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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 11:13 AM
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Pictures from this past weekend's excursion. Ended up putting some decent tree scratches on the passenger rear quarter and scraped some paint off the driver side edge of the hatch.
Need something bigger to flex on lol
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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 11:14 AM
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yea i do...
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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by dukie564
yea i do...
Wanna buy a Saab?? lol
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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by dukie564
yea i do...
flex on someone else's tires?
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 01:03 AM
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Originally Posted by kuzican
flex on someone else's tires?
no no... MOAR!!!!
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 09:12 AM
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if someone will let me lol. I take no responsibility if my sidewall rips off a fender flare
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 10:02 AM
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you can come flex on my tire and my fender if you'd like
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 08:57 PM
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How much lift did each of your rear leaf components give you? I want/ will need relo brackets eventually and I'm trying to decide how to piece it all together. I'm thinking FST low pro ones, keep my RC adj shackles and 2" leaf packs.
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Old Mar 19, 2013 | 08:06 AM
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5/8" from the relocation brackets
1/2" ish from the dakota shackles
3.5"± from the bastard packs.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 10:41 AM
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No work being done on the jeep lately. Just been driving it. Soon will come some maintenance items but nothing major as I'm forbidden from spending money on the jeep before the wedding . I have a few mods in the wings though - 136amp alternator and wiring upgrades are ready to go in - just need to get battery terminals and the circuit breaker. Shifter ***** i have everything for. Steering box brace is ready to go in.

Been putting some thought into axles lately, and I've pretty much decided what I want to do.

Front Axle: Jana K4 - using a narrowed hp44 housing, alloy waggy length inner shafts, chevy knuckles, chevy stub shafts, and JK44 gears (larger and stronger than d50 gears)

Rear Axle: Either an Ford 8.8" or a Ford 9" - needs more research

...This is way in the future though
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 10:48 AM
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If you do a 9", go HP. Otherwise I think they are a ***** to deal with and the 8.8 has a ton of support and is easy to work with.
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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 11:24 AM
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f that noise. I'll run a pinion guard and call it good. Point is not to spend mad coin on pricey fab housings or 3rd members
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by dukie564
No work being done on the jeep lately. Just been driving it. Soon will come some maintenance items but nothing major as I'm forbidden from spending money on the jeep before the wedding . I have a few mods in the wings though - 136amp alternator and wiring upgrades are ready to go in - just need to get battery terminals and the circuit breaker. Shifter ***** i have everything for. Steering box brace is ready to go in.

Been putting some thought into axles lately, and I've pretty much decided what I want to do.

Front Axle: Jana K4 - using a narrowed hp44 housing, alloy waggy length inner shafts, chevy knuckles, chevy stub shafts, and JK44 gears (larger and stronger than d50 gears)

Rear Axle: Either an Ford 8.8" or a Ford 9" - needs more research

...This is way in the future though
You don't know it yet, but you're forbidden from spending any money on it after the wedding too
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Basslicks
You don't know it yet, but you're forbidden from spending any money on it after the wedding too
Nah. We've been together 8 years already and lived together for 7 of those - she knows my style
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by dukie564
f that noise. I'll run a pinion guard and call it good. Point is not to spend mad coin on pricey fab housings or 3rd members
So 8.8? Haha
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