gotta love hi lifts!!!!!!

 

here's the 8.8 goin in:









shock mounts got cut off and moved outward after this pic. also my hard lines are shorter now.

 

damn man your jeep is awesome your putting so much stuff into it wish i had that kinda money hahaha/

 

this is a really cool thread because that was exactly what my XJ looks like now, and almost exactly what its going to look like in the future (6.5" lift and 33" tires instead) Thanks for a glimpse of the Future

 

thanks guys...

you dont need 6.5 inches of lift to run 33's. i like being around 5 inches. trimmed fenders so i have plenty of clearance for the tires. unless you are not wanting to trim too much, then you will need the extra height.


jeeps at a shop close to my house right now, couldnt get pressure in the brake lines after the axle swap. Bled them all about 8 times, so i know its not air in the system. Looking like the master cylinder could be messed up. didnt have time to look at it, since im working today, and i leave tomorrow morning for west virginia.

 

pile of parts to install:


old track bar out next to new double shear one from iron rock:


new bracket installed:


installed:


Drives a little bit better...bump steer seems to be gone, even flexed it out on a dirt mound, everything works well.

 

I aspire to get my engine as clean as yours

 

thanks...it needs a good wash now, but im about to go on a wheeling trip so it'll have to wait!

 

Hate to be the one to point it out but your track bar looks like you installed it upside down.

I only say that cause i just installed the very same track bar (but from Rough Country).

Looks good though.

 

that rear axle looks like a 8.25 not a 8.8 i could be wrong tho.

 

yea you're wrong. its an 8.8 trust me

disc brakes + the sensor on top for the tone ring are 2 give-aways, also the bottom doesnt have the flat lip (you can see its more oval in the 2nd pic), and where the drive shaft hooks up there isnt a yoke.

the first pic is the 8.25 i took out an sold

 

negative. that is how its supposed to be installed.

 

finally got my wheel spacers on the rear:


got shims in there as well, feels like its driving a little smoother.

stripped the bleeder, had to buy a new caliper...only 18 bux thou


new tie rod installed, with a diy alignment:


ears are bent on the passenger side stub shaft, im gettin a shop to spread them back and install a u joint. ive got an older shaft with the smaller size ujoint in there now.

 

so yea...i did that doorless thing...

 

here's why i went doorless...carnage from Golden MTN trip with Naxja crew:

slid off a rock into a tree pretty hard, ripped the handle off and dented both doors






u joint snapped 5 minutes into the 1st trail (i was running my spare shaft on the passenger side since i didnt have time to get my regular one installed before the trip...oops) all 4 ears were screwed up as well




2 hours later i was back on the trail thou...and wheeled sat/sun