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olllllllo 05-30-2011 11:06 PM

starting cheap rebuild
 
i hope you guys enjoy this thread. feel free to give me any ideas and info on how i should do stuff.

my first to do is replace or up grade my leaf springs. i see people have used dakota springs. how should i go about doing this? what year dakota should i use for a 3' rear lift? Any info u have please let me know

olllllllo 05-30-2011 11:15 PM

about a year ago my jeep got mutilated by baseball sized hail. i lost my windshield and all my driver side windows. now a year later still runs great and windows are replaced so its all over but the crying:thumbup:

i will be adding pictures tomarrow

olllllllo 05-31-2011 10:13 PM

:cry:

olllllllo 07-07-2011 11:34 PM

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My 93 with 33s I'm gunna cut some of the fenders off so they will dot without rubbing

HockeyNTrucks 07-08-2011 01:20 AM

that thing desperately needs some lift, or your going to be cutting allllot of fender.

wiggles 07-08-2011 01:52 AM

Man those sure are stuffed, I like what you have so far and will be watching how it turns out. Good luck!

olllllllo 07-08-2011 04:22 PM

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Yeah they were pretty stuffed in there. I put my little tires back on.

olllllllo 07-08-2011 04:33 PM

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I'm working on a bumper now. I have a cousin here in yuma that had some 4x4 steel I picked up for 10 bucks I think it looks cool for now

olllllllo 07-08-2011 09:39 PM

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so if ya look real hard u can see my leaf springs are bent the wrong way

olllllllo 07-08-2011 09:41 PM

What springs should I put on ??? I only want a two inch lift on the rear

99 Purple XJ 07-09-2011 02:40 PM

Use dakota leafs i got 4.5 inches from them

olllllllo 07-14-2011 08:41 PM

Painted my bumper today looks pretty cool I think I will take pics soon

olllllllo 07-26-2011 09:03 PM

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My bumper before paint

olllllllo 07-28-2011 12:31 AM

I bought a used lift kit today. I dont know how big the lift is. I guess that will be a surprise. I need to get new bushings on the leaf springs. Anyone know what a good brand is?

olllllllo 07-31-2011 07:57 PM

Got the bushings and installed them in the springs. One step closer


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