CrazyJim's Jeepspeed/Prerunner XJ build

[johnnyc]

That's what I was afraid of. That he was in the mood for a little Asian, and he thought of me. :wierd:

 

[crazyjim]

Got the cage in the Jeep for good now. Once all the top tubes were 360 welded we were able to get her down and welded in permanently, then finished the b-pillar X today. Overall I'm super pumped with the results!

 

[tcm glx]

That b pillar is nuts Jim!! Nice job!

 

[Ryan93]

looks killer Jim!

 

[xcm]

looks awesome, envious of your tig.
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whats next?

 

[crazyjim]

Thanks guys, I appreciate the compliments. A lot of time went into the layout, and it's slow progress. I'm not even the one welding and I'll never tig another cage. The time involved getting the notches right etc is insane. Measure, cut, notch, test fit, grind, test fit, grind, test fit, grind, weld. Hahaha.

Next we're going to be getting the C-Pillar in and mocking up / mounting my rear shocks. Should be fun!

 

[V84BAJA]

The time involved getting the notches right etc is insane. Measure, cut, notch, test fit, grind, test fit, grind, test fit, grind, weld. Hahaha.

Next we're going to be getting the C-Pillar in and mocking up / mounting my rear shocks. Should be fun![/QUOTE]

I might know someone looking for a good fabricator!Looks great Jim.

 

[GrimmJeeper]

hey Jim is red again! Welcome back man!

 

[Mike L]

When is the dash going back in? I am interested to see how it all fits together. Is the engine cage next?

 

[FlexdXJ]

That cage looks awesome Jim. After WF my Jeep is hopefully going down to HD Offroad for a cage, guess i'm gonna keep it all internal. I think 32's and 3" of lift would look sorta goofy with a halo on top!

 

[scottmcneal]

Hey JIM, you still in banning area? They have a thing going on out there, i have it in my sig if you could come by and say hi sir.

Sorry on the H J

 

[crazyjim]

Got the shocks mocked up and mounted, C & D pillar bars down and in, need to finish welding the rest of the cage and add bracing for the shocks.

Here you can see the sleeve we used for the D-Pillar bar. A piece of 2" .120 wall. Since we tucked the cage so high, the d-pillar bars on the T&J cage were a bit short.

Here are the spring plate / shock mounts I decided to use, made by RuffStuff! These things are beef as hell, 1/4" thick on the plates, and 3/16" on the shock tabs. The Bilstein's with spacers are 1.25" wide so we made a spacer a BIT larger, to deal with warping due to welding, worked out beautifully.

We disassembled the leaf packs and started cycling for travel numbers and mocking up the shocks.

When you do this, remember to make a spacer that's the same size as the leafs you took out:

Also from Dan over at RuffStuff, these 360* wrap shock tabs. These allow you to do a full 360 weld all the way around the tab.

Back on her feet at ride height.

 

[crazyjim]

I might know someone looking for a good fabricator!Looks great Jim.

Haha, too much of a pain in the ass, and I'm waaaayyyy too slow

When is the dash going back in? I am interested to see how it all fits together. Is the engine cage next?

Dash should be going back in in a few months, it's staying out until we wrap everything else up. I'm interested to see how it fits together as well, nervous.

That cage looks awesome Jim. After WF my Jeep is hopefully going down to HD Offroad for a cage, guess i'm gonna keep it all internal. I think 32's and 3" of lift would look sorta goofy with a halo on top!

Nah, man a cage in a STOCK vehicle wouldn't look goofy, it's smart!

 

[tcm glx]

Looks badass! Glad you are so back into it!

What were the travel numbers?

 

[crazyjim]

I'll be pulling right at 12" in the rear without going into negative arch on the springs. I'm going to see what Joel can do with the 12" and go from there, if I feel I need more, I'll move the mounts higher to go negative. However, I think I'll be fine, and he recommends against it obviously and says it causes a nasty buck.

 

[chris_amrein]

That looks really good Jim! Got any pics of the frontend under it yet?

 

[crazyjim]

That looks really good Jim! Got any pics of the frontend under it yet?

Not quite yet, I still need to buy WJ brakes/knuckles for it before I can put it under the front of the Jeep. Then we'll start on steering etc.

 

[GrimmJeeper]

he recommends against it obviously and says it causes a nasty buck.

i'll throw my 2¢ on that too, with my last setup i was bumped at negative arc, and it bucked like crazy on a full compression hit. The valving was so stiff that I rarely got to full compression but when I did it was pretty noticeable.

 

[silverslk]

NICE!!! Those shocks are SEXY!!!!

 

[sjstar]

hey i was thinking of running the same bump pads you are running in the back. Any reason you didnt run them on the frame side and have your striker on the axle. Also what was the squish rating for those bumps at max compression? thanks