Ruff stuff diy la

in4aride

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Montrose

• Dec 29, 2015

• #1

Any of you local boys have experience with it? Thought I had a long arm deal worked out but having to go a different route. Was eyeing the ruff stuff kit but wanted any local guy feedback. Thanks.

 

freerider15

NAXJA Forum User

Location

FoCo, Crawlorado

• Dec 29, 2015

• #2

Link?

 

freerider15

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Location

FoCo, Crawlorado

• Dec 29, 2015

• #3

I'm guessing you mean this?:

http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/catalog/R1667.html

Overall not bad looking really, looks stout.

For a pretty drop in deal, that'll do just fine.

I still however don't like much hanging below the frame rail, so I'd want to try and move the frame side mounting points up a bit, to prevent from the frame side link mounts becoming nice rock catches.

 

in4aride

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Montrose

• Dec 29, 2015

• #4

Yeah I saw that aspect of it as well. As this will be more for camping and exploring than hard wheeling I'm not too overly concerned since it sits about the same as most bolt in applications.

 

freerider15

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Location

FoCo, Crawlorado

• Dec 29, 2015

• #5

Yeah I hear ya.

I've come to realize how nice it is to be able to remove your crossmember(s) and not need to worry about the axle walking away.

If I ever get away from the BDS 4 link on the front of Nikki's Jeep, I'll be doing something where the crossmember can be removed without having to worry about getting it back in.

 

in4aride

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Montrose

• Dec 29, 2015

• #6

Yeah I was thinking of doing this, while low hanging, like I did the 3 link arms on the blacksheep project. Be full width so not worried about tire contact.

 

freerider15

NAXJA Forum User

Location

FoCo, Crawlorado

• Dec 29, 2015

• #7

Yeah tire contact can be a pain, though in reality there's not enough turning radius with D30's to really matter much.

If I were going to do those I'd definitely do some sort of frame bracing. Heck, maybe even just sleeve the horizontal part of the frame while I'm at it and call it good.

 

xj-grin

NAXJA Member #1096

Location

Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Dec 30, 2015

• #8

I'd put stiffeners on the entire rail if I were welding on a set like these (nice price, really)... I think there is some serious torque concentrated at the radius end, and you'd want to spread that throughout the unibody to prevent cracking...

 

Kittrell

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NAXJA Member

Location

Thornton, CO

• Dec 30, 2015

• #9

Pick these up, he has been trying to offload them for a while.

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1123596

 

in4aride

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Montrose

• Dec 31, 2015

• #10

xj-grin said:

I'd put stiffeners on the entire rail if I were welding on a set like these (nice price, really)... I think there is some serious torque concentrated at the radius end, and you'd want to spread that throughout the unibody to prevent cracking...

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Yeah. That's how I did it on the 3 link. Really I think the mounting point would need to be longer than the short box they send with the kit. I'm plating front to rest on this one.