Awesome build man, lots of time and $ put into this rig makes me want to build the s**t out of my 99 2 door, going to check out your fathers build right after i post this keep up the good work.

 

Ive been lazy and havent even order the stuff i need yet. I shoul dbe starting sometime soon. Going to be hard jugling my mods and helping my father build his.

Thanks. His build will start getting interesting in about 2 weeks for sure.

 

Got the 12k bolted up and ready to go.

 

I've had a couple set backs that have slowed progress down a bit for me so I totally know what its like. I'm hoping to be wrapping this round of mods up next week.

 

Got all my steering removed and trac bars swapped out. Pulled front diff since it was leaking from last trip. Must have took a hard hit to shift the rtv. So i put a lube locker gasket on it this time see if that works better. Also threw in the steering box spacers that been sitting in my toolbox forever.

 

this is comin out pretty awesome. Cant wait to see some wheelin pics!!

 

Going Feb 2nd to hawks pride mtn is Tuscumbia, AL will try and get some folks to snag a few pics for me.

 

Idk if you said but are you going with a different steering?

 

Yes weeder i have. Steering is in as well as a new heavy duty steering stabilizer

 

Very nice. I have wanted IRO setup for a while now.

 

What's the benefit of your tie rod going under the knuckle when the lower tie rod is already above it?

 

Clearance. And I like that set up, where did you get it?

 

True but if the upper connected to above the knuckle like the lower wouldn't that yield maximum clearance?

I know I'm splitting hairs but i want first hand accounts of how well the various offroad steerng packages work

 

It would yes, but the way he has it in order to be a true crossover steering like it is they couldn't be connected like your standard set up is. And the only other way is to put a longer mounting bar all on top of the knuckle and that would put more than necessary kinds of leverage on it and would be more prone to breaking. I may be wrong but that's how I see it anyways. I really do like this set up. Best of both crossover and OTK.

 

Would put too much leverage on the knuckle. Also if it was mounted to top of knuckle you would have to relocate track bar mount on the axle higher to gain proper alignment. The draglink is ran to the bottom so that the tie rod will have the maximum clearance.