Greenbean 06 Rubicon

[greenbean]

All,
Did some more mods to the Rubicon, the stock ride height were driving me nuts after the old 98 TJ. Nothing fancy but a much better overall look and more suspension flex. I can probably get 33's under it now with not too many issues. Alright, enjoy!

Will ;D

Before:


After:


First step, JKS Quicker disconnects...


Angle set as per instructions;


Kilby steering box skid,(Left over from the 98TJ)


2.5" Spring spacer lift,




JKS B1 1.25" Body lift,



M.O.R.E Bombproof 1 inch motor mount lift,



Not a difficult job but it was time consuming doing it all myself. Couple of things to note, have a pickle fork to pop those dis-connect links, or you will have a dumb look on your face like I did wondering how to get them off! The motor mount swap is a royal @$$-pain, just plain slow going due to the things that are in your way getting at the stock motor mount bolts. When doing your body lift loosen the fan shroud or you wonder why you can't get that last spacer puck in the front in because its not moving as much as it needs to due to the fan hitting the shroud!!!!

Anyway, this is a great low buck enhancement until I can go long-arm, looks a little better too, next thing about getting the MOABs painted a darker color!!! Till next time! Later

Will - aka - greenbean

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Lookin really good! Was there any problems that arose from the body lift. In other words, was it a simple thing to do, no linkage problems or fan hitting the shroud?

[4WDnRocksNmud]

keith, without will saying anything, I'd be willing to bet that if the body lift didn't come with a relocation bracket, some tweakage will be involved. I installed the relocation bracket on my 2" BL and had no problems with it afterwards.

and having a proper sized jack (or some solid extensions of some sort -aka blocks etc) will be invaluable.

[greenbean]

Keith/Cory,
If you do the 1 inch body and 1 inch motor mount all you have to do is put the body spacers in and thats it, transfer case bracket is not necessary, but that is for the JKS 1" body lift only, I can't speak on any other brands. Oh, and the 1" motor mount lift takes care of any fan shroud problems as it puts the engine back at the same level as the rest of the body. JKS has great instructions also even though it is a pretty straight forward process. I am pretty satisfied considering how little it cost to do it!

Will

[greenbean]

Just thought I would add for anyone who cares that I also have a JKS front adjustable track bar and rear track bar coming, and some extended stainless steel brake lines I got off Ebay to address getting the axles re-centered and additional front axle articulation. I'll post up some more pics when I put that stuff on! Later.

Will