LOWERING MY YJ

[bbbcb04]

Had my jeep for about a year now i started with a factory jeep on 31s. I first did the 3inch springs then a springover. The 4 banger wasnt pulling nothing but air so i replace it with a 350/350/205 with twinsticks from a 79 blazer also grabbed the axles from the same truck and rebuilt them with lockers and 456 gears and high steer .All this wasnt that hard because i had some freinds that had already done the same thing to theres so pretty much just copied what they had done . Then i added the 38.5 /17s and it wouldnt even go in the garage so now i am going to lower and stretch the rear .
Replacing springs with factory yj springs

heres were we started

started cutting off the rear spring hangers

moved them back 2 1/2 inches

then moved to the rear

welded the doner tube in

gonna used the front hole in the ruff perches

had to modify the gas tank and skid .saw this on jeep forum

got the rear mock with wheels on
heating the tank up with ready heater .

that gave me hard time took about three hours of work
After i got the rear done i put the tires back on and ran into this.

with the old springs it looked good

so i order so 1 inch spacers and longer studs $$$$ .

moved the tierod to the back hole and the drag link to the front

i built the fenders last summer

along with the genright rear strected corners and flares

now imganna have to highline the front fender

im gonna finish my rockslider first so i can match them to the fenders which not looking forward to .

need a new welder mine does ok bot need one with little more a$$.

Thats it for now gotta start getting parts together for hood and fenders,hoodpins and some more metal, paint .
lmk what you guys think.

 

[bbbcb04]

jeep

Heres where it sits now .

The rear wheels are more centered now and the jeep will fit in the garage now with the hard top on.
If i had to put a cost on the rear stetch i would say just grinding wheels and welding wire i did pony up for some new spring bushsions and the highsteer stuff.

 

[J.C.]

Great pics, good job, LOTS of work! Good looking rig

 

[Backwoods boy]

This thing is wicked sick, i love how you done the rear with the bumper/tire carrier.

 

[skinnypedal95]

this is a very nice jeep. he keeps a can of black spraybomb in the console for undercarrige touchups out on the trail.

 

[bbbcb04]

Update; i have been gathering parts to highline the hood and frt. fenders .i also got a tj grille from my freind matt figured i may as well do it now while i am going to be painting.
i will post some progress pics tommorow.

 

[bbbcb04]

pics

Here are the first pics. cut 3 inches out of the donor hood i got from [spraypaintman] .

cut the lip off and rewelded it back on .

made a few pie cuts and folded hte metal down.

got drivers side done will do the other side next week.

got the hood finished up and mocked up the grille also bought two headlights .
now i have to move the fenders up 3 inches and remake the mount at the frt of the fender.

 

[spraypaintman]

Jeep looks good!

 

[bootsyj]

looks good

 

[viper red cj-7]

nice job!..
i like the color!!..

 

[bbbcb04]

got a little sickness in the family but got a little done today .
removed rod braces from yj grille and welded them to tj grille

the radiator bolted with 2 bolts on each side

had to trin the jeep cover about an inch and gonna cut and weld the two peices from the yj grille to fill in the sides

got to get more wire for the welder and get some more part and start wacking the tube fenders

 

[Bullardbs]

Nice clean build

 

[FunkSkunk]

Wow, great pics and nice build-up info. I appreciate the time you've taken to share this with us. What camera are you using? those pics are really good even up close, that's hard to do with a digital these days. How far did you stretch the rear 2-3"?

 

[bbbcb04]

Wow, great pics and nice build-up info. I appreciate the time you've taken to share this with us. What camera are you using? those pics are really good even up close, that's hard to do with a digital these days. How far did you stretch the rear 2-3"?

thanks i bought the camera 1 year ago nikon d60 with 55-200vr lens and i love it took some of my civic and they turned out great ill post a pic . the rear ended up 3 1/2 inches with the perches .
pics of civic just point and shuts from 200 yards away .

 

[skinnypedal95]

i sure am glad you sold that civic and bought something you could park on top of it.

 

[bbbcb04]

i sure am glad you sold that civic and bought something you could park on top of it.

yeah me to the gas milage was really great and the air condition was way to cold and not to mention i could drive it to atlanta and back on 2 tanks of gas .lol

 

[viper red cj-7]

quick question..(ok, 2 questions..)

what kind of axles are you running?? Are they full width??

thanks...

 

[bbbcb04]

quick question..(ok, 2 questions..)
what kind of axles are you running?? Are they full width??
thanks...

i had bought a 79 blazer with a rebuilt 350 and used the 10bolt frt. with the 12bolt rear. i liked the fact that the frt perches where fixed.i dont do much rough wheelin so far they have held up pretty good.

 

[bbbcb04]

made some progress yesterday
redrilled the fenders and made new mounting points
for the frt.

used some plate at the bottom of the fender

welded the holes in the side of the grille

had to cut the inner fenders and drilled new holes

welder hole with studs to hold inner fender

heres a shot before body work

the rest are shots after body work .

gotta order hoodpins and headlight with turn singal in the bottom like the hotrod guys run .
all that is left is to paint

 

[skinnypedal95]

stop making it purdy and take it out and scratch it.

 

[bbbcb04]

stop making it purdy and take it out and scratch it.

im trying but seems like everybody wants something painted all of the sudden. i booked all next week for the jeep .

WANNA HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[skinnypedal95]

i am an awsome spectator.

 

[Lowicz96]

Nice jeep, any "wrangler" should have round headlights. Props

 

[bbbcb04]

Nice jeep, any "wrangler" should have round headlights. Props

thats what i was thinking when i bought it but i couldnt pass up the price.

PAINTING THE JEEP THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!
PICS HOPEFULLY SATURDAY

 

[bbbcb04]

stop making it purdy and take it out and scratch it.