H8MUD
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OP
Been a minute or 2.
Time for another update.
So I put the 85 CJ project on permanent hold. Took the motor money and dumped it back into the TJ for a 3 link/4 link setup with a 4" stretch.
Did the 3 link front earlier in the year, and decided I really needed the matching rear to experience the full potential.
Didn't want comp cut. Just a little more length.
Loaded it up and headed just down the street to RLF offroad Fab
Immediately started hacking
Trussed the front axle earlier with the 3 link..so time to beef up the rear for the 4 link mounts
Parts and parts and parts
Decided to go fuel cell to stop the bullfrog Arse dropping
Now she flexy
Time for another update.
So I put the 85 CJ project on permanent hold. Took the motor money and dumped it back into the TJ for a 3 link/4 link setup with a 4" stretch.
Did the 3 link front earlier in the year, and decided I really needed the matching rear to experience the full potential.
Didn't want comp cut. Just a little more length.
Loaded it up and headed just down the street to RLF offroad Fab
Immediately started hacking
Trussed the front axle earlier with the 3 link..so time to beef up the rear for the 4 link mounts
Parts and parts and parts
Decided to go fuel cell to stop the bullfrog Arse dropping
Now she flexy
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Prior to the links..I had 6" TOTAL travel. Now? I have over that in UPTRAVEL
I'm not sorry I read this build thread instead of working for the past half hour.. seriously nice TJ.
Tldelaney
TJ Enthusiast
did you use a combination of moving the spring perch back and extending the buckets forward on the axle to get the 4 inches?
SilverBullet
TJ Enthusiast
Thanks Chris!
I bent my 2nd Curry correctlync so I did a little research and found that Savvy made an aluminum one that bolts right in. No more bent tie rod! This thing snaps back wash after wash
Thanks...I was nervous cutting the grille, but it came out GREAT
I'm now running 36 TSL's
A buddy of mine had 35's and I SWEAR my 33's were bigger than those tiny things, so I went 36....and they're 36.6 so larger than MANY 37's
I've always LOVED a TSL. It's compound and tread are really what excels here in the east. While I H8MUD, you can't avoid itso I wanted something that wouldn't get clumped up. Plus these TSL's can be run on damn near no air and still look aired up, and they're THICK as hell, and wrap around rocks like a stripper on a pole made of money!
Initially I really didn't like the look of the metalcloaks. But I wanted a much lower CoG (I went back down to 2" springs, so 3-1/4" of lift including body now) and JCR/Genright made you cut your hood. I'm not scared of cutting, but I can't live with JUST a cut. So I would need to cut, and bend, and "do it right"
After the math, and the figured time spent doing it right....the metalcloak started to look VERY appealing. And when I saw my Alabama Buddy Chris' in person with Metalcloak errything, I decided it was a better option.
Bad part is...I had to cut my beloved white knuckle offroad sliders to accommodate both the tires AND the fenders
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What 2” springs are you running? How come you dropped back down? Any issues with clearance with 3 1/4 total lift and 37s?