Hey all, we bought a JK and been wrenching and wheeling away.
Got it the week before EJS and immediately started changing things.
40" BFG KR3's
BTR Wheels
5.13 gears
Arb and 35 spline Nitro rear axle
Fox 2.0 shocks and Fox IFP air bumps
Our prototype rear springs
4.5" lift, 5" up Travel, 12" Total Travel
Went back out to J.V. making it two weekends in a row. They say it's not a job when you love what you do, and they're correct!
Woke up early and did more shock tuning on the Fox 2.0 JK shocks. Now have two tunes. The original is good for exploration type wheeling with a super smooth ride, but will still let you play in the whoops a bit. The new "Johnson Valley Tune" is good for going fast. JK's with 5"+ of up travel and air bumps can straight get after it!
Then I took the JK up Clawhammer and Wrecking ball with a bunch of Toyota's and an Ultra 4 car. It was a ton of fun, and also full of carnage. Time for one tons and better sliders.
He broke what appears to be a stock axle shaft after multiple trips. Depending on year model he could even have the puny version of those shafts. Id say that's pretty good considering that according to pretty much everyone on this site the second you bolt on a 40" tire the axle is supposed to grenade as you tighten the last lug nut.
We developed and installed an LCG coilover kit on our JK. It removes all the ugly factory brackets and welds on a simple tower that fits 2.0's and 2.5's.
Testing went really well and I was blown away how well it worked for the first time in the dirt with IBP's and 4" of up travel. With that little up travel every tiny bit of travel needs to be perfectly controlled to deliver the ride quality and performance expected from bypass shocks. We still have more to do, but it's pretty damn close. Hope to have it wrapped up in the next month.
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