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Yj to tj suspension fab question?
gearhead1985B:
--- Quote from: Black-market on October 12, 2012, 08:48:03 PM ---Well thanks man pretty much sums that up haha
Are you located in ct be sweet to check out
You're rig and get some more ideas sense
You know some shit lol
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no i am in illinios one of these years i will make it up that way to wheel again and me knowing alot well it took 6 yrs to get my jeep to what it is today and only like 3 months of acctual build time and a year or so of broken jeep time
--- Quote from: Mr Rock on October 12, 2012, 11:53:40 PM ---Anyone driving a YJ as a daily driver needs to get their head examined! trust me I have one, if you have short commutes then maybe it's not so bad. I can drive about an hour with no problem to get to a trail but by the 90 minute mark I am done! and that's doing it once in a while not everyday!!
I don't think it is worth it to try to make a YJ "streetable".
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lay off the drugs rock my jeep as the only thing i drove while i was in the navy just you need to be prepared to fix it over night when needed and i still drive it to work alot and will run it 80 miles on the highway to our farm (but it is double the cost compaired to pulling it on the trailer i love 4mpg on the highway but i get 8 in the city) and i drove it half way across the country like 4 times my yj was the best dd i ever had and it is the only one i have kept for more than 3 years (but i am still young and dumb)
--- Quote from: Black-market on October 13, 2012, 01:55:00 AM ---Hahaha! One the things I love about the Yj
Is when u don't have sway bars or track bras
You bounce all over the road keeps it intresting
Hahah. But I think I'll just hold off and do the
Genright 14" comp long arm kit to it to get to the
100 wheel base mark. When I was a kid
I seen a Yj with the front wheel on the roof
Of a vw Beatle. So when I got mine my goal
Is to put a wheel on a stupid Prius roof hahah
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save your money on the genright kit and build your on slowly aquiring parts as deals come up always have a spare wade of cash (or a big pile of scrap metal)lying around for when a deal comes up. there really is no good bolt in or weld in link kit that i have seen on the market the best i have seen is ruff stuffs kit all it is just joints and basic brackets but i think there are some better joints out there for the money i am awaiting some more real world testing on the metal cloak joints ( http://www.metalcloak.com/2-5-8-ODx2-5-16-W-Duroflex-Joint-w-Straight-Spud-p/7305.htm ) cause i belive they are better than a standard ruff stuff hiem ( http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/catalog/125RE.html ) and the cost differance is negligable
kirksjeep:
My YJ stopped being my daily driver when I was 24. I don't think my kidneys would still work of I drove it every day. I still drive it to the trail for now, but that might change soon with the wife's new truck we ordered. The good thing about driving to the trail is that I tend not to do stuff that is too stupid and break it too hard.
Black-market:
I'll probbly end up building my own 4 link
Some day I have access to a machine shop
And I'm a welder by trade and have some
Friends over on the west coast that are into
Baja and suspension there life but told me
Toll I had 10 grand don't come knocking
Lol so till my piggy bank hits that mark I was
Just going to mess around with ideas but
I guess all just leave it way it is and just get
Bigger tires. Any suggestions on them
I have 33" maxxis big horns but only got
15k on the befor they were cooked. Iv been looking
At baja claws what ever I go to is going to
Be a 35 or 36"
Mr Rock:
--- Quote from: gearhead1985B on October 13, 2012, 07:00:07 AM ---
--- Quote from: Mr Rock on October 12, 2012, 11:53:40 PM ---Anyone driving a YJ as a daily driver needs to get their head examined! trust me I have one, if you have short commutes then maybe it's not so bad. I can drive about an hour with no problem to get to a trail but by the 90 minute mark I am done! and that's doing it once in a while not everyday!!
I don't think it is worth it to try to make a YJ "streetable".
--- End quote ---
lay off the drugs rock my jeep as the only thing i drove while i was in the navy just you need to be prepared to fix it over night when needed and i still drive it to work alot and will run it 80 miles on the highway to our farm (but it is double the cost compaired to pulling it on the trailer i love 4mpg on the highway but i get 8 in the city) and i drove it half way across the country like 4 times my yj was the best dd i ever had and it is the only one i have kept for more than 3 years (but i am still young and dumb)
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"(but i am still young and dumb)" thanks for making my point, LOL, whatever year you make it back here I'd be happy to wheel with you again, we had a lot of fun!
gearhead1985B:
--- Quote from: Mr Rock on October 15, 2012, 11:03:12 PM ---
--- Quote from: gearhead1985B on October 13, 2012, 07:00:07 AM ---
--- Quote from: Mr Rock on October 12, 2012, 11:53:40 PM ---Anyone driving a YJ as a daily driver needs to get their head examined! trust me I have one, if you have short commutes then maybe it's not so bad. I can drive about an hour with no problem to get to a trail but by the 90 minute mark I am done! and that's doing it once in a while not everyday!!
I don't think it is worth it to try to make a YJ "streetable".
--- End quote ---
lay off the drugs rock my jeep as the only thing i drove while i was in the navy just you need to be prepared to fix it over night when needed and i still drive it to work alot and will run it 80 miles on the highway to our farm (but it is double the cost compaired to pulling it on the trailer i love 4mpg on the highway but i get 8 in the city) and i drove it half way across the country like 4 times my yj was the best dd i ever had and it is the only one i have kept for more than 3 years (but i am still young and dumb)
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"(but i am still young and dumb)" thanks for making my point, LOL, whatever year you make it back here I'd be happy to wheel with you again, we had a lot of fun!
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but suspension seats help a lot with the ride it does not make it a total pita rough riding sob and i hope to make mohawk weekend(next year i will have two weeks vacation) when i come up plus hit a couple of other trails like btc and mabell you guys will have plenty of notice or warning which ever you prefer i just need to get my copilots heart doctor to give the good to go thumbs up
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