Lookin good! That new welder seams like its workin good for ya. And yeah, its hot as ***** down here in florida too! lol

 

My frame side is outside the rail, but its still short. Still figuring that one out.

 

What if you throw it at an angel outside of the axle upper arm mount? Will that bother your steering?

 

Nice looking rig man, I just read through the whole damn thread and am amazed!

Way to rep CT, maybe this state doesn't suck as hard as I thought haha.

 

Why not just build a mount attached to the front of the uca mount?

 

Im still debating this actually. It is an option. Once I get my new upper mount it will be much easier to decide.

 

 

Got my rims in today and got my tires mounted. put the fronts on to see the width. Not terrible.

 

if by "not terrible" you mean awesome?... then yes

 

Haha, yes, yes I do. There is a ton of brake clearance and a ton of tie rod clearance also, oh and obviously the tire isnt even close to the coils, or where the track bar will be since its outside of the frame. AND, the tires don rub the lower arms full lock

Oh and this is about 3-4" droop. There is just tension on the spring, no compression. I jacked up the axle to ride height, and it looks awesome.
I have to remove the rear perches, drill another set of holes 1-1.25" forward to get the axle back some more and I can weld them in. I also get my new 1310 yoke for the rear today, so That means the rear should be done on the ground shortly, just have to plumb brakes.

 

im excited for ya man. dern things looking real good! i absolutely love the stance of a xj on full widths, and yours is proving why. lol. keep it up man.

 

Thanks. I will hopefully have the axles under it permanently either this weekend, or during next week. Everything is coming out pretty well, and I cant wait to wheel it again, and to get some awesome pics of it in action again. So close...

 

lookin good man. Keep the pics coming.

 

Got some parts. All my steering and track bar heims. I also got my new upper link mount. I got that welded up and mocked up, looks like its going to work well, also got what I think is a good idea for my track bar.

You can see the safety misalignment spacers in one heim for the tie rod.












This is what Im thinking on the track bad. I will trim the top leg to lay it back some, but I think it will work. angle makes it look worse than it is. I also taped the future line of the drag link to check clearance and it looks like there is plenty