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Time for some powder coating, I unbolted the things I wanted coated and headed off to Palmdale...dropped them off in the morning and the next morning they were done ! fast turn around and they looked great....didn't take a picture of them when I picked them up. I swapped in a new master...

Ordered driveshaft's....I was close to the same length front and rear, so I ordered the same length and knew I was going to be a little short on the front but it would be fine....then I realized I could push my front axle further forward more than before, so that got me about a inch more wheel...

Then I changed my steering shaft to the box...I had switched my box over from the Mercedes one to the earlier Saginaw one, I never liked the angle after the 1" body lift. Ordered a male and female double d shafts and used a heim I had with a piece of tubing. much better.

My steer link is a problem...I searched all over and at the off road expo and could not find what I needed. most wanted me to drop couple grand on a steering system that I didn't need. So I decided to drill out the threads on the Dynatrac adjuster and weld in a bung. Well... it's heat...

Most of the fab work done on the front axle....time to see if I did it right. This is how I ran the brake lines...you can see the shock mounts, I used a set of rear mounts that I had and stuck them on top and welded them up. Look OK .....

So I'm trying to see if it all will fit without hitting.....

Here is some pics of me mocking up the front...I used pvc to figure out the length of the links. Here is the upper mount...It's for a JK.... I didn't modify it at all, Fit pretty good. In this pic you can see the lower mount that comes from Dyna...to low for me and bolt is facing wrong...

No one sells a three link mounting plate for the Dyna Trac XD60...So I had to make one,

Time to do the front housing...I cut up the Dynatrac brackets to what I needed. Changed the trac bar mount, also raised the Hyd Ram mount and built a deflector to protect it and welded bump pads in place.

I was happy with it....so I cut the wheel wells out, I went with large openings.... my personal preference. And pushed forward with that set. So I built out the rear...since I had already Frenched out the rear upper shock mounts , I did not want to cut them out.... so I mounted the shock in...

Decided to move it back as much as I could......So I did. Not sure yet on length but 115-117 wheel base I think. So now I have this to deal with...I already cut the hole for the fuel filler...but I couldn't move it back with out uncovering the previous hole so I did this.

Started mocking up the rear suspension position and rear flare...

Update ! I've been busy with the Holidays now time to catch up....Here you can see the changes to the exhaust I made. cut the exhaust up and moved things around to make it fit....things worked out good on length. You can see the cross member I made also.

Here is my steering box I swapped in before this build....I pulled out the 05 Mercedes box and went to a 2002 down box, easy swap only need to move one bolt hole. and the fabricated steering arm I run.

Bought a glass hood as mine had a crease across the hood when a dust devil slammed it against the windshield frame when I was working on the jeep. mounted that with some good latches.

Now it was time to start on the body armor, I can't believe how many holes I had to drill for all of it and the nutserts.... the unholy nutserts ! before I paint this Jeep I'm going to adjust the panels more...shims and use my 3lb hammer. LOL The fuel filler hole I drilled will come back to...

Now the body mounts....I cut the factory ones off and welded the higher designed ones on, with new rubber. I had a crunched one under the driver seat so this is a nice repair, actually they all had some bent damage.

Next was the fuel tank ... I think it adds 5 gals. Must have outboard shocks to use this tank as it goes from inside the frame on both sides, and exhaust must stop before the axle too. You can see how I rearranged the fuel vapor pump and eliminated the charcoal canister....no codes thrown.

One of the changes I wanted to make was switching to a auto trans. the most recent wife :D has trouble using a clutch, she broke her lower leg and had a rod in it until about a month ago.... (long story it has been a bad year for her) I was tired of shifting and wanted to go back to a...

Tear down. sold the axles and suspension.