N20jeep

so, one of our customers is a YJ with a custom 4 link front and back, 40's, spiderlocks, Currie 9's front and rear, Atlas TC, and some other misc work.

anyways, the jeep was built around 10 years ago, and the back brakes were built with a 12" wilwood brake setup. but the front was ordered with d30 outers because he wanted a 5x4.5 bolt pattern so he cound run his 37's with Weld wheels. now this wasnt to much of an issue before because the wheel and tire combo was pretty light. but, since we recently installed the 40" tires on some HEAVY 20" poison spider bead locks it has become increasingly harder to stop and the owner wanted that fixed. so, the little 10.5" rotor and single piston caliper had to go.

The Jeep.


we thought about a few options, and came to what we thought was the most cost effective solution

we decided to go with the big Range Rover brake setup, which is a beefy 14" rotor and a huge dual piston caliper.

new rotor Vs old rotor

we needed to first redrill the rotor to fit the 5x5.5 bolt pattern.

so next thing is cutting off all of the old caliper mounts that were cast into the knuckle, this is also to clearence for the back of the rotor


then some grinding to smooth it all out

rotor mounted up...




so,now were waiting on the calipers to get here so we can weld up the new bracketry.....

i will update as i go along

2Evil4U

Nice work.

A question about the rig if I may.

It looks like a lot of money was spent for good parts. But, being that tall and short coupled, is it actually useful for any serious off-roading?

N20jeep

thanks

IMO no, not really....i really only think it will be usefull in deep mud/water. But, it was built the way the owner wanted, so.....

N20jeep

it will flex out like a **** though...

i think if he drops it about a foot, he will still clear the 40's and be much more capable offroad.

Jenny

Nice work N20jeep, I like specially tires.. Good structure..

djlarroc

great work!

and i cringe at seeing a rig that height.. but u know..

zackxj

sigh, lol.

N20jeep

well, we got the calipers in and the bracket is all fabbed up.

i didnt have my phone so no pictures, ill get some sunday or monday.

but after looking at everything, i dont see why this setup couldnt be easily reproduced for any d30 with a unit bearing eliminator kit. the caliper mounting bracket requires no welding.

i could only imagine how well a mild build xj could stop with these rotors and calipers.

maybe if there is some interest after all is said and done we could make a few more as a kit

Z71Gladiator

Wow looks like you would need a step ladder to get in that thing. Looks really nice though.

N20jeep

haha, you need to use the tire to get in.

that step on the rocker is 40" off the ground

Irongrave

you guys trussing and sleeving that 30 while your at it even if its for mud/show those tubes aint gonna last with 40s

N20jeep

The tubes aren't d30

It's a sleeved currie 9, with d30 c's.

And its been like that for 10 years on 37's

N20jeep

here are some pictures of the bracket.

N20jeep

brakes done







Jeep stops awesome now, it will lock up the tires now easily

not to bad for stopping a tire/rim combo that weighs 175lbs each

jbarger4

Imo The little painted black bracket that bolts the caliper to the axle looks a little weak to be bolting that much stopping power to
Theirs not much metal surrounding the bolts if any