Stormtrooper XJ Build thread

[rdonahe]

Next up (Sept 2010), front bumper trim and end cap removal for that ghetto fab look:
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Shortly thereafter reached this milestone out at Evans Creek ORV park near Mt. Rainier:
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[rdonahe]

October 2010, swapped the Hella fogs for a homebrew set of HID offroad lights. I took the $25 Harbor Freight light set and adapted a DDM Tuning set of 55 watt HIDs into them. They're great. I'd like a slightly wider focus on the beam but overall they're solid:
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November 2010, storage platform V1 complete. Passes the "does it hold a Bud Light" test w/flying colors...
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[rdonahe]

Feb 2011, the UPS man brought a Kargo Master Safari Rack. At this point in time I was in prep mode for a May trip through Southern Utah/Northern Arizona and the rack was a required component. Sorry for the poor pix of the rack, there are the best I have from the time. We even got some snow up here in rainy Seattle to mark the occasion:
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and another showing the rack (really an excuse to post a nice snow pic of my rig):
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Here I am in May this time at Bryce Canyon with more unexpected snow. Note modification content in pic circled in red; the all important ARB bottle opener!
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[rdonahe]

Sept 2011 - I finally tired enough of knocking off my flares every time I went offroad that I took the plunge and trimmed the fenders. I did the standard trim on the front and the cut & fold method for the rear. It took a little courage to make that first cut but once I got rolling it went fine. Somewhere in here I also removed the side door trim pieces and at the time of these pix am still in process of removing the adhesive, hence the black/grey horizontal lines down the midsection of the doors:
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Exercising my newly acquired stuff room:
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A good comparo of June 2010 VS September 2011. Some would say it looked better before I started systematically reducing the value of my Jeep. To which I would respond, beauty is in the eye of the beholder :
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[rdonahe]

October 2011 - Found a deal on a Hanson Offroad winch bumper fairly close to home.
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[rdonahe]

December 2011 - storage platform V3. I wanted to try a slider setup for my fridge. I'm not 100% sold on it yet but it's a good prototype at a minimum.
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[Bdiddy11]

Can you post interior pics of the fridge? I'd like to see the space inside

[rdonahe]

Can you post interior pics of the fridge? I'd like to see the space inside

Pics of the interior of the fridge itself, or pix of the interior of the Cherokee with fridge?

[Bdiddy11]

Just the fridge. Never really looked at one and would like to see it's capacity. I want one someday..

[BlackClassic]

I like what you've done so far. I dig the white with the black grille.