Well Ive been doing quite a bit of work so I figured I would start a thread on it.
Long story short I started out with a 2000 jeep, with a 6.5" rustys short arm kit, 33" crushers, and death wobble like you wouldnt believe.
after some new control arm bushings we took it out.
heres how it sat when I got it home


and first time out with it




diddnt like the flares so it got to this

 

then I cut the bumper, removed all the stupid shock boots and stupid crap





wheeled like this for a while. now I started to pick up some more parts.
I was too dirty to take pics but I swapped the t-case with one that already had an advance adapters SYE kit.
I also picked up a used set of longarms at the same time



then yesterday I picked up my new wheels.
35" km2's on the same wheels I had.




I also picked up a broken Tom Woods driveshaft yesterday and spend my day rebuilding it with spare front shaft parts. I tried to run a stock front shaft. it worked but man it was scary short. This one is perfect, and much, much more beefy.
diddnt get pics of that yet.

so now, I have a HP dana 30 in the garage to replace my factory low pinion, thats waiting on a set of Nitro 4.88 gears that are on their way with matching 4.88's for the 8.25 rear that is already aussie locked.

 

got to work on the d30 today. Got it mostly stripped down, brakes off, axles pulled, carrier out, pinion out.
Now to clean everything up and start to reasemble once my gears show up
only took a couple pics because my hands were so dirty


I will get some good pics as I build it though. maybe a little walk through of regearing a d30 and 8.25

 

looking good!

 

Looks good so far... while you're re-gearing that 30 you should brace that passengerside upper control arm mount, they fold easy!

 

x2^^^^^^^^^ mine did not good brace her up

 

Id like to do that and also reinforce the track bar mount. Dont have a welder at the moment though. thinking about picking up a harbor freight unit, or having someone weld it up for me. well see.

 

ya i bought my jeep with that mont broke in half and welded it up and shes still good and i beat the **** out of it and jumped a few roads lol shes still holding up u should box it in make it strong and brace those papper thin sides

 

thanks guys.
I came home last night to a nice package. Direct shipped from Dana was my 3.73 up front carrier. My tracking shows that my gears will be delivered thursday. lots of pics to come.

 

dan if you need someone with a welder to weld it or need a weld get shoot me a text.

 

ok. well the guy in brown showed up today.

and I got some stuff!!!!










and the difference in pinion from 3.55 to 4.88

 

nice

 

nice man, just noticed u started a build thread, xj's lookin good...i think ive seen u around town....u might've seen mine, all black 98, no front bumper

she's pretty beat up lately, i need to completely overhaul the drivetrain, steering, & suspension

once i get her up to par w/ur beast, we should wheel sometime

 

Yeah man, any time. I try to wheel as often as possible lol. I want to go saturday but Im thinking it might be a good day to do diff work. maybe Ill go in the morning then work on it later.
My plan is to build the front axle, have it all ready before I touch the rear, then once the rear is done, I can just swap out the front. gonna swap the longarms at the same time.
Ill get some good pics of doing the gear swap also. Only thing that scares me is getting the stupid c-clip out of the aussie.

 

I have a snorkel to fill that hole in the fender...