Winter Beater

[heep-a-lop]

okay well picked this up for the winter beater but its already going wrong...

1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ
5.2 V8
shitty 249 t case thats shot...

the start well after the usual tune up and some other things, decided it needs some help in the suspension deptartment so today decided with in the nest month or so on a weekend iyt will be getting

Rubicon express 3.5 coils
bilstein shocks

emf short arms and joints
front and rear track bars
and some emf tre's in the front

and a set of 31 1050 tires at that time

also gonna throw a aem intake and flowmaster exhaust at it in the next month or so....

headers will come if they come up used...

well so much for a winter beater but when u drive a 350hp supercharged buick regal all summer nothing fits

pictures to come

[heep-a-lop]

so been doing some research slash thinking....

so far i got..

front rubicon d44 to replace that piece of ship d30... both cv's are toast in it and no need to throw money at a turd...

pickin up two 4.10 ring gears this week some time and gonna find a real d44 to throw in the rear....

got  the 242 sittin at the shop thinkin sometime this week....

and should be ordering the 31's as soon as the snow flys and most likely throwin them on before the lift gets done... should be interesting lol

[Immortal]

front rubicon d44 to replace that piece of ship d35

Did I miss something? I was pretty sure the D35 was a rear axle...

[BlackYJ]

Did I miss something? I was pretty sure the D35 was a rear axle...

I believe Ford used D35s as front axles

[heep-a-lop]

it was a long day yesterday i was thinking of the whole d44a d35 fight going on and yeah typo time....

[heep-a-lop]

so been doing some talking with clay.....  steering is next on the choping block... will be a complete bolt in kit no spring moving no nothing

hope this helps u guys out should be unbreakable...

hopefully within the month will have pictures and pricing for everyone

[heep-a-lop]

so been throwing tires around abit and thinking...... i really liked the dick cepek's on erins minivan so i took a look...

well they also have these
http://www.dickcepek.com/tires.php?item=Crusher

thinking of a set try them out see how they arewhats everyone think?

i have ran xterrains in the winter on a zr2 blazer and had no real issues...

really like the look of them could work well...

and of course they will be a 31 x 10.50 x 15

 

[TL-Iguana]

Its got skulls on it, and what look like "gentleman sausages" or perhaps bones.. I looked at those at modern one day with a friend and was joking about them. Drews opinion at the time was that there were better tires for the money. I cant speak from experience tho as ive never run them.

[vantagetes]

Its got skulls on it, and what look like "gentleman sausages" or perhaps bones.. I looked at those at modern one day with a friend and was joking about them. Drews opinion at the time was that there were better tires for the money. I cant speak from experience tho as ive never run them.

They are a little spendy compared to what else you could get but...skulls man, skulls!

How do you like the Bilsteins? I've been meaning to try a set for the TJ for a while now but no one has ever given me any good opinions on them.

[heep-a-lop]

I apologize for the pictures my tablet sucks and it was onyl set to 800x 600 so they really suck

well got a few hours today to do a little tire sizing.....

some pics of the skulls oh yeah the skulls baby....




and then the sizing began....





well out came the fun tools to make those gaps better and get rid of some of those sharp areas...oh and a skill saw for the front plastic


well what i started with....




and ended with this








rear...



some shots



i will take some better pictures tomorrow with my camera

[bRIBEGuy]

Those tires look so awesome.   

[heep-a-lop]

i love the look of them and the handling and they sound irry if u get them spinning...


so i need so advice so far i got front lift consisting of ( same lift as erins mj) upper dajustables and fixed lowers

adjustable track bar

pickin up form johnny sometime this week

rear arms upper adjustable lower fixed

adjustable track bar

now when it scomes to springs i am stuck..

i dont wanna go above a 31" tire( trying to build a reliable some what fuel efficent trail rig)

now that being said i am stuck between 3.5 and 4.5 lift?
 
i wanna build a really flexy rig so i am leanin towards the 4.5

[heep-a-lop]

so picxked up the rear arms and track bar the other day and got adventurous and put the 242 in today complete with input swap......

it feels good to have 4wd again

[JackstandJohnny]

so picxked up the rear arms and track bar the other day and got adventurous and put the 242 in today complete with input swap......

it feels good to have 4wd again

isn't it a world up on the burnt out 249? best mod ever.

[heep-a-lop]

yeah i dont feel so much drag on the driveline and its funny i have the front shaft in now to so i should feel more.....

just gotta figure out my shifter pretty sure i only got a few not all with the 249 linkage....