yeah that color is sweet, i was sceptical at first about it. not sure if i liked it but its grown on me. I still wannew paint it this color green, or this orange/copperish color but a little brighter

 

so tomorrow im gonna pull the t-case to install my sye from advanced adapters. Any tips????? Should i use the new blue spedo gear they gave me? or is that gonna make my spedo whacked out? kinda cunfused about the teeth and gear/tire size

 

Just follow the instructions and youll be good. I torn mine apart and had no problems at all. was my first tcase project so i was a bit worried, but use everything they gave you.

 

Update:

worked all weekend and got my t-case done and the crossmember assembly for the long arms completed and tied up to the unibody. what a pain in the d!(% Not so much the assembly itself, just all the little crap problems you run into along the way.. i.e SNAP RINGS!!! mannnn i hate them. maybe cause i was using the wrong tools but... usually works.


some pics of everything and the crossmember...dood that thing is seriously beeeeef'd.

Channel locks...Anyone?






T-Case freshly pulled

 

alright so i am sitting around at work daydreaming of my jeep being done....

Im putting a parts list together of everything i need to finish this sucka up

Bar pin eliminators for the bilsteins
tom woods drive shaft
Bumpstops

Now the cosmetics..

JCR'S front and rear bumps
CB
Get the bottom and rockers herculined


Anyone have suggestions for BPE'S? I was looking at the jks, but they are pretty dang expensive!

 

700? you stole it, congrats looking good cant wait to see the front done!

 

lookin awesome so far

 

ok the suspense is killing me!!! Lookin great so far. That rig is clean and yes you stole it

 

haha, thanks. Its a funny story how i cam about it.... the guy who i bought it from owns a tree company and we were working on his equipment when his wife called...said she rear ended some one in the jeep....so she brings it over, cracked radiator fans are gone and bumper is bent in...a few days later he asks us if we can fix it...im thinking to myself..wonder if i make him an offer if he would take it.. so i make the offer and he declines offered 500 as it was. well we do the work, for him and he pays us so a few weeks go buy and he says the front end is shaking...death wobble, so we put shocks and tighten everything up..again he pays us ( were a mobil mechanic company on the side, my dad and I) about a week after that he throws the idea out there of getting rid of it he says 1000, what i perviously offered after the fix'n..me being the guy i am goo hrmmm uhhh ehhhh 600, knowing it would be a steal for 1000 lol, well nedless to say in a few weeks and some more good ol fashion barganing i made a couple houndred bucks working on it and got it for 700.

 

Hey how big were your original tires. Just ordered RE's 4.5 kit and but i got 235's before, because my tires were as bald as my future child's behind.
This picture makes me worried about mine

 

I was the same way with the green. The more I think about it the more I like it. My mom is a teacher and she hooked me up with the votech teacher and the class is going to do all body work and paint it for cost. Cant wait

 

i think 225... they are tiny compared to my 33's.. 235 are arbout 28 inches tall. RE told me 33's would require some minimal(if any) trimming on my 5.5

the green is an excellent color, but for now its gonna stay gunmetal blue, the color is nice and in good shape, so the money is gonna be spent on other goodies...winch, lockers ect..

 

ordered the jks bpe's today... shocks will be on soon! and they sent me 5125's for no extra charge ( i ordered 5100's) cause they were too short for my lift.

 

dang..its been a while since an update...

I got my bpe's, got the right length shocks from bnilstein, and today my tom woods drive shaft showed up. so tomorrow im gonna be working on this sucka allllll day to finish up the front and get it back on the road and to the allignment shop. hopefully will have some FINISHED pics up tomorrow

 

And its finished!!! everything on the fron was so much easier than the rear and crossmember. it needs an allignment but wasnt too bad from the shop to home... neways, here are some photos



notice all my sttering linkage hanging still




Trackbar brace


almost there...

and WHAM!!!



All my steering and everything back together...all the angles look good


cruisin out! man this felt gooooooood


the kit was perfect, no missing wrong parts ect. directions were great except for the quick disconnects... rubicon express definitly has my nod,

Hope you guys enjoy!