Been awhile since I updated this. Haven't done much. Got my soft 8's put on some 33x10.50 KM2's, exhaust is installed, bought some hella 700ff lights and threw them on, and made some minor fixes. I gotta extend the bumpstops, get some HD steering, skids, and fix the rear sag before she's ready for wheeling.

I'm probably going to take it up to 3" all around as well because I'm at 1.5" now. I think some new Dorman leaf packs in the rear with relocation brackets; and 3" coils up front with some JK rubi shocks.

New KM2's


All done. You can see my fender trimming and Hellas in this picture


Measuring for bump stops in the rear. Front sway bar was still connected.

 

Got my ghetto rear bumpstops made and put on, they do what theyre supposed to do, and it costed me like $5 and some time. I just took some scrap steel I had laying around and welded 3 1" pieces together. Then drilled holes through and got some 5/16-18x4" bolts from lowes and bolted them on with the stock bump stops. My welds look like **** but I did this kinda quick.

the all important pics!!





I ordered 6 hockey pucks and the daystar extended bumpstops for the front. I also ordered an HD tie rod with new TRE's from iron rock. After that will come gas tank/tcase skids, SOLID diff covers, and lokka's front and rear. Then stage 1 of my build will be pretty much complete. Stage 2 will come around winter time.

 

Spend 1/2 the price of a gas skid and do what i did. Unless youre getting a stock one, those seem to be cheap.

 

If I do that I'm getting a ~15 gallon fuel cell

 

Ordered the Rusty's tcase and gas tank skids last night

 

Forgot to post this picture. Need to level out the rear bad.

 

Ballin

 

Thanks beautiful <3

 

Rustys skid plates came in today and these things are beefy. Pretty surprised at how fast they shipped considering in ordered them sunday night. Now im waiting on IRO to get off their *** and send me my bumpstops and tie rod.

 

Started mocking up skids, haven't installed yet. Pics will come then.

Finally got in touch with IRO, supposedly it's going to be shipping today.
Hopefully I'll have everything buttoned up and ready to go before choccolocco mountain on june 1st.

 

Got the skids and tie rod put on the other day. Now all I have to do is front bumpstops, and take off the front sway bar before june 1st. Disconnects and solid diff covers are next.

 

Buy a locker and do it so you have at least the front locked so we can do some more fun trails.

 

Bought some 33x10.5x15km2's today because of ur thread. Looks perfect also how much bump stop did you add front and rear ? I have bushwacker flat flares. I need to make some bumps so I don't jack it up

 

He had 2-3 hockey pucks up front and extended rear bumpstops even with the rear leaf spring plate, I think.

He sold it and bought a Bimmer. He said he wants another XJ, but talk is cheap

 

Cool I'm prolly gonna fab up a rear stop how tall you think I shouls start 4"? Sucks he sold it did he like the tires I play hockey so pucks up front should be easy