tub looks good.. any left over? i would do the fender wells while your at it.. CJ did and it looked good.
oh and grab some red paint and finish that cage while the seats are out :flipoff2:
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tub looks good.. any left over? i would do the fender wells while your at it.. CJ did and it looked good.
oh and grab some red paint and finish that cage while the seats are out :flipoff2:
have you considered the 231 doubler? Its not very much to build and would work great w/ your pass drop axle and give you a great crawl ratio.
Robbie would have to move his rear axle way back in order to cram a doubler in there. I havent looked at his but on my jeep, I have a T11 or 12 and the t-case is attached directly to the tranny, with no adapter. I figured they did this to minimize length as the rear driveshaft is only like 20" long from the factory. Even though Robbie has a different tranny, I'd imagine the t-case is attached the same and the rear driveshaft is the same length. This doesnt leave even a little room for any extra length. While I'm sure he will end up stretching the wheelbase more some day, like all CJ5 jeepers do, jumping into two big projects like that at once wouldnt be a good idea.
yeah, but just one of those ideas, It will make my driveline short, but its why I plan to keep the jeep low and just cut the body, I mean its already dented
on a serious note, be really careful with those shims, i replaced two sets of those, they are very prone to cracking in half, i actually used to carry spares with me, one happend on engineer pass in colorado, my rear end passed me up, i knew i was in trouble.
Thanks Nick, I'll probably buy a set of spares like you said. After riding with that xj guy in clayton when he cracked both of his it's probably a good idea. I just remember being in the back seat with no doors and his rear axle smacking the fenderwells.
I still have a little bit of that bedliner stuff left over if you want it. I didn't realize it was so expensive, about $60 for the kit, but it's best to do it the right way the first time.
why not cut off and weld on new perches at the right degree?
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
i never looked at the axle... the spring perch is cast into the center section isnt it... eh
the funny part about that is a few pages back on this thread. Everyone pulled out their e-wang and let it fly. It was neat!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy
In classic Mel Brooks style, "May the schwartz be with you!"Quote:
Originally Posted by BMFScout
"there's two sides to every schwartz, he got the up side, I got the down side."
"I'm a mog, half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend"
You gotta have mad respect for a man with a twisted mind. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BMFScout
robbie i would go over the tub one more time like we talked about yesterday, for a litle thicker coverage, oh yeah and wasnt that easier than fawking with grinding all the seems down and painting it!
Had a final hoorah with the ol' Claws... Got my 38"s on with the new rims.
Pics.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...eepwork008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...eepwork009.jpg
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looks good...
and fragile :flipoff2:
looks good
but have you measured it... is it wider than long yet?? and i think my might wanna go ahead and find yourself a sawsall... its gonna rrrrrrrrruuuuub
I didn't know you bought landon's old jeep??
I thought the same thing when I saw those pics. That reminds me....that jeep had one tough sounding 304 in it. Random I know, but that was triggered in my head when I thought of that jeep.Quote:
Originally Posted by stinger7401
ya it does look just landons jeep just minus the motor
kinda looks like a jeep from clayton too... but it was a CJ6 and he hand brand new 44s
http://tamor.us/members-rigs/albums/...0/IMG_0189.jpg
what was wrong with the claws... they only had like one trip in them right?
Thanks for the complement's. I like the way it looks, it doesn't remind me of a rollerskate now. :laughing: I'm going to bring back a sawzaw when I go home this weekend for the party crashing. My plan is to somewhat comp cut the rear like C.J.'s then tube fender the front to look like this with a radiator hoop and stinger.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...y/DSC_0231.jpg
As for the claws, they did well at Katemcy both times and hooked up pretty well at 47 but I really didn't like the rubber compound. They were way too stiff and I ended up blowing beads when I was only aired down to about 10 psi. It's just personal preference, I guess some people like them more than others.
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Originally Posted by CheapJeep
what wheels were you running? i have stock jeep 8in wide wheels on mine with 35" BFG's. i never blew a bead at 8psi...
not raggin on ya but are you gonna upgrade the rear axle anytime soon?
I was running the stock 7" cj wheels or whatever...I needed to sand blast them though, the inner part of the rim was corroded with rust but anyway.
As for the 8.8 I planned on buying Ryan's chromo rear shaft's but I haven't gotten around to it yet. But if that falls through I have "other" plans to come. :gigem:
It looks good robbie :gigem:
Looks good, I hope the axles hold up. It might be time to start collecting spare parts.
That damn thing actually rides nice now, even with unbalanced tires. The shims helped alot and the tires actually make it look decent. I still think they would look better on pigpen though.
if you gonna go that big of a tire i'd say go with a bigger axle
After alot of thought, I've decided to keep the Jeep. I built some new supports for the battery tray, then pulled out the dash so I can start designing a new one for my gauges and all. I'm probably going to find a tilt column out of a 90's chevy since the support for the stock one is about to rip out of the firewall. I reinstalled the seats and covers after I finished bedlining the interior, I made sure to drill some holes in the seats too so my ass doesn't get wet anymore from standing water.
I took my dad for a ride in the Jeep for the first time...he dug the hell out of it. Then cut some donut's just for good measure.:gigem:
Glad to hear you saw the light man, I love the heep. Sounds cool on the steering column, keep up the good werk. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by CheapJeep
So then whats the plan for the z71? If the column out of a 91 (c/k series, not r/v) will work, I have one.
From what I saw, the Z does need some tender luvin care. :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by afroman006
where did you see these pictures
He saw it in the driveway when he picked up his truck.
ahh, I wanna see a picture
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Originally Posted by CheapJeep
so everybody knows but its still a secret?
Sssshhhhh!Quote:
Originally Posted by agjohn02
i want to know
yeah, me too