AKelly95

@Comanche Aficianado I stuck with the factory leaf springs in the back. I considered swapping in a pair of XJ shackles depending on how the rake looked but opted not to after finishing the lift. The XJ shackles are an inch shorter I believe (maybe .5) but I'm not positive if this works the best with suspension performance. I haven't posted a pic in a comment before so bear with me if it doesnt work.

I recently went SOA on a D35 to match long arms in the front. It netted me roughly 5 1/4" in the rear & with 4.5" coils upfront the rake is not much different than stock. In hindsight I wish I would've searched harder for a D40 and D44/8.8 as you're already doing most of the work for swapping axles (especially if you're installing long arms upfront). Hope this helps!

I appreciate it man. These brakes are the only thing standing between me and wheeling the jeep after working on the lift for 3 weeks.

Scratch that, I think I have an idea although i'm not sure if I still have the tab that connected the rod to the valve so it looks like I'll go the route shown in the writeup to bypass it altogether.

Thanks for the quick response. When you say wiring it up in position how do you suggest doing so?

I recently did a SOA swap in the rear an disconnected the valve where it connected to the diff and mistakenly lost that rod. What kind of issues am I going to face without it properly hooked up or "bypassed" as you showed how to do? (I have yet to drive it since doing the soa)

There wasn't anywhere else it could have been mounted. To move the member back wouldnt have let the bolts match up. This will probably sound shocking but since the member sits further forward on the unibody than in all other years I was forced to shorten the provided long arms (cut out 3" then welded the arm back together). I intend to make a post regarding the 86 and long arm install to hopefully save someone from making the mistake I made. Whats ironic is I originally ordered replacement lowers and uppers but decided to cancel the order after seeing the small difference in price to go to the RC long arms and reading about the improved flex and driving quality.

Thanks for the advice. I've been working on mounting the crossmember over the past two days with many complications. I ended up redrilling the mounting holes on the sideplates to avoid the inner crossmember support which in hindsight probably wouldve been easier just to chop those plates off. For the lack of a 3rd hole I plan to drill and tap a new hole in the unibody. Matching the 4 transmission bolts to the crossmember required a good amount of prying while dropping it. My feeling is that the kit does not work ideally with the 86 but now that my old lca mounts are gone theres no choice but to make it work. I'll be posting a build thread after its all finished.

Hey everyone, getting ready to install the RC long arm kit on my 86 and was hoping someone may have additional pictures of the lower control arm mount after it was trimmed? From what I've seen, some cut just the mount while others have cut the mount and the angled reinforcement(?) plate that sits between the mount and the frame rail. Any help would be appreciated

Truck looks sick! jw where did you get that toolbox? Solid, all black boxes thatll fit my mj have eluded me for some time now