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[Krome]

Figured I'd start a thread, cause sometimes its cool to look at this kind of thing.

So I sold the Krome TJ, RIP in NH.


After much time looking for a good clean rig.....

1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. 4.0/Auto/ Leather, Power everything. Cold A/C. 149k, Bald tires, horrible floor mats. Guy was asking $3600, eventually got him down to $2050. (he needed to get rid of this thing and I was there to take it. Its insanely clean, no rust! Scratches, small dents. Whatever



Did a few interior mods. New Husky Liners and painted the awful wood trim, cleaned it a bit too. Still gotta glue up some of the headliner.



The leather is pretty clean, I am pumped. The only exception is the drivers seat which has the normal 100k + Wear. Few rips, etc.

[Krome]

Looked like someone had dragged a shovel accross the hood and the paint was faded, so I decided to hit the hood with compound and a rotary buffer. Might do the rest of the Jeep down the road...oh yeah new brakes all around as well. $150



Time to paint that awful gray/faded trim!

SEM Bumper Coat works best(body shops use this). Scuff the plastic trim with a brillo pad(red). Then prepsol it(to remove the grease and wax and other crap), then adhesion promoter, then topcoat. This was about $60 to do the whole vehicle. SO worth it.



(not my hood, lol)

[Krome]

Trims looking good! Still gotta do the bumpers. Time for 20% tint! I love tint! Cleaned up the paint a little with wax. Its amazing what a good cleaning wax and a buffer can do to old faded paint.



Front bumper. Check! Got new E-Code headlights to replace the yellowed ones, Tried cleaning em, and had no hope, got factory fogs too for $40, open box. I want good lights to head up north with, don't want to hit a moose! ~ $100 for headlights if I remember. Replacement grille, $20.


Clear outs make it look cleaner, and newer, and they were $10 and NOt full of water anymore. lol

[Krome]

oh no...



2" BB. $30 used. I had to! It was 30 bucks!

Wow 2" of lift.  Gotta do that rear bumper!

jk rubicon wheels. 17x7.5 (5). $300 shipped.



Most expensive thing i've done, and will do, Bridgestone Dueler A/T revos. Metric something. p-something ~ 31x10r17

[Krome]

More to come!

[Mitch]

I want to see more!!!! Awesome work!!!

[Posimoto]

Well done Mike.

You may want to check the torque the rubi rims on the white XJ you saw in my yard needed to be re-torqued a couple times.

You have the price backwards in your first post if that matters.  

[Axle]

very nice work Mike! come and detail my car and truck!

[Krome]

Well done Mike.

You may want to check the torque the rubi rims on the white XJ you saw in my yard needed to be re-torqued a couple times.

You have the price backwards in your first post if that matters.   

Thank! I was a little nervous about the wheel spacers when i first put them on, but ive been checking the torque for a few days now. so far so good! Ill get a more updated pic, as last night I did some more work.

[Casey L]

Looks sweet mike. It is a lot like my ZJ.

[jeepgod]

Looks sweet mike. It is a lot like my ZJ.

only chrome's is waaaayyyyy nicer   





sorry coulldn't resist

[X-BoB-J]

looks great krome.

[Krome]

bling bling



I'm liking the stance, its perfect and exactly what I wanted. I cant stand jeeps that have small lift kits and have tires sticking out way past the fenders. Between the Spacers to convert the pattern to 5x5 and the wheels. I ended up with around 4.50-4.75" backspacing

[Krome]

Couple more...



btw Im so glad I painted the trim!

Got that rear bumper done, the silver part is an experiment, im not sure if I like it. What do you guys think?

[Ian]

a little less armor all on the tires