Went wheeling this past weekend at Bundy Hill Offroad Park. This was basically my first time wheeling at a dedicated off road park. We had a blast!

Me and my buddy with his YJ before headin out to the trail. He's got about 4 inches of suspension lift and 2 inches of body lift sittin on 33'' Dick Cepek's I believe.




First things, first... disconnect the antisway bar!


Since it was my first time, we didn't want to start with anything too aggressive:


Let's just say, I QUICKLY realized the limitations of my rig and that would be THE FENDERS! I need to do some trimming ASAP.




I started the day with all my fender flares in place, by the end of the day I had none. This particular picture shows how the fender itself is actually buckling in, it popped right back out though.

 

how close is bundy hill to where you are? and that happened to one of my buddies the other day. he was able to pop it back out too.

 

Here's my attempt at demonstrating a little suspension flex/articulation. Honestly, I'm not that good at recognizing flex from inside the vehicle so I probably could've done a better job at capturing it on camera but it's tough to get out and stop in the middle of an obstacle. The only reason I got out on these pics is because of the awful sound of crunching/bending sheetmetal from the fender, lol!










I can definitely see how the LCA drop brackets are allowing more flex here. Seems like the stock arms would be binding...


By the way... all images are phone pics. Sorry about the quality. We actually took some video though, so hopefully after a bit of editing I'll be able to post a few live shots.

 

Bundy is less than 2 hours driving distance. Not that bad of a drive really. I drove there and back in the XJ. Where do you go wheeling?

 

Few more shots...






Stupid rock picture:


Somehow, throughout the whole day we weren't able to find the rock pit. I'm going to try to get back there one more time before it gets too cold though and hopefully get into some more difficult terrain. Also, I was really impressed with the increased traction from the Aussie Locker. Worth it's weight in gold! My buddy's YJ was having some locker issues, it didn't seem to be locking all the time and it was definitely evident when he was getting stuck while I was passing through easily.

 

ohhh ok. great pics again. looks like a great time. i recently moved from the east side of the state (near you) to the west side of the state (byron center). i didnt do any wheeling on the east side. last week we did hit this place over here that i am not sure of the name. its not a park or anything. just someones land

 

your running a 4.5" lift and 32x11.50's and still ended up stuffing your tires into your fenders?! this makes me seriously consider the 32x11.5's damn it

 

this is an amazing build i just spent 2 hours reading it from start to finish, thanks so much for all the pictures. now all u need is to drop in a stroker!

 

Wow, I just went through your whole build thread, amazing work. I can only hope to do half as much to my XJ as you have done to yours. Thanks for the motivation! Lookin' great man. Mad Props...

 

I just read this whole thread...

I as all excited to work on my jeep than I remembered im poor

 

Ended up as a fenderless day...!!!! good pics though, Jeep shows some nice front end flex. How are you finding the ride off road ?? So whats the plan with the trimming, how are you gonna tackle it ?? Looking at the pics the XJ has got extended bump stops ?? a few ppl install/glue in some hockey pucks on the lower spring base to help compensate this issue....Love the XJ man....Awesome build as mentioned before.

cheers

 

Lol same this suckss...

 

nice build man. isn't bundy hill just awesome!!!! we are heading up there this Saturday. again, the jeep looks good.

 

the worst part is i already have the tires, and i didnt want to go over the 4.5 because that was still street legal and inspectable in MA. anything higher and its not, i call b.s.

 

Big matt your fine. 33s on 4.5 is fine just gotta do some minor trimmin.

No worries!!