for the xj owners
 

Picked up a new rig from a member on naxja.
98 xj 2 door w/90k full frame stiffners, Front and rear bumpers, winch, rockers cut out and replaced with box steel and tie to frame. Tnt belly pan and long arms.
D44 front chromeoly shafts, 4:88's, Detroit locker, otk one ton with hydro assist.
9in rear 35 spline Moser shafts, 4:88's, Detroit locker, shaved, and back braced.
Rebuilt trans
Rebuilt 231 case with hd chain and main shaft
real beadlocks with new 35in km2's

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Looks like a fun ride, throw up some wheeling pics when you go.

Will do, itching get it to Rausch creek lol

impressive rig, where are ya located?

I wanna say I have seen this before...awesome rig!

I'm from gloucester county...l just picked it up sunday from a guy in Staten Island

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spare looks enormous on the hatch... good looking rig

Nice man, looks well built. Do you have any further mods planned, or are you just gonna wheel it and fix as needed?

Rear flares?

- Justin

For now I'm going to wheel it as is to see how it works. The rear shackle angle is way off so I need to re-do that, and the p.o. never raised the track bar when he went to over the knuckle steering. I would like to Remove the flares, looks awkward with just fronts on it lol

Does it have adjustable shackle boxes? Or is that the fix you are planning?

- Justin

It does and they are welded on, but I wanted to redo the whole area because the welds look questionable. Wanted to plate the shackle boxes and weld in new relocation brackets. The shackle on there now is too short as well imo.

My buddies buddy makes awesome sliders boxes for those things. I have the universal ones waiting to go on my tubeframe.

https://liquidironindustries.com/XJ-...f-Sliders.html


I like that rig. Seems purpose built to still fit in the woods really well. Theres something about everyone with a non fullsize throwing fullsize axles under it that makes me :facepalm:

They were cut to cherokee width ;). I had those on my last xj, loved the ride and flex, hated that they gave me 3 in of lift and hung so low, they killed my departure angle and scraped, I knew someone who pinched His leafs in one coming off a rock and it stayed articulated. I may get the universal set and try to tuck them up higher, hell they rode so nice that I didn't even have rear shock absorbers.

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Yep. I cut my dana 44 front down to 63". I refused to have tires hanging out of the truck...

Found a friend...
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Fixed shackle angle
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That works much better than before
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Did some recovery
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I seen a lot of great reviews on those - been contemplating picking up a set somewhere down the line.

- Justin

They are a customer I deliver to. Was just there thursday.

Put em on my frame today :D


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