[Imped]

It went from this:

To this:

To this:

To this:

To this:

To this:

To this:

To this:

The end.

 

[IndyJeepMan]

Epic..

Thats how Jeepers start their mornings, adding a complete build thread.

I see the flop now, looks fun lol.

 

[Imped]

More random in-between'ers.

31's, open diffs, Interlake

The first 'big' rebuild--axle swap, suspension, SYE, steering, t-case skid, gears, etc.

First time out on 35's

When I decided the Rokmen skid wasn't high enough

When I decided the hardtop made things sketchy

Redbird 09

Where an AntiRock and front locker are immediately noticeable

Where shitty anti-squat properties really suck--decided to fix that

'Standard' short arms allow for way too much WB change--decided to fix that

Time for some corners

Outboarded the shocks and straightened the coils

I like rocks

 

[Imped]

Really getting tired of high anti-squat....

Around the corner to grandma's we go

I like being low....but I want more up travel, damnit.

It's a party in Indy

Made a skid

Flipped the tie rod

Snow

My arch-nemesis--the reason for suspension revision 1 and 2

Some trick evap work--bye bye canister, hello simplicity and no CEL

All clean

Rokmen skid plate--decided to say bye bye

Hello fuel cell

Novak cable shifter--DO IT

Up travel is good

 

[Imped]

Suspension time

Suspension revision 2.1

Suspension revision 2.2--she climbs smooth now

Fixed all the short arm problems.....and still have all of the short arm clearance

No underhang, no problems

 

[Cole50468]

Looks good man!! Nice work! :thumb:

 

[Boom Stick]

Wow, great thread and great pictures. Looking forward to seeing more.

 

[nastyrider17]

Nice. How many inches of lift are you sitting at right now? I like the stance very much.

 

[Imped]

Some people give a shit about X".....I don't. I use shock travel and desired belly height for my parameters. The front coils are RC 2.5's and the stock coils are stock. It's somewhere around 2-3" over stock.

 

[Imped]

EDIT: REAR coils are stock. Wish I could find the damn edit button.....

 

[nastyrider17]

Thanks. What are you running for a belly skid?

 

[Mike_3303]

Very nice, well done man

 

[Imped]

Thanks. What are you running for a belly skid?

I made it. 1/4" steel plate flat against the frame.

Very nice, well done man

Thank you.

 

[IndyJeepMan]

I made it. 1/4" steel plate flat against the frame.

Thank you.

Looks like butt.

Just what I've heard, know what im sayin'? Lol. You havent said anything about those seats man.

 

[nastyrider17]

I made it. 1/4" steel plate flat against the frame.

Thank you.

Post some pics, I would like to do something similar. Do you have a body lift/MML?

 

[Imped]

You havent said anything about those seats man.

Nobody asked.

They fawkin rock.

Post some pics, I would like to do something similar. Do you have a body lift/MML?

Yes to both. When raising the drivetrain that high, it's a lot tougher to do without either. You can clearly see the JKS body pucks in some of the pics.

The key is to keep the drivetrain as low as possible. I use a UCF low profile transmission mount and designed the skid to further lower everything down. I gained 4.5" at the belly but only raised the transfer case 3".

 

[mike3770]

Awesome build!! ..really looking forward to seeing more

 

[KKhamesi]

wow this is amazing! good job man. cant wait to see moreopcorn:

 

[Imped]

Not a lot going on right now, just driving it. Was supposed to wheel yesterday but a funeral changed those plans. Next on the list is addressing the front axle bracketry. I'm hacking off the stock coil buckets/control arm mounts/shock mounts. I ordered some parts from Clayton to move my LCA mounts up flush with the tube (about 2.25" measured at the center of the bolt hole). In order to correct the geometry I'll be moving up the frame mount by about the same amount. So, the front will be ultra-high clearance similar to the rear. I've already beefed up the LCA frame mounts with 2" x 3/16" weld washers and trimmed off the excess.

Here's some pics of the headlight work I did a couple months back. I've had the Hella E-code housings (best housings available) for quite a while but I replaced the 55/60 bulbs with 70/65 OSRAM bulbs and built a beef harness to take care of the voltage drop with the stock harness.

Harness

Inline relays

Low beam

High beam

 

[Imped]

Oh, and at that time I'll be sleeving the tubes and adding gussets to the C's.