Gladys

[JT@623]

Looking good . I would agree a bit lower on stance. The finish line is in sight it seems

 

[Bizcuit]

Thanks guys, here’s some pictures of it sitting a bit lower. It feels like it actually might happen. Talked with the body shop about paint and they’ve no openings for about 6 weeks. Don’t like leaving the shop till it’s done, but if it rolls, we’re going.
Took the ride height down about 1 inch. According to some pictures I posted a couple pages back, this height should be about stock for the rear. I’m probably going to run it at this height to see how it rides, and make certain it doesn’t bottom out. Right now it’s around 4 3/4 of up travel. A couple pictures show it bottomed, then at ride height. You might notice I had to cut all of the bed off that protrudes forward of the box. When I cut the tower pockets, it’s now required to drop the bed straight down to install. The fenders are made of .120 aluminum, the mounts are made from 3/16 steel, so there’s no worries of them flexing or needing any help from the bed.

 

[Bizcuit]

It moves under it own power now. I was beginning to think it was welded to the jack stands. Power steering still has an issue with the new box that PSC sent. Hopefully they’ll hang in there. Rolled it out of the shop to flex it and I have to much pressure in the lowers on the front. Wasn’t able to bottom out the front corners. Rear looked good so I’ll leave it there till I get some highway miles on it. Sliders all buttoned up and ready for powder. In the picture before I bent them you can see how much boat side there is in the JTs. Over twice as much as the JK. Only thing let to fabricate is the rear bumper. Hopefully done with that tomorrow.

 

[TOPLESS]

Cool build! So what's the story behind your profile pic? Seems like pulling and farming go hand and hand.

 

[Bizcuit]

Cool build! So what's the story behind your profile pic? Seems like pulling and farming go hand and hand.

I’d bet there’s more farmers in the sport than anything. In the Midwest all the big farms are dry land so there’s only three jobs, plant, spray, and harvest. The other 9 months you go pulling. Smoker tractors are thick there and that is where you’ll see the rivalry between green and red. I’ve always been a four wheel drive nut so we went into the Modified 4WD class in ‘88. Haven’t pulled the last couple of years because of waiting for the motor and the builder, Steve Schmidt ended up dying. Might be nearing the end for me.

 

[Bizcuit]

We were successful at getting the last batch back from powder, the sliders and a couple of brackets. This is the same design I put on the JK and it held up well.

 

[JT@623]

Looks good

 

[Bizcuit]

It’s all but done. The bumper wasn’t going together like I wanted, so I sidelined it. This is something that I want to hold the weight of the vehicle, and look good. Those two requests require more than the time allowed so I threw something together to get by for this week.
Skids turned out great. Everything is the same elevation so no worries about getting hung up on any one component. Couple of the pictures you can see the access to the fuel filter, and the transfer case drain. I’m also stoked about getting everything hidden on the DEF tank. The way the lines and wiring were routed externally on the skid, made me nervous.

 

[Bizcuit]

Close personal internet friends suggested this in large quantities when working on flat bell skids. Really helped, don’t you think?

 

[Bizcuit]

I’m liking, and better yet, she likes the height at which it turned out. The door handle is 1 inch lower, and the seat is exactly the same height as the JK and still having 4 3/4 uptravel.

 

[JT@623]

Turned out great looking forward to some action shots

 

[bobfriesenhahn]

Turned out great looking forward to some action shots

Maybe some videos of it launching from a ramp?

 

[gener]

That's some really impressive work.

 

[Bizcuit]

That's some really impressive work.

Thanks.

 

[Launch]

Looks like your changes work really well. Nicely done. Great to see the hard wk paying off.

 

[Bizcuit]

Really enjoyed Sand Hollow. This really is a step above Moab. Here’s some shots of just leaving the parking lot on Risky Biz.

 

[Bizcuit]

More.

 

[Bizcuit]

This first test for Gladys went well.

 

[Bizcuit]

My spotters were warned, good lines, or no Dairy Queen.

 

[Bizcuit]

We still went to Dairy Queen.