Long Arm Kit
05-13-2013, 10:35 PM
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Long Arm Kit
Bought my XJ last year around July, and after LOTS of work to get it to pass smog, and dealing with overheating issues, I was able to design and build my long arm kit, along with a few other things.
I used 6.5" Rough country coils, shocks and brake lines, and a S-10 leaf pack in the rear, along with a custom shackles & relocating kit I made as well.
Steel is all 3/16" thick, with the exception of the arms. Those are 1.750" x 3/8" thick DOM.
I used 6.5" Rough country coils, shocks and brake lines, and a S-10 leaf pack in the rear, along with a custom shackles & relocating kit I made as well.
Steel is all 3/16" thick, with the exception of the arms. Those are 1.750" x 3/8" thick DOM.
05-13-2013, 11:03 PM
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And there will be future supports added as soon as the frame stiffiners go in.
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05-13-2013, 11:08 PM
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Other than that, this thing looks awesome, good job man
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05-13-2013, 11:13 PM
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Maybe I'll run a couple small beads until then.
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05-14-2013, 07:08 AM
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Other than the 4 tiny bolts holding it all together, the radius arm design and the fact that it hangs super low it looks great. CNC cut metal tends to look that way.
I like Clayton but there's no way I'd run their cross member the way it's made.
As easy as it would be for you to cut out another couple pieces of steel I'd suggest at least making the mounts wider, incorporate more bolts and bring the around and up the side of the rail then add more bolts there.
Obviously you have the ability, wouldn't you rather be safe than sorry?
I like Clayton but there's no way I'd run their cross member the way it's made.
As easy as it would be for you to cut out another couple pieces of steel I'd suggest at least making the mounts wider, incorporate more bolts and bring the around and up the side of the rail then add more bolts there.
Obviously you have the ability, wouldn't you rather be safe than sorry?
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05-14-2013, 07:51 AM
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For the trouble of all that id have just built a 3/4 link.. The mounts do hang kinda low..but I think youll be fine there.
On my custom 3 link x-member we didnt even bolt it.. we just welded the entire thing to the unibody. I have about a foot of weld on each side.
The CNC work and the welds do look darn good though.
On my custom 3 link x-member we didnt even bolt it.. we just welded the entire thing to the unibody. I have about a foot of weld on each side.
The CNC work and the welds do look darn good though.