just thought i would start a topic on this since i put the deposit down on it ....

i will have specs and pics later in the week

Very nice.

its home, and it passed maryland state inspection as did the trailer .... which usually never happens to the first shot .... and i got both of them through on the first shot

yeah it is the unlimited those are designated as an LJ

its got 2 inch skyjacker spacer lift
33 inch tires on 15 x8 wheels
wider flares
lower control arm skids
steering box skid
rocker protectors
jeeperman front winch bumper
jeeperman rear bumper
full set of role bar nets, they keep dogs and kids from falling out
and it has a huge 700 dollar tuffy security drawer in the beck of it that will become one hell of a tool box for the trail

Looking good there!!  Nice jeep and Dodge truck too!!  puttputt56

this on the jeep have progressed ..... i ordered

jks 1.25 inch body lift
jks 1 inch motor mount lift
skid row rad skid plate
advanced adaptors t-case shift linkage bracket
rokmen tummy tuck trans and t-case skid plate
rokmen engine skid
rokmen fuel tank skid

i also picked up a set of soft doors for it

and i just sold those huge wide flares and picked up a set of stock ones

i will be wheeling the wee out of it 2 weeks from now .... cant wait .... i think the lack of lockers is going to hurt me

yeh it all fit great and the guys one the phone were spot on with the tips on install ... i am very happy with it

did i mention i hate mud

yes that tire is well off the ground .... when 2 tires come off the ground is when you start to struggle with 2 open diffs

Looks like a fun trail machine. Nice pics!

.... the jeep is getting another round of upgrades .....

4 inchs suspension lift
warn 8000 winch
85 waggy d44 front swapped in with a truss gears lockers
35 inch tires new wheels



and a shit load of other stuff

i guess since u posted i will put some pics up








i will get some more once i finish all the up grades to the axle

yes ..... when i looked at the pics for the first time i thought to myself ... man that looks small but i am used to looking at 60's and 70's


this is a dana 30 in the front of it now

ok so i cut this chunk off ...



out of this spot



then i cut this chunk out of this spot ..... you can also see my 1/4 brass pipe fittings i used to make the new axle vent



then i got the grinder out and cleaned it all up ... turned out really good i am very happy with it



front view of how much housing was taken out



bottom view of how much was taken out notice all the the factory plug welds are still in place



then i pre heated the cast housing with the oxy act. torch and then used my mig to weld the tube to the housing .... i did this all the way around not just where i cut, i also did the other side ..... and i post heated with a map gas torch to slow the cooling down so that it was not real rapid ........... might not be the right way but it seems to work for me



then i c-clamped the truss in place and tacked it down in like 4 places ..... remember to set your caster before you start to weld .... mine is at 6 degrees but i can adjust it with the control arms for fine tuning



now i am not sure i needed to do this but i read about it on pirate and it was not hard to do so i figured it cant hurt but i put a bit of anti axle warp preload on it with a chain and a bottle jack ..... i also only weled 1 inch at a time and waited 5 mins between each weld and hopped around the truss as i welded .... hopefully all of this worked out for my and i will have ended up with a straight axle





thats it for now, if i cant find anyone to go drink with tonight i might get up early tomorrow before football and work on the mounts for the coils and the control arms .... if not then that will wait till one night this week if i get motivated

it was premade ..... and let me tell you jim ..... it does not hold a candle to the stuff you built .... i am a complete novice at welding and my welds look better ..... and it took them sending me 2 trusses to get one that was not warped into a pretzel .... and it was $$$$$$ if you ever get to the point where you decided you want to make more stuff .... the jeep market is big business and they are screaming for quality fab

looking really good Tim!!!!

i have not updated this in quite a while ..... i picked up a whole shit load of parts for this thing and threw them all at it on a nice winter day .... got some track bars some springs control arms, brake stuff, shocks ... you name it i did it

we were all too busy to stop and take pics, 3 and sometimes 4 of us worked non stop from like 930ish till 5

rick and nick did basically the whole suspension lift front and rear, and the tore out the front axle, i assembled the new front axle till about 1-130 and then helped install the new front axle

still have got alot of little things to do and adjust but as of now its sitting on its own weight


this is 35's on the rear and 285's on the front


not something you see on the typical jeep on 35's running around the local mall .... also notice the custom centers on the rims lol


clayton track bar bracket .... no turning back now took the welder to the jeep for the first time


dont look at things like bolts being tight or jab nuts ... non of that is done yet


lets play name the missing part in this picture ...

ok this is my new thoughts ....

the balistic mounts have got circles that are welded to the bottom foot of the mount, waht i am thinking of doing is taking and cutting the circle off (blue) and making a wedge out of some steel i have got in the garage (red triangle) weld those 2 together ... weld the bolt to the bottom of the circle (yellow) ...

now this will do a few things it will put the coil bucket surfaces on the axle and the frame parallel to each other and it will let me push the coil back slightly .... now in the process i will gain lift from the new lower bucket so what i am thinking is if i remove the 4 inch spring and put back in the stock spring and the 2 inch spacer i will end up with roughly 3 inchs of lift .... so basically dropping the front of the jeep about an inch, which is also good b/c the front was higher anyway and by dropping it i should ba able to get another degree of caster to try and get the thing so it will steer right ....


now by moving the coil spring back it will be sitting over the shock mount on the axle, what i can do with this is actually clearance the ballistic mount  so a shock body can pass by and then weld new shock mounts to the axle tube ... this will let me make the upper and lower mounts  align with each other and it will let me drop the mounting spot down a bit and i can hopefully use the shocks i have already got 

thoughts?

i have been meaning to put this pic up ... these are the twin thomas air compressors i installed in the jeep, still have to get them wired and get the tank installed but i had to get them in place



then i fabbed this bracket out of some 4 inch exhaust pipe and some scrap plate ....



pay no attention to my bugger welds, i miss cut when i made the one plate and i had to fill in about a 1/2 inch gap .... but anyway this is where it goes, guys with a manual trans you cant do this b/c this is where the mc for the clutch hydros mounts



and then we have the reason for the bracket ...



just fits with the hood down



and this is so i dont have to have the hood open every time i want to use the winch .... this was the bast place i could find to mount this, figured it would work well b/c if needed you could run the controls through an open window

Awesome flex Tim!!!!
   Nice job!! 

PS: I have a section of frame on the way .
Jim

real world flex

it does awesome ... i wish i have to funds to do everything involved with swapping over to a long arm setup, but the jeep does great i am real happy with it

i want long arms and 37's ... with flat fenders and body armor .... but that has to wait till i get the axle in as well as gears and lockers

kinda sorta .... probably more like this

well got to throw another update up .... i bought a long arm/radius ram kit for the front, and a triangulated long arm kit for the rear ..... it will all go on this winter

anyone who knows jeeps will recognize the name "Clayton" .... its a bad ass kit with a lifetime warranty on the arms

i really have problems ..... its like an addiction ..... i cant help myself, anyone that watched my trailduster build knows i dont no where to stop and i take projects too far .... well the jeep has not been spared from that


04 lj
stock engine/ auto trans
tera low
1.25 body lift
roughly 4 inch of suspension lift still using coil springs
hi line the fenders
armor
40 inch tires
79 ford 60 front
5:13 gears
arb
chromo shafts
longfeild joints
14 bolt rear
arb
5.13 gears
clayton long arms
h2 rims
front oro sway loc dual rate sway bar
rear currie anti rock

this is the jeep as it is before



how its sitting now



new vs. old



clayton brackets tacked in place



tomorrow i am going to start building the truss for the 60 and start figuring out all the mounts for it

worked on the front truss today and played with the plasma cutter a bunch more .... they are the best tool ever



we need a welding table



more



still have more trimming to do, the truss needs to come down about 3/4 to 1 inch more



and then i really went nuts .... i bought 4 coilovers and 180 or so feet of 1.75 120 wall dom tubing