Inc wrote:
I meant the 2 pieces in the 3rd pic down, those two pieces will be bolted together and not welded?
The crush sleeves don't really need t be welded to work, but I think welding is just extra insurance that I would do if it was my jeep is all.
Yes, completely bolted, even where the two pieces meet. The way all of the bolts are setup, welding isn't going to be necessary, but as Troy and I have talked, if you have the means to weld, then there is nothing saying you can't weld any of it if you want. The kit is designed so if you can't weld, you won't need to, and it is a less permanent setup, so if for any reason you need to replace anything, you only have to remove certain pieces without hacking up the jeep to cut any welds off. If you change trannies or motors for example, replace just the crossmember or the engine mounts, leave the rest alone. Or, if someone decided they wanted a four link like yours instead of the five link, they leave off the rear trackbar mount and get different inner plates for the upper control arm mounting. If someone goes with stock width axles, they will need a different unibody trackbar mount. Going to be a pretty universal bolt on kit. The other thing I have been designing into this thing is my unibody stiffener/belly pan setup for IFS KJ's, so all of the holes and mounting to the unibody will be exactly the same, so if someone wants to swap to SFA later, they just bolt up the different pieces. My IFS "Tortoise" skid setup will be much higher clearance than this, but will be very similar with replacement crossmember, belly pan and stiffeners, just without the mounts for control arms. Kind of hard to explain it until it is done, but it gives the basic idea what I am designing off of.
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