The Diez build thread!

[bkac]

I am so jealous of that you have no idea. Also just skimmed your build thread, love it :thumb:

I feel really bad reading about you having to wait so long. Used to be in Virginia and totally understand it took forever to get anything now and I order from Quadratec it takes forever for me to get it so I very rarely use them. I hope your brake lines show up soon

 

[bkac]

What's in the EVO box bobby?

The crossmember protek skid for my new crossmember. I killed it at hoodoo. Lol

 

[Oregonjeeper]

The crossmember protek skid for my new crossmember. I killed it at hoodoo. Lol

opps lol :rock::thumb:

 

[bkac]

New skid and thanks to mackey a new crossmember.

 

[bkac]

Decided to change things up a bit with the tire change

 

[ClarksAdventures]

Decided to change things up a bit with the tire change

Just wait until you get your "custom" rock rings! You'll have traction for days!

 

[bkac]

Been wrenching on Diez all weekend, new shoes, changes the ring color, replaced a bent arm, spod, greased, cut the pinch seems a lot, and raised him a bit. Not sure on the height yet....

 

[Trail JK]

Looks great!!

 

[bkac]

Looks great!!

Thanks so much! It's been a lot of fun building!

 

[MR.Ty]

I agree! Your rig is looking great!

 

[thardy]

Rig is looking amazing man!

 

[bkac]

I agree! Your rig is looking great!

Rig is looking amazing man!

Thanks guys! :thumbup::beer:

 

[big dr]

Bobby,, that is a whole different animal than you were wheeling during the last Moab trip! It looks great, and I couldnt be more excited for you. good job!!!:thumb::beer:


PS. If memory serves,, you did just fine with the lesser rendition:clap2:

 

[07JKSahara]

I say keep the height. You'll have more go fast fun, and honestly it looks really good.

 

[bkac]

Bobby,, that is a whole different animal than you were wheeling during the last Moab trip! It looks great, and I couldnt be more excited for you. good job!!!:thumb::beer:


PS. If memory serves,, you did just fine with the lesser rendition:clap2:

Thanks Dave! Can't wait to run it in Moab again. I had a blast on the budget boost and 35's but this is the icing on the cake for me!

I say keep the height. You'll have more go fast fun, and honestly it looks really good.

Thanks! Yeah, it settled a bit after the wife went and got groceries in it. I had a 1/2 rake but it's now gone. I'm gonna see how it looks after Browns Camp this weekend! Hopefully I took care of the tire rub issues on the pinch seams!

 

[Stegertime]

I'll trade them for your wife's two door?

Ha ha! This is a good one ^ [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Stegertime]

Been wrenching on Diez all weekend, new shoes, changes the ring color, replaced a bent arm, spod, greased, cut the pinch seems a lot, and raised him a bit. Not sure on the height yet....

Looks really good! Might have to go that route for mine! [emoji106][emoji482]

 

[bkac]

It's crazy how much the jeep can settle. I raised the coils up a 1/2" on the collars yesterday, I gave me over 1" of lift. I was gonna lower it but just measured and the jeep dropped almost 3/4". I drove it a bit after raising it around 20 miles down bumpy roads then pulled it in the garage and measured. Since then the wife drove it to school and back 5 miles and after sitting overnight it's settled almost 3/4". Not a bad thing just something I found interesting.
I spent the evening still trying to track down my cb issues, I think I have found a bad cobra 75 radio! Gonna run it by a cb shop on wed and verify.

 

[bkac]

I had to cut back the factory pinch seams a bit. The rears were easy, the fronts took some playing around with to get the clearance. I need to run a bolt back thru the front seams. I had to remove about 2" from them along with the factory seam bolts.

 

[David1tontj]

It's crazy how much the jeep can settle. I raised the coils up a 1/2" on the collars yesterday, I gave me over 1" of lift. I was gonna lower it but just measured and the jeep dropped almost 3/4". I drove it a bit after raising it around 20 miles down bumpy roads then pulled it in the garage and measured. Since then the wife drove it to school and back 5 miles and after sitting overnight it's settled almost 3/4". Not a bad thing just something I found interesting.
I spent the evening still trying to track down my cb issues, I think I have found a bad cobra 75 radio! Gonna run it by a cb shop on wed and verify.

That doesn't make sense at all!! If you raise the collar 1/2", you should be 1/2" taller... Maybe it netted 1" because you had it jacked up and let the springs rest? Now they've settled back down?