January 2009 Rig of the Month - action fab's 98 5.9 buggy

**CrisT** · 01-09-2009, 03:46 PM

I was thinking of trimming up Wobbles or Wobblina as she's now being referred to around my house a little more this spring. I could see her sporting this look - more dents and all (okay Dave here's your chance for another "if I actually wheeled my Jeep comment"

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Originally Posted by action fab

More pics

**BigDaveZJ** · 01-09-2009, 03:52 PM

If you're planning on cuttin something, just let me know when and I'll be there!

**LSRGreg** · 01-10-2009, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by ATL ZJ

He is full hydro. You can't get bumpsteer without a draglink.

missed the full hydro.. sorry about that.

i saw the pic on the lift with the drag link, and assumed from there.

I am stoked to have found a site that really deals with the harder core stuff for these grands. so many people give me a weird look when i tell them i am building a grand.. they have no clue what they are capable of!

flame on!

**Slow_ZJ** · 01-21-2009, 01:15 AM

beast

**zj95** · 01-21-2009, 03:06 AM

omfg... you sooo did not chrome out your claytons and then ask if you gain credibility from the MC crew....

**IndyZJ** · 01-21-2009, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by zj95

omfg... you sooo did not chrome out your claytons and then ask if you gain credibility from the MC crew....

LSRGreg, you should start another thread if you want to talk about your stuff.

action fab, awesome rig. Are you planning on keeping this mostly ZJ, or are you eventually cutting more unibody off?

**LSRGreg** · 01-21-2009, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by zj95

omfg... you sooo did not chrome out your claytons and then ask if you gain credibility from the MC crew....

it decided to have all the weld on parts straight plated, instead of spray painting.. the company i work for drops thousands a week on plating, so it hardly cost me a dime.. my bad for making it look a little different

back to regularly scheduled thread.. sorry for interupting..

**BigDaveZJ** · 01-21-2009, 01:11 PM

Ha, reminds me of the guy that showed up at GSW in like '02 with chrome rock sliders.

**OverkillZJ** · 01-21-2009, 01:51 PM

Wow, dude, don't ever do this again...

**LSRGreg** · 01-21-2009, 01:58 PM

haven't you guys ever heard the term "chrome gets ya home" ?? hahah.. don't worry.. i was thinking about gold plating the next one..

I will rattle can the next one, just so you guys won't get so jealous!

**CrawlerReady** · 01-21-2009, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by LSRGreg

haven't you guys ever heard the term "chrome gets ya home" ?? hahah.. don't worry.. i was thinking about gold plating the next one..

I will rattle can the next one, just so you guys won't get so jealous!

Pretty sure jealousy isn't the issue here....

**black_zj** · 01-26-2009, 06:22 AM

action fab, did you buy it the way it was in the first pic with the pretty red paint or did you build it yourself? just curious, nice rig either way.

**Jeeperoni91** · 01-26-2009, 02:14 PM

x2....?

**ZJones** · 01-26-2009, 03:27 PM

Originally Posted by black_zj

action fab, did you buy it the way it was in the first pic with the pretty red paint or did you build it yourself? just curious, nice rig either way.

If I remember correctly he bought it off someone on Pirate. I could be wrong though.

**chadjans** · 01-26-2009, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by OverkillZJ

Wow, dude, don't ever do this again...

I have to see this for myself...

What do you do if you have to weld to this? Plating generally can not be removed.

**action fab** · 01-26-2009, 07:12 PM

No I traded my buggy to a close friend of mine. He bought it from KOZ about a year prior. When he bought it the jeep still had the doors and top, but he cut that off. when I got it it looked like this...

now it looks like this

I didn't build it, but have just about rebuilt every thing but the suspension, rockers and bumper.

I plan to tare it down this summer and re build the whole rig. Shave the diffs, rework the rear suspension, new fuel sys. new cage, baclkhalf with Comanche bed/tailgate, 44" Rockers, on 17's, and a few other small mods.

I run an Off-road shop and build rock crawlers for a living. So it's kind of embarrassing that I wheel a rig built by another shop. So to remidy the situation I am trying to make as much of this rig my work as possible.

**black_zj** · 01-26-2009, 08:04 PM

Cool, I was under the impression a the rig of the month requirement was that you built it yourself, am I incorrect on this?

**black_zj** · 01-26-2009, 08:04 PM

And I will say it again, you are so lucky to find a girl that loves this stuff!!

**ajmorell** · 01-26-2009, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by black_zj

Cool, I was under the impression a the rig of the month requirement was that you built it yourself, am I incorrect on this?

Built or bought, who cares if you're out there wheeling it

**OverlandXJ** · 01-26-2009, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by action fab

I plan to tare it down this summer and re build the whole rig. Shave the diffs, rework the rear suspension, new fuel sys. new cage, baclkhalf with Comanche bed/tailgate, 44" Rockers, on 17's, and a few other small mods.

The Comanche backhalf sounds interesting... never seen it done on a Grand. Has anyone else done this already or will you be the first?

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