My Bronco 2

[4.0B2]

33's in the near future. 35's later..
The difference between 4.56's and 4.88's is not a lot.

First I'm gonna have 4.10's in the rear and no 4x4. Then I'm gonna regear both front and rear. The 8.8 I'm building is 4.10's. If I get 33's and like it with 4.10's then I may just gear the front and forget it for awhile.

 

[escort_gts]

with my 35's and 4.56 it is almost geared to low for highway use even in 5th gear. At 60mph the rpm's are at 2600 in 5th.

 

[4.0B2]

i'm gonna be rolling on 4.10s till i regear the front. i might just gear the front 4.10s and see what happens

 

[4.0B2]

lets say i was to make my own long arms... what else would work other than DOM? i've been told that a good thick tubing would work. it doesn't have to be DOM. so HREW??

 

[escort_gts]

clayton uses square tubing for their xj long arm conversion. Check out their website. I think it is www.claytonoffroad.com might just have to google it.

 

[4.0B2]

yeah i've looked at their's. i'm not big on the square idea tho idk why. i've got a guy offering to help me make them, and i could do it a lot cheaper than the $500-600

 

[Bennybooster]

I would cough up for the DOM

 

[4.0B2]

by the time i bought DOM+shipping, johnny joints, weld in bungs, jam nuts, and bushings for the axle side.. i'd be looking at close to $300 plus the work and welding of doing them. so i could get rusty's for $500 finished.

what's the difference in TJ and XJ long arms?

 

[kroussinoffroad]

i'm not positive on the difference between the xj and tj one's. but ide shell out for the dom if your gonna make em yourself. as for the price like ive siad before i think it's a pretty fair price. after I bought these there were alot of people who had bad stuff to say about rusty's product's and their customer service. as for the customer service i think they did a great job and as for their product's they have held up to my abuse.

someone mentioned to grind the paint off and go over their weld's with my own since they had "seen" their weld's fail on the trial. for shit's-n-giggle's I sent one of my arm's in to the welding school with a buddy that was doing some testing there. he did an x[ray on the weld's and said that the welds on these arms are just as good as he would be capable of laying down. and i havnt had a rusty's product fail yet knock on wood. (except the rubber bushings went pretty quick). their is alot of hersay bout their product's being below par but i have nothing but good to say about them.

on a side note i ran into a kid I used to wheel with back in highschool the other day. he is runnin a jeep cherokee sport with a stroked 4.0 with 5 speed locked 8.8 and open D-30 4.56 gears. he's runnin a full rusty's kit (long arm) and turning 36's he hasnt had a failure yet axle's or lift. and he like's to play rough.

 

[4.0B2]

yeah rusty's is good stuff. i've seen it used and abused over and over again. i'll probably end up w/ rusty's. but i was tossing around the idea of making them and what the price would be. i've heard all that about rusty's to.. but i've seen pics and video's and stuff of charlie running them on his jeep beating the crap out of them and they never broke w/ him. so i think i'd be safe w/ the amount of wheeling i'd like to to.

 

[dangerranger83]

The rusty's arms should hold up fine for you, and for the same price, last time I checked, you can get the high clearance ones.

I love mine, dont know how much adjustablilty Rusty's arms have but mine are good for up to a 12 inch lift, worth every penny I paid for them.

 

[4.0B2]

yeah high clearance is the same price!

but anyways-- a nontruck update-- i got a new puppy! its a rot lab mix. ten weeks old. male.. my g/f decided his name was Charlie. so....

some pics of the puppy and my g/f w/ the dog. yes that's a girl.. she just likes her hair short.
and yes--- that's my hairy leg- not Her's!!! lol




okay so-- i confess its my g/f's puppy but... i claim him to! lol. i'm gonna try to get him to my house when she goes back to college in the fall

 

[4.0B2]

documenting a link a found
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/diy-long-arms-220020/

also documenting these joints.. look like good stuff
http://www.partsmike.com/store/store.php?crn=238&rn=1595&action=show_detail
http://www.partsmike.com/store/store.php?crn=238&rn=1596&action=show_detail

first one is dual adjustment.. whatever that means.... lol

 

[4.0B2]

ok, so i have a good bit of 10" wide 1/4 steel left, gonna make my rear bumper. i need a bumper design that'll go w/ my front bumper w/ a swing out tire mount. any ideas? i'm gonna look around some to... just to see what i find.

 

[kroussinoffroad]

i have yet to make a rear bumper that I am thrilled about. however i did yank my front bumper off and start on a new one hope to increase my approach angle by quite a bit. didnt look that bad but my last one hung 14'' off the front of my truck