jesse12296

Take all your good parts off

cliffdiver96

I dont have the stock parts anymore :/

jesse12296

Well I hope you find a Cheap Jeep, and Insurance gives you a good Amount of $$$$

cliffdiver96

Thanks guys, going to look at one in new york next weekend. Low mileage no rust and its already lifted. Hopefully it'll pan out and i can get back on the trails

cliffdiver96

Okay soo i spent the passed 3 weeks looking at wranglers, cherokees, and some turbo diesel f250s. Finally found one that met my standards/price range.

1994 Cherokee
141759k
"Rustys 4.5 lift, 33x12.5 BFGoodrich tires, Full size spare, Warn rear bumper with tire carrier, Bushwacker cut out fender flares, new floor pans that are herculined, Tom Woods custom drive shaft, Slip yoke eliminator, JKS front swaybar quick disconnects Also have JKS bar pin eliminators for front and rear not installed, Rustys throttle body spacer, K&N air intake, Flowmaster exhaust, Rustys tie rod conversion, added steering stabilizer, Rusty frame strengthener, Rustys HD trac-bar and mount , grill inserts, new radiator, new front hub bearing assembly both sides, just put royal purple in front and rear diff and tranny"









Picked it up for $2,400

cliffdiver96

Plans for the jeep include the following:

Basic maintenance-Oil change
Antifreeze flush
Cap, rotor, plugs and plug wires
Adjusting tcase linkage
Brake pads/rotors
Replace burnt out bulbs
Power wash/degrease engine bay

As for the fun stuff:
Winch bumper
Warn 10k winch
Detours A-pillar light mounts
KC 130w Daylighters
Painting it Satin Black
Rear Locker
DIY Beadlocks
Detours Sliders
Shackle relocation
Stereo system

cliffdiver96

Ordering up some Bilstein 5100's, a new steering stabilizer, installing those bar pin eliminators, and a rear disc brake conversion

cliffdiver96

Soo i was pulling out of my driveway this morning and heard a pop, this is what i find. So much for those heavy duty rustys set up



Looks like my upper control arms are shot too. Time for some long arms, going with the Clayton long arm kit

rctrav

Wow that's scary. What it pulled right out of the threads?

cliffdiver96

Yeaa pretty much, apparently stripped all the threads out. Had to replace the whole tie rod system. Also found out the upper control arms were shot soo im taking advantage of the down time to do some Clayton long arms

cliffdiver96

Just picked up the Clayton Offroad Long arm kit, great customer service, and these things are burly!! Ill take some pics tomorrow

cliffdiver96

Crappy cell phone pictures but you get the idea...

New tie rods/steering stabilizer


And the Long Arms


Question is do you cut off the old control arm mounting points?

99OHXJ

Yep they need to come off, you can drill the spot welds. There a pain to get off.

cliffdiver96

Sob, i thought so haha. Thanks

Could they be cut off with a cutoff wheel?

cliffdiver96

Holy crap you weren't kidding-4 hours, 3 grinding discs, 3 sawzall blades and a busted knuckle later there off. Oh and it started raining half way through the job-the jeep doesn't fit in the garage hence the umbrella