Stage II - bigger, heavier, slower.

[CrawlerReady]

WOW. Ryan that is some damn fine work there. Not much else to be said. Jealous for sure!

[biggoofy]

Looks great man!

[1fox2go]

Nice work! When you planning to make it back up to crozet?

[rstrucks]

Thanks guys.

Everything looks stellar as per usual! The bolt on truss is trick! And the clearance for the upper links. Awesome stuff Ryan.

Is it a total bitch to get to the bolt for the upper on the passenger side, due to the muffler?

What muffler and cat are you using, those both look like the dimensions I need.

Yeah, the bolt on truss was a PITA. I wanted to make the diff cover removeable with the truss on so that took some work and I had to redrill/tap one of the diff cover bolts and cut a hole in the truss top plate to access the bolt.

Not sure about that top bolt - hadn't had to remove it yet. I'm pretty sure if I just remove the exhaust hanger I'll be able to get it out.

Magnaflow high flow cat and Hushpower muffler. Sounds good...... IMO. Clearance is the reason I went with the Hushpwer over my old Flowmaster.

Nice work! When you planning to make it back up to crozet?

Not sure when I'll be headed up to Crozet with my Jeep again. Next time might just be riding shot-gun in Stu's MJ.

[BigClay]

Hushpower muffler. Sounds good...... IMO. Clearance is the reason I went with the Hushpwer over my old Flowmaster.

I just put a hushpower on mine as well, good sound and great clearance.

[Jeeptech01]

Sick! I like how you braked the stiffener to follow the contour on the rail. Its the little things..

[1fox2go]

Not sure when I'll be headed up to Crozet with my Jeep again. Next time might just be riding shot-gun in Stu's MJ.

Cool just tell him to give us a heads up and we will hopefully have our stuff ready

[zj95maxx]

I dunno how I feel about the upper bracket but I am sure it will hold up. Looks good!

[AgitatedPancake]

Damn Ryan, all the new work is GREAT looking! Extremely clean and uniform, and I like how you went the extra mile for the uptravel

[downtowncb]

Damn Ryan, all the new work is GREAT looking! Extremely clean and uniform, and I like how you went the extra mile for the uptravel

Haha, deffinitely a cleaner solution than my self clearancing floor boards

[rstrucks]

Sick! I like how you braked the stiffener to follow the contour on the rail. Its the little things..

It's the little things that take all the time too. And I know you know this! Thanks man.

I dunno how I feel about the upper bracket but I am sure it will hold up. Looks good!

I have thought about making a skid that goes from the t-case crossmember to the mounts to strengthen everything and tie it all together. I did take a look at everything after the first time out and nothing seemed to be flexing - enough to leave any evidence anyway.

[UTChavok]

Dont even know if you still have this guy... but do you have any details/pictures on your rear bumper? I've got to start fabbing a bunch when exams are done in the next couple weeks. Looking through here for some designs and just noticed yours for the first time for some reason. Really like the smaller tucked up look it has.

[Jeeptech01]

Pretty sure he sold it but he probably still has a lot of pics.

[downtowncb]

Steering finished. I would have mounted the tie rod higher but it would have interfered with the coils. The drag link I attached to the pass. side steering arm by welding on a heavy duty "tab". The hole for the drag link is about 6.25" from the BJ center which is about the same distance for the pitman arm center to center measurement. It works and steers well.

Long shot, but do you know what your WMS-WMS ended up being when you converted this to a full 60? I'm collecting parts and running number for a 609 build and I think I want to hit 65" WMS.

[rstrucks]

I've got a notebook in the garage with measurements in it. I should have the WMS. I'll take a look tomorrow evening.

[BigClay]

Damnit, when I saw Ryan had bumped this thread, I thought "hell yeah, he is buying it back!"

[downtowncb]

I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

[rstrucks]

Sorry dude, I have a bunch of measurements but no WMS-WMS. If it helps I have written down that the WMS to the weld on the inner C was just 10.25". I have a few other odd measurements as well.

I do remember going for about 65" as well. Not sure if I nailed it though. Not much help.

[downtowncb]

Haha, no worries. That's at least the ball park I was aiming for. Just eyeballing photos of yours, it looks very similar to the silver jeep.

[dino30]

This build is amazing , your ability to keep the look of the Jeep as clean as you did is great .. I look forward to your future work ..

[indy242003]

You may be waiting a while.

[indy242003]

At least for this rig. Ryan sold this one a while back.

[biggoofy]

Learn to fucking search!!

[indy242003]

Learn to fucking search!!

Yep. Or just watch Trucks on the power block.