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Old 01-30-2013, 04:47 PM
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good to see some progress here. Dont forget to remove the spare off the roof before you back out......LOL
Sadly at some point I will probably forget!
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Right on thats not too bad.
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this build is soo much win

i cant wait to see how it comes out
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great, i chopped mine, ill post pics later... i hated it when i choped it. but it seems to be growing on me now
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The transmission pan needed some kind of protection so I built a skid off of the crossmember to accomplish this. Now I know this will not hold the weight of the entire vehicle but that was never my intention anyway. Its just there to protect it from bashing the pan on a rock.
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The fab work is done on the long arms and crossmember. I pulled it all apart and painted it.
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Originally Posted by jeepoutlaw
great, i chopped mine, ill post pics later... i hated it when i choped it. but it seems to be growing on me now
Hope it grows a bunch on ya cause there is no turning back now!
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def just sat and read every page on this lol...nice build man. You honestly just made me want to buy some 1/4 DOM and fab radius arms myself...where did you get the specs for the geometry?
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Im a few steps closer to finishing this lift. The UPS man was nice enough to drop me off my rough country order of N2.0 shocks, adjustable track bar and a drop pitman arm. I also picked up a 12 ft stick of 1/4 wall DOM.
That track bar bracket....you might want to grind off those welds and re-do them. Or at leas look them over carefully. Maybe yours will be fine, maybe it will do like mine did.
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def just sat and read every page on this lol...nice build man. You honestly just made me want to buy some 1/4 DOM and fab radius arms myself...where did you get the specs for the geometry?
I studied a lot of pictures to see how other people built their arms and where they placed them. I also crawled up under a coworkers TJ and took measurements from his lift. Armed with that basic knowledge I started cutting tube. I am hoping to install everything in the next day or to so I will post if I run into any issues.
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Originally Posted by V8XJDavid
That track bar bracket....you might want to grind off those welds and re-do them. Or at leas look them over carefully. Maybe yours will be fine, maybe it will do like mine did.
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I checked the welds on mine, they seem to look pretty good. Maybe you just got a bad one.
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how did you go about chopping your jeep up? i'm not afraid to tear **** up but I feel like the room for error in this situation is great.
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Looks great as usual Gram. Keep up the good work.
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The long arms and cross member are finally finished and painted.
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I finished the install of the lift today. I only problem I have encountered so far is the front drive shaft is rubbing the exhaust. Adjusting the track bar should solve this problem. I think I need bigger tires now though
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