Bronzewyrm
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ok so ive decided to do a major exterior restoration and a suspention rebuild on my xj. im trying to get some more indepth info on control arm geomatry. and some good pros/cons for my ideas. so here goes...
im staying with the d30 up front. i have a grizz, stuffed with 4340 shafts. ill stay with 33" tires forever (this is my 4th xj build im shure) plus im guna truss it, maby sleve it aswell. ill stay around 4.5"/5" and ill be useing an ACOS.
i will DD it every once and a while so i need it to be reliable, but i will be hitting the best trails i can find. so ill also want it to preform.
TNT has been on my list for a long time. high located mounting points for the arms, full belly pan, Y link setup. i have herd bad things recently about Y-link setups eating UCA bushings and whatnot. this brings me to the question 3 link or 4? i have read that 3 links can brake steer, or steer themselves with the throdle. 4 link seems like the best system, most are WAY overpriced, not manny come with full belly protection "A MUST" and every time i look at one of thoes crossmembers. i cant find a resion why i could not build it myself.
so now i look into building my own setup...!!!1 OMG the possabilitys.
i know id like to use this
http://claytonoffroad.com/product_info.php/cPath/18_127/products_id/301
i have also found these
http://www.polyperformance.com/shop...ep-XJ-Front-Long-Arm-Bracket-Kit-p-20680.html
if i were to build one id do a full 4 link, jj's all around, and 2x2x.25" tube for the arms. my thaughts are here that id have to have the mounts further back on the frame rails D/T the clayton axle brackets. then im left at a loss as to where to mount the uppers. what i mean is i dont know where to set the uppers in conjunction to the lowers, as far as angles are conserned. is it as simple as the vertical distance from the UCA mounting point, to the LCA mounting poing on both the axle and crossmember? i know tough that these mathmatics are greatly efected by the length of the arms themselves. i havent the slightest how to calculate this crap. honastly i dont know if i want to take the time to deal with it. and build a belly pan.
theres a feiw kits i like. but none i want to throw that much $$$ at.
just looking for some advice, and pros/cons from the people who know best.
Thanks for looking. ill post the pics once i get the stuff going.
Bronze.
im staying with the d30 up front. i have a grizz, stuffed with 4340 shafts. ill stay with 33" tires forever (this is my 4th xj build im shure) plus im guna truss it, maby sleve it aswell. ill stay around 4.5"/5" and ill be useing an ACOS.
i will DD it every once and a while so i need it to be reliable, but i will be hitting the best trails i can find. so ill also want it to preform.
TNT has been on my list for a long time. high located mounting points for the arms, full belly pan, Y link setup. i have herd bad things recently about Y-link setups eating UCA bushings and whatnot. this brings me to the question 3 link or 4? i have read that 3 links can brake steer, or steer themselves with the throdle. 4 link seems like the best system, most are WAY overpriced, not manny come with full belly protection "A MUST" and every time i look at one of thoes crossmembers. i cant find a resion why i could not build it myself.
so now i look into building my own setup...!!!1 OMG the possabilitys.
i know id like to use this
http://claytonoffroad.com/product_info.php/cPath/18_127/products_id/301
i have also found these
http://www.polyperformance.com/shop...ep-XJ-Front-Long-Arm-Bracket-Kit-p-20680.html
if i were to build one id do a full 4 link, jj's all around, and 2x2x.25" tube for the arms. my thaughts are here that id have to have the mounts further back on the frame rails D/T the clayton axle brackets. then im left at a loss as to where to mount the uppers. what i mean is i dont know where to set the uppers in conjunction to the lowers, as far as angles are conserned. is it as simple as the vertical distance from the UCA mounting point, to the LCA mounting poing on both the axle and crossmember? i know tough that these mathmatics are greatly efected by the length of the arms themselves. i havent the slightest how to calculate this crap. honastly i dont know if i want to take the time to deal with it. and build a belly pan.
theres a feiw kits i like. but none i want to throw that much $$$ at.
just looking for some advice, and pros/cons from the people who know best.
Thanks for looking. ill post the pics once i get the stuff going.
Bronze.