89eliminator Posted February 14, 2009 Author Posted February 14, 2009 just ordered my JCR OTK setup :clapping:
MiNi Beast Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 Sure keep rubbing it in! :fs1: :rotfl2: Looking good
89eliminator Posted February 16, 2009 Author Posted February 16, 2009 axle is out. started making lower control arm mount braces and skids.
MiNi Beast Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 axle is out. started making lower control arm mount braces and skids. Man you must be board!
500 MJ Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Keep up the good work. Someday soon I'll be getting a JCR steering setup. Its on the list for sure!
89eliminator Posted February 16, 2009 Author Posted February 16, 2009 thanks. i've been wanting the JCR setup for a while too. just sucks that i have to wait 2-3 weeks to get it :doh:
MiNi Beast Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 thanks. i've been wanting the JCR setup for a while too. just sucks that i have to wait 2-3 weeks to get it :doh: Not like your going anywhere :rotf:
89eliminator Posted February 16, 2009 Author Posted February 16, 2009 yeah, i suppose you are right :banana:
dakineJ Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Nice looking truck.How did you decide on the length of your control arms and the position of the brackets? I've been wanting to go with long arms and had thought about Rock Krawlers,but I like the idea of building my own.
MiNi Beast Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Nice looking truck.How did you decide on the length of your control arms and the position of the brackets? I've been wanting to go with long arms and had thought about Rock Krawlers,but I like the idea of building my own. Sure, everyone thanks they are a fabricator! :shake: :rotfl2:
89eliminator Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 uh, i just layed underneath the truck with some scrap tubing looking for the best spots for mounts :D
89eliminator Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 oh, and it wasnt easy as it may seem. don't get me wrong, i would do it again but it took longer than expected. a lot of trial and error was involved. would've been easier to do a y-link but i didnt want that.
dakineJ Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Ya I'm not interested in a radius arm setup , I'm just concerned about getting the right dimentions so they function properly.There are 4-Link Calculators and such.
89eliminator Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 to be honest i didnt even use a 4-link calculator. there is minimal room for the uppers so there were really no options as to where to put them.
MiNi Beast Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 See now I like the dedication to your rig, as well as those that build their own stuff. While your working on your rigs I up and bought something premade and put them out and I'm out wheeling while your still waiting on something or another to finsh up your rig. I can't do that being I no like my rig sitting. But I don't have that feeling you guys have when you say yeah I built that or I fab that up and I love it. Jeeps are built not bought right? Keep up the good work! Don't let me give you to much of a hard time :rotf:
89eliminator Posted February 17, 2009 Author Posted February 17, 2009 trust me, i would've bought a kit in a heart beat. but wanted to save some cash for other upgrades :thumbsup:
dakineJ Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Exactly, thank you.I,m more apt to buy something pre-engineered and proven , but for the money, I can take the time to figure it out.And I do like the process. Well , cheers on the good effort and nice work. I have seen both seperate brackets for each side as well as intergrated cross members so I,m still mulling it around.Have you got a chance to give to your LA's a workout yet?
89eliminator Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 not yet. i built them, and now my front axle mysteriously disappeared. :brows:
MiNi Beast Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Exactly, thank you.I,m more apt to buy something pre-engineered and proven , but for the money, I can take the time to figure it out.And I do like the process. Well , cheers on the good effort and nice work. I have seen both seperate brackets for each side as well as intergrated cross members so I,m still mulling it around.Have you got a chance to give to your LA's a workout yet? See now I run the RK 3 link set up, and I love it, but if I was to do it again I think I'd go for something T&T's set up with the full belly skid. Or at least something with a full intergrated crossmember to crete some type of sub-frame, even more so if you have no plans of adding a cage, but I have plans on a cage so as to why I went that way, plus got such a great deal and excellent service from Motion Offroad, http://motionoffroad.com/catalog/index. ... page=index . Sorry about the shamless plug :shake:
89eliminator Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 i was thinking about the RK kit too. but i wanted 4-link and at the time, they didnt have a 4-link long arm upgrade. you could only get that in a kit form. but now they have the triple threat kit out that looks pretty cool.
89eliminator Posted February 25, 2009 Author Posted February 25, 2009 adjustable bumpstops new RE tracbar mount steering should be here tuesday at the latest
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