DirtyComanche

Bingo. Only the 3 peice sliders and single peice are listed for stock replacement glass.

I wouldn't put another frame under it. I'd cut the cab off and build a real frame.... or Tube the whole thing. I'll show you pictures of kraqa's ZJ if you want to know what I mean. It still has the unibody in there somewhere. Well, some of it.

You can get some cool chevy stuff. Like the small-block 454. Wouldn't that be fun to play with? But yeah, probably shouldn't.

What? Never heard of hardcore redneck engine swaps? You just need a whole new drivetran, and you put the bloody radiator in the back. Jeep stock stuff is crap anyways. And you can sell it and pick up a parts chevy and still be money ahead. Okay, maybe a 4.3 (V6) would be a better choice regarding fittament. You could still run a radiator in the front with one. I know they aren't exactly powerhouses, but aftermarket parts are cheap for them. Strokers just kinda hit me as not being worthwhile. I know of enough YJ/CJ/TJs that are running 350s to convince me that it wouldn't be that hard. You might have to hack up the unibody a bit. But I'm never opposed to that. Actually, I don't care what you do as long as you run propane.

I guess I should have mentioned that. However, the frame part of it isn't really conventional. It's just formed sheetmetal. Although that doesn't mean it's weak.

Yeah, they all are. They're built on the XJ cherokee platform.

I'd do a swap instead, personally. If you look at the cost, you could just throw a 350 in and be money and power ahead. Although, if I was to do all the work myself and run propane, I might consider it.

Well, my AR-767s were black, and I really liked the look of the truck. And the chrome on those rims was f'd anyways.

That's because he cut it off flush with the bracing. I did that with mine, thought it looked horrible, and took off about 2" more out of the whole fender.

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Well, I'm busy with finals and $#!&... but I did managed to do something! From this: Image Not Found To this: Image Not Found

Now, my cab window was broken. The glass is discontinued, so I had to junkyard myself a new window. The only one I could find was a one peice. I'll get you a pic in a minute. Hopefully.

Mine did. Uh, the part is still avaliable from glass shops.

Electrical.... Ugh.

There's no good options. You're looking at hacking together some strange stuff. Unless you go fullwidths. Actual work is pretty much the same, you just have to build the brackets and have a matching rear. Sorta... It's one of those things where I think they say "If you have to ask..." But the HPD30 will hold 33s. I was just talking :nuts: like

Different front axle :nanner: Okay we beat that to death. If you're getting a SYE and a double cardon/slip shaft; measure compressed and expanded lengths! I ddin't, I just measured resting height and went on the assumption that it wasn't going to move that much (as in, more than a standard slip joint would take). Cost me a shaft. A TW shaft at that. :roll: Anyways, Tom Woods and High Angle Driveline make good shafts. Local places can too.

Let's look at this question differently: Does it come with crappy axles stock? - Yes Lack of creature comforts? - Yes Will it cost you a fortune? - Yes Is it unreliable? - Yes Are you still obsessed? - Yes Therefor, a MJ is a jeep.

They are a higher spring rate. The standard coils are a couple inches shorter than XJ coils. You'll get 1" or maybe 1.5" out of them. Get some stock coil isolators and stack the mto make up the difference.

There is a market beyond this site. Personally I don't buy anything. Well, other than stuff I really can't make.

Well, as long as you're happy with the choice of 4.56 or 4.77ish (rare) stock, and 5.29 aftermarket, you're good to go. I wanted 4.56 so it worked for me. There's an ARB avaliable for the axle too. But yeah, I'm not spendy. There's probably chromos out there too, or you could just get them made...

Don't knock sch40. I've seen it take some crazy abuse. Although, if you want go right ahead. Looks good.

The 12B is probably as strong as a D60. Disk brakes, drop out third, 4.56s, and it was avaliable for cheap. Well, the ford knuckles are probably chevy ones actually. They're flat top and already milled. Or maybe they are ford? Don't really know the history of them, don't really care. Ford knuckles may be weaker, but I don't think it's actually a huge deal. Oh, I'll point out I actually haven't even seen them yet, my buddy is supposed to run them over sometime soon. And why HP? Why not? I got the housing cheap (not pictured, yet). I already would have to regear an axle, so it might as well be the better one. And I'd rather my driveshaft didn't act as a LCA skid. That and I was most likely going to cut the knuckles off and change the caster anyways. Also, it's a learning experience. Maybe it won't work out, but w/e. I can always get another HPD44 housing. Oh yeah, on road manners are something I've given up on.

I created this more for my own amusement and notes. Maybe it'll be useful to somebody though. Anyways, the plan: Front: Narrow a Ford HPD44 (67") to Grand Wagoneer width (61") and run Grand Wagoneer axle shafts, ford knuckles (high steer) and GW/Chevy outers for the 6 bolt pattern. Stuff with 4.56 gears, and weld the sucker up. Bracketry will be essentially a copy of the stock D30 stuff, except everything will actually be of a decent wall size. Rear: Isuzu 12B (59"~). Conveniently has a factory PowerBrute LSD and 4.56 gears, disk brakes, etc. The only quirk that bothers me as of now is that I have no clue what the U-joint for the driveshaft actually is. It might get tricky. Spring perches go on at a 42" centre-centre. Shock mounts might be retarded. The donor waggy D44: Image Not Found Look at that bute, even had a ranchero shock! Sadly the stock steering is a bit f'd. I might pick up another stock set though just as it will be easier to run it for now. And the Isuzu 12B (and driveshaft peice): Image Not Found I'll add to this once I've actually done some real work.

Where the hell do you get NEW pricing of that?

Booya, I was right. Thanks.