Hey Jes, you building a front 44?

[basalt51]

Daaaaaaamn Jes! You must be diein' to take that thing out! That is awesome. Your's is still pretty nice too CRASH.

So did you have to drive it home after mocking things up every weekend? That must have been alot of work.

 

[BajaXJ92]

61.754678"

are you his self-appointed cheerleader?

 

[CRASH]

We've got to pimp the "kit", gotta recover costs somehow......

CRASH

 

[BrettM]

wow.

 

[D70XJ]

Badass work man. Clean, solid, and functional.
:coldbeer:

 

[Goatman]

Looks great. Everything has to be in great working order to do the trails U guys do and drive that rig 20K a year on the street. Very hard to get a dual purpose rig that built and do those trails and expect it do drive U to work the next day. Very nice.
Troy

Another nice "REAL XJ".

Run the Hammers, race back to camp across the desert, and drive it home and to work on Monday. Nothing is more pleasing (or difficult) than having a rig that will do everything nicely.......to me, anyway.



Real nice work guys.

 

[Goatman]

We cut it pretty close on finishing this thing before BOTW, but since the design is basically a carbon copy (suspension wise) of mine, I feel very comfortable about the lack of testing. Mine works superbly in the rocks and on the street. Jes drives his junk probably upwards of 20,000 miles a year, so it has to be very streetable. We both still need a swaybar, even with the 275/78 7100's. There is no resistance to twist in this suspension design, so cornering loads are the sole responsibilty of the springs.

CRASH

I REALLY like my 8" Skyjacker coils with one coil cut off.........just right, and with a little stiffer shock valving in the rear no sway bar is needed.

 

[BrettM]

Nothing is more pleasing (or difficult) than having a rig that will ...

or expensive

 

[bj-666]

how much shipped to 02852 haha

it looks awsome my next mod or i may go nutz and build a 9/60 hybrid. and keep it HP with that new highnine company.

 

[Jes]

Some thoughts on it after driving it to work(round trip 60 miles) all week.
Needs a anti roll bar.
Spring rates are just a tad soft(running RE 4.5" ZJ coils in front and a 7 leaf bastard pack in the rear).
Maybe could use a steering damper. The bumpy hi-way driving gets a little annoying.
The 275/78 Bilsteins are awsome! Never had such good shocks, can't wait for the 7100s to go in the rear.
Having brakes that actually stop the rig without locking up the rear is nice.
Lockout hubs make the noise at hi-way speed much more tolerable and have made this thing so much smoother.
I thought with the lack of bushings the ride would be noisy and harsh. I was way wrong, this is the smoothest this thing has been since it was stock with 225/75R15s.
I'm really happy to have a rig that drives so nice. What a change.

 

[Jes]

Looks like 7100's in the front, what about the back?

-Mike

Don't have time to mount the 7100s in the back yet so I'm running some old Doesch Techs. It actually rides pretty good.

Where did you place your coils in relation to the axle? It looks like they're a little bit behind it.

Paul

They're pretty much centered above the axle tube.

Jes,

How many coats of primer did you use?


hinkley

One.

 

[bgcntry72]

are you his self-appointed cheerleader?

Are you this guy?

Curious in WI.

 

[JeepFreak21]

Hey Jes, do you have any pics (from inside the Jeep) that give us a better idea of where the top of the chassis side, upper link mount ends up?
Thanks,
Billy

 

[Jes]

Hey Jes, do you have any pics (from inside the Jeep) that give us a better idea of where the top of the chassis side, upper link mount ends up?
Thanks,
Billy

No pics, haven't even drilled the hole yet, but it ends up about 2"s forward of the stock T-case shifter hole.

 

[JeepFreak21]

No pics, haven't even drilled the hole yet, but it ends up about 2"s forward of the stock T-case shifter hole.

That works
Billy

 

[FarmerMatt]

Jes,
You're my hero. When I grow up I want to be just like you... I love you man.

Matt

 

[axlegod83]

i like your idea on that hp44. i was wondering were i could find one of those things. and what moda are neede to make it fit under an xj besides the obvious.
ps. i just got sent back to iraq so i'm trying to find as much info or build ups as i can

 

[JeepFreak21]

what moda are neede to make it fit under an xj besides the obvious.

Did you read the rest of the thread? There's good info here and in several dozen other threads that should answer most of your questions.
Billy

PS - Thanks for your service atriot:

 

[jkgaddis]

hey whats up man,
im in el cerrito. ive got a d44 i need to narrow. i was wondering what you cut your's down to so you could use the waggy inners. any other advice would be awesome. this is my first rig and first major project.

 

[BrettM]

hey whats up man,
im in el cerrito. ive got a d44 i need to narrow. i was wondering what you cut your's down to so you could use the waggy inners. any other advice would be awesome. this is my first rig and first major project.

put your old (F150) shafts next to your new (Waggy) shafts and measure the difference, narrow it by that amount.