884x4

Thank ya sir!
Unfortunately a cage and my boat sides are needed before the tons. With that said in the next couple months be on the lookout for my boat sides thread. It's not gonna be the average 2x6 rockers I'll tell you that much!
Then I'll chop it and get the cage going, probably gonna put that in the same thread.
I wanna get some more use out of my current axles I just built before I sell them for a total loss lol.

okxj

Looks good. What axles are you gonna swap in?

94XjSport94

My rockers are at the bottom of the door sill. I like the clearance, but it could be a lot more cool with boatsides. The problem I ran in to was wanting to keep some kind of door and if I moved them up as high as I wanted the half door would be like 8" wide.

Look up the sound of inevitability on NAXJA. Good boatside thread.

884x4

Probably 05+ super duty axles. If not it will be a Ford hp 60 and shaved 14bt full float for the rear.

884x4

I don't need doors anymore so I'll bring them as high as I want. I'll look that thread up. Thanks.
I've read through the unibody boat sides and slider thread on pirate too many times lol

okxj

I'm gonna run dodge d60 and a 14 bolt full float on 37s

884x4

Why only 37s? A 14bt is a huge rear end you will be dragging its ***** all over rocks on 37s lol. I'm probably gonna be running 40s or 42s

drhoward1988

I'm debating on a 14 floater and only plan to run 37s. While it might be a little overkill, the reliability factor is there. You could thrash it and still be dependable.

884x4

Best shave it then.
this is why I like the sterling 10.25. Its got 35 spline shafts stock so I would have dependability even on 40s.

94XjSport94

I run 39" stickies on mine. 14b strength with the clearance of a 60.

N20jeep

its all a learning process man. the work looks good, and now you know what you want to improve.

JEEPERDK

so i have a questionfor you fellas. i dont want to hijack the thread just curious on what you all will think. i just purchased the same Ruff Stuff DIY long arm kit and i was thinking of welding the mounts for the long arms to my frame stiffeners about 2-4 inches forward of the trans cross member. do you guys think this is a bad idea? i wanna make a new flat cross member that incorporates a tanny pan skid and transfer case skid along with clocking my transfer case. i plan to only stay on a set of 35s as this is my DD and stick with a build d30 in the front and built 8.25 in the rear. do you think i should just spend my time making a cross member that incorporates the long arm mounts or do you think i will be fine with trimming the mounts down a little and welding them to the frame in front of where the cross member mounts?

884x4

Thank ya sir. I guess that's what building a jeep is about. If I did everything right the first time I'd be bored by now lol

884x4

If your going through the trouble to build long arms don't put the mounts in front of the crossmember. They wouldn't give you the desired ride or travel you want losing that 6 or so inches of arm length resulting in a steeper angle. Build the link mounts into the crossmember as high as you can to avoid catching them on rocks. There's some good crossmember builds on pirate

JEEPERDK

thank you very much! ill go and see what I can find over on pirate!