dick.breakey
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Bellevue/Seattle
So yep. Im joining this bandwagon since I have a new rig and want to chronicle its life in a central location.
My purpose for this build is to stay as low as possible lift wise while getting the most tire under it. skid it up and make it capable around here. Gonna be a LCOG Expedition/camping vehicle. And Im gonna really try and follow the LCOG stips and not just throw the word around like love :gag: Besides what I have done below, I plan to build permanent storage for tools and spare parts, winch bumper, winch, and lock front and rear. The suspension will evolve as I develop/research ways to stay really low but flex too. I would really like to stay below 3" and I wont go bigger than 35"s.
Started out its life as what Im(and Dustin) sure was a fleet vehicles life. Drove a million miles and through Dustin eventually landed in my new garage.
I started out by hunting down parts and taking care of a couple simple things, mainly being the surface rust in the rear. Got that knocked out pretty quick as I searched for what I wanted to do and buy for the thing.
I knew I really wanted that disco 30 to go away and I thought of the 8.25 as a suitable rear end as its plenty strong for the 33"s planned on running and done really plan on going bigger than. Plus, this would have(and was) an easy find. So joe called me after I posted up looking for axles and I picked up a set with 3.55's which was a decent step up from the 3.07's. At the same time I got with Darren(goblazers) and picked up his set of 33" crushers. They had wheels and good offset too which made them a good buy for me.
Before I knew I could head down to the middle of nowhere to pick those up I went off to prep by cutting fenders. also picked up my CB setup and got that all installed. Got that done, and got the jeep all buttoned down to make the trip back down.
After wrestling with the axles, joe finally got them in and the tires mounted up. didnt get any pics of it at stock height but it wasnt much different than these.
I actually started the purchase of a BB before I got up here and so far have used the rear shackles to help with clearance. While I was getting my rig all fitted out and what not, I happened to come across some tube doors from dellstopjeep and he said "sure you dont need a rear tire carrier bumper?". Well I thought about it for a minute and I said sure, and(after a bit of a battle on price) got both. When I installed the shackles I got the rear bumper installed too.
So im moving really quick with all this for now, as Im unemployed and want to get a lot of the big work done before I dont have the time anymore. Ive also picked up some recovery gear and a ton of new tools. As well as a lot of tools to replace my tools I left in pittsburgh last year.
next was to pick up some sliders as I know Ill be lower than most here and want to be able to get over things without cringing. im gonna try and limit the body damage when I can haha. Thanks lil bros fab.
So To recap so far....
33's and wheels
hp 30/8.25 with 3.55's
tire carrier bumper
sliders
CB setup
tune up
doesnt seem like much on paper, but its been a lot of hours so far in the garage haha. Keep an eye out as I continue to improve on this.
Oh and for those that dont know, I had a jeep before. Got most all the maintenance done and was a week away from buying all my lift parts and wheels/tires etc when me and me ex split. a couple of you might have even read my old build thread in the mod tech forum.
My old build
Enjoy everyone and Im a little drunk so sorry if this wasnt in the best order haha. Ill update as I go along and feel free to add comments or criticism and give heads up pointers and whatever else comes to mind. I dont mind if the thread goes off topic every now and again, just bring it back when you can :spin1:
My purpose for this build is to stay as low as possible lift wise while getting the most tire under it. skid it up and make it capable around here. Gonna be a LCOG Expedition/camping vehicle. And Im gonna really try and follow the LCOG stips and not just throw the word around like love :gag: Besides what I have done below, I plan to build permanent storage for tools and spare parts, winch bumper, winch, and lock front and rear. The suspension will evolve as I develop/research ways to stay really low but flex too. I would really like to stay below 3" and I wont go bigger than 35"s.
Started out its life as what Im(and Dustin) sure was a fleet vehicles life. Drove a million miles and through Dustin eventually landed in my new garage.
I started out by hunting down parts and taking care of a couple simple things, mainly being the surface rust in the rear. Got that knocked out pretty quick as I searched for what I wanted to do and buy for the thing.
I knew I really wanted that disco 30 to go away and I thought of the 8.25 as a suitable rear end as its plenty strong for the 33"s planned on running and done really plan on going bigger than. Plus, this would have(and was) an easy find. So joe called me after I posted up looking for axles and I picked up a set with 3.55's which was a decent step up from the 3.07's. At the same time I got with Darren(goblazers) and picked up his set of 33" crushers. They had wheels and good offset too which made them a good buy for me.
Before I knew I could head down to the middle of nowhere to pick those up I went off to prep by cutting fenders. also picked up my CB setup and got that all installed. Got that done, and got the jeep all buttoned down to make the trip back down.
After wrestling with the axles, joe finally got them in and the tires mounted up. didnt get any pics of it at stock height but it wasnt much different than these.
I actually started the purchase of a BB before I got up here and so far have used the rear shackles to help with clearance. While I was getting my rig all fitted out and what not, I happened to come across some tube doors from dellstopjeep and he said "sure you dont need a rear tire carrier bumper?". Well I thought about it for a minute and I said sure, and(after a bit of a battle on price) got both. When I installed the shackles I got the rear bumper installed too.
So im moving really quick with all this for now, as Im unemployed and want to get a lot of the big work done before I dont have the time anymore. Ive also picked up some recovery gear and a ton of new tools. As well as a lot of tools to replace my tools I left in pittsburgh last year.
next was to pick up some sliders as I know Ill be lower than most here and want to be able to get over things without cringing. im gonna try and limit the body damage when I can haha. Thanks lil bros fab.
So To recap so far....
33's and wheels
hp 30/8.25 with 3.55's
tire carrier bumper
sliders
CB setup
tune up
doesnt seem like much on paper, but its been a lot of hours so far in the garage haha. Keep an eye out as I continue to improve on this.
Oh and for those that dont know, I had a jeep before. Got most all the maintenance done and was a week away from buying all my lift parts and wheels/tires etc when me and me ex split. a couple of you might have even read my old build thread in the mod tech forum.
My old build
Enjoy everyone and Im a little drunk so sorry if this wasnt in the best order haha. Ill update as I go along and feel free to add comments or criticism and give heads up pointers and whatever else comes to mind. I dont mind if the thread goes off topic every now and again, just bring it back when you can :spin1:
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