LanesRide

35's are getting mounted this Saturday! I wont list the specifics yet but Ill just say that I bought her just about everything she needs to support the 35s for Xmas lol Im going to be busy working on her jeep for awhile, but thats ok. Gives me time to recoop from Xmas and start buying crap for my Jeep again lol

LanesRide

Well I gave her an early Xmas present lol I got her the Rustys HD tie rod and gave it to her early so that it can get aligned this weekend while shes getting tires.

Im going to install it tonight after work and her tire appointment is at 11am!

LanesRide

Also I think we're going to use my extra set of rims for her cherokee so she doesn't have to use wheel spacers anymore. What do you guys think?

88whitecomanche

Not bad choice....
I've had the liberty to have both sets of rims...I'd prefer the spare set

pittman71

I'm partial to the ones on the left as well. Had some on my CJ and something similar now on my XJ. Both of which I have picked up off of craigslist so not really by choice but I think they look great.

LanesRide

35s are on! She ended up going with my spare set of rims which I think look pretty good on her Jeep. I spent a few hours in the garage flexing it out and trimming what needed to go. Ended up cutting more behind the wheel, the bottom tube of the front bumper and some hammer work to the inner wheel well. Gotta take it into the trails and flex it out to be sure I cut enough.

Pictures coming soon!

FreddyD'Apice

And no pictures? and for sure get rid of those stock rims. Those are by far the worst jeep rims ever. They're sooo ugly.

pittman71

LanesRide

Sorry for the wait, its been raining all week and she's been sick. She did manage to take a quick picture before work though to hold everyone over lol

pittman71

Man.....that looks good!

unidentifiedbomb

Nice, still stock 3.55 gearing? Any skid plates? I would also look into bumpers/recovery points and sliders. Love the build and it's great you two are Jeepin' together.

LanesRide

Thanks man!

Yeah, still 3.55s for now. Next year Im planning on 1 tons for my YJ so Ill give her my 8.8 and HP30 with 4.10s. For now it seems fine though, she almost never hits the highway. I plan on installing an aux tranny cooler and temp gauge to keep an eye on things though.

No skid plates yet but she does have RuffStuff frame stiffeners and getting front section stiffeners soon as well as 2x6 rockers. Id love to find a junk cherokee with all the skid plates and grab them for hers.

For recovery points, we have a tow hook bolted to where the sway bar used to be in the front and the rear has a hitch receiver but Id like to swap it out with something else because its getting pretty crusty.

And thanks for checking out the build! I definitely lucked out with her. After 2 wheelin trips sitting in the passenger seat she wanted to get her own and we've been wheelin together ever since! Probably hit the trails atleast every other weekend.

Should get some good pics this weekend as we test out our new tires!

LanesRide

Hit the trails yesterday, didn't stop for many pics but here's a few







The new wheels worked awesome. She made it through most of the trail without a problem but came down hard off a rock at the end and pushed the inner wheel well in a bit. Nothing serious, no real damage. Just going to add maybe another half inch or so to the bumpstops

LanesRide

Another comparison picture of how far it's came

LanesRide

Got some more work done on the cherokee. We installed the steering box brace and steel spacer, just in time too



Swapped out her old lug nuts that were 5 different sizes for these



Did some more wheeling





And installed a Putco light harness. Next projects are the remote starter and the hood prop mod.