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Old 04-21-2015, 07:53 PM
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Parts came in. Should be awesome.


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All the parts lined up ready to go on.


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Nice parts.

Aren't you still stock rear axle and spring over axle?
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Yes sir. SOA on 8.25. It's been plenty strong enough so far.
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Goodies! I'm hoping to be up at the track this year. A couple of my friends said they know you from your jeep, up at the track. Hope to see this bad boy in first person. Keep it up. Also what shop did you open? In Fairmont?
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Yea the Jeep always brings A crowd.

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Not the most precision given the obvious flaws in accuracy. But my starting height, from ground and from center of axle





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Measure the height from the ground to the roof drip rail, front and rear.
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She's already apart. It was about 4 1/4 tire clearance at rest.
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Got it apart. Had to use some heat On the front bushing. they look like I should get a Decent amount of drop of out of these, which will be great


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All this new suspension is looking pretty under here. Hope it works even better than it looks
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So what would that leaf spring be called? It's not really a mono-leaf...
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It's a split monoleaf. I'm really hoping covering all the basses leaves me with a perfect suspension
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Sliders,caltracs, monoleafs, kybs, and all new bushings and hardware.
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Did you have to cut off the spring perch and reweld it back on?
What are you doing with the front spring mounts?


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