Project: Alpha XJ
04-12-2016, 07:44 PM
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For those curious..
The 3 link I will be running will begin being produced and sold to the public very soon. I was lucky enough to be the prototype rig for this kit.. It will be bolt on and will be very cost effective.
1/4" DOM links, Currie Joints (possible option for heims)...nice laser cut xmember.
The 3 link I will be running will begin being produced and sold to the public very soon. I was lucky enough to be the prototype rig for this kit.. It will be bolt on and will be very cost effective.
1/4" DOM links, Currie Joints (possible option for heims)...nice laser cut xmember.
04-12-2016, 08:20 PM
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Meh..ill start a build thread so you all know when I sell it in 2 weeks. As always, a walk through history of all the things ive owned and sold for profit and eventually end up regretting it. 2009-10ish I bought this thing (88 XJ bone stock) Kept it for a year or so, painted it, swapped in a D44, gay lift, etc. Sold it looking like this: Went and picked up this right before the 88 sold: Threw a RE 4.5" lift and some JK wheels/tires on it. This is what it looked like before i traded it for a toyota: I went full potato for a while: Sold the Toyota, bought this heap of **** with like 80k on it. Did some dumb stuff to it: Traded it for an equally dumb TJ: Sold the TJ and pocketed lots of Benjamin's. Bought my first 2 door: Decided it was too tall, lowered it: Sold the 2 door to pay for my wedding, went a while with no Jeep and eventually went full potato again and bought a WJ: Traded the 99WJ for this 91 YJ (full grandpa style) Wheeled the YJ until its near death encounter, pictured here: Sold the hard top, hard doors, and had like 1900 bucks in the YJ, traded for this thing: Sold for 5k, so made about 3 grand off the YJ, decided to build a stocker: Bought some things: Got an offer to trade for a mint 4.0 TJ..of course I did: Sold the TJ for 7k, making another 2500ish off this deal, bought this pile: Thing sucked with the welded rear and worn suspension, sold it for what I had in it..found this cherry and bought it with thoughts of building it: Bought lots of parts for it, and ended up trading it for a big dumb nissan: Traded the nissan for a rusty YJ..cut all the rust out with help of a buddy, put armor on it: Traded the YJ off for an 01 XJ with some garbage on it: Traded the XJ for a nicely built TJ (4.88s, locked front and rear, etc etc): Sold the TJ in August of 2015 and have been "Jeepless" since..aside from the 2007 Commander that was my wifes DD..We traded the Commander in on black friday for a 2016 KL Latitude (Wifes DD) Up until yesterday (2/21/2016) ive been just sharing a vehicle with the wife since I work second..Decided that wasn't going to cut it any longer, which brings us to today...
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04-12-2016, 09:02 PM
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For those curious..
The 3 link I will be running will begin being produced and sold to the public very soon. I was lucky enough to be the prototype rig for this kit.. It will be bolt on and will be very cost effective.
1/4" DOM links, Currie Joints (possible option for heims)...nice laser cut xmember.
The 3 link I will be running will begin being produced and sold to the public very soon. I was lucky enough to be the prototype rig for this kit.. It will be bolt on and will be very cost effective.
1/4" DOM links, Currie Joints (possible option for heims)...nice laser cut xmember.
04-13-2016, 12:07 PM
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I knew this would be asked.
Previously I had some affiliation with Brian as far as I was the one who maintained his website, etc (over the last 2-3 years). Over the last 12 months his business has really taken off, and my personal career (as well as life in general) has kept me slammed. I unfortunately didnt get the opportunity to continue building Brians website.
With that being said we are still good friends, and I still support him 100% as I have since the days where all he built were roof racks. I will also continue to help him market his products and I will run quite a bit of his stuff on my rig.
More indepth on this 3 link I will be running...
Another close friend of mine has been fabricating and building some pretty sick stuff over the last several years..and works full time as a fabricator/machinist..he is wanting to take his business to the next level so he consulted me to help build his website (which I am in the process of), as well as make recommendations as to what parts would be very popular among the Jeep crowd (primarily XJs). On top of this my rig will be used as his R&D vehicle to develop his products.
The website my friend has me building will also be selling an ungodly amount of your more run of the mill bolt on stuff for Jeeps (coils, leafs, shocks, bumpers, etc)..so ill have info up on that soon..and you will most likely catch him in the vendor section.
With all that being said I am super stoked about the new 3 link..and being the first to run it..
Also..ill be picking up B. Lee's HD steering Friday..so more B. Lee Products for my rig
Previously I had some affiliation with Brian as far as I was the one who maintained his website, etc (over the last 2-3 years). Over the last 12 months his business has really taken off, and my personal career (as well as life in general) has kept me slammed. I unfortunately didnt get the opportunity to continue building Brians website.
With that being said we are still good friends, and I still support him 100% as I have since the days where all he built were roof racks. I will also continue to help him market his products and I will run quite a bit of his stuff on my rig.
More indepth on this 3 link I will be running...
Another close friend of mine has been fabricating and building some pretty sick stuff over the last several years..and works full time as a fabricator/machinist..he is wanting to take his business to the next level so he consulted me to help build his website (which I am in the process of), as well as make recommendations as to what parts would be very popular among the Jeep crowd (primarily XJs). On top of this my rig will be used as his R&D vehicle to develop his products.
The website my friend has me building will also be selling an ungodly amount of your more run of the mill bolt on stuff for Jeeps (coils, leafs, shocks, bumpers, etc)..so ill have info up on that soon..and you will most likely catch him in the vendor section.
With all that being said I am super stoked about the new 3 link..and being the first to run it..
Also..ill be picking up B. Lee's HD steering Friday..so more B. Lee Products for my rig
04-13-2016, 12:27 PM
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His business name is CavFab
(His last name is Cavanaugh)
His website is up and has a few products on it (just some RE stuff for now)
www.cavfab.com
(His last name is Cavanaugh)
His website is up and has a few products on it (just some RE stuff for now)
www.cavfab.com
04-13-2016, 02:25 PM
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Sounds pretty awesome. I'm looking forward to seeing what he puts out. New things are always welcome in my book.
Will he be giving forum discounts?
Will he be giving forum discounts?
04-18-2016, 02:32 PM
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No huge updates..wheeled this weekend and really put the jeep in some big rocks.
No one managed to take any pics of the harder sections so all I have is pics entering or exiting trails..but pics regardless..
3 link will be going on this weekend and the radius long arms will finally be coming off 😁
Back home and ready for DD duty:
Oh and found a storm trooper
No one managed to take any pics of the harder sections so all I have is pics entering or exiting trails..but pics regardless..
3 link will be going on this weekend and the radius long arms will finally be coming off 😁
Back home and ready for DD duty:
Oh and found a storm trooper
04-24-2016, 11:03 AM
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Well, pretty big weekend for the XJ. The 3 link is being installed as I type this. Currie Enterprise joints, .25 wall DOM links..blingy laser cut crossmember
This kit will be available to purchase soon.
After last weekend as trip it was clear the rear needed more clearance..so chopped some sheet metal off
And took another pic by some random artwork
This kit will be available to purchase soon.
After last weekend as trip it was clear the rear needed more clearance..so chopped some sheet metal off
And took another pic by some random artwork
04-24-2016, 11:04 AM
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Oh, also..I dropped some pretty pennies on shocks..waiting on them to ship from Cali..should be here mid week
