Purchased a 2015 rubicon 6 speed on Valentines Day with a moderate RK 2.5 lift and 33s ditched that and put 4.5" springs beadlocks and 37 bias ply trepadors. Loved the setup and enjoyed it, it absolutely dominated Alaskas mud, well atleast made me too cocky and always trying the harder lines. Definitely that guy that isnt afraid to let it rip in a new Jeep. Was happy with this set up but Always wanting something bigger because bigger is better right?? :grin2:.
Picked up a set of 06 f350 axles for $350. ordered a set of 43 sx, Trusses, Synergy 8" stretch to get me reid knuckle for cross over. still need to figure out Hydro assist Drive shafts and order gears (5.38s) and lockers. Thinking an E locker in the front and a grizzly in the rear. Currently the jeep is sitting with the 60 under it and waiting on the stretch kit to show up
But heres some pictures from this past spring wheeling. We were out every weekend enjoying the backcountry of AK
Ill try to get some up to date pictures of the jeep
thanks for sharing this upgrade w/ us.
I am into seeing you get these under your rig.
You got a great deal for the new housings .
what welder are you using ? ( edit: NM. I see the Miller)
43s are monster size!
Learned the value of snatch blocks. Was bumper deep buried in a snow drift. With winch lime pulled out 50’ to a tree and constant pull till it started lifting up the rear slowly. Figured I should have let off but conitinued and kaboom it blew the drum and everything to pieces.
The Reid knuckle and hi steer arm from artec showed up today. This thing is hugeeee.
Can not wait to be off on Tuesday to have a week off ! Stretch kit shows up tomorrow and hopefully tires this upcoming week.
Thats some pretty shitty bracket placement. Who makes that? The upper bracket should be as high as you can get it. You should be looking for 7-8" of separation at the frame and around 11" at the axle.
Yep keeps the gas tank in factory location with zero modifications to it. Just have to drop it to install the bracket and remove the factory ones. Yes that’s not even a 1/3 of the dirt I’ve swept up that has fallen off it. Not to mention before starting this project I spent a solid two hours power washing it.
Sooo ran into an issue of how the hell do people fit 43s on 4.5” of lift. There’s like zero room for uptravel and have a fender flare. Which is needed up here. Sooo thinking about installing ORI Struts on the to let me get the level of lift I want and a smooth comfort ride. What’s everyone’s opinion on them?
Picture of the tire mounted on the jeep with current suspension
Honestly, your fenders are going to be the easy part. Getting full steering at full articulation is the head scratcher. Without a lot of lift, everything is in the way, including the hood and grill.
Since every build is different in one way or five, I'd start by just seeing if you get full lock to lock steering without the tires hitting the frame at the lift you have now. Then start cycling the suspension, mark everywhere you have interference with a paint marker. If you're like me, you will have just painted everything forward of the firewall a new color.
The bottom line is that running that size tire is no joke. It's going to be a ton of work to do right.
I have 45" SXII's on 3.5" lift and everything forward of the firewall has been modified in some form or fashion. The only stock part left, is the hood, and the front of it has been narrowed 10".
I stretched my front 5" so that really added to the amount of hacking I had to do.
Your rear should be easier with the stretch you have. Just start getting yourself ready for a comp cut back there.
The wider your wms/wms is, the less cutting you'll have to do.
Big bore showed up. Installing it today.
Dis timing chains over the weekend. Chains were definitely stretched but it appears to not be my only issue. Still have a lot of codes for camshaft misalignment. Now to figure out that issue....
Ordered gears two weeks ago from fusion 4x4. Still waiting on those to show up.
Jeeps about to get another total make over, going to rip every wire out of the damn thing, put in a 5.3/4l60e in it with the Holley terminator setup and have something more reliable than the old 3.6. Hopefully it goes smooth.
Look into a Hero 2 or 3 speed. Trailworthy Fab makes them. Maybe @dooky will chime in with all the particulars. I went with the 3 speed so I'd have 2.78 and 4.33 ratios. It's shorter than the Atlas 4 speed too.
Gears and fusion4x4 steering finally showed up. Also picked up the donor truck last night. Slapped some safety glasses on and drove it the mile home. Might have been a few burn outs along the way.
You all make it tempting. I have no clue on motor swaps, but its always fun to watch these threads. The HP out of LS's is nice, but the torque from a diesel. Diesel may not be a good choice for Alaska though.
I honestly thought about doing the new r2.8. But I can find a 5.3 and tranny to go with it all day long for cheap. Vs the 7g minimum for it. But I also like mud flying along with an extremely heavy right foot. So figured why not a ls. Seems easy enough. The wiring for the creature comforts makes up the 10% of unsureness but I’ll get it figured out.
It fits. Plus I drive a jk like it’s a xj. I need to make another one made after ripping it off for trying to get the warranty work to happen
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