Also... The jeep is no Cadillac, the 4.0 in my experience will transmit some vibrations through to the body when its under a hard load (IE on the highway in a high gear). Shaking is not normal, but a bit of vibration from the powertrain I would not be all that worried about.

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Like you know if you had a bag on the floor and some of the plastic will shake some, or a cup of water makes ripples? Those same vibrations are what make the passenger seat back vibrate in the same harmonic. Real light/subtle but there. Then with someone sitting in there it does not do anything.

 

Ohhhh, a surprise. I am interested. You have any pictures of the CA's?

 

I'll try to snap a pic around noon. I don't believe I have any on my new phone.

My FIL bought them for his TJ at a show of some sort. He gave them to me because he decided he didn't need them. He said he's pretty sure they're RC. They are definitely not the X-Flex arms though.

 

Thanks man. Curious to see what they look like.

 

Here are a few shots. I'm doing this from my phone so hopefully they imbed properly. Something tells me billz will have some decent input on what I have here... Haha.

 

They *look* like IronMan Short arms. Don't know for sure.

 

Can you get a pic of the center junction? Between the larger and smaller tubes? These look like JKS arms to me.

 

Sure can. Give me a sec. Wife just got home therefore I'm on a trailer wiring break...

 

 

If you need measurements, I have a good hour and a half of garage time. The girls just started up a movie, my class prep is pretty much finished, and I think the trailer wiring is done! I actually have a few minutes to tinker! Haha.

Edit: Sorry if I'm junking up your thread Michael.

 

Those are old style rc arms ...pre warning those bushing suck and you can't replace them ...I had those arms on my jeep and I called rc to order new bushings and they said I would have to order new arms because they changed over to clevlite oem style bushing and they no longer make bushings for there old arms

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To be honest, that's what I was leaning towards as well but I wasn't positive. Again, they are 'new' and free though I am curious what's sitting in the box.

 

Maybe you can use those arms to "cash in" for new RC-X arms? How are they not replaceable? They one solid bushing formed into the arm?

Chris - Don't worry about it! haha

 

Did a once around the Jeep for tomorrows trip home. Filled with premium gas, checked oil, and checked tire pressure. So my passenger rear may have a slight leak, was down to 26 cold. Put both the rears to 32 cold. (ambient temp 35* F and Jeep has been sitting most of the day). Leaving the front at 28 psi cold, don't wanna mess with it, higher PSI has shown to increase wobbles on bumps, its fine now where it is at. Will mess with it later when I get home, anyways, I digress. So my friend was leaving the apartment while I was out messing with my Jeep and he wanted check his tires on his XJ for fun. Turns out his were all around 26 and he has Michelin LTX M/S tires. So I decided to check sidewall flex comparison. Pushed on the WJ sideways and my tires at 32 PSI on the rear, flexed in the sidewall and moved around like it was going out of style. The Michelin's, basically zero movement, at 26 PSI!? I could not believe it. *thumbsdown* for my tires.

 

Did a once around the Jeep for tomorrows trip home. Filled with premium gas, checked oil, and checked tire pressure. So my passenger rear may have a slight leak, was down to 26 cold. Put both the rears to 32 cold. (ambient temp 35* F and Jeep has been sitting most of the day). Leaving the front at 28 psi cold, don't wanna mess with it, higher PSI has shown to increase wobbles on bumps, its fine now where it is at. Will mess with it later when I get home, anyways, I digress. So my friend was leaving the apartment while I was out messing with my Jeep and he wanted check his tires on his XJ for fun. Turns out his were all around 26 and he has Michelin LTX M/S tires. So I decided to check sidewall flex comparison. Pushed on the WJ sideways and my tires at 32 PSI on the rear, flexed in the sidewall and moved around like it was going out of style. The Michelin's, basically zero movement, at 26 PSI!? I could not believe it. *thumbsdown* for my tires.

Yes, all tires Are different tire pressure wise, sidewall stiffness, load range,,,,
Needed to go up from 33 to 35 psi to Get my new Hakka's comforteble and handling better.
Tires, tires, tires,,,, you Will Get it figured out.

 

Yeah man, I have been figuring that out the hard way. I used to run my tires at 35 PSI, but now that high seems like they are too "stiff" or "bouncy" and the Jeep did not like that.

Anyone want to chime in on the Goodyear SilentArmor's sidewall flex before I plunge myself into another hole?!

 

Yeah man, I have been figuring that out the hard way. I used to run my tires at 35 PSI, but now that high seems like they are too "stiff" or "bouncy" and the Jeep did not like that.

Anyone want to chime in on the Goodyear SilentArmor's sidewall flex before I plunge myself into another hole?!

Sorry no, but What's up with your sno brd kid? Seing any snow lately? Rofl

 

Snobrdrkid = Snow Boarder Kid, which you got, and not many people do! Too bad I am not a kid anymore, life was a lot easier! haha.

But, we have one dusting here that resulted in about an inch, nothing at all! It has been a WARM winter... :/

 

As far as tires go, I believe I posted before in here that the Geolanders on the F250 took a ridiculous amount of PSI to get rid of the wander/sway/sidewall flex. I'm betting that the SA's will be awesome for you, especially with the reviews Billz has on them.

I didn't have too much trouble coming up with Snow Boarder Kid, though then again, I do sometimes struggle with all the 'txt' shorthand crap some people use. I mean, a little is typical for everyone but texting one, 15 character word that's all abbreviations... Really? I think I'm getting old. :laugh:

We might have some snow by this evening! We've had a slight dusting previously but nothing that has stuck to the roads. They bumped our snowfall count for today up to around 3". I don't get to try out the WJ/DuraTracs though unless I go looking for some trouble - I traded ReJeana the WJ for the TJ. With the 60 MPH gusts we are going to get along with the 50°F rain turning slick then to snow (it's supposed to drop from 50ish to 20ish by this afternoon and it's raining right now), I figured the 4WD Full-Time would be better than her driving a 2WD top - I really need to show her how to use/when to use the 4WD in the wrangler.

And now that I'm done rambling, I'm going back to my coffee. :thumbsup:

 

Haha, that is 2! I just remember way back when that there was some confusion about it. I made that user name, oh my, like 6 or 7 years ago now?! Thing is I can't jack the pressure, it makes the Jeep go "mehhhh" or at least the higher pressure had negative effects that one time. I thought about that last night too, no way he (Billz) could give a good review and them be shi***.

Ah, lucky! We may get some here in blacksburg tonight, too bad I am about to be on my way home to Chesapeake. Good luck with the snowfall and be safe out there!

 

I'd be bummed. I like snow!

 

I talked to dad some about fixing/upgrading/maintaining the Jeep over break. Most of the work won't happen until after Christmas.

He wants to replace as many parts with stock Mopar parts instead of aftermarket. For example the A-arm, so we don't have to worry about grease or adjusting, just toss it in there. Then possibly just getting new front upper's from Mopar.

Next decently big ticket item is the front driveshaft. Looking at having it rebuilt, I just need a back up plan if the rebuild does not fix the vibes... :/

 

How are your HIDs working for you and are you just running stock 100w bulbs for your highs?

 

They've been great, running the projectors and HID's are a great combo. The high beams are halogen bulbs so there is no warm up time with flashing your high beams.

 

Didn't think you could run premium fuel unless you ran a tuner ...well I mean I guess you can run it but the safe way is with a tuner

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I've never heard that before. We've ran premium in all our ATV's, Motorcycles, Jet Skis, Boats, lawn equipment, generators, and other toys. Then Dad and I have always ran premium in the Jeeps on occasion. All the other cars we have require premium, the Jeeps are the only 2 that don't "require" it. I know for all the "toys" he will only put premium in them for whatever reason. Again I've never heard it as "bad" to run premium without a tune.