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2 door xj build

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:12 pm
by Matt612
Figured I would start a little build thread. Im still waiting on stuff from ruffstuff but it should be here saturday I hope.
Here is the plan:
92 2 door xj 4.0/ax15
Tcase 231 w/ 4:1 or rubi 241OR
big bearing 31 spline 9" 4.88s Detroit
HP44 4.88s chromos super-joints lock-right
37-13.50-17 procomp Xterrains
17" steelies with DIY beadlock
3 link front
leafs in rear

Trying to say somewhere around 3.5-4.5" lift with the 37s.

BEFORE PICS:

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:13 pm
by Matt612
Will get some more pictures tomorrow of progress.

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:26 pm
by BadAssEddie
ohhhh yeahhhhh :cool:

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:27 pm
by Jwlman
How about some pics of those axles that I hear you got an excellent deal on? :cool:

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:07 pm
by BadAssEddie
Jwlman wrote:How about some pics of those axles that I hear you got an excellent deal on? :cool:
I heard they came out of some piece of shit YJ that will never wheel again.

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:45 am
by Matt612
Jwlman wrote:How about some pics of those axles that I hear you got an excellent deal on? :cool:
Haha hell yeah I thought I did ok on the deal. The guy you sold them to lost his ass

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:52 am
by Matt612
James I forgot to ask you what ram you were running for your hydro assist, figured I would get the same one to keep it simple instead of having to redo the mounts

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:00 am
by Matt612
Got both drivers side fenders cut out, and front pinch weld cut and hammered flat. Got my new AA stainless clutch line in with adapters on both sides.
D35 ** with 3.07 gears is about to come out.

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:12 am
by BadAssEddie
That is where it will sit for 1 year+ :flipoff2:

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:42 pm
by Jwlman
Matt612 wrote:James I forgot to ask you what ram you were running for your hydro assist, figured I would get the same one to keep it simple instead of having to redo the mounts
Surplus center 1.5x8

The guy I sold them to didn't want to do any fab work and just have bolt in axles so he had no issue paying a lot for them. He didn't seem like a guy that would work on his own junk so I figured he would never get around to using them.

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:38 am
by Matt612
BadAssEddie wrote:That is where it will sit for 1 year+ :flipoff2:


FFFF that shit.

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:40 am
by Matt612
Jwlman wrote:
Matt612 wrote:James I forgot to ask you what ram you were running for your hydro assist, figured I would get the same one to keep it simple instead of having to redo the mounts
Surplus center 1.5x8

The guy I sold them to didn't want to do any fab work and just have bolt in axles so he had no issue paying a lot for them. He didn't seem like a guy that would work on his own junk so I figured he would never get around to using them.
Sounds good thanks. Seemed like the guy needed the money and that's why he sold them so cheap.

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:33 pm
by Matt612
Update: Ruffstuff order showed up without my spring perches which were supposed to ship...Pretty aggravating because now I will have to wait till the middle of next week for those.

Got the passenger side fenders cut, and both frame rails sanded down ready for the uni-body stiffeners.

Got my tires mounted and balances with air soft BBs this morning.

Image

I took the old spring perches I torched off and set them on the axle so I could sit the jeep on the axle under its own weight. This is what it looked like. It should sit up about an inch higher with the new perches.

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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:58 pm
by willhf1011
Oh shit here we go...

Looks good man, Hurry up and get that rear rolling so you can get stuck on the front.

Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:21 pm
by Matt612
willhf1011 wrote:Oh shit here we go...

Looks good man, Hurry up and get that rear rolling so you can get stuck on the front.
The rear would have been done today but ruffstuff effed up again and somehow didn't ship my spring perches.