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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 02:10 PM
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so you may or may not have seen the thread about the sidekick i picked up as a winter beater a little while ago.

well anyways... like most every vehicle of mine, i just had to do some mods of my own. let me know what you think.

mod list:

1. Herculiner on the interior (floors, firewall etc.)
2. CB Radio with bearcat auxilary speaker
3. Swing away tire/gas can carrier
4. Throw rack with light bar
5. 3.5" lift on KYB shocks and Jeep springs
6. Gas tank underarmor
7. Welded tube front bumper with winch plate
8. BFG mud terrain 33"S on all american rims
9. Dual Night vision 7" spotlights
10. Rear reverse utility spotlight
11. Thule roof racks
12. Checkerplate dask
13. 5.12 rockcrawler gears
14. Welded rear tow hook mounts
15. Locking front hubs
16. optima battery with airhorn
17. Four speed auto tranny


Coming Soon:

1. I have a smittybuilt xrc8 8000lb winch coming in next week (so excited)
2. Front field light being mounted in the bar above the winch
3. Rattle can orange on everything but the bumpers and grill
4. Jerry can mount and recovery gear

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As it is now awaiting the winch and front utility lights next week!!
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Old Sep 6, 2010 | 10:33 PM
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You are going to be laughing when it snows.
Old Sep 6, 2010 | 11:19 PM
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 07:03 AM
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Looks sick!
Old Sep 7, 2010 | 07:17 AM
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Old Sep 7, 2010 | 08:37 AM
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Awesome! I love it!
Old Sep 7, 2010 | 11:14 AM
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I love this build it looks great great winter car and must be fun to go off roading in Keep up the great work.
Old Sep 7, 2010 | 12:12 PM
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nice winter beater man, that thing is badass. love the jack d's on the floor btw!
Old Sep 9, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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lol^^^ yeah readneckin' it all the way!! winch is in i'll post pics when i get it installed.
Old Sep 11, 2010 | 02:56 AM
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fun fun
Old Sep 15, 2010 | 05:56 PM
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Just installed the new winch and lights.... added a set of clevis d-rings up front as well.

now for a fuel storage can and recovery tools

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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 08:53 PM
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Badass. Never thought one of those could look so sweet.
Old Sep 15, 2010 | 11:34 PM
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That is awesome would love to see a video of it when you go off-roading in it.
Old Sep 16, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by SOR
..... i just had to do some mods of my own. let me know what you think.

mod list:
16. optima battery with airhorn
17. Four speed auto tranny
18. Bottle of JD.......

Coming Soon:

3. Rattle can orange on everything but the bumpers and grill
4. Jerry can mount and recovery gear
5. Bottle of CC........

new dash and cb
You were missing a few things on your list, lol

Car is great btw
Old Sep 21, 2010 | 06:36 AM
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well heres some action shots from the past weekend i had one video but it was like twenty minutes of winching and cursing lol so not too much of interest there. enjoy!

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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 10:18 PM
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i just picked up a 98 as a beater ! i love this thing
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