my mud toy build up

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muddeprived

Discussion Starter · Sep 23, 2008

This is the build up of my 2001 Cherokee Sport.

4.0
Aw4
8.25/30
np231
3.55

When i first bought it a year ago:

The first modifcation i did was change the air filter. I think it needed it, don't ya?

After spending about $100 changing all the fluids, I HAD to do something about the rear being too low. I stuck some RC add a leaves in the rear:
(note: this is after saying i would go with RE long arms and nothing else)

Much Better...for now:

Of course with my luck and jeeps, i got vibes so a couple BIG NUTS and it I had that temporarily taken care of:

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muddeprived

Discussion Starter · #21 · Jan 12, 2011

And then some beefier arms from RC and Iron Man:

Next came the rear bumpstop mod to keep my springs from inverting from too much uptravel, and save my fenders. I used hockey pucks up front.

I needed some protection on the rail so I got some sliders for it:

Sometime after that I put on a custom snorkel to keep my filter dry. Water likes to make out with the stock filter.

and then slapped on some LTB's for the mud:

And this is how it stayed for a while:

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muddeprived

Discussion Starter · #22 · Jan 12, 2011

A little later I found a HP 30 at a good deal so I painted it and stuck that up front:

Then THIS showed up at my doorstep:

Yeah, long arms...

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muddeprived

Discussion Starter · #23 · Jan 12, 2011

Oh wait, the long arms went on before the HP 30 axle. Man, this is what happens when you do so many mods in just a few years. Who can keep track of all this stuff? :rofl:

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muddeprived

Discussion Starter · #24 · Jan 12, 2011

I didn't like my shackle angles from the RC springs (vertical) so I slapped in some HD Offroadengineering shackle relocation brackets:

Much better angle and improved ride:

Next came the need for bigger meats so I found these wheels for cheap and cleaned em up:

And these showed up from Treadwright. 265/75/16's which are approx 32x10.5

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muddeprived

Discussion Starter · #25 · Jan 12, 2011

And this is the end product and how it's been for almost a year now:

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muddeprived

Discussion Starter · #26 · Jan 12, 2011

I got a few more things I would like to do to the rig:

Upgrade to Bilstein shocks.
Upgrade steering to Currie's
On-Board Air
Replace rear springs with quality lift springs
Return to black steelies and ditch the bling-ness.

That's should be about it because by the time all that is completed, I will have a wrangler to play with and it starts all over again.

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jakeWI

· #27 · Jan 13, 2011

awesome plan.

what on-board air kit you thinking about?

what leaf springs do you like using?

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muddeprived

Discussion Starter · #28 · Jan 13, 2011

Not sure about the OBA. I haven't research it much. I'm gonna have to do a search in the forums to see what everyone's using and what's good out there.

I really want to use OME springs again. Something like their Medium duty 3" springs with the OME AAL's thrown in and 1" shackles. I hear clayton's springs are nice so I might consider those as well.

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jakeWI

· #29 · Jan 13, 2011

I have heard a lot of good things about the ViAir setup.

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muddeprived

Discussion Starter · #30 · Jan 13, 2011

jakeWI said:
I have heard a lot of good things about the ViAir setup.

then that's where my research shall start. :thumbsup:

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jakeWI

· #31 · Jan 13, 2011

:cheers:

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LeonFickett

· #32 · Aug 24, 2011

whoa

you ran mtz's? i always liked the tread pattern but heard they dont last, what happened to them?

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