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Ep. 19 Jeep Cherokee XJ Talk Show: DIY Headlight Halos, Train Horn, & 6" Leaf Spring Lift · Jeep Talk Show

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[Music]
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Welcome to XJTalk.com. Well, it doesn't
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sound like the lips are working today.
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My name is Tony Mutteroy on XJTalk.com.
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This is The Talk Show, brought to you by
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XJTalk.com about Jeep Cherokees.
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And, you know, stuff as we
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think of it. Or I think of it.
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Or, I guess, people that say things in
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the chatroom think of it.
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We've got several people
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in the chatroom tonight.
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If you're listening to the podcast or
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watching the show via YouTube
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you can join in on the
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fun that is in the chatroom.
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If you don't have any idea what I'm
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talking about, then you for sure need to
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come to a live show.
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Because it's fun interacting with the
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guys and the girls.
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If they're girls there.
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So, we'll get started
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here in just a minute.
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Hey sweetness.
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This segment brought to
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you by DetoursUSA.com.
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And Detours wants to remind
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everyone to practice safe sex.
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No pig borking till you wrap that rascal.
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You know when I first started doing the
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podcast, I was having problems talking.
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And one of the reasons for that was I've
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been married for 19 years and I'm
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learning how to talk again.
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So I notice every time I play that
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commercial that I say "borking" which I
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guess technically is
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better than "porking".
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So I need to re-record that.
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But maybe nobody notices it but me.
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This segment brought to
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you by DetoursUSA.com.
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Ten years of innovating,
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not imitating XJ products.
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Check out www.detoursusa.com.
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And Detours wants to remind
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everyone to practice safe sex.
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No pig borking till you wrap that rascal.
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I love that.
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Of course I did it so I don't know.
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I guess maybe that's just
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patting myself on the back.
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Maybe too much.
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Okay guys, this is going to be another
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one of those live
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shows that has call-ins.
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If you want to call in, anybody is
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welcome to give me a call.
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You can see the number on the screen if
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you're watching the stream live feed.
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If not, for example, I know there's some
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people listening on their androids today.
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You can give me a call at 530-675-4102.
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530-675-4102.
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If it rings, just let it ring.
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I'll pick it up as soon as I can and keep
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in mind one line, if
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somebody's talking on
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the phone to me, it's going to be busy or
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actually I guess it'll
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just take you to voicemail.
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So don't call unless I say the line's
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open, unless you want to
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talk to voicemail and then
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it's perfectly fine.
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So I figured we'd just
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chat a little bit here today.
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We have several past questions that
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people have sent in.
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And that does remind me, if you would
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like to have your
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question played on the show and
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hopefully answered correctly, well
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answered on the show, then
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you can call the same number
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24 hours a day, seven days a week and
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nobody will actually
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answer during the normal time
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like that when it's
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normally set up just for voicemail.
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It'll take you straight to voicemail.
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You can leave your question and I'll just
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ask that you say who
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you are, where you're
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from and ask your question.
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And then we'll play it here on the show
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and answer it on the show.
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[laughs]
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Yep, the lips are having problems.
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So let me see who we
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have here in the chat room.
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There's Dalton 4x4,
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Detours, East Texas Hunter.
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Good God, why do people do this?
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I-M-E-H-T-O-H.
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Is that some sort of Egyptian thing or is
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it some clever
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synonym syllable thing that
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I can't figure out because I'm not simple
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enough or too simple?
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Hot them I backwards.
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Hot them I.
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Okay.
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Hot him me, thank you.
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It's hot him me backwards.
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Yep, it's kind of like
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Oprah's name, isn't it?
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Anyway, there's
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OutlawXJ, Punisher72 and Rugged1.
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See, that's the one that gets me.
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It's R-U-G-I-D-O-N-E.
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And I think the first two or three times
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I tried to say it
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here on the show, I think
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I got Rugged1 done.
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I had no idea.
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It had to be spelled
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phonetically for me in the chat room.
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So, there we go.
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You know, I learned that or didn't learn
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that when I was reading stories,
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specifically novels.
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It used to drive me insane because I
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guess the author or
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somebody was just trying to
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go and come up with
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these weird, unusual names.
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And I think it's meant to impress people
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that read a lot of
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books or people that write a
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lot of books.
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I think it's really the last one.
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And they come up with these strange,
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off-the-wall names and I
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lose the plot because I can't
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remember who's doing what.
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Buddy of mine told me that
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he has a much smarter buddy.
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He told me he has the same problem and
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what he does is he just makes up names.
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So, whenever he sees that name he doesn't
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know and can't
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pronounce, he calls him Bubba
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or Charlie or Gladys or, you know,
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whatever, a pip, you know, just whatever.
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And I had not thought of that.
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That probably would
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be a good thing to do.
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But I find reading novels, especially
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good novels, really
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ruins the motion picture.
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So, I'd just rather wait
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for the motion picture.
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It really does.
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There's a lot of good books out there and
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I'm very bad about
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reading books because I'm
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much more used to watching television or
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movies and I want to do a
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book like I would a movie.
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I have to be done with it in, you know,
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two, four hours, so on and so forth.
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But it is much more interesting than any
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movie that I've seen.
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Probably Lord of the Rings came close to
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giving enough detail to
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really make it interesting.
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Although, I've never read any
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of the Lord of the Rings books.
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I just read The Hobbit.
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So, I'm just comparing the Lord of the
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Rings movies to The Hobbit.
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And I guess those Lord of the Rings
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movies probably equals one Hobbit book.
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At any rate, this has
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nothing to do with Jeep Cherokees.
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But the show is not
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just about Jeep Cherokees.
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Anyway, let me throw something out there.
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I posted today, earlier today on
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xjtalk.com that I was
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thinking about and have been thinking
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about doing a lot of
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different things to my Jeep Cherokee.
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And one of the things I thought would be
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really cool, probably
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not so practical but cool,
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would be to make those little rings that
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go around the lights
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so that whenever you're
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during the day or towards dusk, you have
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these little rings on
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that act like an outline
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around the headlight.
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And it looks cool.
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And I was asking the guys, "Hey, just
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what's your opinion of this?"
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Because it could be
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seen as kind of cheesy.
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The reason why I ask is that I had gone
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online and looked and
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somebody had an idea of going
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up to one of these home improvement
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stores and getting a window blind rod.
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Because I think they just sell the rods.
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They're plastic and you take a heat gun
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and you heat up where
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you want to bend it.
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And then you very
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carefully heat it and bend it.
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He didn't bend it.
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He didn't bend it.
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So they were actually doing
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it for a circular headlight.
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But I figured that it could be done on a
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rectangular headlight.
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I guess you just have to try it and see.
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But then you just take the two ends after
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they meet and cut a
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gap in there wide enough
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where you can point a
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couple of LEDs down both sides.
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And then what that does is it works much
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like fiber optic does.
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The light bounces back and forth inside
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the plastic tube,
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lighting the plastic tube.
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Actually I think that they cut little
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notches in it so that it
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caused an interference with
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the light and it would light up.
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And you know the price of a couple of
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LEDs, the price of a
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blind, you know those plastic
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things you turn to
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open and close the blinds.
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You know gosh it's just really cheap.
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And LEDs, hook it up to a 12 volt source
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putting a couple of
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drop resistors in there.
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It should be fairly simple.
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And LEDs are so bright.
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Of course you could
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have any color you like.
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Technically I think red, which is my
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favorite color, would be, there's Wayne.
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Wayne says in the chat room really gay.
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They're not politically
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correct in New Zealand.
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Anyway, red being my favorite color, that
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would be really cool to have a little red
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ring around the rectangular light.
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And also too I don't think there's any
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rectangular light halos or angel lights.
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Or for the headlights.
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But you're not supposed to be able to,
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you can have red lights
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as long as they're not
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directly visible in Texas anyway.
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As long as they're not directly visible
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to somebody driving down the road.
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So I think technically
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those would be illegal.
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Making them flash on and off probably
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would be exceedingly illegal.
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So let's see what we have here.
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We've got "Call Wayne please."
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Detour says, "I'm embarrassed to be here.
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He's drinking again."
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This is kind of what I was getting from
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some of the folks on the site.
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Is that it's, I think it was Mark with
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Payless 4x4, 4x4 4x4 drive.
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The vendor on XJTalk says that he doesn't
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know about Texas, but
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in California nobody
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would go off road with me.
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Basically nobody would go wheel with me.
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So anyway, I guess that was a bad idea.
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But it's like one of those things where
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you figured out how to do it.
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You think you can do it and do it just as
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good as what you see
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some of these $300 solutions
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or on these luxury cars that are probably
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even more than that as an add-on.
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And it'd be cool just to do
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it to see how it turned out.
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But my wife's car doesn't have the type
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headlights that it would
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work with so I can't even try
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it on hers.
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It probably would be a little more
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appropriate on her Mustang
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than it would be my Jeep.
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Although I could do it to the KC lights
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because it's circular.
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Outlaw XJ says only at the mall Tony.
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Hey man, I would be bad ass at the mall.
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I'm going to take the Jeep out there to
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the local mall and I'm
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going to get some shots
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with it up on the little median and on
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the, what do you call those barriers?
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Those concrete barriers.
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Wayne says stop it, I just threw up.
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Yeah, I told Wayne the other night, or
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actually I told somebody who was asking
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about the earthquakes
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in Christchurch, they were asking Wayne
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how the, you know, if
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it had settled down.
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And I said the trimmers are so bad in
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Christchurch that when Wayne
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goes to pee, he stops shaking.
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He just waits.
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Pada-dum-bum.
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Anybody get that joke?
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Is this thing on?
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Yep, there's stunned
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silence in the chat room.
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Drip dry.
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Okay.
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So another thing I had noticed, I was
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online with Amazon.com
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looking at some of the stuff
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that I've been wanting to get and one of
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the things I had been
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looking at was a boom
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for this microphone.
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Right now I've got it set on a stand and,
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you know, it's okay.
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I have to kind of lean into where the
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microphone is, pull it to a
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certain spot and I have to
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keep it there.
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I can't move around.
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I have to stay right here.
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And I thought it'd be really nice to have
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a boom for the mic
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that attaches to the desk
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and then that way it's actually silent
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and you can't hear it.
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I could actually move it
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around and still be able to talk.
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So anyway, I was on there looking,
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pricing the mic boom and
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I noticed that the VIA Air
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2.5 gallon, gosh, 150 PSI, maybe it's a
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200 PSI air tank, had
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dropped in price significantly.
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And I'm really tempted, really tempted to
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go ahead and order
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that thing because I want
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to hook up an air horn to my Jeep and
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this isn't going to be
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put on a pole on the site.
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I'm not going to say, "Do you think this
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is a good idea or not?"
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I know it's a good idea.
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It's a damn good idea.
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I am so sick and tired of people in the
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fast lane talking on
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their cell phones going either
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below the speed limit or
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the speed limit poking along.
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They'll drift into other lanes.
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They're not paying attention to what the
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hell they're doing and
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I want to wake their ass
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up and I think people on the site have
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talked me into getting a
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train whistle, like a 130
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decibel train whistle.
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I really wanted an air horn that sounded
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a lot like an
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18-wheeler, but watching some
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of the YouTube videos with the guys with
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the train whistles,
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yeah, train horn, thank you.
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I think I'm going to
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go with the train horn.
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I'm just going to go with the sheer
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volume because I want
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to wake their ass up.
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Anyway, I figured what I could do is get
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this air tank, mount it
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underneath the XJ on the
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driver's side between the unibody frame
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and the drive shaft.
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It's not that wide.
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I've seen it.
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I was trying to find the installation of
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this VIAIR 2.5 gallon
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tank because it's kind of
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long and skinny.
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I was trying to find a picture of this
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because I had actually
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seen it installed on an XJ
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somewhere on some site.
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I just wanted to verify it before we
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ordered the tank, but I
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think this tank was like $75
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or $85 before, but they've got it on
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Amazon for $65 and it
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qualifies for free shipping.
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You can get this 2.5 gallon tank.
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Anyway, what I was going to do was I was
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going to get this 2.5
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gallon tank and I really don't
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have the money for the
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air compressor right now.
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I figured what I'd do, so I figured
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Detour says buy a train set.
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No, I'm not going to move on.
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I'm putting an air horn on my Jeep
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because I'm going to scare
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the piss out of some people
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and get them the hell out of the way.
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Anyway, I'm going to get
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the 2.5 gallon air tank.
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Maybe not right now.
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I'm tempted because of the $65, but I'm
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going to get that tank
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and then I'm going to ride
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a hose to where I can air it up with my
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compressor here at the house.
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I think what I'll do, I'll have to double
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check and make sure
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that there's enough room,
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but I think I put the fitting under the
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gas cap, the little door on the side.
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That way I can open the gas cap door and
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pressure up the tank there.
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I just need to figure out a way so that I
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can monitor what the
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air pressure in the tank
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is.
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Then I'll just keep the pressure in the
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tank that way and I'll
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run the air horn because
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I'm not planning on using the air horn a
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lot because I think
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technically it's illegal,
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so I'll have to be careful
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about ... It's like driving fast.
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You need to be careful
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where you're doing it.
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You don't want to get a ticket.
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Then hook up the air horn, the train
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horn, and then I've got
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to get it positioned well
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enough under the hood
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so of course it's hidden.
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It's no fun if they know it's coming.
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Then I'll run the air horn off the tank
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and then I'll just
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have to air up the tank at
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the house as it needs it.
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Now what would really be cool would be to
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have an air tank, have a gauge in the cab
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so that I could see what
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the pressure on the tank was.
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But now you're starting to talk about a
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couple of gauges where
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you have to have the gauge
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here, you have to have the gauge back
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where you're filling it,
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yada, yada, yada, yada.
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I don't know.
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There may be a way I can just ... I'll
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have to look into it.
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Maybe there's a way I can put a valve on
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it and then I just fill
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it up and then whenever
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the valve opens I start
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hearing the air drain off.
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I know that it's hit the PSI, the maximum
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PSI that I've got that valve set for.
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That would probably be the easiest way.
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And then maybe put the
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gauge up front someplace.
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Wayne says, "Hey Tony, what's up Wayne?"
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Okay, well I guess he
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didn't have anything to say.
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East Texas Hunter says, "Mount it high so
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you don't get mud on it."
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Oh wait, never mind.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's going to get
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mud on it with where I
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was talking about mounting
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it.
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There's really not much else that I can
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... I thought about
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putting it up above the rear
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differential.
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I've seen it mounted up there.
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But I think where I was talking about
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it's probably going to
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be the best place for it.
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But anyway, ultimately I'll get an air
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compressor and hook it up
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and then I'll have onboard
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air.
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I'll have a way to refill
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the tank away from the house.
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And then I'll also have a
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source to run the train horn.
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And I think that it would be a really
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good way, or a really
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good YouTube booty or two.
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All I've got to do is just have the
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telephone set up and ready
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to go whenever I go to honk
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somebody to get them out of the way.
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It should be interesting.
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And I think even if I do get pulled over,
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the cop will probably
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have a pretty good laugh
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when I explain to him why I want people
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out of the fast lane or off the phone.
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Just looking here at the chat room.
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Yeah, if you guys want to
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call in, just give me a call.
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I think I've got everything set up right.
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So you can either call on
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the phone line or Skype.
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Yep, got Skype on.
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So as you can see on the
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screen, Skype is xjtalk.com.
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And the number for the regular old
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landline is 530-675-4102.
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So we've got a call.
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And let's see who's calling.
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Hey, this is Tony.
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Who we got?
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Hey, Tony.
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This is Outlaw.
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Hey, Outlaw.
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How you doing?
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Thanks for calling in.
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I just wanted to let you know that by
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popular demand, I'm
21:27
calling in to stop the porn and
21:30
LED light conversation.
21:32
The LED light or the air tank?
21:35
Both.
21:39
This is good to know because I know now
21:42
all I have to do is find
21:43
something boring to talk
21:44
about and I'll get
21:44
some people to call in.
21:45
I'm not sure they'll have people call in
21:47
and share the talking.
21:49
Well, let Dalton know
21:50
that he owes me some money.
21:53
Are we talking serious
21:54
money here or just chump change?
21:59
I don't know.
21:59
He just said he was going to pay somebody
22:01
so I figured I'd dial the phone.
22:04
So I forgot to mention, don't forget you
22:06
need to turn down your
22:07
computer because you'll
22:08
hear a hell of an echo between when this
22:10
is sent out and when you hear it.
22:13
Yes, yes, I figured that
22:14
out with the headset on.
22:15
That was amazing.
22:16
I didn't hear it myself, Dalton.
22:18
It's worse than the seven second delays
22:20
they have on radio
22:21
stations because it could really
22:22
be anything with the internet.
22:23
You never know how long
22:24
the delay it's going to be.
22:27
Well I do have a question for
22:28
you or for everybody I guess.
22:30
Yeah, ask everybody please.
22:32
I recently started a new career so I've
22:35
been working 60 course
22:36
hours a week so I haven't
22:37
been on enough to do any searching but I
22:41
have some really,
22:43
really saggy leaf springs in
22:44
the rear and I wanted to know what sort
22:47
of faster pack would
22:48
get close to six inches
22:50
so I can take these stupid aluminum
22:52
blocks out from underneath.
22:55
Yeah, I mean I've never done the blocks
22:57
on a Cherokee but I hear
22:59
it's a really bad thing
23:00
to do because you can get leaf wrapped
23:02
and I think you can
23:03
actually break or pull out
23:05
the break the pinion or break where the
23:08
drive shaft ties into the yoke.
23:10
So yeah, it's a bad thing.
23:12
Actually, Dalton posted
23:14
some, what was it Dalton?
23:16
Junkyard finds or Junkyard do-it-yourself
23:21
parts for all kinds
23:23
of things, wouldn't it?
23:24
I think it's a sticky.
23:26
Do you remember what
23:28
it was called Dalton?
23:32
Or even what forum it was in?
23:36
Forum or section?
23:38
I think I had seen it before.
23:40
Like I said, I've been no day off for the
23:43
last four weeks and 60 plus hours so.
23:46
Well, congratulations on the new job and
23:48
it's great to hearing
23:49
that there's plenty of work
23:51
for you to be doing.
23:52
I'm hoping the economy is
23:53
getting a little better.
23:55
You only know.
23:58
I need more parts for my Jeep.
23:59
Well, Dalton's going to have a look and
24:01
then we'll come right back to that.
24:03
I'm pretty sure the S10 leaves will work
24:07
and it seems to me
24:08
that the, God, what was
24:10
it?
24:12
I want to say Yukon,
24:13
but that's not right.
24:14
Anyway, Dalton will look it
24:15
up and he'll come back to us.
24:16
So what else is going on?
24:18
New job, Saggy Springs.
24:22
Yes, Wobble from hell.
24:23
Oh no.
24:25
That's being corrected.
24:26
I got a new pitman arm on the way.
24:30
New pitman arm and I'm ordering an
24:33
extract bar from I.M. and Andy.
24:35
Of course, I talked about that a couple
24:36
weeks ago, but with the
24:38
new job and everything,
24:39
I'll be able to afford that now.
24:42
Yeah, you're kind of fading in and out,
24:45
so talk right into the phone for us.
24:48
I found out that when I purchased the
24:51
Jeep, the guy put six
24:52
inches of lift on it and had
24:55
lower control arms and upper control arms
24:57
for a three inch lift.
24:58
Oh no.
24:59
That's half of the depth wobble problem.
25:01
So I'm basically turning
25:03
on a radius and on an arc.
25:06
So I drive about 40 miles an hour with
25:09
that big stinker bump on
25:10
my front end and people
25:12
just get out of my way when they see the
25:13
tires start to wobble.
25:15
He's crazy.
25:16
Get out of his way.
25:18
Yeah.
25:19
About the same effect as an air horn,
25:20
except they have to
25:21
see it before they move.
25:24
Yeah, but I think the air horn has some
25:27
significance as this person's in control.
25:30
You see those...
25:31
What size tires do you have on there?
25:33
34, 10, 50, 50, LTVs.
25:38
He sees big tires
25:39
wobbling in front of you.
25:40
I think it has more of an impact.
25:43
Yeah, yeah.
25:44
Especially the blue hairs
25:46
on the ground in front of me.
25:47
They tend to just move right over.
25:48
It's kind of cool.
25:50
Dalton, do that link again
25:52
because that was removed.
25:53
I turned it on so that
25:54
you can post the link.
26:01
Yeah, it's thread
26:03
5646 is what shows that.
26:07
Actually, that can call that up real
26:08
quick and just tell you.
26:11
Yeah, suspension and lift.
26:13
So you need leaf springs
26:17
because those are saggy.
26:18
Let's see.
26:19
What have we got here?
26:22
Those are coils.
26:23
Coils.
26:24
S10 pickup or blazer.
26:28
Leaf packs.
26:29
Cut off the S10 main
26:31
bolt pack under XJ main.
26:34
3 to 4 inches of lift may
26:36
require use of degree shims.
26:40
So yeah, I think Dalton was telling me
26:42
that you don't actually, and I think this
26:44
is what he's going to be doing this
26:45
Saturday, is Dalton, you're going to be
26:47
using the S10 leaf springs on yours,
26:49
right, to make your own bastard pack?
26:54
Well, yeah, that's right.
26:55
I think you said a 6 inch lift, right?
26:59
Right.
26:59
Yeah, this is only 3 to 4 inches of lift.
27:05
Yeah, I was hoping that there was some
27:07
sort of bastard pack.
27:08
I mean, I can order new leafs if I need
27:10
to, but I'm just trying
27:11
to keep the cost down.
27:14
Dalton, you're using the standard or the
27:20
stock shackles on
27:23
your bastard pack, right?
27:27
In other words, you're not
27:28
going to put longer ones.
27:30
Okay, so what you can do is you can
27:33
probably get out of this still pretty
27:35
cheap by doing the S10 leaf packs and
27:39
then adding them to the
27:40
bottom of your XJ leaves.
27:43
And then that'll give you 3 to 4 inches
27:45
of lift, and then you can get either the
27:47
Rough Country
27:50
shackles, they're adjustable.
27:53
Whenever you use them with the 4.5 inch
27:55
shackles from Rough Country, it gives you
27:58
5.5 or 6.5 inches of lift.
28:01
And so if you have 4 inch lift, really 4
28:05
inch lift out of this bastard pack, then
28:08
you should be able to
28:08
go 5 or 6 inches with it.
28:13
I think those are like $50, those
28:16
shackles from Rough Country are $50.
28:19
And of course we have a vendor on site
28:21
that sells those, 4wheelingplus.com, Ron,
28:25
you can contact Ron and get those.
28:28
Now Andy at Ironman4x4fab.com has some
28:33
adjustable shackles that cost more, but
28:36
they're really, really tough, and I think
28:39
you can get more out of
28:40
them than a couple of inches.
28:44
I think they're 3 or 4 inches. They're
28:46
like a big screw, and
28:48
you can just unscrew them.
28:49
And the nice thing about it is, you can
28:51
actually adjust, if one side is lower
28:54
than the other or higher, you
28:57
can adjust them independently.
28:58
Whereas with the Rough Country, you just
29:00
got bolt holes, and you
29:03
get the same on both sides.
29:05
And I think that if you're dealing with
29:07
new leaf springs, you probably don't have
29:09
to worry about that so much.
29:10
But maybe with a bastard pack, you might
29:13
be more concerned about it
29:14
being leveled across the back.
29:16
I guess it really just depends on the
29:18
wear of the S10 leafs
29:21
that you're putting on.
29:23
Well here's another
29:24
good question for you.
29:25
Okay.
29:28
The rear axle, when I look at it from,
29:32
say, the right rear quarter, if I'm
29:34
behind it on the right rear, when I look
29:37
at it, it looks like the
29:40
right rear tire is sitting back farther
29:42
in the wheel well
29:42
than the left rear tire.
29:46
The left rear tire looks like it's
29:47
sitting more forward. It's 6 inches of
29:49
lift for each horse.
29:51
Yeah, 6 inches, Mark.
29:56
No, I don't have 6 inches of belt, and
29:58
that's what my lift is. I wish I was 6
30:00
inches of it any later.
30:06
Just look at some of
30:06
the stuff that went in.
30:09
You know, I'm going to make somebody a
30:10
moderator here in a second.
30:14
Alright, anyway.
30:16
Yeah, there's a way to measure that.
30:21
There's a way to measure that.
30:23
Guys, where would he measure from? Would
30:24
it be from the front axle, or could he
30:27
measure between where the
30:30
leaf spring on the front axle?
30:31
Or could he measure between where the leaf spring is bolted on to the front
30:34
bolt back to the center of the wheel to
30:37
see if his axle is
30:39
centered under his Cherokee?
30:47
I don't think anybody
30:47
was paying attention.
30:51
I think they're still stuck
30:53
on the white man's special.
30:55
Well, you know, the whole idea is for
30:59
everybody to enjoy
31:00
themselves here in the show.
31:01
I figured somebody's going to be paying
31:02
attention occasionally to the show, not
31:06
just what's going on in the chat room.
31:08
So we've got a man here that needs some
31:09
help. He's wanting to know. He says it
31:12
looks like his axle is not centered in
31:15
the wheel well on one side.
31:18
I'm assuming the one side looks fine, the
31:20
other side looks like it's back too far?
31:23
Right. It looks like it's
31:25
sitting back way too far.
31:31
So where would he measure from to see if
31:33
the rear axle is sitting straight under
31:36
the XJ? How would he
31:38
be able to tell that?
31:43
And of course, I'm assuming that you
31:45
haven't broken... I guess you've already
31:47
checked to see if the pin is still
31:49
sticking up from the leaf?
31:52
Yeah, he's still there.
31:54
Because according to Steve, he was saying
31:56
those things will break
31:57
pretty easy when they get old.
32:00
Well, they're flat now, so...
32:03
But the the the bolt, the centering bolt
32:09
should still be
32:09
sticking up through there.
32:12
I'll double check on that tomorrow, but
32:14
I'm pretty sure it's still there. I've
32:15
actually got the Jeep
32:16
parked at the shop right now.
32:18
Have you had anybody drive behind you and
32:21
see if you're doing that little dogleg
32:23
thing maneuver where the rear...
32:25
Oh yeah. It crablocks like you wouldn't
32:28
believe, but most of that is from the
32:30
giant boulder up there.
32:31
And the right side rocker panel that went
32:35
up into it because I
32:36
don't have rock sliders.
32:38
Oh, okay. So maybe are you thinking that
32:41
the rock may have caused this brawl?
32:45
Possibly, but I think
32:46
it was like that before.
32:47
Okay.
32:51
Yeah, Hot Himmie... I'm not going to say
32:54
it the other way around. Hot Himmie says
32:57
if you have blocks,
32:58
one could have shifted.
33:03
I think you can measure from... if you
33:06
take the wheel off and measure from where
33:09
the leaf spring is attached...
33:11
where it attaches to the front of the...
33:14
I don't want to say the front of the XJ,
33:15
but you know the front part of the leaf
33:17
spring attaches to the body.
33:18
Measure from the center of that bolt hole
33:21
to the middle of your axle on both sides.
33:24
And I think that that would give you a
33:27
good point of reference to measure from
33:29
and measure to, and then you'll be able
33:31
to tell how far off you are.
33:33
And I mean if you can eyeball it and tell
33:36
that it's off, maybe you
33:37
don't have to measure it.
33:38
Maybe you just need to take the U-bolts
33:40
off and see if that centering pin is
33:43
broke off or something shifted or etc.
33:48
But you know, it's going to wear your
33:48
tires funny too. I guess
33:50
this isn't a daily driver.
33:53
No, no, it gets nine miles in the end.
33:56
And you've got what,
33:57
standard 3.55 gears in it?
34:01
Yeah, welded in the rear.
34:05
Sounds like what Rene's doing with his.
34:07
And what... I'm sorry, I didn't hear... I
34:10
don't think you said the actual size in
34:13
inches of the tires. Are they 32, 33?
34:17
34, 10, 50, 15, they're
34:20
actually going to be 35 here shortly.
34:22
Gotcha. Okay. Yeah. Man, yeah. You would
34:25
probably see a big jump in your gas
34:27
mileage if you went
34:28
with 4.10s or 4.56 gears.
34:32
Yeah, I actually found some on the
34:34
website. I wish you didn't pull that up
34:36
because they had the Rene opinion gear
34:38
for $146 plus 7, which I
34:43
thought was pretty darn good.
34:45
I think mine were precision or superior.
34:48
I have to go back and look. I've had real
34:50
good luck with mine.
34:52
It's really nice off-road. I barely have
34:56
to give it gas to go up and over things.
34:59
I mean, if I get into some bad mud, I
35:01
have to give it some gas. But just going
35:02
up over steep inclines, it's just loping
35:07
along. It's very nice.
35:09
It's very nice to have the low gears. And
35:13
it's a lot more fun to drive too because
35:16
even though I've got the larger tires on
35:18
it, it still feels like it was...
35:21
Like when I first bought it, it has a lot
35:22
of pep, a lot of get-up-and-go. It's a
35:25
big different from the 355s.
35:29
On the 8 and a quarter,
35:33
did they start at the...
35:37
Well, if you don't mind me asking, what
35:39
did your Rene opinion run?
35:41
I got the Rene opinion for the 8 and a
35:45
quarter and the Dana 30. I had to get a
35:49
new carrier for the
35:50
Dana 30 because anything...
35:53
I think the cut-off is 3.73, the word you
35:57
have to change carriers. And I got Master
36:01
Rebuild Kits for both Dana
36:03
30 and the 8 and a quarter.
36:07
And it was, I think,
36:08
shipped. It was $510.
36:13
And then when we were putting it in, I
36:17
found out that it did
36:18
not come with the main...
36:24
The bearings that go on the 8 and a
36:25
quarter out where the wheels are.
36:29
Not wheel bearings, but the outside
36:31
bearings. It came with the inside
36:33
bearings where the diff is, but not the
36:35
bearings on the out.
36:36
And I thought, well, it's kind of silly
36:37
to have all this thing torn
36:38
apart and not change those.
36:40
So the place I took it to, I said, yeah,
36:42
go ahead and if you can, they could order
36:45
them. And I think it was
36:45
like $30 for those bearings.
36:48
So we basically redid everything on the 8
36:51
and a quarter. And, you know, we used the
36:55
axles, of course, but I mean, bearings...
37:00
Yeah, the bearings, all that stuff is
37:02
basically new with the ringing opinion.
37:05
And did the same thing with the Dana 30.
37:10
And it took quite a while for him to do
37:14
those gears, but I haven't
37:14
had any problems with them.
37:15
I've had a little bit of whining on the
37:18
gears that you could just barely hear at
37:20
low speed right after they were done.
37:22
And I was concerned, but I checked
37:26
around, checked with the mechanic and I
37:27
checked around on various websites.
37:30
And they said that can be pretty typical
37:33
when you have low gears like that.
37:38
And I'm pretty happy that with the 456, I
37:43
think the 488 would have...
37:47
I'm not sure if they were available for
37:48
the 8 and a quarter at the time.
37:50
But I think the 488 would have been a lot
37:51
worse because you start losing surface
37:54
area for those things to make contact
37:56
between the ring and the pinion.
37:57
So I was kind of... My long term plan has
38:01
always been to go with 33s. Then I
38:03
started thinking about 35s.
38:05
And I've kind of backed off with 35s now
38:06
because of the stresses that
38:08
it would put on the Dana 30.
38:15
Outer wheel bearings. Thank you.
38:21
So, because I'm finding places that have
38:25
the ring and pinion.com
38:27
that has the set for 153.
38:32
And that's in 456 gears for the 825.
38:38
But it says something about necessary to
38:39
grind pin for the C-clips.
38:41
And USA is standing here to not recommend
38:45
it for quiet running vehicles, which I
38:46
don't have to worry about
38:46
because mine is louder than...
38:50
Fucking herb bowl coming down
38:51
the road. Excuse my language.
38:55
We had to get the... I don't know if you
38:59
call it a pin, the
39:00
screw that goes in there.
39:01
We actually had to grind off some of the
39:04
tooth off the ring to get that thing in.
39:07
It was on the inside of the ring. So, who
39:12
knows. Maybe that's why it wind.
39:14
But we couldn't get that little pin in.
39:19
It's a threaded pin. So
39:20
maybe it's just a long bolt.
39:22
We couldn't get it in with
39:23
the gears the way they were.
39:26
And does anybody know what the best gear
39:29
ratio would be for 35s?
39:33
I got an 825 rear axle
39:36
and a 30 in the front.
39:37
You have an automatic
39:38
transmission, right?
39:40
Yes.
39:42
According to what I was looking at, 456
39:45
would be just about stock.
39:48
Would be just about
39:49
stock gearing. With 35 inch.
39:54
And anybody else know what the proper
39:58
gearing would be for 35s?
40:03
Big Jim 350 says he'd go with 488 on 35s.
40:07
I think I guess it really depends on
40:10
whether or not it's a daily driver or if
40:13
it's an off-road on-line.
40:16
Well, I'd like to make it a mix of both.
40:18
I would like to make it a
40:19
daily driver eventually,
40:20
but I've got to get rid of that. The ring
40:23
and pinion that's in
40:24
there because it's welded.
40:25
And that will get you 9
40:28
miles per gallon with 34s on it.
40:33
Well, I think you're going
40:35
to have to replace the...
40:39
Do you know if it's a limited slip or if
40:41
it's just open the...
40:45
Well, I guess it
40:46
doesn't matter. It's welded.
40:47
You're going to have to take that,
40:48
whatever it is, and throw it out and
40:50
replace it with something else.
40:51
Right.
40:51
And the ring and pinion isn't welded.
40:55
The ring and pinion, if the ring and
40:57
pinion was welded, it
40:58
wouldn't go anywhere.
41:00
No, no. I meant spider gears.
41:02
Yeah, spider gears. That's
41:03
what I was trying to say.
41:04
So you've got to replace that.
41:06
And so I don't know that...
41:10
Well, Reaney complains about gas mileage
41:13
on his and his is welded.
41:15
So maybe it does make a difference.
41:17
Well, he's got 355 gears.
41:19
I was getting around 10 or 11 miles to
41:22
the gallon with my 355
41:25
gears and 32-inch tires.
41:28
And when I went to the 456 gears, it
41:31
jumped up about 2 and
41:33
a half miles a gallon.
41:35
So I run anywhere from high 11s to mid
41:41
13, like 13 and a half,
41:43
13.6, 13.7 miles per gallon.
41:47
Yeah, I don't know what gas is or where
41:48
everybody else is, but it's
41:49
just at 367 a gallon here.
41:51
So I'm not looking forward to
41:55
paying $70 to fill up my XJ.
42:00
Wow. I'm sorry, different subject.
42:02
Fireman Ray says, "Tony, I've been
42:04
working while listening.
42:06
I have an air tank that holds 2250 PSI."
42:09
That's 2,250 pounds per square inch.
42:12
"With a regulator, this would
42:13
blast that horn for a while."
42:18
Yeah, I'm afraid that if I punctured that
42:20
tank, it would blast the XJ as well.
42:25
Oh, wow. Wayne's got Vegemite. Oh, Lord.
42:29
The first time I heard Vegemite was in
42:31
that Australian group song.
42:33
I can't remember what the
42:34
name of the group is now.
42:35
Toto.
42:36
Say it again. Say it again.
42:38
Talking about Toto.
42:39
No.
42:40
We come from the land down here?
42:42
Men at Work.
42:44
Men at Work.
42:45
Yeah, but it is that song.
42:47
That was a funny song.
42:49
The funny video too.
42:51
That was back when MTV
42:52
had videos, good videos.
42:55
Not necessarily good songs,
42:57
but they were good videos.
42:59
Cheap, very cheap videos.
43:03
So anyway, that's where
43:04
we are on those questions.
43:06
Did you have anything else for us?
43:09
I don't think so.
43:09
Well, I just want to know
43:10
when Dalton's going to pay me.
43:13
Dalton, how much are you
43:14
paying him for calling in?
43:18
You know, the house gets a percentage.
43:21
Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
43:23
Gosh, I should have waited until he said
43:25
how much it was before,
43:26
because now he can adjust it.
43:32
I guess Dalton's busy
43:34
doing something else.
43:36
You know, I've got the, my screensaver is
43:39
set for like 10 minutes or something
43:40
and I'm sitting here
43:41
talking, enjoying the conversation,
43:43
and every so often the
43:44
screen goes blank on me
43:45
because of it's, you know, the
43:46
screensaver's coming on.
43:48
And it freaks me out every time.
43:50
I think of the power
43:51
cut off and, you know,
43:52
I hear in the middle of the show.
43:56
So, I'm going to pay the accomplishment.
43:58
I think that's what it says.
44:03
Look, man, thanks a lot for calling in.
44:04
I always stay too long on these calls.
44:06
I'm not very disciplined.
44:07
I enjoy talking, having somebody to
44:11
interface with me here on the show.
44:12
But I want to jump off in case somebody
44:14
else wants to call in
44:15
before we run out of time.
44:17
Sounds like fun.
44:18
Thanks a lot for calling in.
44:20
And if you're not posting pictures with
44:23
all that stuff you're
44:23
doing with your Jeep,
44:25
please do. It sounds like somebody else
44:27
is going to run across that same problem.
44:29
They're going to have
44:32
that wheel back like that
44:34
and whatever you find
44:35
possibly could help them.
44:36
So, all you guys, don't forget to share,
44:39
no matter how mundane you think it is,
44:41
share with the problem and the solution.
44:43
Because that helps a lot of people and
44:46
keeps them on the site,
44:48
keeps them interested.
44:50
Well, I'll definitely post pictures of
44:52
when I take my red Jeep
44:54
and paint it green for you.
44:56
There you go.
44:57
You know karma will hurt you.
45:03
That's what I keep hearing.
45:06
Alright, Tony, thanks for the talk and
45:10
thank you everybody for the advice.
45:12
Alright, man. Take it easy.
45:14
Alright. Bye-bye.
45:15
Okay, I think we had
45:18
another call coming in.
45:20
If you want to try that again, please do.
45:23
It's 530-675-4102.
45:29
All lines are open.
45:32
Hey, this is Tony. Who do we have?
45:35
This is Dalton.
45:36
Hey, Dalton. Don't forget, turn down your
45:38
computer. You're going to freak out.
45:40
I did.
45:43
I heard myself. That's how I remembered.
45:47
So Dalton, I asked you before the show
45:49
started, what was
45:51
going to happen this week
45:53
that was going to keep you from being
45:55
able to do that lift?
45:55
Because I know you're really looking
45:57
forward to lifting the Jeep.
46:00
Come hella high water, it's going on.
46:03
Have you checked the weather report?
46:05
I don't know if I'd say high water.
46:08
I have a slight chance.
46:09
There's a lot of things going on around
46:12
the world right now.
46:13
I would not put
46:15
anything past it right now.
46:19
Just a slight chance
46:20
of rain. That's alright.
46:23
You don't actually have a
46:24
covered place to work, do you?
46:26
Because otherwise you
46:27
would have already done it.
46:29
Yeah.
46:32
So what else is going on?
46:34
I'm going to Toralls
46:35
and he's going to help me.
46:37
Cool. So what else is going on? You got
46:39
all the parts you need?
46:41
Yep, it's all still sitting in the living
46:43
room, in the bedroom.
46:44
Oh man, your wife has
46:45
got to be loving you.
46:47
Oh yeah.
46:49
So tell me what you got.
46:51
You got the S10 leaf springs.
46:54
I've got the S10 leaf springs. I've got a
46:57
set of rusty 3" coals
47:01
that I got from Renny.
47:04
Let's see, I got an inch and a half coal
47:07
spacers that I found on a Cherokee at the
47:11
junkyard that had a Rubicon lift on it.
47:13
I got those so I can get
47:15
to the four and a half.
47:18
I got a set of Rough Country lower
47:21
control arms that I got from Matt.
47:25
Let's see. I got my sway bar drop
47:27
brackets, transfer case drop pieces.
47:32
Front and rear, brand new shocks.
47:34
Oh you know I forgot
47:35
about the sway bar drops.
47:38
I did too until Torall happened to
47:40
mention it the other day and Blue Dragon
47:44
had come down a while back and I met him
47:47
and he gave them to me
47:48
and I forgot all about them.
47:50
I need to find the ones I took off
47:52
because I put the Quick Disconnects, the
47:54
Rough Country Quick Disconnects online.
47:56
I need to find those things. I forgot all
47:58
about that because those are different
48:01
than the stock ones.
48:02
They're longer. That's right.
48:06
I'm actually getting almost enough parts
48:09
to have another lift. I've got the longer
48:12
disconnects. I've got the track bar drop.
48:18
What are you doing for the geometry for
48:21
the drag link and the track bar?
48:24
I'm going to do the where you drill the
48:28
hole and move it over.
48:31
That should be pretty simple.
48:34
My computer just shut off on me again.
48:36
Was it getting too hot?
48:38
I've got one of those pads under it
48:40
evidently. It quit cooling.
48:43
You definitely would rather have it.
48:47
Wayne says no big words Tony please.
48:50
Which word was it? Was it Wayne?
48:53
Or was it so foreign you
48:54
can't remember what it was?
48:59
Anyway I was going to say you definitely
49:01
want that thing shutting off instead of
49:03
staying on and burning off because then
49:04
it's not going to come back on.
49:06
Oh yeah. It keeps shutting off.
49:12
Let's sit here and cool down.
49:14
I have an Outlaw XJ says midget porn at
49:17
that because I don't know who started it.
49:19
Big Jim or Wayne going back and forth
49:22
about this midget porn.
49:22
I have a theory. People like midget porn
49:25
or midgets because it makes everything
49:28
look so much bigger.
49:29
It's kind of like one of those mirrors on
49:31
the other side of the vehicle.
49:34
Items may appear bigger
49:35
than what they really are.
49:37
Well it's that and then you get to watch
49:38
and you see them
49:39
little legs just kicking.
49:44
I wouldn't know but it's
49:46
interesting to hear anyway.
49:53
But yeah I've got like I say I've got
49:55
everything. It's all sitting right here
49:57
just ready to go on a Jeep Friday night.
50:03
So I can wake up early Saturday morning.
50:06
Oh okay I was going to say so you're
50:07
going to start Friday night. That's kind
50:09
of how I do things. I like to get going
50:12
especially when I think of my problems.
50:13
I was a little concerned about you
50:15
getting those leaf springs off since
50:17
you're in an area that gets snow and of
50:19
course snow begets salt.
50:22
But you're not going to be taking the
50:23
leaf springs off which
50:24
ought to really help you out.
50:26
No I'm not taking the
50:27
main off. The main will stay.
50:29
Yeah I didn't realize that. Did you get
50:33
anything because I told you about the
50:35
squeaking that I had from my Atta leafs.
50:37
Did you get any little pads or anything
50:39
to go in between there to
50:40
try to keep the squeaking down?
50:43
Right now I've just got the pads that are
50:45
on those and the ones
50:47
that are on the S10 leaves.
50:49
I'm just going to use
50:50
them and see if they work.
50:52
Okay well you can always you know bust it
50:55
down and fix it later.
50:58
Well maybe that's not a big deal. Outlaw
51:00
says his whole XJ squeaks.
51:03
Yeah well mine does too. But
51:06
luckily the leaf springs don't.
51:08
Yeah. Mine doesn't. It bothers me when I
51:11
hear weird noises coming out of mine.
51:14
But right now when I got it my leaf
51:19
springs had started sagging and I bought
51:23
another set at a junkyard.
51:25
And went to put them on and I got to look
51:27
and I said well hell with it.
51:29
I went ahead and put the whole XJ leaf
51:33
pack under the already main spring I had.
51:36
So instead of a four
51:37
leaf I've got a five leaf.
51:40
And it actually raised the back end up
51:44
probably about an inch and a half, two
51:48
inches from the front.
51:50
Doing it that way.
51:56
Believe it or not.
51:58
Yeah that must be a real teeth jar
52:01
though. They must be really stiff.
52:03
No believe it. Well to
52:05
me I'm used to it so.
52:09
Does anybody complain
52:10
that rides with you?
52:11
Nobody rides with me.
52:13
And you got a perfect situation then?
52:16
Yep. And now that it's getting lifted my
52:19
wife says I'm doing it
52:20
so she doesn't have to.
52:21
She doesn't have to ride with me.
52:24
But I told her I'd get her a little step
52:27
stool and tie it to a rope that way she
52:29
can pull it out, step into the Jeep, grab
52:30
a rope, pull the step stool back in.
52:33
Yeah. That's one of the reasons why I
52:36
wanted to get the sliders. It'll be a
52:38
nice stepping place for my wife.
52:41
She gets in fine. The only time she
52:44
complains is getting out like if it's
52:46
raining out because she has to slide out.
52:49
And the outside, you know the edge of the
52:51
Jeep is wet and it gets the
52:52
back of her blue jeans wet.
52:58
Yeah Wayne Jim they've been picking on me
53:01
constantly about it. Like I told you
53:03
earlier I'm immune to the pain now.
53:08
It don't bother me anymore.
53:11
Yeah I don't see rainy in here. We'll
53:14
have to figure out
53:15
something to pay them back.
53:16
We'll figure out some
53:18
good trick to pull on them.
53:22
Maybe get a recording of them crying like
53:25
babes because we've twisted them so bad.
53:30
Well it's like the nickname that they
53:32
gave me, calling me "hardcore". They've
53:36
called it to me. They're just so long
53:38
it's kind of stuck now.
53:40
Sounds like you need to get a sticker
53:42
made for your Jeep called the "hardcore".
53:49
Honestly I had thought about it. I'd
53:52
actually gotten the stencil out and put
53:53
the letters together and was going to
53:54
spray paint it on there.
53:56
That's a good idea.
53:59
Well I'm sure I'm excited for you getting
54:01
this lift on. It's probably the lift and
54:04
the tires are probably the most exciting
54:06
thing that you can do
54:07
to any off road vehicle.
54:10
Even a performance street vehicle, no
54:14
lift of course but the tires. There's
54:17
always something about buying tires that
54:18
is the smell, the look.
54:21
It changes the whole
54:23
overall feel of the vehicle.
54:27
Right now I have a set of Mastercraft
54:31
cursor AWT 31 1050's on there.
54:37
They don't have the big aggressive treads
54:40
on them but they still do have enough
54:42
aggressive tread on them
54:44
to do what I want to do.
54:46
You've been off road in it now and you
54:49
were able to get where
54:50
you were going right?
54:51
Yeah.
54:52
The XJ is a very capable vehicle straight
54:55
from the factory. It's just nice to have
54:57
a little extra clearance so that you can
55:00
follow the guys that do
55:02
have the extra clearance.
55:04
Yeah and then hopefully, I don't know if
55:06
Jim's still on there like to say my
55:08
computer's down right now.
55:10
By the end of the summer, hopefully Jim
55:13
and his wife will be heading up this way.
55:16
I've already got it in with another guy.
55:18
We've got in the makings of possibly
55:20
doing a run when he comes up here.
55:22
Yep. Big Jim's still on.
55:29
I guess they're going to take the newer
55:32
of the two Jeep Cherokees.
55:34
Well he's thinking, he's thinking quite
55:37
possibly, trailer queen and his up here.
55:40
Oh that's great. I just know his truck
55:43
was down so I didn't think he was going
55:44
to be able to trailer it up.
55:47
I told him either that
55:48
or he could ride with me.
55:52
I wonder what's down. Jim
55:55
says, "Hell no, I'm taking mine."
56:00
Jim, there's enough time to get your
56:02
wife's XJ lifted and you
56:06
can move the tires over.
56:08
You know, man, it'd be
56:09
like driving in luxury.
56:14
He just don't want to ride
56:15
somebody that would show him up.
56:22
Well Dalton, I appreciate the call. We're
56:25
running out of time.
56:27
And like I said, I just talk too damn
56:29
long on the phone. I need to
56:31
do like the radio stations do.
56:32
They have a little timer or something
56:33
going on and I think that they talk to
56:35
everybody for two minutes or three
56:37
minutes and they move on to the next one.
56:39
I'm just not
56:40
professional enough, I guess.
56:41
Well when you talk, you know, when you
56:44
have a show like this, sometimes two or
56:46
three minutes just ain't
56:47
going to cover anything.
56:48
No, I like hearing what's going on with
56:51
people. It's like on the forums where you
56:54
guys take pictures of what you're doing,
56:56
you talk about, you
56:57
know, anything under the sun.
56:58
So if you guys out there listening like
57:02
reading about some nonsense and midget
57:04
porn, then you need to come over to
57:05
XJTalk.com. Check it out.
57:10
We have a lot of fun. In fact, we added
57:12
some old time video games that you can
57:17
get on there and waste time on as well as
57:20
read what's going on in chat.
57:21
So I'll put a post up in announcements
57:24
about that. Check that out.
57:26
Oh, and one other quick thing.
57:28
I'm still waiting for Wayne to show me a
57:32
green XJ doing a back flip.
57:35
Oh my goodness.
57:38
That sounds like a hell of a... Oh God,
57:41
that just sounds...
57:41
That didn't sound good.
57:44
Well, see, it all started from the
57:47
YouTube post I did last night of Dennis
57:51
Anderson's son, Adam Anderson, and son of
57:54
Digger doing the back
57:55
flip in the monster truck.
57:56
Ah, I saw that. That was very impressive.
58:00
I wonder how many times they practiced
58:01
that and how many times they broke some
58:04
fiberglass in the process.
58:06
I'm not sure, but he's
58:07
just as crazy as his daddy is.
58:10
Man, that was really something to see. I
58:13
did not know what was going to happen.
58:15
And when that thing did the back flip
58:16
like that, good lord.
58:20
Yeah, I think Leisure Suit Larry did wear
58:24
a green polyester Leisure Suit. Thank you
58:27
Outlaw. I'm going to
58:28
use that one on the site.
58:31
Well, Dalton, good luck and make sure if
58:33
you have time, take some pictures of what
58:36
you're doing there on the left. We all
58:37
like seeing pictures and
58:39
hearing a success story.
58:41
And if nothing else, make sure you get
58:42
some before and after pictures.
58:44
Oh, I will.
58:46
Alright, man. Thanks a lot for calling in
58:48
and I'll catch you on the site.
58:50
Okay.
58:52
Well, guys, that's another Jeep Cherokee
58:55
XJTalk.com show. I'm sorry the front part
58:59
of it was a little boring to you. I
59:01
enjoyed myself and that's
59:04
all that really matters to me.
59:07
Don't forget that we've got lots of, oh,
59:13
the stickers. We've got some stickers
59:16
now. I'm going to be
59:17
picking up some more stickers.
59:20
This coming Saturday and that's going to
59:23
mean that we're going to have some color
59:25
XJTalk stickers. If you go to the site,
59:30
XJTalk.com and look at the navigation
59:32
bar, you will see at the very top there
59:35
is a new item called store.
59:37
And that store allows you to donate,
59:41
subscribe, which helps the running and
59:44
operation of XJTalk.com
59:46
or purchase a sticker.
59:49
And right now we do have the six inch
59:51
white vinyl standard stickers. And this
59:55
Saturday we'll have the full color
59:58
stickers that look
59:59
much like the XJTalk logo.
1:00:00
So go over to the nav bar on XJTalk.com,
1:00:04
click on store and have a look and you'll
1:00:06
see that image of the color.
1:00:10
And come Saturday I'll have some actual
1:00:12
pictures to show you because I'm going to
1:00:14
put some on my Jeep.
1:00:16
Thanks guys. Have a good night and we'll
1:00:18
see you next Wednesday
1:00:19
night, 8 p.m. Central.
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