New XJ owner in NorCal
12-14-2010, 11:39 AM
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New XJ owner in NorCal
Hello, first post in this forum. Was a YJ owner years ago and now have a XJ. Going to be building for mild to moderate off-road (we'll see how long that lasts) with an emphasis on Low COG.
XJ is basically stock with 160K miles with the only "upgrade" being a nice set of 30x9.5/15 tires. After purchasing I went through it top to bottom, front to back replacing all worn bushings, control arms, front wheel bearings, motor and transmission mounts, new driveshafts and U-joints (a story for another day) fluids, etc, etc, etc. That was just so I knew what I was starting with.
Right after rebuilding the suspension (no springs) I noticed the front tires rubbing the lower control arm so installed some 1" spacers and eliminated that. Obviously NOW I need to do some trimming and or lifting as there just isn't much space over those tires now. Yeah, yeah, yeah ... once you start it never ends but I knew what I was getting in for.
As I progress and have ideas I'll lay them out for comment. Research is my passion so I've already been pouring over the boards for ideas and history of what works and what doesn't so, hopefully, those questions will be informed.
Looking forward to participating AND building. Thanks!!
XJ is basically stock with 160K miles with the only "upgrade" being a nice set of 30x9.5/15 tires. After purchasing I went through it top to bottom, front to back replacing all worn bushings, control arms, front wheel bearings, motor and transmission mounts, new driveshafts and U-joints (a story for another day) fluids, etc, etc, etc. That was just so I knew what I was starting with.
Right after rebuilding the suspension (no springs) I noticed the front tires rubbing the lower control arm so installed some 1" spacers and eliminated that. Obviously NOW I need to do some trimming and or lifting as there just isn't much space over those tires now. Yeah, yeah, yeah ... once you start it never ends but I knew what I was getting in for.
As I progress and have ideas I'll lay them out for comment. Research is my passion so I've already been pouring over the boards for ideas and history of what works and what doesn't so, hopefully, those questions will be informed.
Looking forward to participating AND building. Thanks!!
12-15-2010, 08:11 AM
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I've been doing lots of reading and reviewing of builds and pictures over the last few months. Folks seem to have a number of different definitions of "low COG".
With the wheeling I'm looking at doing, that would be 2" lift from new front and rear springs (they are factory original), BPEs (just bought new KYB shocks when I did the suspension rebuild) and swaybar disconnect. Any direction you could give me on selecting bumpstops would be great as that is one area I'm a bit foggy on.
The 30x9.5/15s were rubbing the LCA at full turn so 1" spacers were just added. My thought was that should be enough for up to a 10.5" wide tire when I decide to get new tires. With 3.55 gearing, going from the stock 27.5" all the way to a 32 or 33 would be way too much of a change so new gears will go in at the same time as new tires are purchased.
That's the plan for now, we'll see how much it changes.
With the wheeling I'm looking at doing, that would be 2" lift from new front and rear springs (they are factory original), BPEs (just bought new KYB shocks when I did the suspension rebuild) and swaybar disconnect. Any direction you could give me on selecting bumpstops would be great as that is one area I'm a bit foggy on.
The 30x9.5/15s were rubbing the LCA at full turn so 1" spacers were just added. My thought was that should be enough for up to a 10.5" wide tire when I decide to get new tires. With 3.55 gearing, going from the stock 27.5" all the way to a 32 or 33 would be way too much of a change so new gears will go in at the same time as new tires are purchased.
That's the plan for now, we'll see how much it changes.
01-02-2011, 11:21 PM
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The build thread will start here shortly. Thanks for the encouragement.
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