jonb8

There D44's out of a friends 2016 Rubicon Hardrock with around 8,000 miles on them. He went to a set of RockJock 70's and sold me these..

XJIrish4x4

Didn't have a clue those were interchangeable so to speak but that's defiantly good for you!

4.3L XJ

Thanks Jon. That guy sure does work fast

jonb8

There not interchangeable, I used a Artec JK to TJ conversion truss on the front and I've got to weld new perches and shock mounts on the rear axle once I get it under the xj and centered... There also 5 inches wider then a xj axle that's why I had to go with the JK wheels to get more wheel offset.... It's been alot of work getting ready to put them under...

tinytrax78

man you do some nice work !

4.3L XJ

I hear ya there Jon. Done a lot of work on my axles to get them ready to go under, and I don't have the benefit of being able to buy a truss for the front. By the way, I watched that vid and I like the idea for the sliders. I need to build something like that for the back of the XJ. The wife likes to cook when we travel and setting up a kitchen for her is a lot of work. I want to build a modular roll out kitchen that only takes minutes to set up and take down.

jonb8

That's the same reason Missy got a big kitchen in the teardrop, Cooking is her favorite part of camping.

4.3L XJ

I plan on a modular design that will fit the XJ, pickup and a trailer yet to be built. I figure that ought to cover it. We like to camp where there is no one else around

jonb8

Yep that's the best kind of camping... Gotta keep the lady's happy too....

Slackdaddy

Nope, married 27 years,,, leave em at home!!

4.3L XJ

The little lady is much more tollerant of the Jeep budget if she gets to partake too

jonb8

Exactly

jonb8

I finally got the JK axles under the xj, the rear is 100% done and the front is in but alot of work to do on trackbar and steering angles....

4.3L XJ

You picked the hardest end to do last Jon. Those front ends can be a killer to get just right

jonb8

Yea but the back was just perches and shock mounts.... wanted to knock it out and get it behind me...