Recent content by Bizcuit

Thanks, I do appreciate. Working on it as time allows and it’s not much. A little bit of progress on the trailing arms, and I was told this fairlead would take some of the ugly out of the grill guard. Hoping? Maybe?

Ok, I laughed when I read that. That probably was the nicest way you could have worded it. The Level-it is not big, maybe 4in. in diameter and a foot long. But it need be higher than the Schrader on the top of the strut by a couple inches to rid the oil. To have built the push bar tall enough...

Not my style either, thank you. It’s something I enjoy.

Here’s what today produced. Not a fan of the grill guards, but I’m going to run a Level-It with the ORI’s. It needs to be 2in. higher than the shocks so with no room under the hood, it has to be showing. I could have put it on the hood where some people mount their jacks, or up on the light bar...

Here’s the frame end plates made out of 1/4 in. My original plan was to run a 1/2 bolt inside the frame, to the tubular cross member under the engine to help share the pull of the winch, that’s why the hole in the center. After I cut the factory plates off it looked like the L-sert was a better...

Sun started shining here in Oregon, so outside jobs are keeping the project time limited. I was able to make a little progress on the frame and bumper today though. The frame on this Jeep is amazingly thin. I thought the 10K Warn on the JK was quite ambitious for a frame that’s only .120 thick...

How much lift do you think you ended up with?

Looks good Mike. You have a good looking ride.

Today was a good day. Got the front 75% done, and removed the rear axle. I didn’t want to take both axles out at the same time just because. The pictures are set at ride height using 5 1/2 of uptravel. After setting these two axles next to each other, it’s amazing how big the 80 is.

Got everything back today. The LCAs from powder, and the axle from paint. Looking forward to tomorrow. I used Metalcloak ends this time instead of Synergy because they have a LH, and RH threaded joints.

Can you get the UD in wide?

Thanks. I’m enjoying it, and feeling crunched at the same time. We have a Sand Hollow trip in May. In the second picture it shows 2 in of clearance while flexed. The track bar mount was built for this amount of lift. I set the struts at track bar strike and axle level, feeling confident this...

We made a little more progress today. Committed on the lower strut brackets and welded them on with 1/4 of clearance when stuffed both sides. Loaded the suspension and it moved a great deal less than I thought, about a 1/16. So I cut them off and set the clearance to zero. This would be a...

Question to the people that have been exposed to welded on towers for coils or struts. How much flex is there between loaded and unloaded suspension? It’s time to commit by welding on the lower strut brackets. Thanks