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In one of those "I should have kept that Jeep" moments I have a new opportunity to build my keeper Jeep!
Thanks to the help of @parkfan he sourced this Jeep in Arizona and we were able to ink the deal and get it sent back to Indiana for me to hack up. Obviously it's never seen any salt, but boy oh boy is it rough - but with 296k miles, yes, you read that right, rough is to be expected.
I've gone back and forth about one tons or not - I have always wanted to do it! Seems like the most logical thing to do though is build the Rubi44 front axle I already have - maybe use the Rubi T-case I have, use the wheels I already have, and well heck quite a few other things I have sitting around.. so that's where I landed. With the Jana44 5.13's that I should have coming from a buddy, the 44's should theoretically handle 37's when all the right parts are thrown at the axles. On the other hand, the wheels I have sitting around are 15's so I don't know, maybe 35's are max..
Nevertheless, its gone under the knife. Flares, front axle, tire carrier, and bumpers all removed and those will find their way to my flipper Jeep. I have a 2wd beam under it now and literally just minutes ago cut a couple inches out of the front springs and plan to do do the rear - peoples heads will pop off when they find out someone is lowering a Jeep - i'm gonna have fun with that. Anywho, hard top, soft top, and some other various items will be sold off to help fund the deal.
So far I've got my Sinister Jackhawk rear bumper on, and the Marked Designs front bumper on it - otherwise ill be collecting parts with no real progress now all that stuff is stripped off. Drop down tailgate, Marked Designs sliders, High lined, unknown Engine/Trans, maybe stretch it since that's pretty easy on an LJ, not sure what else.
Jeepers Keepers 1.0 pictured first... Up at the nice campgrounds at the dunes ironically. Going to have a similar feel - kind of my MO anyway.
Thanks to the help of @parkfan he sourced this Jeep in Arizona and we were able to ink the deal and get it sent back to Indiana for me to hack up. Obviously it's never seen any salt, but boy oh boy is it rough - but with 296k miles, yes, you read that right, rough is to be expected.
I've gone back and forth about one tons or not - I have always wanted to do it! Seems like the most logical thing to do though is build the Rubi44 front axle I already have - maybe use the Rubi T-case I have, use the wheels I already have, and well heck quite a few other things I have sitting around.. so that's where I landed. With the Jana44 5.13's that I should have coming from a buddy, the 44's should theoretically handle 37's when all the right parts are thrown at the axles. On the other hand, the wheels I have sitting around are 15's so I don't know, maybe 35's are max..
Nevertheless, its gone under the knife. Flares, front axle, tire carrier, and bumpers all removed and those will find their way to my flipper Jeep. I have a 2wd beam under it now and literally just minutes ago cut a couple inches out of the front springs and plan to do do the rear - peoples heads will pop off when they find out someone is lowering a Jeep - i'm gonna have fun with that. Anywho, hard top, soft top, and some other various items will be sold off to help fund the deal.
So far I've got my Sinister Jackhawk rear bumper on, and the Marked Designs front bumper on it - otherwise ill be collecting parts with no real progress now all that stuff is stripped off. Drop down tailgate, Marked Designs sliders, High lined, unknown Engine/Trans, maybe stretch it since that's pretty easy on an LJ, not sure what else.
Jeepers Keepers 1.0 pictured first... Up at the nice campgrounds at the dunes ironically. Going to have a similar feel - kind of my MO anyway.