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Well this whole forum is pretty good. RV'n, travel, and some mild to wild off-roaders.
If you are ever staying in Colorado, NM, SD, UT or have a good suggestion, let me know. I like to do mild to wild...more wild to be honest. I do take ice cream runs, in fact doing one tomorrow.
Little bit about my TJ, kinda typical around here, so nothing real special.
2003 TJ ex-Rubicon
Drivetrain:
Front axle:
Custom built Solid Industries HP D-60 axle housing to match a 86-91.5 Ford D-60, 5.38s, Yukon locker, chromoly shafts, Solid C's, Chevy outers and drive flanges. Axle has full hydraulic steering. Axle is 3 linked, and hopefully will be 4 linked in the future.
Rear axle:
AAM 14B with disc brakes out of a 05 Chevy 2500 Gas, truss, 5.38 gears, Yukon locker. Pretty basic. Shaved the boat anchor a bit.
Transmission & T-case:
AW4 and Atlas II 4.3 HD
Motor: 4.0, asphalt ripping HP/Tq monster.....yeah, there will be a LS motor and T400 going in there.
Suspension and links:
King Shocks. I have always been a fanboy of their shocks due to the great customer service they provide before/during/after the sale. These are 14", 2.5 Kings with RR on all corners. I was going to do ORI's, but chickened out. To help with over extending/bottoming these shock, I installed limit straps and King 2.0 2" hydraulic bump stops. Works ok, but I am going to pull these apart one of these days soon and change some valving...pretty easy to do. I made my own shock/radiator hoops, cross bars and tied them all into the frame.
Links are 2.5 aluminum up front and 2.0 in the back. Should have went 2.5 in the rear as well.
Tires and wheels:
Raceline bead locks with 40" MTR stickies. They work pretty good, but I can see myself going back to BFG Red labels. I couldn't pass up on these Goodyear tires though, 4 brand new tires for 1600.00 is pretty tempting.
Frame:
I front/rear half'd the frame myself. I don't like it and will be getting the tubing notcher and bender out soon. The square tubing is heavy and not as functional as I wanted. So it has to go.
Roll cage is tied into the frame on the C/B pillar. Need to work on the A pillar.
Does everything work like I want it to? Nope, but I am my own worst critic. The frame just bugs the bejesus out of me.
Well, that is all I have to say about that.
This is my Jeep.
If you are ever staying in Colorado, NM, SD, UT or have a good suggestion, let me know. I like to do mild to wild...more wild to be honest. I do take ice cream runs, in fact doing one tomorrow.
Little bit about my TJ, kinda typical around here, so nothing real special.
2003 TJ ex-Rubicon
Drivetrain:
Front axle:
Custom built Solid Industries HP D-60 axle housing to match a 86-91.5 Ford D-60, 5.38s, Yukon locker, chromoly shafts, Solid C's, Chevy outers and drive flanges. Axle has full hydraulic steering. Axle is 3 linked, and hopefully will be 4 linked in the future.
Rear axle:
AAM 14B with disc brakes out of a 05 Chevy 2500 Gas, truss, 5.38 gears, Yukon locker. Pretty basic. Shaved the boat anchor a bit.
Transmission & T-case:
AW4 and Atlas II 4.3 HD
Motor: 4.0, asphalt ripping HP/Tq monster.....yeah, there will be a LS motor and T400 going in there.
Suspension and links:
King Shocks. I have always been a fanboy of their shocks due to the great customer service they provide before/during/after the sale. These are 14", 2.5 Kings with RR on all corners. I was going to do ORI's, but chickened out. To help with over extending/bottoming these shock, I installed limit straps and King 2.0 2" hydraulic bump stops. Works ok, but I am going to pull these apart one of these days soon and change some valving...pretty easy to do. I made my own shock/radiator hoops, cross bars and tied them all into the frame.
Links are 2.5 aluminum up front and 2.0 in the back. Should have went 2.5 in the rear as well.
Tires and wheels:
Raceline bead locks with 40" MTR stickies. They work pretty good, but I can see myself going back to BFG Red labels. I couldn't pass up on these Goodyear tires though, 4 brand new tires for 1600.00 is pretty tempting.
Frame:
I front/rear half'd the frame myself. I don't like it and will be getting the tubing notcher and bender out soon. The square tubing is heavy and not as functional as I wanted. So it has to go.
Roll cage is tied into the frame on the C/B pillar. Need to work on the A pillar.
Does everything work like I want it to? Nope, but I am my own worst critic. The frame just bugs the bejesus out of me.
Well, that is all I have to say about that.
This is my Jeep.