Pete M

ok, so I'm going to be doing the BPE conversion using the swaybar bracket trick. what shocks do I buy? I've found tons of info online for lifted XJs, but none for stock height XJs. :(

they are not longer, but there is some adjustment in the rear mounting point to push the arm forward. aftermarket arms with a round cross-section will also work. they may not allow as much turn, but when the tire hits it won't catch as bad as stock arms.

I think that might make it worse by putting the tires into the fenders at full turn.. oh, and add WJ lower control arms to that mix. :thumbsup:

3" lift and longer bumpstops.

this looks promising: http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles/Suspension_Steering_Axles_and_Brakes/Rear_BPEs.htm

any fixes out there that don't involve drilling out the broken bolt or welding?

and I don't mean that only one of four broke. I stopped after the first one snapped.

oh the joys of XJ ownership. snapped an upper bolt on the rear shocks. :fs1:

x2 that's awesome!

:waving: the truggy is looking fantastic. keep at it! and start building her one of these:

understandable. :D

nice! :D

only one jeep on my desktop these days. :D

full cluster and appropriate sensors are in. :D and guess who found some XJ Waggy taillights. :banana: with old ones for comparison:

compared to narrowing an axle?

I've have a couple friends who once owned Zx2s. I hate zx2s. I hate fixing them. hate everything about them. They rust in such horrible ways.

x2 :bowdown:

bushwacker flares cover them quite nicely. :D but laws and cop attitudes vary wildly by location so caution is understandable.

all I need is a name/address and they are on their way. :D

thanks :D

I've forgotten, which coolant temp sensor is it that feeds the gauges?

now featuring a complete set of glass :D tinted no less. it came from the only XJ in the yard (of maybe 10) that had manual windows. and yes, I swapped in the matching set on the drivers door.

the doors now open! I repeat, ALL FIVE DOORS NOW OPEN!!!! :banana: some not-so-gentle persuasion with a 10 lb sledge hammer was the trick. :D closing is another matter. the rear takes quite a manly shove to get it to latch. I'll have some pics once the rain cloud moves on by and I get the new glass installed.

quite the opposite. automatics are a bandaid that lets you get by with less gearing (numerically lower). Manuals need more gearing so they don't fry the clutch as easily when starting from a stop. I really hate those charts. way too complicated and you start with the numbers that Jeep supplied from the factory (which SUCK). This is mine for when you're paying for gear installs (aka: spending insane amounts of money): got a 2.5? 4.56 for 30/31s, 4.88 after that got a 4.0? 4.10s for 30/31s, 4.56 fr 31s to 35s, 4.88s for 35+ these rules change if you're grabbing axles from the junkyard with gears already in them (aka: doing this on the cheap) since 4.10s are the most common deep gear for axles that are easy to swap in.