Cherry Tomato growing up...

croge17

croge17

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So most my parts for stage 2 of my build have arrived to to break it down

Im starting stage 2 with 35's on a 2.5" lift that came with a cheasy drop bracket for the front trac and rear trac bars.

So this round

ARB lockers, G2 Core44 front axle, arb compressor, fox IFP shocks, 5.13 gears, RK lower control arms, synergy drag link flip and Olivers driveshaft 1310 front driveshaft.

Impressed so far with the quality of the axle... all stamped with made in USA all over all parts.

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And this corrects the caster for the increased lift height as well right? Those C's look beefy!
 
Axle was built for corrected castor.

I finished up the rear regear, diff cover and rear track bar bracket yesterday. Next weekend will be the axle install.

Pics to come.
 
Axle is in after this weekend. Everything lined up really well no fitment issues at all.

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Also flipped the drag link. What a difference that makes. Waiting on new springs to show up and I will be a little taller. I'm impressed with the gear ratio and excited to test it out hopefully this weekend.
 
friday my front driveshaft gets here and i get to test the thing out more to come.

Just as a note service and speed were great ordering my driveshaft from Olivers Driveshaft in NC
 
Big update... Ditched the AEV bumper and moved up to 37" MTR's and some 17x9 procomp wheels. Added a crawler concepts front bumper and swapped to 3.5" springs.

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Just gor a 10k lb winch, arb 35 spline rear locker, and g2 placer gold 35 spline shafts for the rear axle as well as an Artec truss to hopefully prevent spinning the tubes. All this came after a weekend trip to "The Flats" in Marion NC and breaking a rear axle shaft that took out my yukon grizzly locker in the process.

Should be ready for the Wayalife EOS Run in a week or so.... Lots more wrenches to turn.
 
Awesome upgrades dude! I have the same setup in the rear minus the axle truss and it has held up great so far.
 
So long time no update...

I have upgraded to fax 2.0 smooth body shocks, continued to beat on the factory rock rails, blown up a front driveshaft and replaced with a new one with 1 thicker tubing so it can hold up on the rocks a little better.

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Having our first child hopefully tomorrow on his due date but no labor started yet. Have to see how this having a baby thing affects the wheeling this year. Hopefully we can have a family of three in the JK on the trails this year.
 
Did you stick with Oliver's d/s when you upgraded or did you go with another brand?

As a dad to a 5 and 3 y.o. I think you may be aiming a little high to get the baby offroad, but I'll wish you luck anyway!
 
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