got my rc crawler. mods so far, lowered it 1" and put roughly 1" bigger tires on. Until I get an XJ body I'm just going to beat on this ugly landrover body (hence the really ugly fender cutting lol)

I didn't even take any pics of it stock so had to go to ebay for a stock pic lol

 

Does anyone have control arms for sale that would fit a 3.5inch lift. Thanks PM me if you do.

 

Vendor Forum maybe?

 

Saw an XJ in the JY the other day with some skyjacker LCA's and springs, might be a decent donor for you, they didnt look abused. Colorado auto parts off of santa fe, looks like they got in a bunch of Jeeps recently.

 

A bunch of wranglers and a couple CJs all in a row, which I thought was weird. At least a dozen XJs, which is normal. I thought it was odd how many cars they had that had been completely burned.

 

Does anyone know the minimum distance between my grill out to fit a winch and fairlead

 

Probably going with xrc 8 comp with synthetic

 

Well, the XRC 8 is 6.22" long, plus the thickness of a Hawse fairlead, call that an inch.

 

Do I need to upgrade battery or alternator with an xrc8

 

Good glad ya found it bro

 

Digging the crawler MrFajita.
I used to have an ax-10 and a custom built scaler on TLT axles. Wish I still had one now that I've moved back to Colorado... awesome crawling right outside my door.

For anybody interested I'm gonna be dropping the price on my XJ in my craigslist ad to 1800.00 tonight right before bed. (it's the one on pg. 813) I've lost my parking spot and it's starting to cause an issue.

Thought I would let you guys know before CL crowd just in case.

back to

 

Nope lol

 

A deep cycle battery is probably not a bad idea. According to quadratec the XRC8 draws 410 amps. Your alternator should put out 90 amps. No alternator can keep up with a winch, but you could do several winch pulls on a good battery before it gets too low, even with the motor off.

If you winch with your engine running your current set up should be fine. I would only start to worry about the battery if you do a lot of winching with the engine off. Regular batteries don't recharge well if you drain them too low more than a time or two.

 

I would want some upgraded battery cables and alternator to battery cable.

 

The alternator won't produce more amperage than it can produce, so the alternator cable should be fine.

I would recommend wiring the winch directly to the battery. It's probably a good idea to get nice battery clamps with accessory studs though.