ryan6838

Figured I should start a build trend on my 96 4 door chop top.
Bought it chopped on 35s with a rustys 6.5 long arm. First 4x4 and ready to have fun. Went out twice with it and found its short comings. The rear suspension didn't flex, driveline vibes, death wobble, wiring issues and snapped my track bar on my second trip. Alot of work to do, let the adventure begin.

How she looked when I got her. well minus the mud.

Wiring fun, pulled a harness at the pull a part and now we have turn signals and tail lights.

floor coating

scout helping on the harness swap.

rustys track bar let go on the second trip and the madness of the build really begins.



So the broken track bar turns into trussed front and rear, rear locker ( keeping the hp30 and 8.25 by the way ), sye, iro trackbar and steering, shackle relocators, frame stiffeners, mj bastered packs, wj knucle swap, zj disk, 2500 master and whatever else i get ahold of lol.

ryan6838

HD relocation brackets. Great product, with the mj pack ill actually have flex.

quick shot of paint.

stock gas tank skid added and keeping the hitch for now so i have at least one recovery point.

brackets put together and ready to go in.

brackets in

bottom on.

and springs in supper easy, if you can tack a bolt out you can do this.

Man on mock up to see the rear flex for the first time was great. In mock up bracket plus mj leaf and shackle minus overload spring was same 6.5 of lift. Ill post my final lift and adjustments once it gets under its own full weight.

ryan6838

put the wife to work

lopping of all the brackets

got my buddy to weld on my truss

Figured out the mj pack wouldnt work, puts axle to far back. got the rear trussed today and working on the front now.