Been working on moving my rear suspension through it travel the last couple days. Made a couple changes to get my rear shocks more balanced and create some room for the tires. I'm just waiting for my wife to wake up from a nap to help me bleed brakes and I should be able to test drive with the new gears!
I cut some tub away for tire clearance...
Took about the same on the driver's side. Trimmed flares to match (my aftermarket flat style...not my factory Rubicon flares) and I can cycle my suspension without fear of cutting a tire. I did have to move my Charcoal Canister. For now, I only changed the bracket to move it back about 7/16 of an inch in the factory location. That bought me enough room for the tire. I may go a bit more extreme in the future, just to make sure its out of harm's way. I still need to prep and paint my new flares, so no pictures, as of yet. Need to get the Jeep mobile first.
In other news...I have a couple more projects. One of my bad habits is scrolling FB marketplace while my wife is watching some murder mystery show on TV. I found a full set of Fox Performance series shocks for a JL that look brand new for 300 bucks. 11" travel for the front and 10" for the rear. These are the same type Shocks that
@kmas0n opened up and tuned. These will be a stop gap for me, until I get a new frame and do a full outboard and get the "good" Fox shocks. Figured for 300 bucks, I couldn't go wrong. I will monkey around with some different valving to make them ride decent and it will give me a better grasp of what I'm looking for when its time to talk to a "real tuner."
The other thing I bought this weekend was some Half Doors, Finally! They are far from good...and not really good from far...but they were CHEAP. Gave the guy 200 bucks for complete doors with uppers. For that money, its worth it to weld in some new metal. Here they are...try not to cringe too bad.
After I took these pictures, I knocked the paint bubbles off and the steel underneath is solid. LIttle bit of spot blasting, some epoxy primer and filler, and they'll be good as new. I will probably need a couple new hinges for them though...maybe just the pins.
Now...the scary part.
This is the "good" one...Passenger side
And the one where I'll need to actually cut and weld in new material...
I don't know WHY they designed these doors this way. That lip being folded over like that to hold the two halves together caused SO much rot...I get that its easy...but dang man. When I put it back together, I'll seam seal the bottom edge and drill a few more drain holes in to provide the water a means of egress.
I'll post another thread too, but my softop is brown/tan and my interior is Agate. I'd be willing to trade interior panels and uppers with someone...