Adam's 98 5-speed Build

[5-Speed XJ]

all done

 

[Outlander560]

nice work

 

[GordoSmasho]

Looks great man.

 

[twodoorXJ]

Looks awesome, nice job !

 

[5-Speed XJ]

thanks I have to say i couldn't have done this without Mach2NH or Hemenechi's help.

 

[Lurch]

This was a fun build to follow, I like the attention to detail. Nice work.

 

[MoparManiac]

Came out nice, good job!

 

[Mach2nh]

whats you backlash on that? looking at it pattern its a little bit to much towards the tow and up on the face of the coast side. How does the drive side look?

It really is a good pattern. I like to spray everything down with WD-40 before i close it up. Just to fight off any moisture that may find its way in the case before its filled with oil. And it did a number on the paint. Even i took a double take just before i put the cover on. haha.

 

[Outlander560]

hey so whats your overall caster at since you opted not to rotate the c's..how is your pinion angle....sorry for all the questions

 

[5-Speed XJ]

7 degrees of caster the pinion angle is fine

 

[Boostwerks.com]

Looks great! Do you plan on adding some headlight protection?

 

[Outlander560]

alright thanks for the info, guess if you achieved those angles without rotating the c's I'll mock things up and give it a go ahead. Thanks again!

 

[5-Speed XJ]

Looks great! Do you plan on adding some headlight protection?

yeah header panel protection will happen a soon as I get some c channel or box tube.

 

[Mach2nh]

You could just get some tube and bend something over here.

 

[5-Speed XJ]

You could just get some tube and bend something over here.

gonna try and get some tube soon for the rear upper shock mounts to finish off the front bumper and make a swing out tire carrier

 

[5-Speed XJ]

perfect steering/trackbar angle now



chased the threads and got some flanged 10.9's


moved down the track bar one hole


added a ubolt yoke

 

[Lowrange2]

perfect steering/trackbar angle now



chased the threads and got some flanged 10.9's


moved down the track bar one hole


added a ubolt yoke

Looks great! Especially since it looks very similar to mine.

The only difference is that you have your tie-rod on top of the high steer arm and you welds are prettier than mine.

 

[5-Speed XJ]

thanks man once I get the materials in to finish the bump stops up front it will be ready to wheel

 

[5-Speed XJ]

fabbed out some nice bump stop extensions out of 3.5" UHMW solid rod stock the install will be tomorrow

 

[5-Speed XJ]

bump stops all done