Ok so i finally got the tubes ground down and cleaned up, however there was a spot on the passenger side of the axle that had a sticker, upon removing the sticker i found an area of pitting from rust, its only on the top side of the tube and the deepest point is about a 16th of an inch . . should i be worried? fill it in with weld and grind it smooth? truss the axle? heres some pics of the issue spot and the tubes cleaned up . .

The area in question







The welds ground down . . the pitting doesnt look as bad with the welds smoothed out





After running a flap disk over the tubes

 

your further than me lol mine is still on my patio. i haven't had time to bring it into the basement to work on it.

 

Haha im trying to stay focused on it so i can get it under the jeep otherwise itll end up under a tarp and ill forget about it lol

 

Finally ordered the bracket kit from IRO today!! hoping it gets here by this weekend and hopefully get the 8.8 under the jeep!! . . also planning to make a homebrew truss to throw on the 8.8 as well!

 

look into the Barnes 4wd truss its $100 or so shipped. and its made for the 8.8. Oh and you won't have your brackets before the weekend, IRO is awesome but they dont ship stuff very fast lol

 

Ugh lol o well and as for the truss i can get the steel for free so i figure ill make one

 

Sad update . . last week i got hit by a tow truck crossing an intersection, luckily i didnt get injured and luckily he only caught my front end otherwise it could have been a lot worse . . but as far as the jeep she is done but the build will continue and im currently looking for a replacement zj which i plan to build with parts from the deceased zj

 

Holy crap

 

well ****... glad youre ok though!

 

Well i finally got my IRO 8.8 swap kit, sucks that i dont have a jeep right now but in the mean time at least i can work on the 8.8 and get it ready for the next jeep! Hoping this weekend to get all the brackets tacked on and tomorrow im going to check out a 97 zj for sale

 

Well its been about a month now being jeepless, but yesterday i changed that! picked up a 1998 XJ with 200k for $600 its been about 6 years since ive owned an XJ and this one is gonna need some work but im looking forward to building it!!

Here's some quick pics i got of it, i washed it and threw on some spare rims and tires on it for now. It was disgusting when i picked it up, sat for over a year but surprisingly a quick wash and she looks great!

 

Dont look bad at all minus the front end damage! How bad is it?

 

The damage actually isnt that bad at all, the bumper is obviously wasted and the header panel is cracked and has seen better days . . i already pulled the bumper off and going to source a new one from the junkyard as well as a new header panel, im hoping i can find one the same color