Well... been finishing up all the RSOR projects getting ready for the crawl. I did my signature rocker replacements on Chattacuda's jeep, built a custom rear bumper for melkor, and worked on 2 of Chatt tacoma's jeeps (well his and his little brothers xj) the XJ got a "non-renix" cooling system upgrade ditching the pressurized reservoir. The old radiator was pretty clogged and we couldn't justify trying to repair a system that is marginal at best. Also on his TJ I installed a rough country 4" short arm lift, which needless to say was less than impressive... We "upgraded" to the SYE and rear driveshaft, but after installing the lift, the pinion wasn't even close to being lined up with the driveshaft so it had almost unbearable driveline vibes. To fix this he ordered up a set of adjustable upper control arms from Andy at Iron Man. Also the kit had no track bar and on his jeep there wasn't enough material to re-drill the mount like they tell you to do, so he also got an adjustable track bar from Andy. So, lesson be learned, 9 times out of 10, you are always going to get what you pay for! However, the kit was on sale for $500 so even if we only kept shocks a springs and threw the rest in the trash, he still didn't get a bad deal.
Then after finishing all of that we test fitted the jeeps on our 24 foot gooseneck (they both fit!!!) and serviced everything on the trailer to prepare for the trip. Betty is now 100% ready to go other than a bath! The truck got its new clutch on friday, so it only needs a bath too then its good! I wiill spend the first part of this week finalizing everything for the crawl, but Im really excited to be going and actually taking my own rig!
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