iwaxmyjimmy
College Web Wheeler
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2007
- Location
- Greenville NC
Well I'm moving back to NC so I figured if get y'all acquainted with my JK so y'all can show me around the trails early next year.
In 2012, I bought my 2010 JK 6 speed Rubicon in Cary at a stealer ship.
I bought it with the bumpers and winch already on it and only 46k on the clock. Those guys were idiots and let me walk out door with it for $23k with it jeep certified 100k warranty and it's got a Warn 9500Ti winch.
So I drove it back to fort Irwin California were I am stationed as of right now. Bought some coil spacers, some 4 door hard top springs, 12" travel pro comp cheap ass shocks and some wheel spacers and it ended up like this
Was good but I wanted better and totally screwed myself going with a RK 2.5 stock mod lift. Springs are short as hell and honestly I wish it was taller to get the belly height up. But I had to run 3" bump stops with those shocks, so I cut out the upper mounts and built some crappy ones out of 1/8" plate to raise them up 3" and used that same piece of plate to make some tail light panels since I started to rip my license plate and tail light off on a canyon walk
I could now stuff the tires and keep the front springs from unseating 4" when I was flexing.
Started dating a chick so jeep fun took a side step and then things with her started going south. So I bought a welder instead if an engagement ring and built my skid plate for the engine and trans, and also some lower control arm skids for the rear.
Gained about 2 1/2" of clearance under the rear control arm bracket. Still need some longer springs to get full droop.
Well July 4th I had nothing going on so I cranked up the cut off wheel and flipped on the welder and swapped a TJ gas tank in the back to get that belly height up more
Here is how much clearance is gained
View attachment 161098
Now it does take a huge hole to be cut, the coil crossmember notched and the body mounts relocated
Fuel tank skid gangs down only 2 3/4" from the frame rails and that's less than the factory muffler
I had to raise the floor 3" to give me some room to plumb everything and pull the pump out if need be. But the back seat still is full functional in it and it's not a big deal to me
I've added some Solid Industries diff covers. I'm going to be starting getting my trans cross member even with the frame and also redoing my y-pipe to go behind the tcase tomorrow. I've came up with a way to do high steer that will be 2" higher than Reid knuckles for about $100 cheaper than just A set of Reid Knuckles, but including a beefy tie rod and drag link if you can weld and stuff.
Disclaimer I'm not a pro, I've taught myself to weld and I'm still learning fab. But screw buying parts I can build my damn self.
Here is how it sits now I ripped a fender off so I painted the lips and enjoy the added visibility of the tires
View attachment 161097
In 2012, I bought my 2010 JK 6 speed Rubicon in Cary at a stealer ship.
I bought it with the bumpers and winch already on it and only 46k on the clock. Those guys were idiots and let me walk out door with it for $23k with it jeep certified 100k warranty and it's got a Warn 9500Ti winch.
So I drove it back to fort Irwin California were I am stationed as of right now. Bought some coil spacers, some 4 door hard top springs, 12" travel pro comp cheap ass shocks and some wheel spacers and it ended up like this
Was good but I wanted better and totally screwed myself going with a RK 2.5 stock mod lift. Springs are short as hell and honestly I wish it was taller to get the belly height up. But I had to run 3" bump stops with those shocks, so I cut out the upper mounts and built some crappy ones out of 1/8" plate to raise them up 3" and used that same piece of plate to make some tail light panels since I started to rip my license plate and tail light off on a canyon walk
I could now stuff the tires and keep the front springs from unseating 4" when I was flexing.
Started dating a chick so jeep fun took a side step and then things with her started going south. So I bought a welder instead if an engagement ring and built my skid plate for the engine and trans, and also some lower control arm skids for the rear.
Gained about 2 1/2" of clearance under the rear control arm bracket. Still need some longer springs to get full droop.
Well July 4th I had nothing going on so I cranked up the cut off wheel and flipped on the welder and swapped a TJ gas tank in the back to get that belly height up more
Here is how much clearance is gained
View attachment 161098
Now it does take a huge hole to be cut, the coil crossmember notched and the body mounts relocated
Fuel tank skid gangs down only 2 3/4" from the frame rails and that's less than the factory muffler
I had to raise the floor 3" to give me some room to plumb everything and pull the pump out if need be. But the back seat still is full functional in it and it's not a big deal to me
I've added some Solid Industries diff covers. I'm going to be starting getting my trans cross member even with the frame and also redoing my y-pipe to go behind the tcase tomorrow. I've came up with a way to do high steer that will be 2" higher than Reid knuckles for about $100 cheaper than just A set of Reid Knuckles, but including a beefy tie rod and drag link if you can weld and stuff.
Disclaimer I'm not a pro, I've taught myself to weld and I'm still learning fab. But screw buying parts I can build my damn self.
Here is how it sits now I ripped a fender off so I painted the lips and enjoy the added visibility of the tires
View attachment 161097
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