It's OEM crossmember and the shocks are the RC ones that came with the lift. I'm already thinking of going 5100's and different rear springs with custom made shackle boxes. I'll see after adding the bumper/ spare tire weight and my fuel tank skid.

 

The one in the picture has the later rear cast housing on it so it is re used. The earlier ones have kinda like fins on it. That kind need to have a new housing added.

 

Any new updates on your ride? I was able to get both of the middle pieces of the frame stiffeners on and most of the rosettes welded. What a pain! Now that those are on, I have a crack in the frame near the steering box and will weld that. Then I need to get my ac serviced so I can drive it around more. I then need to work on my lift. I need new shocks and bump stops for inside the coils for the front. As for the rear I am not sure if I NEED new shackles? Can I use the OEM ones? I am not trying to get more lift with them since I am adding new leaf's. What do you think?

 

I'm running stock shackles. Yeah the plates are a pain but worth it. Plus you'll be a great welder after doing all that. I went front to back. My frame was in great shape so I wanted to keep it that way. Shoot me some pictures.

 

Got going again on the rear bumper.

 

Looks great. Still mounting your tire outside? I'm not sure i will do that on mine but if like to have a new rear bumper though..

 

yeah on the outside. I'll try and get it as low as possible without hurting decend angle. I hope!

 

As a new xj owner and new member to this forum, i just spent the last 2 hours reading this build. Fantastic work & very inspiring! I'm also admiring the quality humans commenting compared to other forums.

 

Hey whatever happened to your build. I guess I lost track with all that has been going on.

 

I just got my new shop completed enough to start moving in next weekend. I didn't have anywhere to work on anything.

 

Id post some photos but it's not accepting them. Why? This has been an issue with this site and me!

 

Do you run a VPN? Couldn’t tell you why but I’ve noticed I can’t post pictures when my VPN is turned on.