88 comanche project (continued)

[Mitch]

ya but a veterans tag normally changes the law a little around here :)

[Oizarod115]

lift laws? bumpers? what?

 

haha, silly northerners. if we have license, registration, and tags. (sometimes emissions) we're good to go... although your truck DOES have to have cat and muffler or you will get a ticket.

[88swampedmj]

here in texas my truck is legal as is.. i drove my black mj daily for a few months with no front or rear bumpers running soa and 33s.. ive never been bothered for it, and since its a trail truck i don't care how illegal it is now haha

 

my sisters husband had a 91 yj for a DD it was on D44s and 38s no flares bc he and i really don't like flares, his was legal and he also never got bothered

[87manche]

info on those wheel spacers?

I don't want to spend what spidertrax wants.

[Twisty]

87, somone in my clup posted this.

 

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=303893

 

I will probobly get my spacers from here.

[87manche]

been looking on the bay.

ricers got all sorts.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/WHEEL-AD ... 6239QQrdZ1

[88swampedmj]

oh well i got them from a website my friend found called ezaccessories or something...here's the link to the site

 

http://www.ezaccessory.com/Wheel_Adapte ... 0-6550.htm

 

this link is to the 5 on 4.5 to 6 on 5.5 adapter they have any one you can think of too.. and only $129 for a pair alltogether i paid $144 to get em to my door..

[88swampedmj]

i cleaned up the d44 a bit it still has the drive shaft someone cutt off the waggy...

 

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[JeepcoMJ]

oooh pretty

[88swampedmj]

haha yep iam really wanting to get this thing running all my friends keep callin to wheel and iam sitting around with no motor haha.. itll be done soon hopefully... if you look you can see i painted those spacers black already... iam not a fan of chrome haha

[DirtyComanche]

I'd probably have waited to burn on the perches/mounts before paint :nuts:

 

 

 

 

But then, I can't talk, I didn't even paint my front D44 when I put it in. I was all pissed off and in a hurry so it just didn't get done. :roll:

[88swampedmj]

well i was just gonna clean it but had that paint so i painted it

i got my 6 lug wheels today.. i got 5.. 15x10 with 2" backspacing.. i like em wide haha

 

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[Rokhound]

damn those things are going to be out there and looking good

[ChiefJosh]

You know, you should really wear shoes when you're workin on your truck..... :D You're not at the beach.......

[DirtyComanche]

That's how you get tough feet.

 

 

 

And those tires are going to stick out like mad! But, as long as that's not illegal it's a decent thing.

[88swampedmj]

well haha those arent my feet but i too was bare foot..

and yea i hope these tires stick out.. i don't like tall and skinny

[88swampedmj]

i havent got much progress i just sold a car so now i have a little more money for the truck.. i was thinking for the front leaf conversion i wanna use these cj shackle hangers...

then ill prolly use these yj "bone" shackles

ill be using stock waggy leafs the shackles and hangars will work right?

[DirtyComanche]

They will, I'd think. As long as they're for 2.5" wide springs.

 

 

It's locating the hangers that's the hard part.

[88swampedmj]

yea i was thinkin i may put a peice of steel under the front of the "frame" to strengthen it

[JeepcoMJ]

and you will need to reinforce the rear locating spot...bolting it into the LCA bracket isn't gonna cut it, not without beefing it up.

[88swampedmj]

well i spoke with brettm, he told me that xjs would need reinforcing but comanches are just fine as is. ill try it out...

[JeepcoMJ]

well i spoke with brettm, he told me that xjs would need reinforcing but comanches are just fine as is. ill try it out...

 

that makes ZERO sense. MJ's are identical to XJ's from the front seats forwards with the exception of the rear wire harness and some trim panels.

 

 

fyi, this is info for everyone a fact about comanches is that the limited production of them is brought on by two facts. A the dodge dakota was pushed to sell more by chrysler, and B comanches were produced on cherokee assembly lines in tangem to cherokees. there was some retooling required, but the production of xj's was so high and so was demand, that the comanche was put on the back burner.

 

 

I sure wish there were more MJ parts out there, BUT I am perfectly happy with the limited quantity of them...that's part of what adds the character and intrigue.

[88swampedmj]

hmm guess that makes since... he told me though they were a little more reinforced.. ill look at it though and see my brother in law has a xj and i have my mjs...

[UNL1MTD]

XJ Mount

MJ Mount

 

actually the lower control arm mounts are different between XJs and MJs. MJs got a little bit of beef to them. Pics stolen from 'Project' threads.

[88swampedmj]

yea, they do look a little better