Project White Noise

[AJEEPINDEEPZJ]

Went to Uwharrie this past weekend in the mud. I tore off my driver sideview mirror, busted my passenger tail light, and ripped the plastic cladding off the driver side. All in all a great time! haha

Anyone have a mirror for sale?

Lets see pics of the carnage! as for the mirror, i would suggest go to the local u-pull-it to grab one

[BigClay]

I didn't get any action shots, but I have a couple of the aftermath back at the Outpost. I will get them up soon enough haha.

[BigClay]

Got the rear bumper on today!

[AJEEPINDEEPZJ]

Looks good Clay! im diggin that color scheme too.

[BigClay]

Thanks man! The body will eventually be all black, and think the silver bumpers will look awesome.

[grandmaster]

Looks really good!

[BigClay]

Thanks man!

[BigClay]

Mounted the hi-lift today.

[MoonWorks]

Lookin good! New goodies are on the way!!!

[BigClay]

Limit straps... where do you get them?

[ATL ZJ]

Limit straps... where do you get them?

poly perf

[SirFuego]

Limit straps... where do you get them?

Yeah polyperformance. Spend the extra coin on the quad wrap ones. I'm running the dual wrap ones, but there are numerous reports of the dual wrap ones breaking (happened to a friend actually). A cheaper setup is to cut up some ratchet straps. jdconti did that after his first attempt at limit straps broke. After some tuning of the length, they were really effective.

Any type of fabric limiting strap is going to stretch over time, so make your limit strap mounts (or the straps themselves) adjustable to account for this. Or you can setup your straps an inch or two too short. In addition "shock loads" to the limit straps (i.e. dropping off of a rock and articulating the axle at the same time) will probably make them stretch a bit more.

EDIT: SDHQ also sells them. Although you might need to be a red star member over there to view this: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=857971

[BigClay]

Thanks guys, that is what I was looking for.

Anyone have any pictures of what the axle side and unibody side mounts look like?

[zjeepin]

Thanks guys, that is what I was looking for.

Anyone have any pictures of what the axle side and unibody side mounts look like?

mounts for what?

[BigClay]

Maybe I should have said tabs. I just wantt o see how/where people put the limit strap tabs on the uni

[dp96zj]

Maybe I should have said tabs. I just wantt o see how/where people put the limit strap tabs on the uni

I *think* I remember seeing Fuego's limit strap pics on his thread. Pretty sure it was before he ditched all those pesky body panels.

I'm sure other people will post pics anyway.

[SirFuego]

On the uni side, drill some holes in a plate/angle iron, weld on some nuts, make room on the unibody to fit nuts, weld nut plate to uni. The axle side you can use shock mounting tabs. I'm sure you could figure out an easier way to do it, but this setup has given me no issues. It was setup this way before the body panels were gone. In fact, i'm still running this same setup since I still have the uniframe.

[BigClay]

Well last night I dropped the jeep off at my buddy's shop. Here is what is about to go on the 'ole jeep:

Clayton longarms front and rear with 4.5" springs and 1" spacers

1999 Explorer 8.8 in the rear
Dutchman shafts with 6x5.5 bolt pattern for the 8.8
4.88 gears and an Aussie in the 8.8

Front 1990 Waggy D44
4.88 gears and an Aussie in the 44
Chromo shafts and 300m joints for 44
Warn Premium hubs
Hydro assist

Tom Woods drive shafts front and rear

Advance Adapters SYE

35x12.5r15 trxus mts on ProComp wheels 6x5.5 bolt pattern with 2.5" BS

[19onebadzj96]

whewwww buddy that will be nice

[ATL ZJ]

What brand 300m joints you going with? longfields?

Keep them religiously greased or the hubs turned out when you are covering a lot of ground. I've seen some that wore out in short order when run with drive flanges.

[BigClay]

They are Longfields, and I am using Warn Premiums, so they will be unlocked for all street driving. Instead of these joints what would have been a better choice (for future reference)?

[ATL ZJ]

They are Longfields, and I am using Warn Premiums, so they will be unlocked for all street driving. Instead of these joints what would have been a better choice (for future reference)?

I think the Long joints are a killer deal for the money. My friend who had trouble with them had issues trying to baja his slugged 60 around with rare maintenance and he has broken about everything else short of 300m axle shafts and a 205. The cross eventually wore flat from lack of lubrication. You should be fine if you do regular maintenance.

[BigClay]

Went by and visited the jeep today. It looks awesome so far!

Here is the 8.8 all ready to bolt up



Here are a couple shots of the rear long arms





SYE bolted up



Clayton's rear triangulated shock mount



A couple shots of the unibody stiffiners welded up

[BigClay]

Quick cell phone teaser pic. Should be driving her home this weekend.

[delawhere]

looks awesome man
now all you have to do is paint the body and its a new jeep