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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK Build Threads & Member's Rides
Frame Off Crawler (Everything Comes Off)
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<blockquote data-quote="Whitesandstitan" data-source="post: 430887" data-attributes="member: 20137"><p>I figured I would answer the questions with a little background.</p><p></p><p>I fell in love with Jeeps and rock crawling in 2011 after I had bought my first Jeep it was an '02 TJ. I had dumped 30k of deployment money in to it. All nice bolt on stuff, it was an extremely capable Jeep.</p><p></p><p>Now I had the bug. After I had gotten out of the Army I went to a UAW welding school in Detroit. I wanted to be able to build rock bouncers and open a shop or something.</p><p></p><p>Years passed and I couldn't afford to do any of it. See, I had made the mistake of letting my TJ go. One to many arguments with my wife (late nights rock crawling and helping people out of the desert). Bad decision on my part.</p><p></p><p>I finally got it so I could build something. But I need to have more seats a buggy is fun but having friends and family is what its all about for me. I still wheel alone when I have to.</p><p></p><p>JK it was. This is my first JK. I went with the 2 door because it has the 4 seats I need and because what ever I built I plan on having the rubber stick out far past the bumpers for better rock crawling and less damage scraping rocks.</p><p></p><p>The price was great on this Jeep because the frame being so rusty. However it is actually not that bad. Once sandblasted I can cut out what I want and weld in new.</p><p></p><p>The front center line is being moved about 15" forward. The rear is going back about 20"</p><p></p><p>I will also be building it so that the belly skid plate is flat across the bottom.</p><p></p><p>I do plan to use electric fans as well since I will be moving the motor forward a few inches or so.</p><p></p><p>Whatever I do I will absolutely end up with dual triangulated links. There is no way in hell that I am doing all this work to end up with any pan hard bar/track bar setup.</p><p></p><p>So please, any questions, critiques, or ideas. Throw them at me.</p><p></p><p>Thanks ✌</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitesandstitan, post: 430887, member: 20137"] I figured I would answer the questions with a little background. I fell in love with Jeeps and rock crawling in 2011 after I had bought my first Jeep it was an '02 TJ. I had dumped 30k of deployment money in to it. All nice bolt on stuff, it was an extremely capable Jeep. Now I had the bug. After I had gotten out of the Army I went to a UAW welding school in Detroit. I wanted to be able to build rock bouncers and open a shop or something. Years passed and I couldn't afford to do any of it. See, I had made the mistake of letting my TJ go. One to many arguments with my wife (late nights rock crawling and helping people out of the desert). Bad decision on my part. I finally got it so I could build something. But I need to have more seats a buggy is fun but having friends and family is what its all about for me. I still wheel alone when I have to. JK it was. This is my first JK. I went with the 2 door because it has the 4 seats I need and because what ever I built I plan on having the rubber stick out far past the bumpers for better rock crawling and less damage scraping rocks. The price was great on this Jeep because the frame being so rusty. However it is actually not that bad. Once sandblasted I can cut out what I want and weld in new. The front center line is being moved about 15" forward. The rear is going back about 20" I will also be building it so that the belly skid plate is flat across the bottom. I do plan to use electric fans as well since I will be moving the motor forward a few inches or so. Whatever I do I will absolutely end up with dual triangulated links. There is no way in hell that I am doing all this work to end up with any pan hard bar/track bar setup. So please, any questions, critiques, or ideas. Throw them at me. Thanks ✌ [/QUOTE]
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