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tommudd · **Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 11:07 pm

THERE'S ONLY ONE

HERMAN

John3:17 · **Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 11:11 pm

tommudd wrote:

KJs jacked up, front wheels off, airbox pulled, battery is out
now to see if I have enough energy tomorrow to swap out some parts :wink:

Ahh the never ending search for altitude

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 11:20 pm

John3:17 wrote:

tommudd wrote:

KJs jacked up, front wheels off, airbox pulled, battery is out
now to see if I have enough energy tomorrow to swap out some parts :wink:

Ahh the never ending search for altitude

Nope staying about the same height, just upgrading somewhat maybe,
if I go to 6 inches of lift three things will need to happen
One: Will have to lose the RL roof rack
Two: My 81 year old Mother will never be able to crawl up in any longer
Three: Steel front diff with 4.88s

But then I can always buy a "car" and leave it down there to take them places :roll:

John3:17 · **Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 11:49 pm

tommudd wrote:

John3:17 wrote:

tommudd wrote:

KJs jacked up, front wheels off, airbox pulled, battery is out
now to see if I have enough energy tomorrow to swap out some parts :wink:

Ahh the never ending search for altitude

Nope staying about the same height, just upgrading somewhat maybe,
if I go to 6 inches of lift three things will need to happen
One: Will have to lose the RL roof rack
Two: My 81 year old Mother will never be able to crawl up in any longer
Three: Steel front diff with 4.88s

But then I can always buy a "car" and leave it down there to take them places :roll:

1. ? Cant the garage be modified to give you more clearance?
2. Carry a step stool for mom (Ive done it)
3. Why do I have the feeling you have one of those already stashed somewhere :mrgreen:

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

Lookin good Chris!!
Man Tom I can see the smiles of memories behind the pic :SOMBRERO:

I also am goin to have to get out to your place sometime this weekend. If your around.
I was intending on power washing and painting this weekend but I have the chuck it attitude going on. Gotta take some time for myself and enjoy life a tad bit. Not only that, momma is wanting me to take a break and take it easy for once :shock:

I am sorta thinkin of strapping the tent to the bike, grabbin a couple "must have items", filling the tank, strappin the spare tank to the rack and getting 'lost". Of course all this after I take care of my moms place Saturday morning :juggle:

And by the way John, yes the garage can be MUDDified :twisted:

Ohhhhhhh and Tahoe, the tractor is lookin SWEEEEEEEEEEEET!

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 1:18 am

Yes we've had to "raise the roof " on a couple of garage's before
But.....it would be nice to raise it about 6-7 foot , hoist,........... :shock:

Oh wait no I promised myself wasn't going to do that

John3:17 · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 1:26 am

Im guessin it would only take an afternoon if ya could harness two or three Buggins. He makes me tired just reading what hes done.

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 1:28 am

John3:17 wrote:

Im guessin it would only take an afternoon if ya could harness two or three Buggins. He makes me tired just reading what hes done.

You should be around him for a few hours :ROTFL:

If I had 2 or 3 of him around for a day
with enough $$ to buy everything to keep all 3 going
heck we'd have a two story garage with a 30X40 addition off to the side

1996xj · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 7:17 am

(Dang!!! What color!??? )

Billet Silver, Hard Top, Auto, 4.10's,

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

tommudd wrote:

John3:17 wrote:

Im guessin it would only take an afternoon if ya could harness two or three Buggins. He makes me tired just reading what hes done.

You should be around him for a few hours :ROTFL:

If I had 2 or 3 of him around for a day
with enough $$ to buy everything to keep all 3 going
heck we'd have a two story garage with a 30X40 addition off to the side

So do we get started and finished this weekend?!?!?!?!

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 11:56 am

Heck its a long weekend
We can get it all done and still have a big ole BBQ on Monday with plenty of ribs on the grill :wink:

But then reality kicks in,..... and I'll be doing this over the weekend

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 12:16 pm

Oh a few months ago I installed red springs on the rear of the KJ

Well didn't look right so had to either paint them or do something else
so,..................This will look better , now where is Chris and all of his red paint!! :ROTFL:

CoopaTroopa · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 12:20 pm

So I'm guessing you like the 4" rears? Do they hold up weight any better or worse than ome and some isos? Thinking that when I rear bumper comes into the picture i'll switch over to 790s in the front and jba springs in the back.

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 12:32 pm

CoopaTroopa wrote:

So I'm guessing you like the 4" rears? Do they hold up weight any better or worse than ome and some isos? Thinking that when I rear bumper comes into the picture i'll switch over to 790s in the front and jba springs in the back.

Well the 4 inch put me in the same place almost after they setteled in as I was with OMEs and the extra custom upper iso's I had in there.
Ride is good, but then I also have the SensaTrac coilover shocks as well back there so I'm sure that changes things as well somewhat.
Next is to get some Bilstein 5100s and see how it rides that way. But overall yes I'm happy with the ride in the rear.
Now to see how these ride up front. I'm sure it will be a huge improvement and then I'll have my old setup for sale possibly. :JEEPIN:

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 12:33 pm

Now where did John go? Could of sworn I saw a post from him??? :shock:

John3:17 · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 12:46 pm

Took a pizza break, started to bust on ya some about being a poster child for jeepin by al. Decided it sounded a litttle jealous (it was) so i erased it. :ROTFL:

, cant wait to hear the reports on these

Also, im gettin my lift order together and I was looking at the parts in the econo lift. Is there any advantage given by using the ironman springs on the front vs. ome with the same plate and clevis spacer or is it simply because they are less expensive. Im concerned about how close the coils are together on the Ironmans.

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 1:04 pm

John3:17 wrote:

Took a pizza break, started to bust on ya some about being a poster child for jeepin by al. Decided it sounded a litttle jealous (it was) so i erased it. :ROTFL:

, cant wait to hear the reports on these

Also, im gettin my lift order together and I was looking at the parts in the econo lift. Is there any advantage given by using the ironman springs on the front vs. ome with the same plate and clevis spacer or is it simply because they are less expensive. Im concerned about how close the coils are together on the Ironmans.

See I knew you had posted something like that and then it disappeared :ROTFL:

Ironman are cheaper in price of course
Marlin and I were just trying to put together a "complete" lift so folks wouldn't have to keep asking for separate parts and what all they needed. The Econo kit is the best parts for the lowest amount of money. Not saying its cheap or cheap parts if you know what I mean. So yes OMEs are a little more costly but work great. Ride wise they are both almost the same I think from when I ran them on mine. 501 who is running the Ironman now that I had says he thinks they are a little firmer. :?:

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 1:09 pm

I smell a new Jeep!

Oh wait it's just the smell stuck in my nose from work. :lol:

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 1:40 pm

I always wondered if you'd get tired of the "new car smell" if you were building them day in/day out

Marlon_JBT · **Posted:** Thu May 23, 2013 1:57 pm

tommudd wrote:

I always wondered if you'd get tired of the "new car smell" if you were building them day in/day out

You do get sick of it after a while.

The Dart is the absolute worst. It just won't go away. It's the reason why I have been driving the Jeep so much lately.

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