Yeah, I have like none in the front right now. Thats why I need to raise the mounts for the shocks. With the shocks raised Im hoping to fit a 12" shock and have another 1.5" up.

 

Sounds like a plan.

 

Got to wheel a bit today. Did some awesome lines. Waiting on a few pics still but heres what I got off of my camera.

 

that thing just looks amazing now we got to wheel together sometime

 

Looking good man. Now throw some armor on there.

 

couple more to do this spot more justice. Even this doesnt do it. The rocks were all covered in moss. Once the back tires hit the rock the back end slid over and almost smashed out the window, dented right behind it, put a good one in the hatch too.

 

metal rash,what did your GF do? I know mine would have yelled,WATCH OUT,WHAT R U DOING,AND SO ON,lol

 

My wife is pretty good. She is usually scared to be in the Jeep. She had fun going up this spot though, and it was steep! No matter what you do, something is getting into that tree.
She usually yells at me when Im really hammering on something. She always thinks Im going to break something, and says I dont know when to stop.
I try to explain to her you dont stop until it goes, or it IS broken lol.

 

Awesome pics! Looks like its doin really well. Makes me want 35's every time i look at your build! haha

 

I finally decided to swap my shocks around today. I put my old 12" monotubes in the rear and fit the 14's up front.

 

Not a big update but I did get some goodies. This will be saturdays project and will get tested out Sunday. Made 2 tabs today.

 

Sweet!

 

I had to cut new brackets because the ones I cut put the RAM end touching the tie rod. I also cut the other end.
It's going to mount to the diff cover. Not to Mitch option, its big.
It does look like I can face the fittings back which is nice.
Here's the brackets anyway. Fits nice but it was dark. Gonna get it all in tomorrow.

 

well I got some work done today.





















Everything went pretty smoothly. I mounted the ram to the diff cover because it netted me the best clearance between everything.
I had enough room behind it for the fittings to be at the rear too.
The whole project took me 4 hours. I did already have the cooler mounted though.
I drilled and tapped the box and used straight fittings there.
With my low lift height there isnt a whole lot of room for hoses but they are tucked up out of the way and dont seem to be rubbing anything dangerous.
The ram is mounted with 3/4" bolts. I like the swivel eves, there is no binding through its whole range.
I also tried to keep the ram as parallel with the tie rod as possible. I didnt want it pushing out against it.
once I had it bled I locked the hubs and tried it out. Typically with the hubs locked on dry pavement it wont turn. Not like its hard, it wont. No problem now.
Then I took it down the street to see how that was. Doesnt really drive any different, putting load left to right reacts kind of quick but not bad. Its from having to hold a bit of pressure left to fight the road crown then turning right it pushes right over. So as long as your cognoscente of how how it reacts, its fine.
When I got back from my road test I pulled right up against my retaining wall and tried to turn. The wheel will push the jeep right away from the wall and not bind. It takes a little effort, but it turns.
So hopefully tomorrow Ill get to try it out weather pending.

 

boner city! i like it