I went wheeling this weekend to see how the new arms work out. They definitely give me more flex. I wanted to get higher up the rock, but I ran out of traction with the open diffs.



While reviewing the flexing pictures, I noticed my brake line was very close to being fully stretched. Thankfully, I ran out of traction otherwise I may have sprung a leak. I'm planning to either replace the lines with longer extensions or bend the hard lines and relocate the bracket (I haven't decided which as for some reason I don't like the idea of bending the hard lines).

 

My hard lines are bent and pulled out on my trail rig

 

Chevy 1500 brake lines are worth the $12 each...it's worth the safety of yourself and others if you hadn't already damaged the original lines already...

http://www.cherokeetech.com/VBull/sh...ed-brake-Lines

 

Interesting - are you running a 3-inch lift or something greater?

 

Thanks for the link. My concern is those are nearly five inches longer which is a lot of slack to deal with on a 3-inch lift.

 

5.5

 

That makes sense then as longer brake lines are required with that size lift, but bending the hard lines with a 3-inch lift should be sufficient.

 

What brand arms are u running,I have a 89 I'm building for over land style wheeling and like ur build,I have a 3.5" lift and 31" duratracks

 

I went with arms from Ironman 4x4.

 

What kind of ends do they have,bushings ,or hiem joints

 

I got this set that has poly bushings and currie johnny joints to have a balance between ride quality and flexibility.

 

I'm very interested on how these perform,have u done any steering up grades,I'm gonna do the grand Cherokee steering upgrades her soon

 

Just read thru 21 pages of this build. Great looking Jeep. Keep up the great work.

 

Great build love the seat conversion!

 

Back in July I ended up putting on some Crown Performance brake lines. Some day I'll replace those RC shocks with Bilsteins...