Gladys

[Bizcuit]

Looks good I like it better than the hoop stronger I’m guessing as well.

Thanks. I felt like I was taking the easy way out, but there were several benefits, the biggest being the added height. Not sure which one is stronger, but it is going to be a similar look to the rear which also helped make the decision. The rear will be a small compact design because I’ll be putting the struts in the stock shock location. There’s no room for fancy back there.

 

[Bizcuit]

nice, will be watching to see how it turns out.

Appreciate. Down to 96 days.

 

[Bizcuit]

Looks good!

Thank you. I’m enjoying it.

 

[Bizcuit]

I like the look of the bobbed bed

Not many out there, and I think it fits my needs perfectly. The departure angle on my JK was all I could handle. When I knew we were going to lean in, I would have to decide if I should leave the spare at home. This will be the best of both.

 

[Bizcuit]

Cross member and LCA brackets back from powder. Here you can see why the shape turned out the way it did on the exhaust side. The flag on the back of the bracket gets drilled after everything is torqued, anchoring it to the top of the cross member. The flange on the bottom of the LCA brkt lines up with the bottom of the cross member and the skid will bolt to both.

 

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Assembled a couple of the tires to start test fitting. They’re sticking out wider than I expected with the 5in backspace.

 

[jeeeep]

Assembled a couple of the tires to start test fitting. They’re sticking out wider than I expected with the 5in backspace.

that and the 13.5 wide, but you'll probably need that to allow tight turning without rubbing

 

[Bizcuit]

Finalized the PSC cylinder mounts. I’m not at all a fan of the cylinder landing in the middle of the tie rod so I anchored it to the TRE. I put a bolt through the cylinder mount and lined up the back edge then tacked it. I then drilled half way through with a bit one size smaller than 3/8 from both sides which is what the bracket was. Then reamed it to 3/8 all the way through.

 

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Here’s the axle end which is also made of 1/4 plate. It needed a relief behind the cylinder for the track bar.

 

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Clamshell is done. I now have all three links welded and in place. Should be able to get some real measurements tomorrow. Backbone is 3/8, the side walls are 1/4.

 

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Powdered the towers semi gloss, then ground the weld areas. Also applied POR15 to all the bare metal. About 3/8 clearance on the passenger side.

 

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Axle end brackets. I have the struts pushed out to the knuckle weld is why it’s offset. This puts the strut at 14 degrees when bumped, which is the axle angle at full flex.

 

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Track bar bracket. Its slightly taller than the Dynatrac and weeded of the stabilizer hardware.

 

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Here’s yesterdays progress. I’m very happy with how everything nested when stuffed. One of the things that is always on the list is LCOG.This shows the top link clearance on the drivers motor mount.

There’s a small relief notch on the top of the cylinder bracket for the track bar. The cylinder is parallel to the tie rod.The tie rod and drag link are very friendly. I’m going to replace the adjuster with the Rock Jock style like the tie rod.Here’s the track bar clearance after I raised the bracket.

 

[Mike Pierson]

View attachment 420501There’s a small relief notch on the top of the cylinder bracket for the drag link. The cylinder is parallel to the tie rod.View attachment 420502The tie rod and drag link are very friendly. I’m going to replace the adjuster with the Rock Jock style like the tie rod.View attachment 420503Here’s the track bar clearance after I raised the bracket.

Looking really nice!

 

[Bizcuit]

In these shots you can see full stuff hard driver. The drag link does touch in this scenario, maybe because I mixed Apex with Yeti. At full flex these two will separate but I think the other style adjuster will be better. In the middle picture you can see where I used a flat head bolt in the Synergy track bar brace. The other pic is hard left. A 2in tie rod would be really tight.

 

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Hard passenger everything lines up nicely.

 

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If she wasn’t see so set against it, 42s would have fit.

 

[Bizcuit]

This setting is 5 1/2 inches of uptravel. Plenty of tire clearance on the LCA at 40 degrees of turn. In the full body picture you can see a laser line on both wheels showing the front axle is 3/4 lower than the rear, which is factory ride height.

 

[Bizcuit]

Looking really nice!

Thanks Mike.