DirtyComanche

The 10-spoke aluminum rims were 5.25BS, I think. Your's will fit. But anything larger than a LT225/75R15 will rub the LCAs at full lock. And, AFAIK, the tj 5-link is identical to the XJ/MJ one. So yeah, the control arms should be good.

And with that, the insanity has begun. Congrats on your impending financial problems.

Watch for the general rust issue, in and out of the unibody. Make sure the glass in the back of the cab is intact (it's discontinued). See if the cab leaks, it's annoying and rusts out the floors. Otherwise, if it runs, what the heck... Might want to throw it up on a lift and take a look at the unibody while you're at it. And the gas tank, they're pricey things to replace. The 2.5 will do okay in 4lo, but the rest of the time it blows. Oh, check all the doors/windows and any power options, etc and see what doesn't work. At least you can use them to bargin with, and soem of thsoe thigns can be a pain to fix. The 8.8 is a good and easy swap. You will need spacers on it, or ulta low backspacing rims, as it is a little narrow. Oh yeah, check that all the right fluids are in the right places. That can happen...

And I'm certain they aren't! But whatever. I have no basis for what I think. I know I had a good reason to think they were the same, but I'm not so sure anymore... I think it's because MJ rear flares match the profile for front flares, so I assumed that XJ rear flares would also match the profile for their front flares...

I need one of those, my lincoln Ac-225 is a heavy bastard. Normally I just throw it on my creeper.

I'm sure they fit. And thinking about it, they can be 2 or 4 door... Blah.

How about some shirts? Magnets are cool, but you can only stick them to so many things before they get boring. I'd buy a shirt... Okay, everybody is dead set on magnets now. I know it's a little late to be saying this.

The one I know of has some rust on the bed. Had it been the front fenders I'd have signed the check... But the bed, $#!&, where am I going to get one of those? I'll just hold off for now. Or hit the reserve and see if there's anything out there if I really get the itch. Nah, I've probably got enough to do already.

Gotta be 2dr flares for the rear.

And if you drive them hard, they last maybe 50K. No thanks.

Rough Country has a pretty bad rep. Their name and ride quality has a corrolation.

I considered putting another stocker on the other side. It would be a VERY tight squeeze, as you'd probably have about 2" between them, and the pump/plubing sticks out a ways. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it would be hard. Jerry cans are easy...

My old exhaust was lifetime warrantied. Apparently that doesn't cover ripping it off on rocks, though.

Now you've got an excuse to lift it.

Somebody on ifsja.org was doing a 6x6 conversion on a J3000 or M715. It looked pretty cool. I don't know that he's got any farther with it, though. Anyways, J-trucks are cool. I'm still tempted to pick up the one that I know is for sale...

Not to mention you probably saved money in the long run.

Oh, that's an old pic. It has a body now, sorta. The front is mostly there. Actually, I even put fender flares back on it. They're ugly as sin. And I put the doors back on because it rains every day... And I'm working on the flatbed. I had to put something back on it to make it street legal. Well, make it LOOK steet legal.

Actually, I've got a flat bed now... :cheers:

Tires are like tits; the bigger the better. Okay, you didn't hear me say that. Honestly, it depends what you wheel and what you like. I'll probably not go larger than 35s for quite some time. I'm going to focus on making the truck comfortable with 35s. I don't wheel like Pat, who basically drives like he's got a horseshoe up his @$$ (no offense). But, there's a little thing called inchitis, the constant urge to go bigger. And it's a time/money relationship too.

Better to ask questions now, then after you've already signed the check...

I know you abused your D30 pretty hard, but how long do you think it realistically would have lasted before you had some horrendous failure, like breaking the inner Cs or shearing off the knuckles? I'm just saying that I think it makes more sense to start with something a little bigger (D44) and get a little more strength on a few other parts. You can get a D44 front out of pick'n'pull for $150cnd here (tax included), so initial purchusing cost is not much. Stock axle bracketry all blows anyways, now you've just got a really good excuse to redo it. Not to mention things like hubs and the potential to do junkyard highsteer. Besides, how often were you going through unit bearings :evil: And the whole "just get a D60 the first time" thing, well, let's not go there. He wants to run 35s, not 40s. well, at least a 35. Okay, he should just get a D60.

I got 'em. I'll get you some pics after I get regeared.... (Tomorrow maybe)

That Rocky Road lift is garbage. There's a couple threads about it. Anyways, it uses stock arms, BIG no-no. And it has large spacers plus coils. Why not just a longer coil? Everything about it screams cheap. Umm, yeah, stop picking on me Pat! I'm just an idiot. :banana: Well, you live and you learn, really. It was probably for the better though. It forced me to buy a stcik welder and learn to stick.

Yes, I'll admit it's 'get what you pay for'. But, as far as R&D goes, $#!& I could be drunk as f' and still be more thoughtful than they are. That track bar bracket is just so retarded that I was left feeling empty inside. I welded flat bar to the outside of it, perpendicular to the flat side, so it's not a matter of putting all the force on a 3/8 peice of plate on the narrow side. Springs aren't in-house. The supplier is the same as the RE ones, I think. It takes a huge investment to make springs, so it makes way more sense to outsource them. $#!&, I'm way to drunk to explain things/

Oh, it's just a little sticking point with me. I should probably edit my sig to say 'don't buy rusty's LAs, or anything else made in-house'. Poor design, poor quality, didn't fit right, etc. Some things just left me shaking my head. What the hell is up with their track-bar bracket anyways? I showed it to my brother (he's an engineer) and he pretty much told me that it was going to sheer, just based on a comparsion with the stock ones. he said in all likelyhood it was WEAKER than the stock bracket. Powdercoating blows, welds blow, bunch of other crap that I generally didn't like the look of. If you want more details I'd go on. Their stuff is alright, if you like the mall.