alright. I've been inspired to create a build
thread. not to be out done by Ken, Oscar or anyone else for that matter :rofl:
or maybe... this is my feeble attempt to raise my post count! :hide: any how we're going to have some fun here. so I'll start with a bone stock photo... off the show room floor in 2010.
so my first addition was a-pillar lights and i picked up some rubi rails from craigslist. I'm not ashamed to admit I shop for jeep parts on craigslist!
photo to be inserted later!
then after driving around for about 6 months like this I splurged on a BDS 4" short arm lift, some 315/75 r16 GYDTs, a hi-lift, CB and off I went.
over the next year, I added a smittybilt XRC 8k winch, winch plate, bestop trektop nx, some spacers for the front end sag... and wheeled as often as I could. and that's when the fun began.
my rig started handling like a wounded garbage truck. so I went nuts on the front end.
-TF monster forged adjustable front track bar
-TF monster forged adjustable rear track bar
-TF sleeves and upper c's
-synergy ball joints
-synergy (fox 2.0) steering stabilizer
-synergy tie rod
-synergy drag link flip kit
-north ridge grade 8 bolt kit
-synergy track bar mount (front and rear)
and suddenly. my jeep handled well again. (I guess tax returns are a good thing huh?) :rofl:
and off I go again. keep in mind. I'll do my best to add pictures later.
my rig started handling like a wounded garbage truck. so I went nuts on the front end.
-TF monster forged adjustable front track bar
-TF monster forged adjustable rear track bar -TF sleeves and upper c's*****
-synergy ball joints
-synergy (fox 2.0) steering stabilizer
-synergy tie rod
-synergy drag link flip kit
-north ridge grade 8 bolt kit
-synergy track bar mount (front and rear)
and suddenly. my jeep handled well again. (I guess tax returns are a good thing huh?) :rofl:
and off I go again. keep in mind. I'll do my best to add pictures later.
then like a jackass... I went back into my axles. it happens when you bust your axle shafts...
a year or so later I added gears and lockers, bigger wheels and tires, JCR Dagger front and rear bumpers, poison spyder crap... and all this
-G2 gold placer axle shafts (front)
-OX cable locker - Dana 30
-G2 4.88 gears
-G2 gold placer 33 spline rear axle shafts
-OX cable locker
-4.88 gears
-toyo open country mts (37x13.50x17)
-procomp 7031 wheels
-JCR Dagger front and rear bumpers
-poison spyder flat flares front and rear (still waiting for the fronts to ship)
-warn zeon 10s
if you have questions about anything... just ask away... :drinks: some stuff i am very happy with, some stuff i wish i had gone in different directions. i'll try and update this thread once in a while.
i'm still working on the poison spyder stuff - only have the rear flares at the moment. i had them, my grill and the front and rear bumpers bedlined by a local business... rockhard bedliner.
thanks. i was in your boat... i didn't realize PS made narrow ones for the front. once i learned they made narrow flares, my mind was made up. and now having handled the PS fenders... i see why they're more money.. holy crap are they stout... :happyyes:
i did get the corner armor (crusher corners) also, from PS, eventually all that stuff will be here and i'll have a lot of step by step stuff there. i have the TF heavy duty hinge. i was concerned that the PS crusher corners wouldn't work with the larger hinge. i'll have to cut about 1/4" off of the corners (around the hinge) but the guys at PS assured me i'd be good.
i'll post all about my nut cert bliss here in a couple days (hopefully) opcorn: ullinghair:
that was one of the motivating factors for the smittybilt stuff... armor - true armor - i could ding my corners hopping on rocks and be okay.
thanks. i was in your boat... i didn't realize PS made narrow ones for the front. once i learned they made narrow flares, my mind was made up. and now having handled the PS fenders... i see why they're more money.. holy crap are they stout... :happyyes:
i did get the corner armor (crusher corners) also, from PS, eventually all that stuff will be here and i'll have a lot of step by step stuff there. i have the TF heavy duty hinge. i was concerned that the PS crusher corners wouldn't work with the larger hinge. i'll have to cut about 1/4" off of the corners (around the hinge) but the guys at PS assured me i'd be good.
i'll post all about my nut cert bliss here in a couple days (hopefully) opcorn: ullinghair:
that was one of the motivating factors for the smittybilt stuff... armor - true armor - i could ding my corners hopping on rocks and be okay.
Yeah the extra $600 needed to get the same amount of armor as xrc is the only hard part to swallow. In the mean time I'm content to drooling over your success :drool:
That is one sweet rig my friend. The only thing that could make it better starts with an H and ends with an I. EM is in the middle along with many $$$$$$.
Thanks for inspiring me to someday do the same to my 13.
thanks... ha! no hemi conversion for me. almost done though. i am going to remove the BDS springs, shocks, and arms, and replace them probably with TF stuff.
not happy with the BDS stuff. it did it's job but the bushings in the arms are done... the shocks... well, enough. we'll see.. so some suspension stuff, skid plates, and a sport cage... and we'll call it.
:beerdrinking: too much money... that's for sure :whacky:
tabber,
Nice build thread. I assume you're happy with the Synergy steering parts? I have 34,000 on my stock ball joints and I think I'll be replacing them soon with Synergy and maybe do the tie rod and drag link flip at the same time. I also want to do the TB relocation bracket so I can get my trackbar and Fox ATS SS on the bracket.
Btw, the Matanzas jeep club made a trip to Choccolocco Mountain in Alabama last month and it is outstanding. I'm looking forward to a return trip. You might want to check it out and see if it's worth a trip there. About 7 hours from the Jacksonville area.
very happy with the synergy components.. all of them. i beat on the tie rod - i can upload some pictures later... but the bottom of it is pretty tore up and it's still straight as an arrow.
couldn't agree more! :whacky: i'll get some up this weekend. be in DC next week... so the following weekend i should be able to wrap up all the poison spyder stuff. then the pics will flow for a bit.
That is a fine looking machine. I've just started to slowly outfit mine. I've got bumpers, a winch, and some lights...but I can't decide on wheels and tires size. I like the mud (not deep wheeling) and sand. Doing a 3" lift so and suggestions on feet for the 4door??
i have had BFGs, Duratracs, and Toyo MTs... out of the three of them, Toyo Open Country MTs hands down. they shed mud and clay very well on the trail. also do well in the sugar sand down here...
Nice Jeep! What made you pick bed lining over powder coating if you don't mind me asking? I am trying to decide which I want to go with for my rear Genright. Thanks.
this was a decision i struggled with for a while. honestly i though about just rattle canning all of it. initially i had rattle canned the rear bumper. with scratches and stuff from the trail - it's an easy fix..
in the end bedliner won out because (in theory) it's supposed to hold up better than powder coating will. and i like the rough texture look also.
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