with steering linkage first

 

About a 4 inch wide slice straight through the sidewall. Love duratracs but God damn they have thin sidewalls.

 

Haha I knew I was missing something.

 

Since my poor XJ was so dusty from being in the garage all those months, I decided it was time fro a little spray off!

 

Oh yeah, ya'll may have noticed in the last post. Someone set off a sticker bomb right next to my car

 

So the jeep still needed some final touches. The rear axle was a bit narrower than the front so I added 2 inch wheel adapters to compensate. In hindsight, the rear axle being narrow would have helped with turning on the trail but the symmetry makes me feel better. The rear shocks were also way too long for the high clearance axle mounts. The new mounts moved the shocks up about 4-5 inches causing them to be essentially bottomed out at normal curb weight. So I went to Napa and got a set of stock length shocks for about 30 dollars, until I figure out what exactly I want to do back there.

 

i dig the stickers

 

Thanks man, I'm a big sticker guy

 

So my new axles are on, I'm aligned square and ready to go. The thing holding me back is my lack of rockers. Over time the got beat up and rotted more and more, and eventually I was going to start damaging the body and ruin the bottoms of my doors.

 

Really enjoy your build! Keep it coming! How do you like your duratracs?

 

im a big sticker guy too, my problem is i put them inside the jeep, or i hoard them because i dont want to waste them. might be a problem.

 

Thank you! They're great, amazing for DD/weekend rig. I just sold them recently so I could upgrade however.

 

Yeah I know that feeling. If it's cheap enough I'll just get two and throw one in my sticker box

 

smart move. i think i might start doing that

 

I know its been a while since the last post but here's the most recent update! Rockers are done. Ready to be smashed.