OHV_KJ Buget SAS Build! NEW TRAIL PICS PG 10

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:33 pm

For quite a while I wanted to make a trip down to the coast and play in the waves and visit you, the more pictures I see the more I want to comeplay in the waves and forget about you!!!! :shock:

Be too jealous to see yours :twisted:

maybe we could meet and you could leave that thing at home! :lol:

Tom

ohv_kj · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:09 pm

the only thing i had was a camera phone...so sorry about the quality, i describe what your looking at...
the first two pics is the rear and front of the rear axle...this is the truss that was made for the upper arms...

next is the rear arms that connect to the body 3/16th metal was used i think

now the new front arms

you can see how far the arms come to the center of the jeep now

this is a pic of where the RPMs sit before over drive and after...the speedo is off by 5ish...I'm doing 70ishMPH

Inc · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:11 pm

So are you doing all this extra work yourself or is it a shop? Are the long arms custom?

ohv_kj · **Posted:** Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:17 pm

this is a shop and yes the arms are custom

rangerd77 · **Joined:** Sat May 03, 2008 10:48 am **Posts:** 512

i kinow how to fix that air bag light. take your bezzel out and find the light and put electrical tape over it :shock:

Inc · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:10 am

ohv_kj wrote:

this is a shop and yes the arms are custom

What are those arms running you? I am debating going custom or going with the Nth ones. The Nth ones are as good as arms get but money money money though. :shock:

ohv_kj · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:04 pm

that air bag light is because my clock spring is still broken...haven't wanted to fix it yet... :lol:

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i'll have to check on the arms because i had som other work done at the same time...i'll check the receipt later and let you know

chefdab · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:12 pm

You should get the old control arm mounts cut off the back. Cutting off the old mounts was part of the instructions for the installation of my long arm on my LJ. When the new long arm swings up during compression, it will hit the old mount and stop you from getting maximum up travel.

chefdab · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:16 pm

Inc wrote:

ohv_kj wrote:

this is a shop and yes the arms are custom

What are those arms running you? I am debating going custom or going with the Nth ones. The Nth ones are as good as arms get but money money money though. :shock:

Currie also makes arms similar to the Nth arms. I think they are called J-spec or something. They are bent up in the middle to allow extra clearance.

Inc · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:20 pm

chefdab wrote:

Inc wrote:

ohv_kj wrote:

this is a shop and yes the arms are custom

What are those arms running you? I am debating going custom or going with the Nth ones. The Nth ones are as good as arms get but money money money though. :shock:

Currie also makes arms similar to the Nth arms. I think they are called J-spec or something. They are bent up in the middle to allow extra clearance.

I'll check those out as well. Thanks.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:32 pm

Inc wrote:

chefdab wrote:

Inc wrote:

ohv_kj wrote:

this is a shop and yes the arms are custom

What are those arms running you? I am debating going custom or going with the Nth ones. The Nth ones are as good as arms get but money money money though. :shock:

Currie also makes arms similar to the Nth arms. I think they are called J-spec or something. They are bent up in the middle to allow extra clearance.

I'll check those out as well. Thanks.

Bent arms just make it easier to bend at the bent part of the arms.

Inc · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:04 pm

After looking at Currie's arms the bent ones are the front lowers only and the rear uppers only. The uppers must be bent to fit around something or some other reason, but the lowers aren't bent for more ground clearencein the rear like I'd like. I think they are the JK arms as well, and not the TJ but I don't know if that makes a difference.

As far as bending the arms more easily, I've never heard or seen someone bending the Nth arms, doesn't mean it hasn't happened, but it doesn't seem to be an issue. The front arms are reinforced as well but the rears stand alone I believe.

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:56 pm

W/ as much time as straight arms spend hitting stuff, I bet they get bent/damaged way more than arms w/ more clearance. Even w/ 33's, I have only scraped mine a few times. I have had a couple guys w/ 35's on TJ's tell me how they wish they had the bent arms for better clearance. (they have RE's or similar and they are pretty beat up)

ohv_kj · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:39 pm

well at full flex my rear arms don't touch it...i will notch out the center just in case...the arms are made of 7/17 inch wall DOM...i don't think they would be bending...

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:49 pm

our rubicon has the RE long arms.. they are straight and we've beat them pretty well and so far they're solid as a rock. they new RE long arm's are bent instead of straight.. and i could see where they would help.. ours are pretty scratched up.

ohv- the new arm's look great! seems to be a very large improvement.. and you'll probably see a big difference on and off road. shorter arms create more of a "pogo" effect where long arms restore more of the factory angles for proper suspension... just a lot more of it :twisted:

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:01 pm

Has anyone used Claytons Long Arms, they look really good, well built and everyone who switched to them say they are the best, suppose to be a pretty good price as well. Lots of guys over on ROF have them

JeepBumm68 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:02 pm

yes clayton anything is really good. but alot of people for tjs are using either RE, Clayton, and RK, and some others.

Inc · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:23 pm

I have heard nothing but good things about clayton. I'd rather have Nth but Clayton seem as good as RE.

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:55 pm

i know two people with clayton long arm kits on their rubi TJ's and both had horrible death wobble and bump steer. our rubicon express when in pretty easy and drives like a caddy. just a warning

but they're arms look pretty strong. maybe it's just because they're square

ohv_kj · **Posted:** Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:03 am

really as long as they are adjustable...the arms should only matter in strength... never buy solid arms...you want to have that adjustability...i'm going to make a new thread for long arms so mine doesn't get clogged

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