Atlas92 Build Thread "99 WJ"

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Atlas92

Discussion Starter · Jun 29, 2010

I have been having a few people asking about my rig so I am going to start a build thread. I got my jeep in Feb of 2010 with about 140,000 miles. It has the 4.0L, np242, d30/35 and 3.73 gears.

The earliest pic I have of my jeep, stock suspension, 245s, 1.5" RC wheel spacers, and cladding painted black.

About a week into owning the jeep, I got a hole in one of my fuel lines up by the gas tank, so I decided to do a tank tuck while I had the tank out.

For about the next month after that, I started stocking up on lift parts. I think this cheepest way to get 6" of lift. I think I am right at $1000 in parts at this point in time.

RCX 4" lift
Rusty's 2"bb
IRO upper adj control arms
IRO fixed lower rear control arms
IRO HD Dual SS

I put the lift on buy myself (took 10 hours) so I didnt really care to take and pics in the process of putting it on. It measures 6.5" actual lift I dont have a t/c drop and I dont have any vibes.

The only good pic I have with stock wheel and tires.

I got at set of half used Baja ATZs from a friend of mine for free. 35x13.50R20. I got a set of 20x8.5 gunner 5s from discount tire. So for under $700 total I have a good set of 35s mounted and balanced.

I was having a lot of bump steer so I got rid of my little RC adj track bar. I would not recommend it to anybody. I bought an IRO adj track bar form Bama_WJ for a good price and it solved my problems.

I cleaned my headlights with the 3M kit that goes in the drill. It did wonders for my lights.

I then tinted my turn signals and side markers. I also added some tow hooks and trimed my bumper

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berndog67

· #241 · Dec 22, 2013

anyone know what happened to this awesome wj, looking at running the same humvee tires and amount of lift on mine, and curious how they fare on and off road

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Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #242 · Dec 22, 2013

I sold the wj in February. The tires were very hard and stiff. They wear great on the road, but with normal wheels you can't air them down much. With the way the beads are on 16.5" rims I would not run them without recentered H1 beadlocks. I think the newer Goodyear MTR or bfg surplus tires would be better than the Goodyear MTs that I ran.

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berndog67

· #243 · Dec 23, 2013

Atlas92 said:
I sold the wj in February. The tires were very hard and stiff. They wear great on the road, but with normal wheels you can't air them down much. With the way the beads are on 16.5" rims I would not run them without recentered H1 beadlocks. I think the newer Goodyear MTR or bfg surplus tires would be better than the Goodyear MTs that I ran.

thats unfortunate, it always sucks reading awesome build threads with endings like that, but i guess everything has to come to an end as they say

yeah im looking at trading some spare parts with someone who has the newer grooved goodyear MTRs from trail worthy fab, there supposed to be twice as flexible off road with the new grooves, but still wear like steel on road, course there rims i want are gonna be like 2g's! any idea what u air'd down to to wheel? cuz in the jeep club im in theres a 2 door jk on these and he airs down to 7-8 psi, seems way low, but he doesnt have the grooved ones, just the humvee take offs, he does have the trail worthy fab wheels and hasnt had a single problem though!

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Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #244 · Dec 24, 2013

I ran them on the road around 50psi. I tried running them at 25psi on the road and lost a bead going fast around a hard curve. After that I didnt trust them and left them aired up to wheel with.

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berndog67

· #245 · Dec 24, 2013

Atlas92 said:
I ran them on the road around 50psi. I tried running them at 25psi on the road and lost a bead going fast around a hard curve. After that I didnt trust them and left them aired up to wheel with.

dam i guess thats why everyone swears by the double beadlocks, 50 seems high though, even though they are a very stiff tire

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thatoneguyaz

· #246 · Nov 16, 2014

Damn just wandered onto your build thread from looking at a 4 inch and 33s build. Your WJ and the progress you made with it was awesome! Sorry to hear you sold it. Any advice you can give me on fitting 33s with an IRO LA 4 inch kit?

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