Pete M

the 3.07 gears in those axles will make you hate bigger tires and can seriously hurt the smile factor when you drive it. :(

sweet! feel free to start a thread int eh other projects forum. :thumbsup: we're all suckers for J trucks :yes:

just wait 'til your brain gets to the Comanche Eliminator :yes: it was a different time with different... priorities.

you mean Explorer, not Expedition. :thumbsup: 95-01 explorer/mountaineer have disks car-part.com can usually find you one in a nearby junkyard

I have friends that have suffered the same thing. I hate thieves. :fs1:

is it me or does the rear bumper look a bit bent...

84 2.5l would have a carb holding it back too :(

usually for me it was just corrosion between the battery terminals and the clamps. could also be corrosion in the cables, or just a failing battery

oh, but to be able to go back in time and go buy a brand new MJ :drool: :drool: :drool: congrats on keeping them all drool-worthy!

don't know about ram taillights, but this is an early dakota on the left:

if they are the same as the old dakota taillights, there's a writeup in the DIY link in my sig for how close/notclose they are.

si, indeed. :) miss that ball of fur. 3 weeks out west and I think she was on a leash 3 times. :D I wonder if I ever put a trip report together... :hmm:

are they using a cement mixer as the delivery vehicle? :eek: custom wood frame around it then wrapped in cardboard so it looks like a box :D

I don't' have a fancy mansion :( (not yet at least :D ) just a tent, but here are some pics from the 3000 mile adventure to wheel in Moab/Colorado/Illinois. no tow rig. brought everything I could except a water pump (guess what I needed)

yeah, I meant the plain-jane factory WJ control arms. :thumbsup: (and technically you won't need them with 30s, but they are a good upgrade in strength and ride quality over the factory MJ design) rarely are shackles made for MJs. usually they are made for XJs and XJs have shorter factory shackles so their lift variety won't lift MJs as much. eye-to-eye measurements are needed to ensure you get the boost you want.

-the front lift pucks will be simple chunks of polyurethane, so any brand will do. -for the shackles the popular thing is 2" drop shackles for late 90s Chevy trucks (same width and bolt size as MJs). because of the design of the chevy suspension, longer-than-stock shackles will drop the truck, but for us they raise it up. can be had at any local auto parts store. rubber bushings are preferred. -front tow hooks will need the brackets that go behind them for strength. will look like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/84-01-Jeep-cherokee-tow-hook-pair-black-86-92-Comanche-MJ-Heavy-Duty-brackets-/201842556060?fits=Make%3AJeep%7CModel%3ACherokee&hash=item2efec0fc9c:g:qpgAAOSwCU1YvZJt&vxp=mtr I am also a fan of 30" tires since you have a 4banger and it's a daily driver. the bigger the tire the harder your engine will work. since factory jeep rims are plentiful you could even keep your current tires as-is and get an offroad set of muds for the weekend. :D

TJ or XJ axle? either way, I would take it back.

spring are springs. if it isn't sagging badly, I'd say they are fine and it's the shocks you're feeling. a 2" lift can use stock shocks so i didn't add them to the list. but if you need them, get some good ones. :thumbsup: at 3" you start to need more and more of the other parts to accommodate the change in geometry (longer arms, sway bar links, brake lines etc). a 2" lift keeps your stock handling characteristics (and the addition of the WJ arms can even improve it :yes: ). you don't need a giant lift to go offroading. but you will want to protect your sheetmetal because accidents happen that a taller lift just won't prevent (I'm at 5" and 33s and smashed my rockers on a simple hillclimb because I didn't have the rocker guards yet :( ). You will need an extraction point front and rear (proper tow hooks and a hitch work well). armor and hooks are far more important to me than a lift.

pics of what ya got?

2" budget lift consisting of 1.75 or 2" pucks up front and lift shackles in the rear WJ lower control arms 31 inch tires alignment rocker guards extraction points front and rear done. :thumbsup:

so clean lookin'! :drool:

just throw some stars on the blue and you're golden :D

just wait 'til you're rationalizing the purchase of a 2nd MJ. :D (or 4th :peek: )

did they weld on new perches or just swap in an XJ axle? XJ perches are closer together than MJs and that can do weird things to the suspension. also welcome to the addiction :thumbsup:

dare to be different! :D