Test fitting the Artec truss and brackets...
From everything I've seen, plus commonsense, and confirmed by Artec, it seems the best way to do this is to center the Apex truss over the center chunk for best fit, tack in place on all corners, then burn in deep. At that point, it seems that it's best to set the pinion angle, which appears to be ~6-7° for nearly every JKU running tons with 3.5-4.5" of lift...
Once pinion angle is set, you level the spring perches, tack in place, then go nuts.
I've "paused" welding in the plates until I confirm a few things, particularly clearance between the upper link mount and the parking brake backing plates. This means I'm working on disassembling the hubs at the moment and while I'm here, I'm confirming what wheel studs work best. I've ordered two 10x boxes of a few popular Dorman options, though I think Dorman 610-194 will work best.
While I'm figuring out the wheel studs, I threw some high-heat paint on the insides of the brackets to save some time and get to some of the harder to reach places post-welding:
From everything I've seen, plus commonsense, and confirmed by Artec, it seems the best way to do this is to center the Apex truss over the center chunk for best fit, tack in place on all corners, then burn in deep. At that point, it seems that it's best to set the pinion angle, which appears to be ~6-7° for nearly every JKU running tons with 3.5-4.5" of lift...
Once pinion angle is set, you level the spring perches, tack in place, then go nuts.
I've "paused" welding in the plates until I confirm a few things, particularly clearance between the upper link mount and the parking brake backing plates. This means I'm working on disassembling the hubs at the moment and while I'm here, I'm confirming what wheel studs work best. I've ordered two 10x boxes of a few popular Dorman options, though I think Dorman 610-194 will work best.
While I'm figuring out the wheel studs, I threw some high-heat paint on the insides of the brackets to save some time and get to some of the harder to reach places post-welding:
