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Death to leaf springs.. Sorry Lamar..
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TreeClimber
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Them rear wheels are shiny black. Is that to hide the 8 lug rears, 5 lug fronts?
J/K.... good job Jon, and thanks again for the leafs. Now I gotta swap 'em on the YJ.
J/K.... good job Jon, and thanks again for the leafs. Now I gotta swap 'em on the YJ.
Nice and shinny because I just painted them. But yes 2 bolt patterns at the moment. I've been running 5 on 4.5 and 5 on 5.5 for over a year now anyways. But I might find some 8 lug Dana 44 stuff and make them matching.
Fenders still need to be cut in the rear, drive line needs to be lengthened, I dont like the brake lines so they are getting fixed, and not too sure about the shocks. I'm trying to decide, I might just buy some Air shocks. currently it's sitting on TJ rear coils. They are a little soft IMO.
A couple more weeks Bunk and it should be ready.
Plus I'm a working man. I have to work tomorrow. :flipoff:
crazybluerider1
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Leaf springs suck.
SUA rules, SOA is for vag's. :flipoff:
I said I would never SOA and I meant it.
For trail riding sprung under was a good stable ride, but for playing on the rocks or climbing obstacles,they kinda sucked. PLus breaking them really sucked.
I said I would never SOA and I meant it.
For trail riding sprung under was a good stable ride, but for playing on the rocks or climbing obstacles,they kinda sucked. PLus breaking them really sucked.
PORTER
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You will always be a leaf spring hugger to me Joopy:fawkdancesmiley:. Looks good.
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It's a pic of the side of your pile, in the dark.:scratchhead: So.......what?
3 linked up front with 14" radflo air shocks, That was done last summer. Now 4 linked in the rear with TJ coils(for now) and a Dana 70 with disc brakes.
benw1
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stock TJ rears? Mounted under the frame?
Yep, not sure if it'll stay that way though.
Ummmm, hate to break it to you, but your rear coils are now on top of your axle. Unless you figured out a way to mount them SUA.
Now you have a SOA rig :cheer:
Looks good though, nice work.
Ahh crap good point. fawk it air shocks it will be. :awesomework:
You know what's the amazing part is? I was worried my front axle was going to be quite a bit narrower (sp??) than the rear. But they are probably the same right now. Upfront I have a waggy Dana 44 with 1.5" spacers on it. I thought or think its 63" WMS. The Dana 70 is 65" But I got the wheels with 4" back spacing. So I think they match now.
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Ok here's some pics. I don't have the shocks on because I'm going to air shocks very quickly. So no point. But here it is licked up with TJ coils. I got lucky with my drive shaft. I didn't have to have it lengthened because the pinion sticks out 2" longer than a 8.8. PLus I have 8" of spline on my DS. So it worked out. I have about 2.5-3" of spline inside the slip yoke. I'm hoping thats enough.
