hey just wondering, where do you get yout tubing from? every where ive looked so far is hard to deal with and kinda overly expensive (i dont expect 3/16 or 1/4 dom to be cheap) . i havent bought anything yet but so far im at about 300- 350$ for heims and stuff. about how much you got into your la so far? any new pics?. sorry to take up your time im sure your busy with all the bumpers and racks and stuff. thanks in advance for the help tho

 

no worries the computer lives in the garage with me lol.
i get all my steel from pattons steel and other parts from ruffstuffspecialties.com that seems to be the way to go for the quality and price are great

 

haha i like the way you think. im not good at the computer, i prefer to sit behind the welder or hit stuff with a hammer. i just wanted to get someone more knowlegeable then i to point me in the right direction. thanks again

 

Heres a few pics of the jeep from the other day. i still have alot to clean up but this is the first time it had the long arms under it, and i am replacing the brake lines so it doesnt matter if they are hanging...












Heres how the cross member sits as of now, i have to move the mounts as i messed them up because they hit the front drive shaft, when i do that i might make the center piece removable so i can weld the side pieces to the frame rails so its guaranteed not to move between the welds and 6 bolts per side








Then i found this, just gotta weld it up, ill plate the frame rails soon which should help a bit

 

I havnt posted here for a bit so heres the new version of the stinger bumper




got the long arm kit fixed i just have to dial it in put the 35s on it and ill snap some pics of that and the trac bar and bracket.

 

I finally got the front together and the rear shackles on. the 1.5 inch revolver shackles gave me about 1 inch of lift so ill be about .5 inches lower in the rear compared to the front. im going to add another leaf from my stock leafs to help raise the rear so it sits even.

tomorrow its getting a little fab work on the bumpers and were finishing the rear locker.

ill post pics in a bit.

 

heres one of the trac bar bracket brace, its simple but more than enough




and one of the rear detroit cuz i felt like taking pictures today lol

 

no front tow points on the bumper?

 

yeah there are now, that was an unfinished pic of a customers bumper

 

Im sure im not the only one who wants to see more..

 

Are these Hummer tire take offs? What size? I know you said 35s but they don't make them in a 35, thought they were 36" bias plys or 37" radials? What front springs do you have in there?

 

well yesterday my dad and i put the detroit in with the gears (456s) and what a pita that was to shim it and set the back lash, now id prolly laugh when someone says why does it cost so much to have a rear end regeared.

not much for pics on that one rightnow. i do need another cb radio though as mine got water in it and stopped working so let me know if you have anything.

next on the to do list today is go get some 6 inch hella lights and convert them to hids for the bumper, and if i can afford it ill go to the jy and pull some disc brakes off of a 6 cylinder zj so i can polish the turd and make this dana 35 stop.
my d35 is a non c clip so changing shafts is a breeze and i got some spares so if/when they snap i can swap em out in a few minutes. gonna have to do that until i get some chromoly shafts or a d44

 

the springs are rubicon express 4.5 inch springs, well theyre supposed to be i think theyre the 5.5 inch springs, i traded a roof rack for those and some cash

the tires are goodyear mts they are 35-12.50-15s got them from a guy on craigslist

 

got it on the wheels.

now to do the little boring crap like bleed the brakes ect

 

today i had to notch out the corners of my bumpers because my shackles would sit on them if i didnt, im running those revolver shackles. yeah yeah give me ur crap theyre unstable blah blah, im gonna try them and if i dont like em ill sell them but i dont think they would be any worse than a 4 linked rear end which is what the jeep will get next when i get some money.

anyways i took some angle iron and put in there along with a few pieces of scraps to fill in the corners.




















then this little thing decided to drop out of the ceiling and i almost ran into her while walking into the garage she was about shoulder high











I also picked these up today, 8 inch hellas, they are getting converted to hids tomorrow and mounted on my bumper
my buddy has them and they are just as bright as a set of 800 dollar lightforce lights. except you cant shoot these with a 12 gauge then install them and use them like the light force ones lol