jeepxj2007
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- Michigan
Well I did my taxes and I'm getting a pretty good check back. Im going to put some money into the jeep.
Im trying to debate to get stiffeners or not. If I do I am going to go along the route of the ruffstuff ones. I don't know if they will do more harm than good though. My jeep is about 70 percent daily driver 30 percent wheeler. The only thing leaning me away from having the stiffeners is knowing that the body was designed to flex and that being limited as to where it will flex the only areas can flex a lot of stress is being placed now instead of the whole thing. I have read articles about areas cracking etc.
I haven't had an issue with winshields cracking, doors not shutting, creaking when flexing, etc.
Well this is my rig... Its a 2000xj 4.0 aw4 np231 dana 30 chrysler 8.25, 3.55 gearing 31" duratracs
4.5" lift that I pieced together from rustys coils and lower control arms, iro offroad track bar and mount, bilstein shocks, rough country shackle, add leaf, a block, and a coil spacer, it all equals out to 4.5" I am also running Bilstein 5100 lift shocks.
I am pretty gentle on it when I wheel, I do take it everywhere my buddies xj's and wranglers go, but I am a lot more gentle on the gas then they are.
My lift wont ever go any higher in this build, my tires probably wont either maybe 32"s but probably just 31"s. A 8.8 swap is a pretty good future for this jeep as are welded in rock sliders in place of the rockers, which I heard stiffen it up a lot. I have a home built bumper that ties in something like 7 or 8 bolts per side of the front all the way back to the big hole. And in the rear I have a bumper that ties into the nutstrip and factory 8 crossmember bolts.
Im trying to debate to get stiffeners or not. If I do I am going to go along the route of the ruffstuff ones. I don't know if they will do more harm than good though. My jeep is about 70 percent daily driver 30 percent wheeler. The only thing leaning me away from having the stiffeners is knowing that the body was designed to flex and that being limited as to where it will flex the only areas can flex a lot of stress is being placed now instead of the whole thing. I have read articles about areas cracking etc.
I haven't had an issue with winshields cracking, doors not shutting, creaking when flexing, etc.
Well this is my rig... Its a 2000xj 4.0 aw4 np231 dana 30 chrysler 8.25, 3.55 gearing 31" duratracs
4.5" lift that I pieced together from rustys coils and lower control arms, iro offroad track bar and mount, bilstein shocks, rough country shackle, add leaf, a block, and a coil spacer, it all equals out to 4.5" I am also running Bilstein 5100 lift shocks.
I am pretty gentle on it when I wheel, I do take it everywhere my buddies xj's and wranglers go, but I am a lot more gentle on the gas then they are.
My lift wont ever go any higher in this build, my tires probably wont either maybe 32"s but probably just 31"s. A 8.8 swap is a pretty good future for this jeep as are welded in rock sliders in place of the rockers, which I heard stiffen it up a lot. I have a home built bumper that ties in something like 7 or 8 bolts per side of the front all the way back to the big hole. And in the rear I have a bumper that ties into the nutstrip and factory 8 crossmember bolts.