Full Bodied One Ton Xj Build
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Hey everyone, welcome to my attempt at keeping a full bodied xj and throwing tons under it. This post will be a little up to speed on my Cherokee so far. I'll keep it short as I wanna focus mostly on the actual one ton build. I'll also be learning as I go with this build and it can take some time so patience from everyone is appreciated.
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Picked up this guy from a friends 78' f250. Lucky for me, it had the factory snow package. Complete with good brakes and 4:10s. Axle is upside down in the picture but it's a King Pin D60. More pictures to come when i get it cleaned up. In a week or two, I'll be making a run to a pick n pull and grabbing a 14 bolt. I plan to keep them full width.
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It was mostly driver error that they blew up. Lesson learned lol
Making some final errand runs today so i can begin. I'll try to supply my fair share of weld ****. (It'll be more like a murder scene)
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Making some final errand runs today so i can begin. I'll try to supply my fair share of weld ****. (It'll be more like a murder scene)
Thanks
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Did some work over the past few days and got my front stiffeners 90% burnt in. Crappy pictures and a few crappy welds. Doing some touch up work Tomarrow and then Friday I'm getting some more plate steel to do the bottom and inside of the frame rails, and crossmember. I'll post more pictures when I have better lighting in the morning.
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Just get a decent lift, trim and bumpstop and you'll have just as much travel as I do. All those pics are just 10" travel shocks. Nice, clean looking wj ya got there.
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A lot of my buddies keep telling me to get a bottle of gas since flux core is "dirty" and you have to deal with slag in the welds. But when you clean everything up it turns out good and a lot of machines are stronger with flux vs gas. I was thinking about picking up an Eastwood 175hd. It's 500 and you can do a little more than my lincoln 140hd.
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