Adam's 98 5-speed Build

[5-Speed XJ]

btf cover truss ordered

 

[5-Speed XJ]

barnes4wd dom sleeved poly bushings modified to fit in to the stock style upper control arm

cut the old track bar mount off for jay who bought my 30

I'm going to need to cut the track bar mount so that it is straight down and not kicked out like this

dry fit the coil brackets with the lower link bolted to it to see if my high steer will clear

just need to get gas tomorrow and then i can tack most of the brackets together and the test fit everything to make sure i have no problems

 

[5-Speed XJ]

turss/diffcover is here

need to cut the housing a little

 

[5-Speed XJ]

R.I.P 92 Camry

 

[ROBZ95Xj]

Modify the bracket NOT the housing

 

[chedisme]

R.I.P 92 Camry

That sucks. I take ot your alright since you didnt say you got hurt

Modify the bracket NOT the housing

Ditto.

 

[clean4drxj]

Modify the bracket NOT the housing

I was thinking the same, because I've seen instances where modified housings ended up cracking.

 

[5-Speed XJ]

I ended up having to do just that modify the bracket for the housing because the coil mount would have to be cut to fiat and the coil wouldn't sit right.

 

[5-Speed XJ]

This is what i came up with to extend the truss.

 

[5-Speed XJ]

picked up some jcr upper 1/4 guards with built in tail light provisions

 

[Outlander560]

did you fab that center portion of the truss? if you don't mind me askin how much do you have into the brackets and truss?

 

[5-Speed XJ]

welding happened

 

[5-Speed XJ]

did you fab that center portion of the truss? if you don't mind me askin how much do you have into the brackets and truss?

$220 for the main part of the truss the rest of the truss is leftover from my rockers and $55 for the brackets from ballistic then the ruffstuff track bar kit is $180 and steering is $220.

 

[5-Speed XJ]

did some more stuff

 

[Outlander560]

are you making your own track bar? really liking this axle build might have to take some ideas from you.

what are you doing for UCA mounts?

 

[5-Speed XJ]

For the uppers i cut down some dom sleeved poly bushings and i have the ruffstuff track bar kit but waiting to get the steering done before i try and match the angles with the track bar.

 

[5-Speed XJ]

tacked the upper control am mounts in and the body side track bar mount

 

[Chief93XJ]

Looks like you're doing some nice work, makes me a little jealous. I have the exact same Jeep in slate blue. 3.07's do suck, makes 5th gear almost useless if there's any hills at all.

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[Outlander560]

did you end up cutting and rotating the c's?

what are you doing about the bolt pattern for the wheels? Going 5x5.5 or keeping the 6 lug

 

[MoparManiac]

Nice work.

The only thing I'm not too fond of are your upper control arm mounts at the axle.

Instead of just welding the DOM sleeve to the tubing, I'd take a piece of 3/8-1/2" plate and cut a half circle out of it to follow the sleeve right in the middle. Something similar to what Clayton does.

Gonna be hard to use square tubing of any strength since the joints are really narrow.