You can see that I have made some serious progress since my last update ( a month ago). The poison spyder customs body crusher corners are painted body color and mounted. The Bushwacker fender flares are also mounted. This last weekend I got the rocker guards painted with a nice textured bed liner and mounted to the sides. The rear bumper and gas can mounts are also mounted as well as the LED tail lights are in the works.
Here you can see the rear bumper and LED tail light. I will be putting the reverse lights in next to make it street legal.
Here you can the armor that is protecting the gas tank.
I have been working on alignment and steering this week after work. The track bar is mounted and the front axle is now centered under the vehicle. You can see the heavy duty steering linkage as well as the OME steering stablizer (Yellow). I had an extra one in my garage so Bill got a freebe from me.
I have started to mount the shocks. You can see in this photo that the front axle caster is too far forward ( the bend in the spring) I need to modify the upper control arms to make them a little shorter so that I can adjust the length and correct the caster issue. This is the first time I have ever had a manufacturing issue with Rubicon Express parts. The threads are bottoming out too soon and not providing me with enough adjustment to the short side. I should have this problem corrected by tomorrow.
Here you can see the rocker guards and the nice clean mount between the crusher corners and side rails. You can also see how long the lower control arms are from the front and rear axles to the center section.
The side guards are a little dusty in this picture. The textured bed liner give just the right amount of traction and its cheap enough that after these get scratched up you can just buy a new can and shoot over the top without worrying about perfect paint.
This is a nice shot of the rear triangulated four link rear end. I still need to cut off the lower shock mounts and weld on the new ones. I will get the CV driveshaft mounted in the next few days. I will get the new muffler welded into place this comming weekend. Then I will use this long weekend to start on the Gen-Right roll cage. Thats all for now. Sorry I have not been updating for the past few weeks. I guess Im a better mechanic (and fisherman) than a blogger. See ya later and thank you for the best weekend I have had in the past two years. It was nice not to have to think about the economy, government or markets for a few days. :)
This is a before picture of this 2006 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited ( L J ) that was taken at Cummins in Oklahoma before we picked it up in February 2010. 
Passenger side view of roll cage. This picture has a good view of the center section and grap handles which will help with loading and unloading people.
Center roll bar handle and 240 Bravo mount in front of passenger seat.
These are roll bar gussets that are also usefull as bottle openers. Notice the bottle outline. One for the driver and one for the passenger.
Drivers side view of roll cage.
Rear passenger on drivers side view of roll cage.
Looking at the top of the cage from the rear.
You can see that I have made some serious progress since my last update ( a month ago). The poison spyder customs body crusher corners are painted body color and mounted. The Bushwacker fender flares are also mounted. This last weekend I got the rocker guards painted with a nice textured bed liner and mounted to the sides. The rear bumper and gas can mounts are also mounted as well as the LED tail lights are in the works.
Here you can see the rear bumper and LED tail light. I will be putting the reverse lights in next to make it street legal.
Here you can the armor that is protecting the gas tank.
I have been working on alignment and steering this week after work. The track bar is mounted and the front axle is now centered under the vehicle. You can see the heavy duty steering linkage as well as the OME steering stablizer (Yellow). I had an extra one in my garage so Bill got a freebe from me.
I have started to mount the shocks. You can see in this photo that the front axle caster is too far forward ( the bend in the spring) I need to modify the upper control arms to make them a little shorter so that I can adjust the length and correct the caster issue. This is the first time I have ever had a manufacturing issue with Rubicon Express parts. The threads are bottoming out too soon and not providing me with enough adjustment to the short side. I should have this problem corrected by tomorrow.
Here you can see the rocker guards and the nice clean mount between the crusher corners and side rails. You can also see how long the lower control arms are from the front and rear axles to the center section.
The side guards are a little dusty in this picture. The textured bed liner give just the right amount of traction and its cheap enough that after these get scratched up you can just buy a new can and shoot over the top without worrying about perfect paint.
This is a nice shot of the rear triangulated four link rear end. I still need to cut off the lower shock mounts and weld on the new ones. I will get the CV driveshaft mounted in the next few days. I will get the new muffler welded into place this comming weekend. Then I will use this long weekend to start on the Gen-Right roll cage. Thats all for now. Sorry I have not been updating for the past few weeks. I guess Im a better mechanic (and fisherman) than a blogger. See ya later and thank you for the best weekend I have had in the past two years. It was nice not to have to think about the economy, government or markets for a few days. :)
Front bumper and winch are mounted
SYE and main crossmember for lift kit are completed
Rear axle to include new 4.88 ring and pinion, ARB air locker and 33 spline axles are mounted and compete and ready for install. I also completed the front ACOS coil over spacer and completed 50% of the rear ACOS system
This was my first R&P reading. The BS was perfect but the pinion was reading too deep. After 4 rebuilds I got a very good reading and completed final assembly. The gears will be broken in and reset if needed.
Here they are!!!!
In this shipment was also the seat belts, duffle bags, mounting brackets and tool rolls. All made by Mastercraft.
Dont worry the brown bag with green stitch is just my wifes scrapbooking case and not part of this build.
