Helping people who want to build their Jeep with informative videos and offroading videos. Feel free to ask me any questions and I will do my best to answer them.
Jeep Details: 4.5" Rough Country long arm lift kit on 35x12.5 mud terrains & 4.10 gears. 15x10 Pro Comp steel wheels with 3.75" backspacing.
Front Axle: High pinion Dana 30- Lock Right locker, Chromoly axle shafts, Artec truss with Currie Johnny Joints, 1/2" spacer, & Solid Diff cover. StinkyFab Racing Solid Aluminum one ton steering, Synergy HD ball joints & Artec C -Gussets.
Rear Axle: Ford 8.8- Detroit Locker, Iron Rock Off Road Truss & raised shock mounts, & Solid Diff cover.
Protection: SmittyBilt Front and Rear bumpers, gas tank skid, Lower control arm skids, T-case skid, & custom rock sliders.
Shocks: Bilstein 5100's
Misc: Steering box brace & HD spacer, Rugged Ridge floor mats, Cree LED light bar & LED headlights.
Thank you for being a real man and NOT wearing eye and hearing protection when using power tools and grinding!!!! I understand IF you wear a welding mask when you're welding. IF you don't, you are definitely THE MAN!!!
Weak sauce. You should have built a ford 9 inch axle. The cnter sections from tru-high 9 are the best. Dana 60 strength, loads of ground clearance high pinion and WAY WAY stronger than that whimpy 8.8.
The price was cheap and the 8.8 is way better than the dana 35. I do not regret my decision. With the larger axle tubes and the truss, it should hold up for a long time. 9" are hard to find and significantly more expensive. 🙂
2000 4cyl. 5spd here. Just swapped my head unit thinking the f/r left channel was bad. Didn't fix the problem. I'll check the wiring! Thanks for the info!
@ProjectXJ yes, it's an SE. 2.5L (150) SMFI I4 "Power Tech" engine with a 5 spd. 1st gear in 4 low is super crawl. It's great in the woods. Almost as fast off the line as my old 6cyl xj. Gotta downshift to 4th on highway hills though. 😅
From my childhood home, I could see Charouleau Gap AKA " The Gap" in the late 70s and 80s we would ride BMX bikes up there, horses Jeeps BAJA bugs and my stepdads 84 Buick Riviera LOL 🤫
@@ProjectXJ I wanted to order the truss cause it was only 40$ more but of course they didn’t have any in stock haha. Yes it feels great to hit the trail again!
This was a few years ago. I just did it a couple weeks ago and it was passable. There is just one large washout near oracle that you can see from last years video.
454 ram! Kills me when an old vehicle is restored with an engine from another mfgr. Used to love the sound of the mopar starters!then the engine comes alive and its on.
Please use eye protection, I have personally seen someone get a piece of wire in the eye permanently blinding them 🙏 But I really enjoyed the video I miss my XJ , I have a JKUR and I'm going to get and build another XJ 😁
There is a little less flex in the body. My doors don't bind up when flexed out. I also wanted them because i hit my frame on rocks and i didn't want it to dent again.
We went on the road the rail. It was really crowded. People camping out in RVs ..Lot of UTVS,,dirt bikes Good folks out there barbecuing. There was some mountain bike festival out there. Crazy look like those about 40 vehicles. They had bunch of easy ups look like the real party. We didn’t go by there on dirt bikes,,,they don’t like our kind. Lol ,It was nice ,, just a little too crowded for me..
I heard yesterday, September 9 , 2023 from someone that lives in ORACLE Arizona ,,the Charlotte gap is not passable for the ORACLE side anymore ,,,with the winter rains now there’s a 10 foot straight ledge, the road is washed out, no dirt. . I’m gonna go check it out.
Don't believe that my friend. Its always do-able. Let's go run it whenever you guys want, I l8ve at the base. They just put out the fires on the trail and opened it back up
Any stock vehicle will struggle a little. You definitely need sliders and good ground clearance but a bronco can do it. The more mods, the less damage it will take. 😀
A would say a 3" lift and some 30" or maybe 31" tires would be just right. I ran than for 5 years on one of my XJ's. No rubbing, looks good and is capable too.
@@theweknd6946 don't forget about your wheel backspacing too. A 32 is probably 10.5" wide and could rub while turning. You probably want aftermarket wheels with a 4.5" backspacing unless you want to run wheel spacers, but i am not a fan of wheel spacers. If you do get them, use hub-centric ones.
@@ProjectXJ that make sense. I live in the wet Appalachian mountains, so I might try to cap mine with some thin sheet metal and fill with cavity way… I already welded in the sliders, just need to add some gussets. I really like the way yours turned out! Thanks for posting a the video and response
