Haha ibwould have loved to get some nice suspension seats but i got a good deal on a pair of Bomz racing seats. They are an improvement over stock thats for sure lol

 

Hey man read your build thread form beginning to end. This is one of the best I've ever seen. I love all of the creativity with all of your mods. Keep it up!

 

Just read the whole thing. You sir, Are my idol. Great Job

 

finally got time to throw up a short update.

put some new seats in


trimmed up the front bumper finally


welded on my front HD Engineering frame stiffeners


added a few windshield supports


built a trac bar for the front to save my leaf spring bushings and to help the steering from pushing against the frame too much. built it with ruff stuff specialties frame and axle mounts and their 7/8ths heim joints



i went on the Oktoberfest run to Evans Creek the other weekend and the jeep performed beautifully! no issues at all! didnt get many pictures at all really
coming down the 519 rock face


me and Tim (cherokeefever)


thats probably all my modifications for a while. most of the local wheeling areas are closed for the winter around here and i might be getting laid off soon so i wont be doing much to the jeep at all

 

Except going wheelin with me

 

Well on our last trip out my dad rolled his jeep pretty bad and broke his neck. I wont go into detail about that accident but he will heal up in about 4 months.

But on that trip i bent another leaf spring... That makes 4 total that i have bent. So i decided ive had enough fun with the leafs and its time to 3 link. I have no complaints about leafs at all except how easy it is to bend them.

So i ordered a bunch of heims and bushings and went out and picked up steel for a crossmember and links. Heims and brackets should be here tomorow. I started the crossmember and will post pictures of it later

 

Ouch, that's no bueno. I hope one day when i roll mine, it doesn't hurt too bad.

Looking forward to seeing the 3 link come together. When I 60 the front of mine it will definitely be getting a 3 link.

 

Well he barrel rolled 3.5 times down a hill in a cj5. Look up "cj5 rollover" on youtube. Hes the yellow cj in the snow

Im excited to get the 3 link done cuz the front suspension has been my weakest link. Its gonna be a while before i finish it because i have to wait for the FOA coilovers to start bring produced again

 

Glad your dad is alive. Hope his recovery goes well.

Great build! Looking forward to this 3 link.

 

so far he is recovering very fast so its all looking good!

heres a few updated pictures

the pile of steel i got. 6ft of 2"x1/4" DOM for the two lower links, a piece of 2"x4"x3/16" rectangular tube for the new crossmember, a sheet of 1/4" plate for misc mounts, 10' of 1.5"x.120 tubing for coilover hoops. im still waiting to buy a piece of 1.5"x1/4" DOM tubing for my upper link


my heims and a few mounts came today. im using 7/8s RuffStuff Specialties heim joints for the lower frame side, 3/4 heims on the upper link, and bushings on the lower axle end


started building my crossmember


holes for mount started


using all my own designs on this suspension build. a lot of custom fab will be involved. i also picked up a AC pump bypass pulley so i can pull out my AC unit for more room to move things around in the engine compartment to fit the coilovers. gonna have to more quite a bit of stuff around in the engine bay

 

Damn dude, the jeep looks awesome. Sorry to hear about your old man hope hes doing ok.

Not sure if you remember me but i sold you a sony stereo like a year ago. Probably a lil longer but your jeep looked so much different then lol. Anyways awesome jeep man.

 

great looking build i find it inspiring to go through a whole build thread and not get bored with cup holders and which way do my lights look better keep up the good work.

 

Ha thanks man! I try to keep it interesting. Its not your normal everyday build and thats the way i like it. Hope it gives others ideas on their own builds!

 

started building the crossmember

holes drilled for the mount


the crossmember will bolt to these overhanging pieces of 1/4" plate which have gussets going to the frame rails.


where the upper link will mount


view from the front


crossmember almost done

 

Keep it up, SON :-)