Sterling 10.5 Install - One Ton Swap Jeep Cherokee XJ 

Put the shocks on top of the u-bolt plate, though the floor straight up. Boostwerks makes a nice looking kit to do this. I plan to build something similar on mine when I get there.

pretty cool that barnes reached out to you, they have really nice parts for a good price, hard to complain about what they offer

Reminds me of when I did my 8.8 swap.

Looking great! I know you have a ton of work left to do but this video makes it feel like it's all starting to come together!

I've done unibody stiffeners a few times I have a method down to clean up the frame or unibody rails. Tools I use to prep is 2 angle grinders a propane torch a metal putty knife scraper thingy and a wood handled small wire brush the wood handle is because your using propane torch and getting things hot the plastic brushes melt. Although I don't use the torch a lot it is nice for the undercoat on the large flat areas where it's thick you heat it up and scrape it off. Then the 2 angle grinders is one with a heavy wire wheel like a cone wheel or regular wheel I like having the cone I think was best. Then your 2nd grinder has a flap disc or your favorite sanding disc like the scotchbrite discs with sand paper work too. The wire wheel gets it clean enough quickly so your flap disc doesn't clog up so much. Then the Cherokee metal is galvanized or zinc coated the body is dipped Or something during the manufacturing process, you've probably noticed the yellowy white scum or fumes around welds when welding on the body if that coating isn't cleaned off it's tough to get it all. But anyways the 2 grinders makes quick work of things. Also I've used some different rust protection methods and my 2 favorite methods are using either steel-it paint which is weld through, or upol copper weld through primer I believe it's upol #2. I prefer the steel-it over the upol I did a little testing with various weld through primers and paints and the upol and steel it were my favorite but I find myself liking steel-it better. I painted the backside of the stiffeners and the unibody with steel it. I also did a set of stiffeners with the upol before both are holding up but I think steel it is better. I've seen some people use seam sealer to try and completely seal the stiffeners to the unibody after install and in my opinion that's a bad idea because water gets everywhere. What I did is I sealed the top and various places around the stiffeners but I left the bottom open like drains and really seam sealing isn't really necessary but I had completely torn my xj down to a bare body and removed all the factory seam sealer and stitch welded most of the chassis then I went back with modern 3m 2 part seam sealer throughout and since I was in there I did the seams under the car. I'm kinda curious what you think is the best way to install the stiffeners. I've seen some people fully weld all the way around and some people stitch weld. I do both kinda depending where it's at some areas I fully weld and others I stitch weld. I don't think there's much of a wrong way.

When I put in a new floor and frame stiffeners I found a 40 grit flapper disk got through the rubber coating the quickest

those u bolt eliminators are great but mine bent slightly over the years. add a brace in the middle directly under the leafs to stop that from happening.

Same setup I run on my cj7. Your going to love that OX locker. I use air, also I like redundancies and its nice to know if i lose air I can insert the drive away lock and still have it locked up.

What should I be looking for when setting pinion angle on the rear axle? I’ve got a Chrysler 8.25 going in my jeep. Comanche and I am looking to re-weld the spring perches so that everything is kosher.

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Rather than replacing the leaf springs, why don't you put in a pair of 'no lift shackle brackets' (Ironman4x4Fab makes a nice pair)?

I like how the vocal track is really loud in these videos, nothing makes me more ticked off than when the music is loud as hell and the vocals are whisper quiet in a video

What gears are you going with in the 10.5? I've heard the lowest you can go is 4.88