Just a few random pics from Chinamans Gulch ...the first real shake down run on the Clayton's coil sprung rear and new Clayton's Front end ...Only 1 minor issue which was a couple loose coil retainers , but everything else worked very well ...funny thing is by the time it's dialed in it will be time for 44's and then the need to dial those in ...IT NEVER ENDS...lol
The Rock pile extreme far left line...
as you can see in this picture the high clearance axle mounts and very well tucked up design of the claytons control arm mounts at the body were/are the only reason the XJ was able to hump the rock like this and not hang up anywhere...ZERO DRIVER SKILL HERE ... lol...it was completely the design of the parts that let the Jeep over the rock in this position...unlike the bolt on bracketry of the bolt on coil link kits that would have been hanging down from the frame rails beaching the truck instantly...Nothing pre-made compares to the all round well designed Claytons pre-fab XJ coil kit in-order to beat it you would need to cut holes in the floor for absoulute propper geometry and built it 1-off to do any better...lol...Clayton's is the shyyyt .
Whlaes tail extreme left line...this is where the lack of bolts being in the retainers had me losing my springs every attempt...finall I got it without flexing the coils out ...problem fixed now ,So this obstacle should be as easy as it can be at 7.5 feet wide...No matter what I did on this line I just could not get the wheels to even lift off the ground ...It's amazingly stable with the flex and its wide stance with only about 8.5 lift
this last pic is better showing no wheels off the ground ,And me making Steve my spotter very nervous ,as I got very comfortable on this obstacle very fast and decided on one attempt to start roasting the tires to find traction...Steve thought it was going 2 fall off...anything can happen ,but I highly doubt it was going to fall off as stable as she was with all 4 firmly planted on the obstacle ...But I guess I should wait to flop until I get the EXO ...Now I just need a few mpre 8-9+ rated trails to play on b4 winter ...
Suspenion courtesy Clayton's Offroad Waterbury ,CT ... Top notch Install Courtesy of CrawlerTech Crane High Clearance Commerce City Colorado ... And of course the d-60 is sporting a Bulletproof 8620 material lip-less design Crane green diff cover ,which has already paid for itself ...infact I ran into a rock comming off the rock pile at 15 MPH ,and hardly scuffed it on a 400lb boulder ...lol
The Rock pile extreme far left line...
as you can see in this picture the high clearance axle mounts and very well tucked up design of the claytons control arm mounts at the body were/are the only reason the XJ was able to hump the rock like this and not hang up anywhere...ZERO DRIVER SKILL HERE ... lol...it was completely the design of the parts that let the Jeep over the rock in this position...unlike the bolt on bracketry of the bolt on coil link kits that would have been hanging down from the frame rails beaching the truck instantly...Nothing pre-made compares to the all round well designed Claytons pre-fab XJ coil kit in-order to beat it you would need to cut holes in the floor for absoulute propper geometry and built it 1-off to do any better...lol...Clayton's is the shyyyt .
Whlaes tail extreme left line...this is where the lack of bolts being in the retainers had me losing my springs every attempt...finall I got it without flexing the coils out ...problem fixed now ,So this obstacle should be as easy as it can be at 7.5 feet wide...No matter what I did on this line I just could not get the wheels to even lift off the ground ...It's amazingly stable with the flex and its wide stance with only about 8.5 lift
this last pic is better showing no wheels off the ground ,And me making Steve my spotter very nervous ,as I got very comfortable on this obstacle very fast and decided on one attempt to start roasting the tires to find traction...Steve thought it was going 2 fall off...anything can happen ,but I highly doubt it was going to fall off as stable as she was with all 4 firmly planted on the obstacle ...But I guess I should wait to flop until I get the EXO ...Now I just need a few mpre 8-9+ rated trails to play on b4 winter ...
Suspenion courtesy Clayton's Offroad Waterbury ,CT ... Top notch Install Courtesy of CrawlerTech Crane High Clearance Commerce City Colorado ... And of course the d-60 is sporting a Bulletproof 8620 material lip-less design Crane green diff cover ,which has already paid for itself ...infact I ran into a rock comming off the rock pile at 15 MPH ,and hardly scuffed it on a 400lb boulder ...lol
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