Atlas92 Build Thread "99 WJ"

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Atlas92

Discussion Starter · Jun 29, 2010

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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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zeekracing

· #21 · Jul 25, 2010

great build! those tires fit good on there.

Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #22 · Jul 26, 2010

zeekracing said:
great build! those tires fit good on there.

Thanks a lot

Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #23 · Jul 26, 2010

To get list:

4.88 gears
37" rocker radials or m-16s
15" steel wheels
44a
lockers
IRO front long arms
Smittybuilt XRC 10 HD Winch
front bumper
lightforce 240s
diff protection
tc skid

Hopefully I can get everything over the next year and a half, so Ill be ready for GSW 2012.

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Twistedrocker

· #24 · Jul 26, 2010

You may want to at least upgrade your axle shafts if you're going to run 37s with 30/44a, especially if you get lockers

Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #25 · Jul 26, 2010

Twistedrocker said:
You may want to at least upgrade your axle shafts if you're going to run 37s with 30/44a, especially if you get lockers

I was thinking about that, but when I looked into u-shafts, they were around $800. I can get 8 sets of stock shafts for that price. Even if I break one on the trail, I have the stuff to change it in less than half an hour. I dont really see me going through that many shafts. I see where the locker could make big problems with big tires and little shafts. You may know more about this than me, are there any other shafts out there stronger than stock but cheeper than u-joint shafts?

HaViiK

· #26 · Jul 26, 2010

What bumper you looking at?

Twistedrocker

· #27 · Jul 26, 2010

In my opinion it is better to beef it up and not worry about it, but if you want to build it on the cheap, that's your prerogative. Nothing kills a good trip quicker than having to swap axle shafts on trail...

Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #28 · Jul 26, 2010

HaViiK01WJ said:
What bumper you looking at?

Im an planning on making one

Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #29 · Jul 26, 2010

Twistedrocker said:
In my opinion it is better to beef it up and not worry about it, but if you want to build it on the cheap, that's your prerogative. Nothing kills a good trip quicker than having to swap axle shafts on trail...

I see what you mean. Ill try to work some in with everything else, but if I dont then its good that I dont have a heavy right foot.

jkstud

· #30 · Jul 26, 2010

If you ever let me drive it with 37's on it you better have dana 60's cause fits going to hit the shan man!!!!!!!!

JFox21

· #31 · Jul 26, 2010

Look at getting some IRO Almost Alloys at the very least.

Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #32 · Jul 26, 2010

JFox21 said:
Look at getting some IRO Almost Alloys at the very least.

The front shafts have cv's, not u-joints, so it wouldn't work

JFox21

· #33 · Jul 26, 2010

You could just get some stock u-joint shafts and do the almost alloys. Did they even make those for WJs?

Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #34 · Jul 26, 2010

No, the wj's never had stock u-joint shafts

Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #35 · Jul 26, 2010

jkstud said:
If you ever let me drive it with 37's on it you better have dana 60's cause fits going to hit the shan man!!!!!!!!

Thats why you wont be able to drive it with 37s, you can just drive your JK.

jkstud

· #36 · Jul 26, 2010

Atlas92 said:
Thats why you wont be able to drive it with 37s, you can just drive your JK.

Wyatt you know if I'm in the jk and you try to follow in the grand your going to break some stuff no matter how mean your axles are. And if i get the yoat out then you might as well ramp the grand off a cliff and safe your self the trouble of trying to follow me!!!!!!!!

(not that toyotas are better just that i really dont care about mine. JEEP all the way!!)

Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #37 · Jul 27, 2010

Heck, you are gonna get highcentered long before I will.

jkstud

· #38 · Jul 27, 2010

I'll ramp over it in the yota. And thats why I'm getting skids for the jk just pin it and slide!!!!!

Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #39 · Jul 28, 2010

I am rethinking the front locker, but an aussie in the rear for sure. SaturnICL ran the stock 30 up front for a little bit, so I think Ill be ok. Im just going to put in some IRO inner sleeves and call it good. Axle swaps would be nice, but being my only vehicle there is no room for downtime.

Atlas92

Discussion Starter · #40 · Aug 12, 2010

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I have a few weeks off of work and school doesn't start for a week, so I thought it would be a good time to do the front fender trim.

what I started with

I added another strip of tape below this one for the cut line.

trimmed, sanded and rolled

painted

both sides finished

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