sliders and dana 35 are complete now I just need to cut down the driveshaft, get dana 35 spare shafts, and then start to work on the dodge (tool box, power inverter, ect.)
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sliders and dana 35 are complete now I just need to cut down the driveshaft, get dana 35 spare shafts, and then start to work on the dodge (tool box, power inverter, ect.)
Any reason for the bolts being like they are?
yes
i think i might hit them with paint so they dont stand out
Good reason...Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy
did you use enough bolts, oh and if you hit those rockers hard enough they bend the body
that is fine with me... just put them on there mainly because the wife needed a step
started to play around with the rear axle. the second pic is the bent to hell control arm mount... didnt realized it was messed up. Right now I am just playing around with how it will be set up. it is too tall as it sits in the pics
Please don't put leaf springs on your TJ. If you want to stretch it, put a LJ long arm kit on it.
what springs are those?
bronco rear 4" lift springs
I vote for leafs because you will probably actually get it done and wheel it
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Originally Posted by AggieTJ2007
but if you are going to do it pick up some stock height leafs or even better run those spring under and you won't have to build and anti wrap bar
I can actually get these about 4" shorter in the rear once I cut out the old brackets and make some other modifications... although I thought about sprung under and decided I didn't really want to go that way. stock springs might be a must though... wish I hadnt sold the pile of stock ones I had a couple months ago
You may way to recess the mounts into the frame like Scott would do. When I had leaf springs, the mounts were something I got hung up on. You could probably get away with one less leaf in those packs too.
So it's gonna turn out looking like the old Kurt jeep? Except with the correct shape of headlights.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...c/DCP_2388.jpg
will you be switching to a fuel cell?
with the rear axle where it is the tank will have to move up into the back or a cell... dont know which way yetQuote:
Originally Posted by robertf03
if you feel like droping some coin i think it is gen right that makes a fuel tank that goes in stock location but clearanced for moving the axle back several inches
no thanks I will put is somewhere else to save some money...the transfercase is going to take the budgetQuote:
Originally Posted by colman
yeah and with a genright you can't move the axle that far back with a larger axle such as a 60 or 14 bolt. I think you only get 3 or 4 inches
there is an RCI fuel cell that you can add a ring too and use the stock TJ fuel pump and it will fit behind the back seat if you have it inside or you can drop it down into the floor
a bolt in LJ kit would be more likelyQuote:
Originally Posted by AggieTJ2007
I am actually pretty productive at things that I know how to work on... and everything I am doing on the jeep I have done before. so this really shouldnt take that long
Leaves on TJ's are soooo five years ago...
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Originally Posted by AggieTJ2007
That's what she said!
On a more productive note, using XJ leaf packs mixed with some YJ leaves netted a pretty flat spring for me and moved the wheelbase to either 99 or 100". I need to do something very different with the front spring mount, though, because I ended up with way too much lift.
Are you doing leaf springs up front too?
I would think twice about moving the axle if it requires moving the tank to the bed. I can barely fit all of the **** I take off roading in an enclosed SUV, Jeeps already have a tiny cargo area. If the wheelbase sucks that much why don't you sell it and buy a long wheelbase TJ?
ya small inside but only need space for trail tools... I keep all other tools at camp. all it really does is take away the back seat which we never use anyways
well the front is turning out a little better than the rear. I tried it out with the front springs off the bronco (f350 fronts with leafs removed). Wheel base is sitting at 101" right now but I may move the rear back another inch or two. the tires stick out kinda far in the front as seen in the 3rd pic. the rear is a bit more narrow
BDR? Squares?
Why don't you sell this and go buy a YJ or CJ?
why does this club have to give everyone a hard time when they want to build something new. I already have the jeep and dont feel like finding a different one
i like it, should be simple w/ the reliability of a factory fuel injected motor and ac
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
you're taking a vehicle built in 2004 and using only the engine and transmission, downgrading the suspension, changing the wheelbase, eliminating any storage or utility the vehicle may have had, and likely ending up with something so unstreetable that it can no longer be considered an extra vehicle or pass a vehicle safety inspection.
if thats what you want, great. There are MUCH better platforms to start with.
you...with the logic....OUT!
sorry, does wanting this build to happen make me a bad person?Quote:
Originally Posted by jerryg79
i have plenty of space for tools and spares in my cj5 along with a big cooler. what the hell do you bring on the trail with you that you can't fit it in that top heavy rover thingy
camping ****, clothes, food, etc.
There is a fine line in building up a vehicle totake on the extreme terrain and normally that line requires quite a bit of money to have all the things you listed and still be able to perform.Quote:
Originally Posted by robertf03
I do not condone nor discriminate against anyones build in any of my clubs simply dueto the fact that I do not know their financial or logistical reason for building up their vehicle. For instance I have no clue why anyone would own or modify a vehicle from a company prided on crappy quality, doesn't make sense to me but who am I to judge, I have owned crappy cars in the past also for the right price.