2 door xj build

[Matt612]

I will have to pass.. i like my jeep looking like a jeep I did think it was pretty impressive that he was towing that giant turd with a grand cherokee though

[KOTABAD]

this is true!! i noticed that too

[Matt612]

Got the jeep into the garage this afternoon and started to do some shit.
Picked up some chevy 52" springs yesterday off a 86 k5 blazer, they were a ass pain to get off

Before with the stock cherokee springs.. it also sits a little low in the rear so hopefully i can get the right mixture of springs on the new set up.


Old springs out

52"s in just sitting on the spring pads with 2 lug nuts on for a picture..


I need to add another leaf.. I took 2 out and need to add one back and I think it will be good. Sittin to low now. Also obviously I need to do some trimming and body work. But I like the stretch gained. Will post some pictures tomorrow hopefully when I get it finished up.

[willhf1011]

looks much better with the extra wheelbase, I like it, time for some serious trimming. What's your wheelbase now?

[Matt612]

Yeah I have been wanting to do this since I built it.. I always thought it looked retarded. Wheelbase was 102" its 105" ish now.

[BadAssEddie]

Sweet dude. Does it still do that cutoff shit? I dont think you said if you had fixed or not.

[Matt612]

Sweet dude. Does it still do that cutoff shit? I dont think you said if you had fixed or not.

Im assuming it still does it, I have not driven it long enough to find out. But Im sure it still does. I plan on trying to fix that problem after Christmas sometime.

[CJonLP]

All that work will be for nothing if you don't get that cutting off $#!T fixed.

That said, looks good!

[Matt612]

All that work will be for nothing if you don't get that cutting off $#!T fixed.

That said, looks good!

Yeah i need to figured out the cutting off issue, I will get to it eventually.
Updates:
Got the right combo of springs, painted them and bolted them in. Started to rear cut on the drivers side


Still have a lot of stuff to do. I need to redo upper and lower shock mounts, I am going to make some tube fenders hopefully up at Nicks place out of 1.5" tube for the rear which will clean it up and make it look much better.. Need to lengthening my drive shaft still and Im starting on a rear bumper today.. using 2x4x.250 stainless we will see how it comes out

[d_OOT]

Pardon me for being a newb but how come those springs push your rear axle back? Aren't the mounts in the same spot?

[Matt612]

Pardon me for being a newb but how come those springs push your rear axle back? Aren't the mounts in the same spot?

Stock rear cherokee leaf springs are offset, from the front mounting area to "center" is 23" and from that center point to the rear is longer at 28+5/8"s, so by replacing that leaf spring pack with the 52" spring pack that has a centered pin and equal lengths of 26"s on both sides... I essentially push the axle back 3"s. This chart may help explain it better...

http://littlekeylime.com/MrN/mrnimages/leaf_springs.png

[d_OOT]

ahhh I see

[Matt612]

Making some progress on the bumper.. Started by cutting off the ends of my hitch

More progress








Still have a lot of grinding and more cutting to do but its getting there

[Matt612]

Finished up the bumper tonight, just need to prime and paint it then bolt it up. Here are some more pics..






Still need to add my receiver mount to the center of the bumper but I might wait to use Will's plasma to cut out the square for that.

[jstables]

Looks good man. Ill take on just like it for my heep.