ratboy93

ok so im having a really hard time choosing my kit.... i want to go with long arm kit. im building my jeep to be an all around jeep. i know its an odd combo but i want to build a jeep that is on the lines of a jeepspeed that can crawl!!!!
i have a 1993 xj

i saw the rc 6.5 x long arm kit any good?
i cant remember where i saw this other kit but its kinda a long trvel kit made for jeepspeed? any one else seen that kit?

can i please get all of your wisdom guys?

JerseyJeeper

Seems to me like most of the jeeps like that use the Rubicon Express kits. What makes you want to do something like this? Just curious thought it looked cool.

ratboy93

well first off thank you for your interest in the thread.

well a couple of friends and i have recently come from the desert scene. we have had all types of prerunners and desert assasins.

with the economy the way it is its too pricy to keep fixing big heavy chevys lol so we bought jeeps to go have some fun with more people with you and a more family friendly situation.

we like to haul *** in the desert but like to climb some moderate hills and rocks nothing like some of you but just a good happy medium.

will the regular long arm kits get good wheel travel for example if i purchase the rc kit and put a very nice triple bypass shock with that kit with it work smoothly or could i fab a shock hoop and my own lower tab for coilovers in the front with the rc kit?

JerseyJeeper

Not sure how the coilovers would work with a kit like that. They supply the longer coils and I think they're pretty stiff so you could still have the stablilty you need for ripping across the sand. The shocks should work fine if you can get the right size for that application. Not too sure about the hoop idea though never seen it done on a cherokee too often. You could probably make it work though.

ratboy93

yea ive been doing alot of research about it. would i shock hoop from an yj work on an xj? yj"s have frames right? im not to sure what im gonna do..... sry for not posting in the right section im new to this forum

JerseyJeeper

Pretty much you can make anything work with some time lol I would say if you have access to one you should try it out, but yes a YJ does have a frame so you could run into some problems there with the mounting issues. I would try getting in contact with some of those guys from the JeepSpeed team and see what they would recommend
This is their contact info page:
http://www.jeepspeed.com/contact/contact.shtml

XJ?2010

I would check into the jeepspeed section of NAXJA those guys know there stuff

as full as a setup like this i dont think you can really do it full out it would be hard those prerunners or pretty extreme but then agian i dont know much about them.

89eliminator

you cant just bolt on a shock hoop on a XJ, no frames. most JeepSpeed guys will run the 4-link kits, like Full Traction. get some good bypass shocks, truss the front and rear axles, good bumpstops (air bumps work good). a cage would be wise too if you plan on racing it or doing high speed runs.

JerseyJeeper

True that ^