Ty

I just went out for a little test ride. I took my truck on a very bumpy dirt road and it handled surprisingly well. I still need to get some better shocks, possibly Bilsteins. The ride isnt stiff, but it isnt soft, its right in the middle. The best part about this mod is that i did not have to cut my truck up! haha

Ty

PICTURE TIME!!!
I took some pics of the springs in the truck, along with some other stuff ive done:


My relocated ECU behind the glove box:


I did that to do this...5 1/4" speakers in the kick panels:

And my skidplate that i made out of an old sign lol. Its more of a temporary splash shield:

Adk_Yota

Looking good!

Ty

I got a package today...i wonder what it could be...

Ty

BJ spacers!!!

Thanks 4crawler
Extremely fast shipping, i ordered these Thursday...and its Monday...WOW!!

So needless to say, i will be installing these today =D

Lumpy

Good deal man!!! Moving right along!

Ty

Thanks Lumpy!
I have the passenger side spacer in and the wheel is on. I need a new Ball joint for the driver side tho. I am just waiting for carquest to call me when it arrives at the store so i can pick it up and continue with the driver side =]

Lumpy

I'm calling around for springs now...Not many local yards have them. Did you get front springs or rear TJ springs? Do you recall the year?

Lumpy

Dolt...I just have to read a bit. "The springs are the front springs off a '97-'06 Jeep TJ"

Ty

You can use either front or rear springs but the front TJ springs i believe you have to cut your factory bumpstop to fit the springs in. With the rear TJ springs, i only had to cut the springs themselves, nothing on the truck was cut.

Mine came out of a 99 Wrangler.

Ty

So i got the spacers in finally. The Ball joint on the driver side just did not want to come out of the spindle. I tried cutting the BJ with my grinder but it still didn't work. I had to disconnect the lower BJ, brake caliper, and CV axle in order to get the whole hub assembly out of the truck and get it in my vise...what a day!!! haha here are some pics:

Made some relief cuts with the grinder:

All done grinding:

This is what was left of the Ball Joint



All Done!!

Ty

Here are some more pics:



I started with 13" from top of rim to the fender. After the BJ spacers i am up to 15". Now i have 2 inches of lift all around =]

drmix

Looks great! Looks like someone needs some 33s now

Lumpy

Nice lookin ride man!!! Yep time for some bigger shoes. Good work...

Ty

Thanks guys. I need to buy some new shocks first. Anybody know anything about the ones that wabfab sells for the 2 inch lift? I wanted bilsteins but i guess they only make them for 3-4inch lift? Any ideas?

As for tires, 33's would fit okay?
I wanted to get 31's because i do not want to regear...

Lumpy

I don't recall what the Wabbit has for shocks but it's not a bad price. If you go really cheap you can sit with your parts guy and just get a longer shock that has the same mounts.

I'm running 31's stock with no issue at all. I had 33x12.5's and it did ok but a lil sluggish. Being that I have a ton of hills I went back to 31's for now. 33x10.5's would do much better or go to 32x11.5's

ColbyP

Sick project man, i just bought a 93 wanna sell my cherokee and dont wana drive Evo in winter.. did all i could on the frame with out taking the bed off maybe next year..

Ty

Lumpy, I don't know what kind of shocks they are either but they will work perfect for me! lol I still want to get decent MPG's out of my truck so i think i will stick with 31's. I don't think 31x10.5x15 will look to bad.


Thanks Colby.
Good luck with your 93!

Lumpy

You'll do alright with the 31's Check out the Guard Dogs from

https://www.treadwright.com/c-7-31-10-5r15.aspx



I think those will do well for ya. If I stay on 31's I'll be getting those. I want to go to a 16" rim though so I can go a lil larger so who knows yet.

Ty

Those Guard dogs look like Wrangler's lol
Those are more of a mud tire right? I was kinda looking at an A/T to run year round. I like that Warden A/T tire, but i guess its back ordered.

I ordered the shocks from Wabfab, they are non labeled pro-comp shocks.