'04 Renegade, rockfather II, ARB bumper, 265/75 MT MTZs.

cuatroXcuatro · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:54 am

Threw it all in in one shot. Had to use my imagination compressing the spring enough to get the nut on the shock, and while installing the bumper.
I'ts my wife's vehicle, can't wait to take it out, mine is the yellow 4runner in the background. Haven't finished hooking up her winch yet.

Neatus · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:32 am

Wow, man that came out great! I dig it! I like your spring compressor as well.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:37 am

Awesome! Yeah the spring compressor is interesting. I'd hate to see that thing fly off the spring. Might leave a mark. :lol:

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:44 am

Ummm.....Yeah..... :shock:

Anyone reading this.... PLEASE DO NOT try this at home!

Jeep & Toy are looking good though!

elephantrider · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:01 am

another arb crowned kj !!

looks super sweet, cuatro !

love the look of the arb. did you have to do any trimming to get those tires on withour rubbing?

Neatus · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:25 pm

JJsKJ wrote:

Ummm.....Yeah..... :shock:

Anyone reading this.... PLEASE DO NOT try this at home!

Jeep & Toy are looking good though!

Yeah I shot a spring for the strut assembly on my 240z through the wall of my garage once and I was using a real spring compressor. Dangerous stuff.

cuatroXcuatro · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:35 pm

JJsKJ wrote:

Ummm.....Yeah..... :shock:

Anyone reading this.... PLEASE DO NOT try this at home!

:shock:

Jeep & Toy are looking good though!

It's hard to see the spring compressor because of the lighting. Since I was working alone I had to find a way to compress the uncompressed portion of the spring 1/8 inch so I could get the nut started. Not much pressure was needed. Could have been done by hand if I had 4 arms.

Same situation as these guys in this thread, they did it by hand, and they have the same compressor. http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/vie ... hp?t=19163[/img]

Neatus · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 12:46 pm

Ahhhh, guess I should open my eyes. :shock:

Anyway, both of your rigs look awesome.

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:19 pm

great looking KJ!.. those tires look perfect

06altacrd · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:32 pm

Hey cuatro, was waiting to see the pics of this on 4wheeler, looks darn good. I'm gpbronco on there.

EOD-KJ · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:53 pm

looks great.....

grandfather II,.....did you mean rockfather?

which kit is the grandfather

cuatroXcuatro · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:54 pm

EOD-KJ wrote:

looks great.....

grandfather II,.....did you mean rockfather?

which kit is the grandfather

Thanks for pointing that out, have edited the subject body.

Lots of trimming to fit the tires, the area of the pinch weld is completely flush and sealed with 3M seam sealer.

Thanks for the comments on my rig(s).
I rolled the 4runner over a year ago and have just finished a complete body swap. Was a lot of work.

EOD-KJ · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:57 pm

i hope you love your lift!!!!

i have the same one and couldnt be happier....although i also have added in the AllJ A-arms....i dont know if you will get contact or not on the UBJ....i never had my lift without the arms

cuatroXcuatro · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:00 pm

EOD-KJ wrote:

i hope you love your lift!!!!

i have the same one and couldnt be happier....although i also have added in the AllJ A-arms....i dont know if you will get contact or not on the UBJ....i never had my lift without the arms

I'm still new to the Liberty mod world, will have to look into the A-arm issue. I had the lift and bumper and all for almost a year sitting in my garage, the 4runner build took up most of my time. We took the frame from the body donor 4runner, did a SAS to it, put an 83 Toyota pickup on it, dualtcases etc., was a lot of fun. Started from scratch, sand blasted both the frames and went from there.

I'd SAS the Liberty but I don't think I can push my wife that far! :lol:

cuatroXcuatro · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:10 pm

06altacrd wrote:

Hey cuatro, was waiting to see the pics of this on 4wheeler, looks darn good. I'm gpbronco on there.

I put up a link to the build on the na4wda site but not 4wheeler.ca yet.
Wasn't looking forward to all the "nice grocery getter" comments from the peanut gallery so I haven't bothered yet.

06altacrd · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:15 pm

LOL, yeah, I was kinda thinkin the peanut gallery might get outta hand.
You'll need to throw some action photos up there, show what the little guy can do. I think they tend to be a little underrated.

spencevans · **Posted:** Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:23 am

I like what you've done to the Jeep. Those are some pretty cool picks of the build up.

'04 Renegade, rockfather II, ARB bumper, 265/75 MT MTZs.

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