Mike Gagos' 89 XJ Stats

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Drivetrain Suspension

Year: 1989 (Mostly)
Package: Laredo
Exterior: Scratched and Dented Black & Chrome
Interior: Charcoal Grey
Engine: Factory 4.0L, Straight 6
T-Case: Factory New Process Gear 231 Transfercase
Front Axle: 1988 Reverse cut Dana 30 front (Vacuum) with stock 4.56 gears
Rear Axle: Ford 8.8 from a Ford Explorer. Superior Ring & Pinion. Detroit Locker, disc brakes.
Use to be: 1988 Dana 35 rear w/ a Powertrax No-Slip Locker,

Extended Driveshaft with High-Clearance YJ Slip-Yoke
Tranny: Auto
Gearing: 4.56 (Thanks to my old 1988 2.5L and Drivetrain Direct for the Superior Gears)
Breathing: 27" High-Performance Cherry Bomb (Glasspack) Muffler, K&N Stock replacement rechargable air-filter (cone conversion in the box, need a filter for it ;P)
Powered: Optima Red Top Battery
Cooling: 92+ Cooling system conversion, 92+ GDI 3-Row radiator

Total Measured lift: 5.5"
Front Susp: Rusty's Off-Road 4.5" Lift Coils, Rubicon Express Extreme-Duty Trac Bar w/ Extreme-Duty Mount, Rubicon Express Adjustable Upper & Lower Superflex arms, Extra Stock Coil Isolator
Front Shocks: Skyjacker Nitros
Rear Susp: 5.5" Skyjacker soft-ride full replacement leaf packs w/ shim, 1.5" lift shackles from Rusty's Off-Road
Rear Shocks: 2 Rusty's Hydro-Shocks.
JKS Generation 2, QUICKER Disconnects
Rubicon Express Heavy-Duty 1/4" steel lower control arm mounts
Removed rear sway bar
RE drop brackets w/ braces in the box, time to put those on! ?
Steering: Complete Currie Enterprises Heavy Duty Tie Rod/Draglink System (made from 1.25" chromemoly)

Grant Classic Steering Wheel. Black cushion grip with chrome spokes. 13-1/2" diameter.

Misc Trail Ready

6" High, 6' long Garvin Wilderness Steel Roof Rack (3 mounts a side)

Garvin Wilderness Accessories Spare Tire Bracket (made from 1/4" steel with steel locking chain)

Garvin Wilderness Accessories Yakima Cross Bar Adapters (being used for a hi-lift mount)

Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses all around, with protective outer coating, custom made 6" longer with racing style connects from Earl's Performance Parts. Dropped front mounts.

Two 6", 100W Explorer Pro-Comp, Two 6" Eagle Off-Road Lights Off-Road Lights

Grant Classic Chrome Spoke Steering Wheel (2" smaller then stock)
Thermometer, clock, two sets of auto-tire deflators, magnetic flashlight, headlamp flashlight, ect, ect

Cut the front fenders even with lights, and folded all fenders under an inch or two.

Back-up alert bulb from JC-Whitney

Head rests from my old 1988 XJ.

No headliner, bad paint job by previous owner, lots-o-dents and scratches, those last two build character

Use to have on Custom 4X4 Fabrication front tow hook mounts (chrome tow hooks). Replaced with Michael's Welding Urban Assult front winch bumper and guard, black, procomp tow hooks.

Mopar rear tow hook mount (chrome tow hook),

48" Hi-Lift jack,

10LB Portable Air Tank (C02) ready for air tools/tire filler,

Clinometer

Stuff I Got with Me: Air Ratchet, Impact Wrench, Filled toolbox (screwdrivers, 200 piece mechanic's tool set, end wrenches) sledgehammer, deadblow hammer, drive-punch set, center-punch, breaker bar, helwig spring repair kit, 4-ton come along, 2 stock jacks, 4-ton bottle jack, hacksaw blades, electrical tape, duct tape, wiring kit, 1 million candle spot light, lots of fluids, etc, etc.),

Misc Parts: Spare ProComp lower arms, and 2 sets of bushings, spare trac-bar, spare upper arms, spare steering, full set of axles/hubs, spare leaf spring, spare leaf spring centering pins, u-joints, misc spare bolts, blah, blah, blah.

Armor Wheels & Tires

Mopar Front Skid,

Mopar Transfer Case Skid,

Mopar Gas Tank Skid Plate

Steel Tail Light Guards

Black Out Head lamp & tail light covers

Michael's Welding Urban Assult front winch bumper and guard

1/4", 2"x3" Home-Brew rock-rails

Five 32x11.50R15 BFGoodrich Radiual Mud-Terrain T/A's
...wraped around...

5 Chrome Spoke Rock Crawlers Rims (4.5" Backspacing)

Comm.

Old (Pratically antique) Midland CB, roof mounted black Comtelco CB Whip.

Icom (IC-207H) Dual Band Ham (2M/440Mhz) with remove face mounted below console, custom bracket, safari rack mounted antenna, custom bracket (more on the brackets later).

Uniden Eco-Trek FRS (400-2) 14 channel handheld FRS radio (2-Mile/50 Hour Range) with Sportclip , and it was 5 bucks with no rebates!

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Drivetrain	Suspension
Year: 1989 (Mostly) Package: Laredo Exterior: Scratched and Dented Black & Chrome Interior: Charcoal Grey Engine: Factory 4.0L, Straight 6 T-Case: Factory New Process Gear 231 Transfercase Front Axle: 1988 Reverse cut Dana 30 front (Vacuum) with stock 4.56 gears Rear Axle: Ford 8.8 from a Ford Explorer. Superior Ring & Pinion. Detroit Locker, disc brakes. Use to be: 1988 Dana 35 rear w/ a Powertrax No-Slip Locker, Extended Driveshaft with High-Clearance YJ Slip-Yoke Tranny: Auto Gearing: 4.56 (Thanks to my old 1988 2.5L and Drivetrain Direct for the Superior Gears) Breathing: 27" High-Performance Cherry Bomb (Glasspack) Muffler, K&N Stock replacement rechargable air-filter (cone conversion in the box, need a filter for it ;P) Powered: Optima Red Top Battery Cooling: 92+ Cooling system conversion, 92+ GDI 3-Row radiator	Total Measured lift: 5.5" Front Susp: Rusty's Off-Road 4.5" Lift Coils, Rubicon Express Extreme-Duty Trac Bar w/ Extreme-Duty Mount, Rubicon Express Adjustable Upper & Lower Superflex arms, Extra Stock Coil Isolator Front Shocks: Skyjacker Nitros Rear Susp: 5.5" Skyjacker soft-ride full replacement leaf packs w/ shim, 1.5" lift shackles from Rusty's Off-Road Rear Shocks: 2 Rusty's Hydro-Shocks. JKS Generation 2, QUICKER Disconnects Rubicon Express Heavy-Duty 1/4" steel lower control arm mounts Removed rear sway bar RE drop brackets w/ braces in the box, time to put those on! ? Steering: Complete Currie Enterprises Heavy Duty Tie Rod/Draglink System (made from 1.25" chromemoly) Grant Classic Steering Wheel. Black cushion grip with chrome spokes. 13-1/2" diameter.
Misc	Trail Ready
6" High, 6' long Garvin Wilderness Steel Roof Rack (3 mounts a side) Garvin Wilderness Accessories Spare Tire Bracket (made from 1/4" steel with steel locking chain) Garvin Wilderness Accessories Yakima Cross Bar Adapters (being used for a hi-lift mount) Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses all around, with protective outer coating, custom made 6" longer with racing style connects from Earl's Performance Parts. Dropped front mounts. Two 6", 100W Explorer Pro-Comp, Two 6" Eagle Off-Road Lights Off-Road Lights Grant Classic Chrome Spoke Steering Wheel (2" smaller then stock) Thermometer, clock, two sets of auto-tire deflators, magnetic flashlight, headlamp flashlight, ect, ect Cut the front fenders even with lights, and folded all fenders under an inch or two. Back-up alert bulb from JC-Whitney Head rests from my old 1988 XJ. No headliner, bad paint job by previous owner, lots-o-dents and scratches, those last two build character	Use to have on Custom 4X4 Fabrication front tow hook mounts (chrome tow hooks). Replaced with Michael's Welding Urban Assult front winch bumper and guard, black, procomp tow hooks. Mopar rear tow hook mount (chrome tow hook), 48" Hi-Lift jack, 10LB Portable Air Tank (C02) ready for air tools/tire filler, Clinometer Stuff I Got with Me: Air Ratchet, Impact Wrench, Filled toolbox (screwdrivers, 200 piece mechanic's tool set, end wrenches) sledgehammer, deadblow hammer, drive-punch set, center-punch, breaker bar, helwig spring repair kit, 4-ton come along, 2 stock jacks, 4-ton bottle jack, hacksaw blades, electrical tape, duct tape, wiring kit, 1 million candle spot light, lots of fluids, etc, etc.), Misc Parts: Spare ProComp lower arms, and 2 sets of bushings, spare trac-bar, spare upper arms, spare steering, full set of axles/hubs, spare leaf spring, spare leaf spring centering pins, u-joints, misc spare bolts, blah, blah, blah.
Armor	Wheels & Tires
Mopar Front Skid, Mopar Transfer Case Skid, Mopar Gas Tank Skid Plate Steel Tail Light Guards Black Out Head lamp & tail light covers Michael's Welding Urban Assult front winch bumper and guard 1/4", 2"x3" Home-Brew rock-rails	Five 32x11.50R15 BFGoodrich Radiual Mud-Terrain T/A's ...wraped around... 5 Chrome Spoke Rock Crawlers Rims (4.5" Backspacing)
Comm.
Old (Pratically antique) Midland CB, roof mounted black Comtelco CB Whip. Icom (IC-207H) Dual Band Ham (2M/440Mhz) with remove face mounted below console, custom bracket, safari rack mounted antenna, custom bracket (more on the brackets later). Uniden Eco-Trek FRS (400-2) 14 channel handheld FRS radio (2-Mile/50 Hour Range) with Sportclip , and it was 5 bucks with no rebates!