Cache96
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A 16" in the front?
Yea cutting through the stock location and making an engine cage for them.
A 16" in the front?
You planning on using the entire 16"? Gonna keep 4wd?Yea cutting through the stock location and making an engine cage for them.
concerned at all with that heim resting on the bracket at full droop like the pic shows?
You planning on using the entire 16"? Gonna keep 4wd?
Nice! Are you going to have a "cross member" to tie the two sides together? Not much weld area on those brackets to that thin unibody either, I would be a little concerned about those portions but looks like a great start.
I run the same shocks, they work great
nice build. I gotta warn you thought, I think my shock hoop played an integral part in the current state of my XJ. I would get your cage built and tie into that hoop or do something to stiffen up the back end before you really start using the travel that those shocks are going to allow you to have.
I'm not sure if the grands are the same, but on my XJ the rear hoop I built is tied into the tops of the "frame" rails, and from the looks of the floor in the back now, it seems that the hoop pulling up on the rails has really done a number on that area. the entire rear floor is buckled and even shows some creases in some places, and the top of the body in the back is pulling spot welds out and coming away from the unibody. If I were to do it again with no cage I'd do something to brace the frame rails together from underneath, maybe run a couple re-enforcement bars across from rail to rail under the floor.
I started with the mounting system first. I wanted to have the beefiest, most overkill mounts possible. Little bit of measure confirmed the fact that a 4"x2" rect tube would fit inside the framerail. This meant trimming the rear crossmember, trimming the shackle bolts, and removing that one spot on each side where the factory nutstrips jump up and over.
Once the 4"x2" fit inside, it was time to drill out the mounting holes and make a new nutstrip outta a 1 1/4" wide peice of 1/4" that would fit inside the rec tubing. all mounting hardware is 1/2" Grade 8 bolts and nuts.
well at least it will be ready for glamis haha pm me the info on the rear long arm setup. i need to save to get mine done.