Justin's TJ
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finally pulled the trigger on some Savvy tail lights. I've drooled over the Savvy tail lights for years and now finally talked myself into getting them.
Those are Savvy. They are discontinued. MrBlaine now sells lights that are similar, with the same if not better quality.
The Setrab works great for those of us who need more cooling for a hotter running 42RLE. If you haven’t asked him yet, I’d ask Blaine about this because you may not need (or want) a Setrab for cooling a 32RH.
Yesterday’s efforts weren’t very fruitful regarding the transmission swap. Spent more time than I care to admit just looking for parts I had misplaced.
I decided to tackle the install of @sunnysideup_lj ‘s hood catch plate. Took me about 15 minutes which included looking for my leftover rivets from the inner fender install. Looks great and is a better overall improvement vs the previous cracked plastic one.
I decided to tackle the install of @sunnysideup_lj ‘s hood catch plate. Took me about 15 minutes which included looking for my leftover rivets from the inner fender install. Looks great and is a better overall improvement vs the previous cracked plastic one.
How much further were you able to stretch the front axle when you installed the Curries?
Looks like you ended up with new upper coil/shock mounts this time around along with Jk lower mounts centered on the axle? And obviously a new frame side track bar mount.
Genright twisted pitman worked as intended and no need to move the steering box?
What did your total wheelbase end up being?
Looks great, I love the rear corner cut you did versus the “normal” round cut most do, works well with the genright front fender angles.
Looks like you ended up with new upper coil/shock mounts this time around along with Jk lower mounts centered on the axle? And obviously a new frame side track bar mount.
Genright twisted pitman worked as intended and no need to move the steering box?
What did your total wheelbase end up being?
Looks great, I love the rear corner cut you did versus the “normal” round cut most do, works well with the genright front fender angles.
I've got somewhere between 4.5" and 5" stretch in the front. I do have aftermarket frame brackets, but they are in the stock location. I modified some Artec Fabricator coil mounts, to position the center of the coil about 2.5" behind the centerline of the axle. The stretch isn't exclusive to the Currie 60's, I am wrapping up a front stretch more or less identical to mine with a Tera 44.
You are right on the frame side track bar mount. I modified a Barnes 4WD track bar bracket and pushed is as far forward as I could without contact the GR Twisted Pitman arm. The steering box remains in the factory location. My wheelbase is 105".
Thank you regarding the wheel well cutouts. I like how they turned out and are a bit different / uncommon.
Thanks for the answers! Any chance you could post some pics of the front end from a few different angles. Seems like the simplest way I’ve seen yet to get that much stretch. Actually surprised it all fits without moving the steering box!
Here are a number from the original build. If you have any specific questions, let me know.
Right on, thanks for the pics, was just wanting to see how all the parts lined up/came together. Was mostly curious on the stock steering box, the pitman arm and the track bar.
My daughter is graduating high school in 2 weeks and heading off to college, she’s leaving her TJ Rubi at home for the first year and I’ve been debating doing a stretch on it while it’s sitting in the garage not being driven. Would like to do 5-6” in the rear and 2-3” in the front and end up on 37’s or 38’s. The way you did the front seems pretty straight forward. We’ve got a JLU Rubi on 37’s that’s wheeled all over Colorado, Moab, Sand Hollow, the Rubicon, etc and have had zero issues with the axles, thinking of swapping them into the kids TJ with some chromo shafts/trusses/gears/etc and putting some 1 tons under the JLU, 2 birds with 1 stone kinda thing!
Currently it’s got a 3.5” short arm, armor all the way around, 5.13’s, 35’s, etc on a stock wheelbase and does really well but would love the extra stability for the climbs!
My daughter is graduating high school in 2 weeks and heading off to college, she’s leaving her TJ Rubi at home for the first year and I’ve been debating doing a stretch on it while it’s sitting in the garage not being driven. Would like to do 5-6” in the rear and 2-3” in the front and end up on 37’s or 38’s. The way you did the front seems pretty straight forward. We’ve got a JLU Rubi on 37’s that’s wheeled all over Colorado, Moab, Sand Hollow, the Rubicon, etc and have had zero issues with the axles, thinking of swapping them into the kids TJ with some chromo shafts/trusses/gears/etc and putting some 1 tons under the JLU, 2 birds with 1 stone kinda thing!
Currently it’s got a 3.5” short arm, armor all the way around, 5.13’s, 35’s, etc on a stock wheelbase and does really well but would love the extra stability for the climbs!
02GreenTJ
TJ Enthusiast
I have a few questions regarding your setup. What axle side TB mount is that? I may have missed it but what is the width on your axles? Did you bend the TB and were you able to get the drag link and TB parallel and roughly same length with this setup? Looks really good and similar to what I plan on doing.
@RkyMtnTJ, here are a few more pics specifically of those parts you mentioned.
The axle side TB mount is Dave's Offroad Supply. The axles are JK spec Currie HD60's. JK width, outer knuckles, etc. I did not bend the TB, it is straight. The bars are very close to parallel as well as near the same length. I do not notice any significant adverse steering characteristics.
The axle side TB mount is Dave's Offroad Supply. The axles are JK spec Currie HD60's. JK width, outer knuckles, etc. I did not bend the TB, it is straight. The bars are very close to parallel as well as near the same length. I do not notice any significant adverse steering characteristics.
02GreenTJ
TJ Enthusiast
Just returned from a trip to Sand Hollow. You might see another forum member's rig in some of the pics. The trip was great, we had 8 rigs at one point come along and for the first time in a long time TJ's and LJ's outnumbered the newer rigs.
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We're talking about doing Sand Hollow next year instead of Moab... Looks like a blast...
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