Jordan1996 ZJ

well i figured i would do a little upgrade 7 inch lift and homemade long arms, im only 18 by the way. so here it goes

this is the jeep before i started with a 3.5" lift and 31" tires



Parts started arriving and so i got to painting








Mocking the front end up had to remove just about everything for the axle to drop far enough to put the coils in




got some of the steel picked up that i ordered from my shop



MORE TO COME i will try to post new stuff as it happens

UglyDuck

I want to see how this come out. Subscribed!

Chopped98XJ

Good luck. Looking forward to seeing a long arm ZJ! Do the rear while you are at it!

crash02

You're not going to use emt are you?
Just had to make sure . Subscribed

FISHIES848

Can't wait to check this out. What style link setup ? What size tue and joints are u planning on running?

GRANDLICH

I also want to see how this turns out. subscribed!

yellaklein

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Jordan1996 ZJ

Well my plan is radius arms in the front and long arm 4-link in the rear. Adjustable forged flex joints on each arm. I ordered FOURTY FOUR FEET of 2" 1/4 wall DOM tubing it cost about 450 bucks but i really only needed 22' but i figured i could use it for a bumper or something. not on a budget as you can probly tell, the only reason i didnt buy a kit was because i thought this would be cooler.

Im also putting in frame stiffeners in between the control arm mounts

FISHIES848

Nice! Sounds like quite the plan. What welding process?

Jordan1996 ZJ

M.I.G. i have a Lincoln easy mig 180 thats good up to 1/2", i took some classes through my apprenticeship program im on so i should be all set

XJ-92

cant wait to see the finished product. good luck

MD XJ

What apprenticeship are you in? I noticed a reference to electrical conduit twice, are you an IBEW apprentice? Just wondering, considering that's my apprenticeship.

BTW, looks great!

Jordan1996 ZJ

i got my 44' of 2" DOM tubing 1/4"wall figured i would use the band saw at work to cut it






SO the hard part of this whole build so far as been getting the jeep to sit on the axle under its own weight in the position i need it to be, so that way i can measure all the control arms and keep the caster at a decent degree so i came up with this brilliant skeem to make up some short arms that will just get the thing sitting in the correct spot for me to make the arms.









And then boom not really what i was hoping for so tommorow i will probly shorten those up a little more and try to get that coil a little straighter

Jordan1996 ZJ

my apprenticeship is for tool and die making... at a deep drawn metal stamping facitllity. exciting? yes

DeftwillP

Looks like you want them longer, not shorter.