Ope is going under the knife.

[Powers145]

Here is my 05 LJ nicknamed "Ope". Currently has a 2" Rubicon Express short arm lift and 35 STT Pro tires with no lockers and 3.73 gears. I am swapping in front and rear 08 JK Rubicon axles that i geared to 4.88 and have the factory E lockers. With the axles being swapped decided its the perfect time to go long arms!!! Iron Rock Offroad 4" flat belly skid long arm kit will be installed with the axles. I just finished putting a new heater core in. I will also be installing a 1 ton OTK steering kit with the lift. Stay tuned I am not great at build threads but will try to post progress pics!

 

[PNW_LJ]

Nice, look forward to seeing it

There’s a couple guys on here that run JK axles successfully.

 

[Powers145]

decided to hit the RTI ramp to get a baseline to see how well the Long arm lift will improve!! scored a 582. Then pulled Ope into the shop and got the axles out from under him!

 

[Powers145]

Been a busy few weeks. I got the Iron Rock Offroad flat belly long arm installed sitting at a 4" lift and raised the belly up 3.5" so tons more ground clearance. Installed the jk rubicon axles and some 4.88 gears. Iron rock 4 link exhaust kit installed. Last but not least a 1 ton over the knuckle steering kit! Very happy with it still need to do a full shakedown and I still need to wire the lockers this weekend.

 

[Powers145]

couple updates, I cut out the old rear upper spring towers and installed some IRO upper coil towers. It is a lot better with the straight springs and did not lose lift height. Decided to install some hydro bump stops in the rear. Got it out on the trail and they did awesome. I need to adjust them up about a .5-.75" but am very happy with them. Jeep is going to come into the shop in the next week or so and we are going to design and build our own rock sliders for it!!

 

[Powers145]

If anyone is interested in watching the video for the build series I will link it all below!
- Video 1 JK front axle cleanup and truss
video 2 JK rear axle swap truss kit
- IRO long arm install
- Long arm exhaust install
- Steering kit install
- spring relocation with hydro bumps
- some wheeling content
- some more wheeling content

 

[Powers145]

I have been busy with the LJ getting ready for EJS 2025. I have finished the automatic swap so if anyone is looking for a 6spd let me know! I put new rust buster torque boxes in and we built some sweet sliders that are just getting finished up just need to send them off to powdercoat! Front hydro bumps are going on in the next couple of days as well! Mark hooked me up with a tuned computer from wrangler fix I am excited to get out and test! And I got the new Iron Rock Offroad trail tamer 2.0 shocks installed.