Mine has come a long way and is in no way done! LIFT IT! I thought about lowering mine back down and someone on here said " Could you sleep at night, knowing you can't drive over a curb?"

[97sprt4x4]

Originally Posted by joshuaj0214

" Could you sleep at night, knowing you can't drive over a curb?"

Haha! that just made my day, and unfortunately i can't have it lifted right when i get home, i had some brake trouble, so it's going to be later in the winter, but I'm determined to get it done before i got back in February.

Thanks for commenting, i saw your ex on here, and it's really an inspiration, i see you're in newark? Udel??

Justin

[joshuaj0214]

Yeah I know it takes time. I had my Ex for almost a year before I started playing with it. In fact I was ready to sell it untill I found this site! I started with the shackles just to level the truck, it was all downhill from there. The 4 liter let go around 146K, so I took advantage of it to do the engine swap. Now I miss having a true 4 wheel drive and 4 lo, so I'm trying to get some info on the transfer case swap. As I said before, they are never done! I live 5 min. from U of D campus. I do not go there but my GF does. Where do you stay, the dorms?

[BTVFD132]

Hey how'd ya do the door handles & all the other LED's looks pretty cool.

[97sprt4x4]

I live in Cannon Hall, and look up JtSmith, Mountaineergreen, and i think Jefe, they all did a swap for a manual t-case so that would be your option.

[97sprt4x4]

at first i made my own little LED strips but i wasn't confident that i could get em to work, so i went to eBay and bought a kit, then i fed the wire through the door handle opening and down through the door and connected it to the curtisey light on the bottom bit of the door.

Justin

[BTVFD132]

do you remember who you bought them from. I wouldn't mind doing that to my 94 X

[BTVFD132]

I was talking about the LED's (LOL)

[97sprt4x4]

Originally Posted by BTVFD132

do you remember who you bought them from. I wouldn't mind doing that to my 94 X

I bout them off ebay, from a seller named Terrie(numbers) i just looked but i did not see him/her there. um.. i've found that usually that kinda of stuff is good quality. it's nice and bright at night, i just have to redo that one and actually do the pass side over winter. i was lazy on the driver side, and didn't solder it. So if you open the door real hard, it flickers.

Goodluck and post pics when you're done.

Justin

[joshuaj0214]

Originally Posted by 97sprt4x4

I live in Cannon Hall, and look up JtSmith, Mountaineergreen, and i think Jefe, they all did a swap for a manual t-case so that would be your option.

Correct, they all did the manual swap, but they are all 4-doors. I don't know of anyone doing it in a 2-door. The 4-doors have more clearance for the monster 4406 due to the longer wheelbase. Thanks for the info though. I'm not fimiliar with Cannon Hall. Which ones are they?

[97sprt4x4]

Originally Posted by joshuaj0214

Correct, they all did the manual swap, but they are all 4-doors. I don't know of anyone doing it in a 2-door. The 4-doors have more clearance for the monster 4406 due to the longer wheelbase. Thanks for the info though. I'm not fimiliar with Cannon Hall. Which ones are they?

Ah sorry, i forgot about that tidbit, i'm used to everything being the same between the 2 an 4 doors, but they're the ones right across from the library. across from the perkins student center.

[joshuaj0214]

Do you have your truck down here or is it Jersey?

[97sprt4x4]

It's in jersey, and i do miss her so. My parents won't pay the $300 for me to keep her here, and i could use it to get myself around to places, but it's at home, so i can only work on it while i'm home once a month for work.

However over winter break, i'm putting new rotors and pads on, new shocks, and a new caliper, a billet grill, 4dr springs, and shackles

My wallet will be hungry for some time.

[joshuaj0214]

I know it costs a little for parking and all around Newark. Let me know when you get ready for the leafs and shackles. There are a few cheap junkyards around here for the leafs and I can make you a set of heavy shackles for a few bucks.

[xxxchevelle69xxx]

you go to U of D? i got a couple of friends that go there and its like 20 mins away from here......explorer looks good though bud, keep it up

[joshuaj0214]

Well it's Feb. and school is back in! Did you get the mods done?

[97sprt4x4]

No... **Shifty Eyes** i didn't get any lifting done, however, i put in a billet grill, i got new brakes and shocks, and I got 410fortune's black Diamond cut so i did a lot of stuff.. i have a friend looking for leaves, and i may have shackles made, but i'm doing everything cheaply, because i'm getting a 2004 Audi A4 1.8T, so i'm still driving Sue, but she'll be turned into a Trail truck when i get the audi I'm thinking 3" bl 33" muds WarriorTwist.are in the future.