well guys after Thursday night success I was pretty pumped for Friday night. I went and picked up the rims from my buddy on the way home from work. The spare is actually brand new and has never touched pavement. I was really pumped as now I will just need to buy 3 new tires when it comes that time instead of four.
I got home from picking up the rims and went straight to work. I had everything on drivers side ready when my buddy showed up and he just put some weight on the rear axle and bam the rear was done.
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I was pumped that I put half of the lift on by myself
We then moved to the drivers side front. My buddy had brought up his tools and impact so it made things a lot easier. We tag teamed the front and it disassembled in short order.
I snagged a quick pic of my buddy in the middle of working on the front. Glad he was there as I never could have done it by myself.
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Once we had the everything off I took the coil compressors and took the coil down to where the springs were just about touching. Every bolt so far came out with easy, and not rough stuff. We went to press out the old strut plate bolts but the old hammer and socket trick wouldn't work. We head down to my dads place and used a vice. Boy those bad boys are tough to get out.
We took the Daystar spacer plate and went to press the bolts back in. Man they really sized that hole smaller. It took some work but we got them in. I just cant see why these people don't pre press them, those bolts cant be much more than a dollar a piece when buying in bulk.
So we got the side put back in place and had a little fun getting the shock back in place, but after about 20 minutes we got it back in.
Off to the other side, and another trip down my dads to use his vice. We got them all out, and in but on the last one it got a little snug. I was pressing it in when the nut on the bottom of the vice, or what ever it was shatters. no clue how you can totally crack that part but we did.
Back up to the house and got everthing lined up. It took all we had to pull the passenger side shock, in place. I was standing on the axle, it just kept getting hung up. Not sure if it was a bit bent or something but we could not get it to line up. After about 2 hours we finally got it in place.
We took it for a test drive, and all was well. I didn't think it felt much different than what the stock suspension did. I think that the stock suspension on it was a bit bouncy anyway. The tires worked awesome and l was pumped. I went to bed around 4:30 beat and battered. LOL
Woke up and took some day light pics.
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shown with my boys wrangler.
I took my boy out on Saturday to check my trail camera I have out for deer and did a little modest off roading. Nothing crazy, but the clearance was great and I loved the tires.
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I cleaned it up Saturday afternoon and took some photos.
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Kept it out of the woods today. LOL Plan on waxing her soon. I took some caliper paint and painted my calipers, and lower control arms and such. Did some accenting.
I drove it on the highway and the tires make it feel more solid than it did before. no shimmying or anything. Calling tomorrow to schedule and alignment. I didn't have any rubbing issues but still plan on taking out the pinch welds.
Future mods are fog lights, a few stickers. I am not that unhappy with the daystar lift for now, so pending on how it holds out I might just leave it on. I think I might put a roof rack on for more cargo, lights, and off road jack holder, and tow rope, things of that nature. Was contemplating a grill guard or brush guard because of my track record for wacking deer.
I love having this jeep, and think I got a steal. The sale price on the jeep was $4,595.00. The tires and rims were 350, and the lift was $140.00. So this is my $5,000.00 KJ.
Cant wait to keep adding on and learning mechanical skills while I own this jeep. Hope to have her for a long time. Thanks for all of the help guys.
