After a week in Moab, I have decided on the future modding route, at least short term, for my Jeep.
There is nothing I can do about the wheel hop I have, as this is an intrensic part of having leaf springs. Coil overs are the only way to loose the wheel hop, and I don't see that happening(it might be easier to buy a Tj for this).
So I will go another direction...
I will investagate a 4 link. At least in the rear, where most of my hop is.
I have a cracked exhaust manifold. It started to rattle and make noise in Moab, so this needs to be delt with sooner than later.
I have ordered a Pasesetter header. After a whole lot of research and hearing opinions covering every possible repair, I am going the Pasesetter direction. The question is - ceramic coatings or not. Ceramic will cool the under hood a great deal.
I have also ordered a Currie Anti-rock anti sway bar. I have no anti-sway bar now, it was removed somewhere along the way. My Yj with it's leaf springs are not really suseptible to roll like a coil sprung Jeep is, but on road this will make a big improvement, and my heep is not a trailer queen, it is driven.
Currie does not make an Anti-rock for a Yj, but with minor mods to a nylon bushing and welding a couple tabs on the axle, a Tj will fit sweet. Ordered it from Northridge.
I will be dumping my Warn 7 inch fender flairs for a set of home made flairs copied from Poison Spyder's welded on flairs, at least in back(as soon as I get a set of corner guards, also on my new list). I hit my current flairs and tore one off in Moab.
No decisions on the front fenders yet.
Input?
There is nothing I can do about the wheel hop I have, as this is an intrensic part of having leaf springs. Coil overs are the only way to loose the wheel hop, and I don't see that happening(it might be easier to buy a Tj for this).
So I will go another direction...
I will investagate a 4 link. At least in the rear, where most of my hop is.
I have a cracked exhaust manifold. It started to rattle and make noise in Moab, so this needs to be delt with sooner than later.
I have ordered a Pasesetter header. After a whole lot of research and hearing opinions covering every possible repair, I am going the Pasesetter direction. The question is - ceramic coatings or not. Ceramic will cool the under hood a great deal.
I have also ordered a Currie Anti-rock anti sway bar. I have no anti-sway bar now, it was removed somewhere along the way. My Yj with it's leaf springs are not really suseptible to roll like a coil sprung Jeep is, but on road this will make a big improvement, and my heep is not a trailer queen, it is driven.
Currie does not make an Anti-rock for a Yj, but with minor mods to a nylon bushing and welding a couple tabs on the axle, a Tj will fit sweet. Ordered it from Northridge.
I will be dumping my Warn 7 inch fender flairs for a set of home made flairs copied from Poison Spyder's welded on flairs, at least in back(as soon as I get a set of corner guards, also on my new list). I hit my current flairs and tore one off in Moab.
No decisions on the front fenders yet.
Input?