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Hey all, Zmotorsports’ son here (in the silver WJ). Thanks for the kind words! I plan on posting up a build thread soon, it’s been a long time coming.

During the warm summer months, I was having troubles with the Jeep idling rough after letting it sit warm for about 10 minutes or so. The rough idling would also throw a check engine code, which was a Cylinder 3 Misfire. After doing some digging, I came upon a TSB (Technical Service Bulletin) by...

Yeah, that was not fun at all. I was with Rockwell that night, there was luckily a wide enough clearing to do about a 6 point turn to get pointed back down the trail. That was not one of the most comforting things I've done.

I also painted my factory fuel tank skid plate as I was tired of looking at the dull paint flaking off. I used the same Eastwood Extreme Primer and Eastwood Extreme Chassis Black for a long-lasting, shiny finish. A long time ago, back when I had my Grand Cherokee, I built a custom hitch...

One other thing I forgot to add to the thread last night was my cromoly axleshafts. After my last trip to Moab, I had a clicking noise coming from my front axleshafts. After doing some digging around in the front axle, we concluded that my stock axleshaft yokes were spreading just enough to...

I did a little painting on the Jeep, such as the headlight rings and a couple of winch parts. For the headlight rings, I scuffed them with a red scotchbrite pad, wiped them down with wax and grease remover, and painted them. I chose Eastwood Extreme Chassis Black for a durable finish that...

Alright, onto a little cosmetic upgrade now. I have blacked out most of my frame since I've done the long arms and tummy tuck, but I had yet to do the frame in the inner-fender area as well as the rear frame horns. So I put the Jeep up on the lift, pulled the tires and wheels off, and got to...

Onwards to the light bar! I was not impressed with the lighting setup that came with the Jeep on the front bumper, so I decided to go with an LED light bar. I wanted something that was not too expensive, was good quality, had decent light output, and fit my space requirements. After some...

One of the easiest components to add to my Jeep was the ScanGauge II. This handy little electronic device plugs into your OBD-II port and reads all sorts of various data that the computer sees. It then displays that information on a little LCD screen that is very customizable, from the...

Since I am running a combination of both lift and bigger bodied shocks, I was having clearance issues between my shock bodies and coil buckets on my rear axle. Between scratching my shocks and causing some minor ride issues, it was driving me up a wall. So, after some brainstorming, the idea...

After towing the Jeep down to Richfield, UT in my parent's enclosed trailer, I noticed a lack of places to tie the Jeep down in the rear area. There was little clearance between my coil buckets and shocks as well, so that was in need of some persuasion. One day browsing on the interweb, I...

I wanted the hook-up point for the air hose for airing up tires and such to be somewhere on the front bumper, so I fabbed up this sweet little Z-looking piece (Ha, pun intended!) to fasten my air coupler to the front of the bumper. This is sturdy enough so when I am putting on or taking off...

Here is the Viair 400C I used for my onboard air system. The 400C is a portable system, however, I transformed it into an onboard system. Here she is! Here is where I decided to mount the compressor: The tray where ABS pump mounts on so-equipped models. So here is the plate out and on the...

Thanks rollover! We sure had a great time. Thanks dad!

Okay, after what feels like a long hiatus (and what actually is), I'm back to updating the build thread! Back to the half doors: After sanding them down to make sure the sealer/primer/paint had a good tooth to bite into, I got to work filling in the dents and imperfections with "mud" (body...

I don't have any great pictures of the underneath all done just yet, but there is more planned for the underneath of the Jeep. Since, at that time summer was coming, I definitely needed my Bestop Trektop NX installed. Before I get started on the install, here is a quick picture of my Jeep...

The next project was to install the slip-yoke eliminator on the NP 231 transfer case. After draining the fluid from the transfer case and removing the transfer case from the vehicle, the teardown started. I placed the transfer case on a big cookie sheet (and no, it was not my mother's) on...

Alright, the long-arms are done and dialed in. Here is a shot of the rear links installed. A very good tip is to not tighten up everything on the control arms until the vehicle is set on the ground and at ride height. This ensures that the bushings and joints are not placed under added...

The next project was the long arms, tummy tuck/belly skid, transfer case slip-yoke eliminator, and new driveshafts. The long-arms and tummy tuck were UnderCover Fab and the SYE was from Advance Adapters. The first order of business was to sand the tummy tuck with the DA (Dual Action) sander...

Here are my purple half-doors that I purchased for the Jeep. After a quick check to make sure they fit, back in the garage they went for later painting. After some recent wheeling trips, I noticed I had small pebbles between my fender flares and the body. This would push my flares out a...