New bling...

Just a small update. Some of the parts I ordered came in. I got my Gen-Right 3-link brackets. They got here super fast and the quality of the brackets is awesome. Mad props to Gen Right for their insanely fast service and hight quality.

I'm still waiting on my Ballistic Fab backets and joints, but I just ordered them the other day. I cant wait to get them as well. I've always been impressed with Ballistic's service and quality. I need to get a hold of TnT Custsoms to find out about their front stretch kit. I will more than likely be ording that as well provided it does what I want.

Update...

I've got a bit of an update. I've ordered the majority of my front suspension parts. I have Ballistic spring pad/shock mount/LCA combo brackets ordered, Ballistic link tower, 3 Ballistic weld in flex joints, 3 regular Ballistic Flex joints, jamb nuts, and Gen-Right 3 link frame brackets ordered. I'm up in the air as far as link material. So I need to figure that out before I order tubing adapters. I have awhile until the Jeep will even go down to be worked on, so its not a big deal. Oh yeah, I also need to call TnT Customs about their front stretch kit. That will basically allow me to stretch my front end 3". If I remember correctly it will relocate my steering box, coil spring perches, shock mounts, and all that good stuff. Essentially taking out all the guess work for me. If the price is right and its everything I remember it being before they took it off their online store, then I'll be ordering that very shortly.

If I can swing it, I want to push my front axle forward 3" and push my rear back 5". That would give me a 101" wheel base, which is the same as an XJ. It should be a heck of a lot more nice in the steep crazy stuff compared to 93.4". If the turning radius does bug me, well, I think I still may do cutting brakes for the rear even though I have a HPD44 instead of the HPD60 I planned on. I'll just have to go easy on sharp turning.

Any way, that is my update. When the parts come in, I'll post up some pictures.

More planning.

I know. I know. Every one likes progress and there isn't any at the moment. My plans have changed. Shocker. This time it is not because I cant make up my mind, but actually something totally out of my control. My wife decided that she wanted to take most of the tax return money set aside for the RCV shafts and drive flanges and buy a king size bed. Oh well. I still have enough money to start on suspension, so that's where my plan changes.

I've decide that I'm more than likely going to run a combination of brackets. I'll start with the front suspension. I'm considering running the Poly Performance 3 link brackets on the frame end, the Ballistic Fab TJ combo brackets on the axles, and the to save money running my upper on the passengers side with either a Gen-Right or a Poly link tower. The reason for flipping sides with my upper is simply because the link tower costs less than a truss and a link bracket and my HP D44 obviously has no CA mount cast into the diff. I can see why I would want the upper on the side with my diff though. To combat the urge to break, I'll run the same side rod ends that I'm going to run for the lowers (as big as I can afford more than likely 1.25") and I'll run 2x2x1/4" square tube for the link. The only reason why I decide against the Ballistic link tower is that I wanted to be able to adjust the height of the link. I have yet to measure and see what tower I'll need, 6" or 8".

This setup will let me keep my coils and cut down on a lot of work. I'd love to do something a little more crazy, like a 4 link and full hydro, but that's just not in the forecast for now. I will however modify the shock towers to run the longest travel shocks possible in the space I have. The lower frame side brackets are angled 10 degrees out and are in-boarded to the inside of the frame rails. I plan on pushing the brackets back as far as possible to give me as long of a link as possible before I start having problems with the links contacting the frame. I plan on running 2x2x1/4" square tube for control arms as it is extremely cheap here and its beefy. I'm still up in the are as to what I want to run for rod ends. I want to stick with a set of 2" coils, but I need to first do some research. My coils and shocks have to compliment each other. I want this suspension well dialed in and stable in the off camber stuff.

I think with this plan I will have an amazingly flexy front suspension. It should be awesome. With any luck I'll be buying brackets soon. I'm going to hopefully get onto cleaning up my 3/4 ton axles very soon as well.