Jeep XJ Longarm Build Vlog 

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Will do! We will be doing a lot with this XJ this summer. Paint & body will be happening soon. Painting it British racing green metallic

Thanks, you can still see the grey seam sealer from the day before though haha, it was crunch time to get the unibodystiffeners welded on then painted. We didn't get time to run the grey seam sealer till the day before while it was on the trailer. Thanks for recognising how clean it is underneath, we have a lot of time invested in the undercarriage.

That’s what she said.

Thanks man! We took our time with this one for sure. We still have a list of things that we want to do to it, I will try to post more videos of it as we continue building up the XJ.

Plan on putting many more miles on her, can't wait to do paint and body so she will be clean from top to bottom!

I checked it out that thing is sweet, I love these 2-Door Cherokees!

31s and a little lift is perfect

Thanks, our goal was minimal trimming with no rub. Very happy with how the XJ turned out. Only things that need to change suspension wise would be shackle relocation brackets and better shocks. Our buddy is running the IronMan Fab relocation brackets and he gets way more movement out of his rear leaf pack.

Man it was a pretty simple swap! Our 4x4 parts jeep was $500 and it gave us everything we needed. After we were done, sold it to the junkyard for $300

Thanks!

Thanks man

Thanks, we are working on the interior at the moment and sometime this summer we will do the body&paint. Its our favorite project by far.

Thanks man

lol , I edited all the arguments and thrown wrenches from the final cut!

I love them more than the new ones. Thats why we started out with the cleanest 2wd 2-door we could find. Now we just have to keep it in nice shape and not thrash it too hard, lol

Greetings, I appreciate it man

Thanks for the sub! We are working on the interior portion of the jeep now and should have some more content uploaded soon on the 2-door XJ. Once we get it 80% done I will start on the Comanche project, I have a Mercedes turbodiesel in the shop that will be going in that one.

@@CampbellBrothersGarage nice I’ll be looking for the video.

Gotta have the RPM gauge, I love junkyard finds like that

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

Thanks! We love these XJ's

Thanks man! It's an ongoing project, currently we are doing an interior restoration

Thanks!

Thankyou sir

Thanks man, I was locked out of the account for a year but we are back now and will be trying to put together at least one video a week for 2023

Definitely something that we fixed after this ride. This was the first time ever being on a trail with the jeep. I hope to post an update video of the jeep soon but we are prepping it for paint at the moment

Thanks! Currently we are working on the interior

@@CampbellBrothersGaragehi , what brand do you use for rear bumper bullbar?

XJ's are great jeeps!

Cant beat a green XJ!

Thanks man, can't wait to start on the body/paint

Yeah it’s gonna look awesome

I have a Comanche with the 2.5L, I have done anything with it yet. I have a Mercedes om617 engine that I will be swapping in

Great observation, that was the first thing we fixed when we got back! We noticed how much better the 4 door XJ was flexing in the rear

Thanks man

Only way to roll is in 4Lo

We will try to include an under-hood shot in our next video of the jeep to help you out. About to start putting out content again this fall

Yes they are, thanks man

The old 2-doors just have a classic look to them for sure.

Thanks man, can't wait to get tho the paint/body stage of the project.

This was my little brothers first build, took 3 years of saving up parts to get it going down the trail. He wants to add rear disk breaks eventually, but that will happen in the 3rd stage of the build.

Thankyou sir

We are building our new shop at the moment, when it is complete we can take on another project. Can I get your contact info?

It's actually not good for anything older then 2000, I have a 89 and this ethenol tears everything up

I understand you reasoning

Rustys offers 3 types of systems: Radius Arm, 3-Link and 4-Link. The Radius arm was the right choice for us because they have better on road handling characteristics especially when towing. We use ours to tow the Jon boat. My 1 ton ram uses a radius arm suspension. We opted to go with the grease-able Johnny Joints that you can adjust as they wear. So far we like them. I will have 2 videos up next week of the Rustys radius arm and the CavFab 3 link in a rock garden. You will be able to see a few differences on how they function in the rocks.

Rusty's coils ride nice. Everyone bags on Rusty's. He been doing this since 1977.

Rustys Offroad

We still have a lot of work to do on it. We are sitting on a stack of parts to install. Such as 2 gallons of HouseOfKolor green British racing metallic paint. And a full Focal Audio sound system . I will put an itemized parts list in the description this week but I would say around 10k, including the parts that we have yet to install. Paint and body work will begin in the spring when we move to our new property. Then roll cage & suspension seats.

How much for everything!!!!

Rustysoffroad.com

55mph 2000rpm 5th gear, we dont run a sway bar so we keep it under 60

Correct, no sway bar

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They were on the jeep back when we purchased it as a stock 2wd. Could be factory

Metoo, can't find them anywhere for a two door

They were on the jeep when we purchased it as a 2wd daily. We must of lucked out

From our measurements we lifted it 15” from the stock saggy 2wd suspension. Technically the suspension lift we used was 8” of lift over a factory 4x4 Cherokee. Our stock suspension had seen better days...

Raceline RT81 bead locks, widest offset available on the website

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2k Black equipment paint, I can't remember the brand

I agree, the Rusty's brand shackles were a no-go. Severely inhibited our rear travel. We are currently experimenting with other designs.

@@CampbellBrothersGarage I have Rubicon express Boomerang shackles, I believe they are 1 1/2 longer then stock on top of 3" lift springs and she flows free

We are running slightly extended factory bump stops

8" lift and 35x12.5 Tires

Smitty-Built XRC bumper, we chose this bumper because it had a 2” receiver and heavy duty reinforced mounts.

Yes it’s street legal we drive it everywhere

4.88 Yukon gears and axle shafts, front and rear

High pinion Dana 30 in the front and Chrysler 8.25 in the back. Both have Yukon shafts and ARB lockers.

@@CampbellBrothersGarage You mean a Ford 8.8 or a Chrysler 8.25? Looks like 8.25 to me. Awesome xj btw! I'm currently building a 98 4d 5-speed.

@@Charles-qo2wt yea man that was a typo I have a 8.25 rear lol

I can't believe they wasted labor and paint on it. Dana 35 rule number 1. Anything breaks on a d35, toss the whole axle and get 8.25 or 8.8

Lol sorry I thought it was D35

Yessir!

@@CampbellBrothersGarage we gotta link up live to see that xj

Those were the days

Gotta love it when the shop screws up your daily, that sucks

@@CampbellBrothersGarage you don't live in nh by chance do you lol. If I have 3.5 of lift and the Ford 8.8 is higher do I need a sye and cv driveshaft... It has a stock Tom woods with the 8.8 flange from iron rock. Idk what to do it vibrates really bad letting off the pedal and when under load slightly but let's off when it has more load. Tells me they messed up pinion angle or driveshaft length etc..I did 5.13 gears to. When I first got it back it was so bad it sounded like the transfer case chains were slapping when I was under it on a lift under load they said they'd give me a new transfer case put in a 231 when original was a 242 they claimed they bought a 242 they are different and any real off road shop could tell them apart they lied and I've got the jeep back 4 times being messed up and too it off they were going to do a sye and new driveshaft then called me and said they put the broken 242 and that they fixed it and were done trying. Now I have to go after then for money I paid them 3 grand for labor I also did wheel bearings other front end parts new brakes all around with black magic pads they are magic. Now I feel screwed bad. They said I brought my own parts so it's my fault. Yet the only part I believe is wrong was the one part they ordered the driveshaft. I've spent 5k total and can't drive it and I work a hour away 3 day project they claimed to start has been Almost 2 months. I haven't even bashed them on forums or Facebook no bad reviews I just want half back that they claimed the axle swap would cost so I can get a new driveshaft and fix my transfer case. I wish I could work on vehicles but I live in a condo. Idk what to do next. I feel like a sye and cv is going overboard considering it's a 2 door that Ive been trying to make better and restore and do it right with good parts and it only is lifted 3.5 4.5 max there are people with 6 inch lift that have stock driveshaft. Also I have the transfer case drop... Should I do a motor mount lift will that effect the angle enough?

bro im in the same boat

if so what is your pinion angle…and did you use shims???

Stock steering box

@@CampbellBrothersGarage what about all the steering linkage

We just got a set of rear windows with sliding glass!

@@CampbellBrothersGarage hell yeah loll I just got my 98 2dr inspected today first time in 2 years can’t wait to drive legally on the road loll

Привет, приятно видеть, что у меня есть зрители по всей России, добро пожаловать, друг. У тебя тоже есть джип?

@@CampbellBrothersGarage Да. 5.2 Магнум . 1995

@@CampbellBrothersGarage zj

Это намного больше, чем у моего 4,0-литрового рядного 6-цилиндрового двигателя. Я уверен, что водить этот джип весело.

I miss those days!