So I went and did something I never thought I'd do, I bought a Jeep.
Found a 04 LJ at daveys jeeps in Ohio. Of course it's a salvage title, but that doesn't bother me. Had front end damage. Grille, fenders, hood, radiator. Other then that it is pretty clean and interior is spotless. Higher miles at 200k, but runs out good.
I decided on a Jeep because I wanted the convertible type rig that was 4x4. And an eb in similar condition would be three times the cost. Not a lot of other options. I felt I was putting to many miles dd'ing my f350 so I would pick something up for spring/summer/fall. Build process by Cheapthrillb2, on Flickr
Ahh. The bolt spacers. I get it now.
I thought mabey u were gonna run like 4.88s, on a 3.73 carrier or something odd like that.
I was surprised the 5.38s I just got were dual drilled for either bolt size.
5.13s are availabel for the tj xj dana 30s now too.
I wouldn't a little beefier pinion, and this winter I am doing a 5.3 swap. Biggest tire I plan to eventually run is 37s. But the 35s for awhile. I think the 4.88s will serve me well.
New winch installed and wired up. Got my 12 volt guy dash winch controller wired in as well. Also I installed a new fuse box under the dash for the new electronics.
There should be 4 spots at the front of the frame about 3-4 inches in front of the rear ones where the front bumper bolts are. Top and bottom. Haven't seen 4 bottom bolts before. Done many of those. Maybe the LJ's are different.
I've always seen one bolt top and bottom at the front of the bumper along with the others. Isn't yours at the last model year and didn't have those? If they are not there, obviously not worry about it.
Mine is first year LJ, no bolts going through the front. Some aftermarket bumpers are deeper, they unfortunately the sway bar using the mounting from the sway as well as factory bumper mounting holes. Then bolt sway bar back on, on top of bumper.
Drove up to the blessing and back Saturday. Went a watched at twisted trails. Played briefly. About 2 minutes in bent my tailpipe over and into my shock damaging the shock :sonicjay:.
Unhappy with my rear gear set. Unhappy enough that I ordered a new set. Just to noisy, and just don't like how they setup. I've read alot of complaints on the USA standards being noisy. I rolled the dice and lost lol. I have them in the buggy and have used them in other rigs w/o complaints. But those were all trailered rigs. This one is different. Trying to keep it nice, as well my wife drives it as much as I do.
I rolled the dice on the USA standards and so far so good, mine were even super easy to set up as well. Only complaint I have, and most likely why yours are bad is cause the USA standard gears are not even made in the USA.
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