Ughhh 13 hour shift today...

 

I was at Danny's tuesday of last week we took it out for a test drive , and after much debate Rick an I convinced him his links needed to be moved ...then with more convincing from Rick he finally moved them ,and it is working pretty well on the road ride ...Then on Sunday i dropped off my hobart 210 , So he can burn in some welds that will not crack when dropping off a big ledge . I'm waiting to see how well the Double Tri link front does on rocks and off camber crawling if it does well I will be linking the front ...if not then I thank danny for the R&D . I'm thinking he's going to hate 42's and that drivetrain combo of 4.0 ax-15 and stock geared 231 of 2.72 , Because I hate it on 40's and have better gearing with the auto due to the torque converter , So that stick and stock 231 I think is going to be no fun , which is why I decided to build stronger b4 going bigger again ... I'm hoping he gets this thing trail worthy by august ,so we can hit the trails as a group again Danny, Rick , and I ... I like competition between friends on the trail it makes for harder & harder lines ...but I think my XJ is sitting currently able to take a better beating and with a good cage/trailer I'm thinking Chinakee will be 1tons Byatch this summer despite 5 inches taller and 42's...lol...but danny's a good driver , So it will be tough , But I thinks he's still 2 worried about dents to really push those 42's to do more than I will willing drive with no fear of flopping on .

 

40S-42S on a commanche buggy.

 

Nice dude !

 

My Ballz say 44's ...lol...But my brain is saying no bigger than a sticky 42 Irok in a 17 rim or sticky 42.5 bogger grooved on 17's .

 

You think I could fit 40s on my stock axles and 4inch lift? Hahahahaha jk

 

Danny ran 40's on that black XJ with a d30 front arb locked 4.88's and stock to the hubs b4 going 42's ...now the 4 inch lift thing is possible but it will no longer resemble an XJ .

 

Haha right on! Nah 35-36s is gonna be my limit , and to fit those I agree Iy wouldn't look like a xj at all after all the cutting

 

Sold one XJ...now I have two more. I swear they multiply.

 

No joke lol

At least you know the red one went to a good home. And now you have a blue one full of pot and cotton lol!

 

Pics?!

 

Dustin and I (mostly Dustin) did the balljoints on my jeep today. Went to do bushings and made a discovery. I don't have a 4.5" lift, after some deliberation and math we came to the conclusion I have 6.5" coils up front. Neat and all but have some serious binding issues in the front short arms obviously. So for the time being I'm ordering LCA drop brackets to solve the issue.

Now before everyone jumps on me to do Long Arms and blah blah blah, the drop brackets are a temporary summer solution. So I can at least wheel it for the time being!

Ripping carpet out tomorrow

 

Saw you driving on i70 on the way back from Dustin's when I was going to Dustin's. The tube doors are ****ing tops.
No, I have not met you in person. I am keeping it creepy.

 

LOL thanks! I can't count the amount of compliments I get on the doors. Everyone loves them.

Gonna have to meet one of these days!

 

ffffuuuuuuuu. This fire spread from south of buckhorn canyon to the poudre in less than a day. That area including 4 or 5 of my favorite trails.