Well it's finally time to get this posted. I have wanted to build a highly capable rig for a long time and now that my runner is not my DD anymore I've finally decided to get started. The story starts when I was coming home from Reno one weekend this fall. The GF and I had stopped to get some food and I spotted a sweet SASed 2nd Gen in the parking lot that judging by the looks of it had obviously been on the trail all weekend. I got to talking with the owner and found out he has done 3 SAS's and loved to fabricate stuff. We exchanged emails and contact info. Anyways I got in touch with him here recently to start researching my build and found out he was trying to get rid of his whole set up to rebuild his rig with 60's. Now that I had some axles it was time to start spending some cash! Here's the specs on the initial build up.
Front Axle:
-Housing trussed, plated steering stops, shaved drain plug, diff armor
-30-Spline Liongfield Chromo Axles
-Chromo Hub gears
-Fresh Rebuild
-FJ Rotors and ifs brakes
-Marlin Crawler High Steer Kit
-Backing plate eliminators
-Rock Ring Felt protectors
-Marlin Crawler 4cyl Diff w/ Yukon 5.29's and a Detroit Locker
-Triple Drilled Flange
-Solid Pinion Spacer
-Upgraded Steering Studs-Fully Rebuilt w/ new bearings throughout
-14" Bilstein 5150 shocks
-Trail Gear 4" springs and Swap parts
Rear Axle:
Diff Armor
Shaved Drain Plug
Yukon 5.29's
Detroit
Trail Gear 5" springs
12" Bilstein 5150's
Armor
Stubbs Welding Sliders
Marlin rear tube bumpers
Davez offroad front tube bumper
Dual Case Crossmember guard
Marlin Ultimate Crawler w/ 4.70's and 2.28 gears
37X12.5X15 Goodyear MTR's
Still deciding on which winch to go with.
And then of course there is all the recovery gear, on board air, and all that fun stuff to go along with it.
On to the pictures! The axles are still actually under the rig of the guy that I bought them from. He is taking it all apart this week while he builds his 60's.
Front Axle
Rear Axle
Rear bumper
My front bumper is still being built but here is the design on a first gen.
I'm still waiting on my Trail Gear order to get here to start the surgery but keep checking back I'll update this thread regularly.