jamison
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Post by jamison on Apr 4, 2013 21:37:48 GMT -6
I'm going to try to get the rear quarters cut and folded on my XJ
this weekend. Here is a link to the job. If anyone wants to come over
and watch, help, fold yours or just heckle and laugh. i plan to start
around 1 pm at my house.
www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/cut-fold-rear-lower-quarter-panels-right-way-1007865/
Secondly,
after the spring run, I will be swapping out my NP242J TC for a 231J
with a SYE and wide chain kit. This will entail a new driveshaft for the
rear, either a Woody or one from the front of an XJ.
Thirdly,
i will be selling my Rusty's Upper and RC lower Control Arms, Rusty's
Crossmsmber with built in 1" TC drop and Rustys TC skid, as well as my
RC 2.0 shocks and RC HD Tie Rod Set up. I'm going to start over on the front lift, keeping my 4.5" springs, but everything else in the front goes. Replacing the front stuff with the 3link Long Arm kit from Froehlich Suspension Tech and the HD steering with Heims... Here's a link for FST... froehlichsuspension.3dcartstores.com/3-Link-Upgrade-Cherokee-XJ_p_8.html
Shocks are yet to be determined, leaning toward Bilsteins or back to the RC 2.0
Thoughts???
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Post by Somebody on Apr 4, 2013 21:41:07 GMT -6
If your torn between the RC's and the Bilsteins... Go Bilsteins every time!! trust me! Would love to come by and heckle.. but I'll be at SL this wknd making new problems for others to learn from..  |
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jamison
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Post by jamison on Apr 4, 2013 22:15:51 GMT -6
If your torn between the RC's and the Bilsteins... Go Bilsteins every time!! trust me! Would love to come by and heckle.. but I'll be at SL this wknd making new problems for others to learn from.. Not torn--I would go ahead and cut the floo, tube it up and do outboard coilovers if the money wasn't an issue....HOWEVER..Even the regular Bilsteins are about 3-4 times the price of the RC2.0, its definitely the cost factor. I'v had good luck with they RC 2.0 so far-- and they are $32 each...I'm going to raise the mounts on the rear when I do the swap and probably raise the fronts up thru the fender.... I will have to do something, to quote David Bowie--that 3 link is gonna "flex like a whore"....Gotta have longer shocks! |
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Post by Somebody on Apr 4, 2013 22:18:30 GMT -6
If your torn between the RC's and the Bilsteins... Go Bilsteins every time!! trust me! Would love to come by and heckle.. but I'll be at SL this wknd making new problems for others to learn from.. Not torn--I would go head and cut the floor and do outboard coilovers if the money wasn't an issue....HOWEVER.. The Bilsteins are about 3-4 times the price of the RC2.0, its definitely the cost factor. I'v had good luck with they RC 2.0 so far-- and they are $32 each... I will have to do something, to quote David Bowie--that 3 link is gonna "flex like a whore"....Gotta have longer shocks! But you also have to realize the reliability factor.. Not dogging on RC but I have time and time again seen people replace them.. I had a pair to start with also and they were horrible.. I've had the Bilstein fronts for years and they still work like a champ thru all the abuse I have put them through... I had a aset of rears and the only thing that killed them was bouncing up Hotlz Hill with 2 men in the backseat.. split the rod in half. testimony! Sometimes it's true when they say you pay for what you get.. |
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jamison
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Post by jamison on Apr 4, 2013 22:22:07 GMT -6
Touche'-- You are correct there...Just hope I can afford to pay for the good stuff.
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Post by Weezul on Apr 6, 2013 8:20:22 GMT -6
OME has great shocks too. I've got them on the Jeep and they are nice. Haven't been able to compare them to Bilstein but definitely better than RC that I had on there previously.
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