First pic of the jeep picked up dirt cheap in bloomington IN and drove it a hour home needs shocks bad 220000 miles and 30000 on the tranny.

some stock photos.

Inside shot

Doing some testing

Got a rough country 4.5 lift,
Build starts here.

Front susp tear down.



Some of the snags that put the Assembly on hold.

Surface rust around the shock tower going to sand blast the inside fender and use some rustolem bedliner spray.

Going to have to replace the brake line

Bent the lower control arm holder a bit. Trying to bend it back or does it mater.spent a while on this hammering then torched it out.

cant see it very while need to make a patch panel theres a hole in the floor right where the passager puts there feet.

cut the sway arm links off due to snapping the bolt going to drill it out and put a bolt in

Took the fender flare off broke every bolt on it.

and that's it so far.

 

Chevy truck 2wd brake line $12.99 5 inchs longer thanks to the tips ive been reading on here.

My son standing by the lift.

Rapping up the front end.

The front done.Sorry for the night pics
Now to start on the back add a leaf shackles and shocks.

 

great potential. what are your future plans after the lift? liking the teal color. great father-son bonding

 

some differant wheels and bigger tires, trim the fenders .Then off to rocker guards and bumpers.

 

I am going to see about getting the new rear shock mounts tomorrow. just worked on it for a hour tonight going to have to get a real heater out there.

eric enjoying a free beer. i put those scoops on as a joke and im starting to like it.

new and old shackle.

nathan playing with allen wrenches

my crappy heater

no life left at all

rear end being held by brake lines
Happy humpday
any suggestions so far will be needing a tire and rim package soon what should i get? 33s 35s this is my first build though.

 

looking good!

 

With some work ahead of us we pushed on.

some mcds and hours later.................... its to dark wait for morning

Now we did all that with out rear shocks so the big deal was the stud broke off on the shock tower. well there was a weldes nut that we air hammerd threw.then kept going to put a hole in the floor this took like 10 mins and we where done.
so we cruzed out in the jeep with shocks to do some urban off roading.

We were pretty proud of are lifted jeep but it looked homosexual with the stock rims and tire. So i spent the next two days of my life on clist with a 200 dollar budget to get some 33s final seen some in mitchel for 300 i called him and told him i would buy them after i get off work and venture down there.many hours later and some monster. i payed 200 and my stock rims for these.

And that where she sits now

 

 

got some new rims and tires

 

well due to having no snorkel i got water in the intake so part two motor swap time.


so is it easier to take the motor tranny and tcase out at the same time or will the motor itself be easier?

 

now to see if a Grand Cherokee motor will work so i can do more of this

 

I like it keep it coming