Big yellow is home!!

Yule16MET · 05-23-2006, 03:37 PM

She's finnaly home! I loved all the looks I got going down the freeway! lots of jeeps gave the thumbs up.

My YJ with 35's

This is what Im thinking for her future, 350, 3/4 ton steering box(half mounted) J cut rear fenders extend the rear axle back(any suggestions on how and how much?) No front fenders and hopefully, a PTO powered winch

**BLS33** · 05-23-2006, 03:44 PM

what engine you plan on tossing in there?

Yule16MET · 05-23-2006, 03:51 PM

Ive got a mild 350 for now but Im going to have one of my "coworkers"(

) to help my with a motor

**jeepskate** · 05-23-2006, 04:37 PM

Wow...it's got lift blocks too...

Yule16MET · 05-23-2006, 04:49 PM

Ya, I noticed that when I picked it up. Only in the back

**BESRK** · 05-23-2006, 04:53 PM

Congrats on picking up your new ride... I know you're excited! For the rear axle move, you basically have the expensive way and the budget way. Expensive way is to link the rear suspension and do either coils, coilovers or 1/4 elliptical springs. Although expensive, it allows you more control and adjustability. The budget way is to use some offset leaf springs like Waggie leafs or XJ leafs. I'm sure there are others out there with offset center pins too.. you'd just have to scrounge the yards. That would gain you a few inches depending on whether you extend the rear frame or not. One big advantage to doing a link suspension over the leaf setup is that you can move the axle back far enough to just have rubber (tires) sticking out. I don't worry about rolling off ledges or climbing ledges because I have only rubber at both ends.. it's awesome. Now... get to work and make sure to post pics along the way. As much attention and controversy as this rig has stirred up on the Forum, we must follow along

Edit:... is that a front D60?

Yule16MET · 05-23-2006, 05:14 PM

no, its a 44(I think?)

and I was thinking of using the same springs and just moving the mounts. I was thinking about 8-10 in back. Just extending the frame and creating a new front perch

MeCasa · 05-23-2006, 06:12 PM

That truck is too big to mod off the six pack method, you need to get an old refridge and drill the keg tap through the side

I think it will be cheaper in the long run

Brandon11130 · 05-23-2006, 06:22 PM

i hope you arent going to comp cut it, please get a glass body, people pay top dollar for steel tubs in that condition

**BESRK** · 05-23-2006, 06:47 PM

Does the tub have any rust?... it does look like it's in pretty good shape.

Yule16MET · 05-23-2006, 09:33 PM

First, whats my front axle?(44 right?) And the body isnt all that great. Its banged up on the quarter pannels and the floor is full of fiberglass. the rear is a rivited piece of sheet metal.

the floor and the rear fender wells are already rinolined
I only paid 1500 for the jeep(and a little extra for the tranny and NP205 w/PTO)

**BESRK** · 05-24-2006, 06:10 AM

Yeah.. looks like a Chevy D44 front axle. What's that in the rear?.. a 14 bolt? If so, they both probably came out of the same truck... GM 3/4 ton.

Yule16MET · 05-24-2006, 09:47 AM

ya, thats what I was told but I was hoping I got the d60

05-23-2006, 03:51 PM	#3
Yule16MET Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: black river falls, WI Posts: 762 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Ive got a mild 350 for now but Im going to have one of my "coworkers"() to help my with a motor __________________ I dream of the jeep, drive the chevy and roush pays for it all 1990 YJ lerado,Soa,2.5R.E.springs,8.8,4.88'sPSC trail cage&rocker nockers w/sliderbars,home made bumpers, 35"boggers,sye, tomwoodsds, revolvers, red & yellow optima, bushwackers,corbeua ss seats,mc2100,juicebox, 3core rad., b&mshifter and highlift,5point harnesses,wheel spacers,9000lb mile marker,ssdash kit,no sway bar, no trackbar, walmart lights,clinometer, XJ passenger shaft, axle tube seals, M.O.R.E track bar And a Monster Yellow CJ5 40x17's 12"lift full cage Blackjeepclub #16 Armyjeepclub #16-#1 yellowjeepclub #BIG16

05-23-2006, 04:49 PM	#5
Yule16MET Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: black river falls, WI Posts: 762 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Ya, I noticed that when I picked it up. Only in the back __________________ I dream of the jeep, drive the chevy and roush pays for it all 1990 YJ lerado,Soa,2.5R.E.springs,8.8,4.88'sPSC trail cage&rocker nockers w/sliderbars,home made bumpers, 35"boggers,sye, tomwoodsds, revolvers, red & yellow optima, bushwackers,corbeua ss seats,mc2100,juicebox, 3core rad., b&mshifter and highlift,5point harnesses,wheel spacers,9000lb mile marker,ssdash kit,no sway bar, no trackbar, walmart lights,clinometer, XJ passenger shaft, axle tube seals, M.O.R.E track bar And a Monster Yellow CJ5 40x17's 12"lift full cage Blackjeepclub #16 Armyjeepclub #16-#1 yellowjeepclub #BIG16

05-23-2006, 05:14 PM	#7
Yule16MET Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: black river falls, WI Posts: 762 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	no, its a 44(I think?) and I was thinking of using the same springs and just moving the mounts. I was thinking about 8-10 in back. Just extending the frame and creating a new front perch __________________ I dream of the jeep, drive the chevy and roush pays for it all 1990 YJ lerado,Soa,2.5R.E.springs,8.8,4.88'sPSC trail cage&rocker nockers w/sliderbars,home made bumpers, 35"boggers,sye, tomwoodsds, revolvers, red & yellow optima, bushwackers,corbeua ss seats,mc2100,juicebox, 3core rad., b&mshifter and highlift,5point harnesses,wheel spacers,9000lb mile marker,ssdash kit,no sway bar, no trackbar, walmart lights,clinometer, XJ passenger shaft, axle tube seals, M.O.R.E track bar And a Monster Yellow CJ5 40x17's 12"lift full cage Blackjeepclub #16 Armyjeepclub #16-#1 yellowjeepclub #BIG16 Last edited by Yule16MET; 05-23-2006 at 05:25 PM..

05-23-2006, 06:12 PM	#8
MeCasa Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas/New York CJ Posts: 716 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	That truck is too big to mod off the six pack method, you need to get an old refridge and drill the keg tap through the side I think it will be cheaper in the long run __________________ Sex is dirty only if it's done right .... Live and Let Live .... Rules are Boring and I Don't Like Them ................................................ MeCasaEsSuCasa .................................

05-23-2006, 06:22 PM	#9
Brandon11130 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: PA Posts: 1,286 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	i hope you arent going to comp cut it, please get a glass body, people pay top dollar for steel tubs in that condition __________________ [B][COLOR="Wheat"]1959 JEEP CJ5 [/COLOR][/B] [SIZE="1"] We do not ask for your poor or your hungry. We do not want your tired and sick. It is your corrupt we claim. It is your evil that will be saught by us. With every breath we shall hunt them down. Each day we will spill their blood ‘til it rains down from the skies.[/SIZE]

05-23-2006, 09:33 PM	#11
Yule16MET Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: black river falls, WI Posts: 762 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	First, whats my front axle?(44 right?) And the body isnt all that great. Its banged up on the quarter pannels and the floor is full of fiberglass. the rear is a rivited piece of sheet metal. the floor and the rear fender wells are already rinolined I only paid 1500 for the jeep(and a little extra for the tranny and NP205 w/PTO) __________________ I dream of the jeep, drive the chevy and roush pays for it all 1990 YJ lerado,Soa,2.5R.E.springs,8.8,4.88'sPSC trail cage&rocker nockers w/sliderbars,home made bumpers, 35"boggers,sye, tomwoodsds, revolvers, red & yellow optima, bushwackers,corbeua ss seats,mc2100,juicebox, 3core rad., b&mshifter and highlift,5point harnesses,wheel spacers,9000lb mile marker,ssdash kit,no sway bar, no trackbar, walmart lights,clinometer, XJ passenger shaft, axle tube seals, M.O.R.E track bar And a Monster Yellow CJ5 40x17's 12"lift full cage Blackjeepclub #16 Armyjeepclub #16-#1 yellowjeepclub #BIG16

05-24-2006, 09:47 AM	#13
Yule16MET Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: black river falls, WI Posts: 762 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	ya, thats what I was told but I was hoping I got the d60 __________________ I dream of the jeep, drive the chevy and roush pays for it all 1990 YJ lerado,Soa,2.5R.E.springs,8.8,4.88'sPSC trail cage&rocker nockers w/sliderbars,home made bumpers, 35"boggers,sye, tomwoodsds, revolvers, red & yellow optima, bushwackers,corbeua ss seats,mc2100,juicebox, 3core rad., b&mshifter and highlift,5point harnesses,wheel spacers,9000lb mile marker,ssdash kit,no sway bar, no trackbar, walmart lights,clinometer, XJ passenger shaft, axle tube seals, M.O.R.E track bar And a Monster Yellow CJ5 40x17's 12"lift full cage Blackjeepclub #16 Armyjeepclub #16-#1 yellowjeepclub #BIG16