Project Trailbound

[Trailbound]

this project started about 4 years ago and was supposed to be my DayCare Mobile.this also started out as a 96' xj that had an ill fate , so I found this 98' and swapped everything over and continued forward , so after 4 years this is where I'm at .

-98 cherokee sport , 4.0L , AW4
-Axle's
front dana 30 , Aussie locker , Monkey Bars custom Truss , Monkey Bars Inner C's gusset's , Currie front end housing jonny joint kit , 4:88's , Rock crusher cover with Lube Locker gasket , JKS mini-skids , Alloy outer seals
rear 8.8 with disk brakes , TNT customs truss , 4:88's, Auburn pro Full spool,Superior Shafts / c-clip eliminators , Solid cover with Lube Locker gasket
-Drivetrain,
np231/Teralow 4:1 with 2wd low , Advance Adapters SYE , Tom woods rear drive shaft
-Suspension
RE 4.5" front springs with 1/2"spacer
RE Adj. upper/lower control arms
RE control arm drop brackets and braces
RE HD track bar / mount
RE trackbar brace
RE 3.5" leaf pack
RE 1" lift shackel
JKS rear cross over shock mount
RE mono tube shocks F/R
JKS swaybar disco's
-Steering
C-Rock inner/outer steering box brace , M.O.R.E steering box brace ,Durango steering box , ZJ pitman arm , RE HD tie-rod ,napa power steering cooler
-Tires
35/10.5 Boggers on Allied 32bolt beadlocks
-Bumpers/Armor
ARB bullbar (shaved) , Monkey Bars InterGraded rock sliders and Homebrew rear bumper , Rock Lizard fab. rear upper/lower 1/4 armor , Tomkin gas tank skid ,JKS HD x-member and TC skid
-Misc.
Perma Cool 400hp oil cooler w/fan as my tranny cooler
Warn M-8000 with 75' 3/8 Viking Syn.rope
C.B
hand throttle
Optima blue Top
Durango 136 amp alt (rewound to 170 amp)
LaBaron hood vents
River Raider Hi-Lift jack mount
ton of tools and misc recovery gear


pics from last wheeling season which was on grooved 34" LTB's

[Trailbound]

so far this winter I have added 35" boggers


made a new set of intergraded slider and shaved the bottom of the ARB a little . There are more slider pics here http://www.cherokeetalk.com/forum/f18/intergraded-rock-sliders-8451/#post104268 . I started that Thread first than had a couple people ask some questions about the rig , so then I started this thread

[Trailbound]

and now I'm getting ready to change the axle side bushings in the D30 again so I thought I would upgrade to jonny joints and build a truss at the same time . now I have to make the truss....

[Deepwater Jeepin]

I like the shave job you did on the bumper. More clearance and i think it looks better.

[jakeWI]

looking real good. how is that D30 holding up with the 35's?

[flawlesslydisturbed]

Looks awesome!

[moab]

you should go fullsize

[PandorasBox]

mmmmm..... boggers....

[Deepwater Jeepin]

Originally Posted by PandorasBox

mmmmm..... boggers....

Yeah, new boggers look so wicked.

[jakeWI]

Originally Posted by Trailbound

and now I'm getting ready to change the axle side bushings in the D30 again so I thought I would upgrade and build a truss at the same time . now I have to make the truss....

Originally Posted by jakeWI

looking real good. how is that D30 holding up with the 35's?

haha nm. i found my own answer

[Trailbound]

Originally Posted by jakeWI

looking real good. how is that D30 holding up with the 35's?

just put the 35's on this winter so I have not really wheeled them yet but they are only around 7lbs heavier per tire than the LTB's .I never had any trouble last year with the D30 . I am also going to add the Iron Rock offroad almost alloys.




Most of the trouble with a D30 on 35's is that the ears rip apart on the outer shafts and most ring and pinion fail with a lunch box locker in the stock weak carrier (to much carrier flex) , or people with a full carrier lockers don't report the ring and pinion failing as much as those with lunch box lockers

[Trailbound]

Originally Posted by moab

you should go fullsize

I wish I could but my state has real tough laws (fender flares , tire height , bla , bla , bla) I already have to have to get my sticker on 235's and even with those I'm at max "frame" height . there is no way you could have more than an 1" or 2" of the tire sticking past the flare and succesfully drive by jonny law.... I really don't plan on going past 35's at the moment and with the rear "built" I was thinking about one of the Mopar 2nd Gen D44 (JK D44 setup for TJ/XJ ect. , Thats 12" Brakes /32 spline shafts/1350 u-joints and the new 8.8" ring gear)

[Deepwater Jeepin]

What kind of locker you planning on dropping in your new axle? How do you like the spool your using now? I was asking because i really wanted to spool the new axle im getting ready to put in, but i like the idea to much of it having street capabilities.

[Trailbound]

Originally Posted by Deepwater Jeepin

What kind of locker you planning on dropping in your new axle? How do you like the spool your using now? I was asking because i really wanted to spool the new axle im getting ready to put in, but i like the idea to much of it having street capabilities.

here is a link to the front axle Dynatrac New Generation, High-Performance Dana 44 Axle Assemblies for 1997-2006 Jeep Wrangler . I would just used the rubicon locker that comes with it , or at least for now . As far as the spool goes , I Like it . I used to run a Detroit SofLocker and hated it ! it was not real street friendly (acted like a spool Offroad though) it would lock/unlock unpredictably , it was just not "fun" to drive on the road . the spool IS perdictable on the road although I don't drive it in the winter months , so opion is based mostly on "bare" pavement .




I finally had time to paint the sliders and picked up a hand throttle

[XJ Philly]

Sweet build, I'll be following this one