Going from a rocky road spoa kit to a sky yj kit. I was a little apprehensive about starting this project because of some of the problems my buddies have had with their yj kits but I decided to go with the sky mfg. kit because of some of the write ups on it on this site and others.
List of mods to date:
-EZ Locker in front
-Sky YJ kit
-Race seats and harnesses
-31x10.5 bfg muds
-4.16 gears
-toyota driveshaft in rear (sweet)
-1600 is rebuilt and waiting for a weekend to put in
-power steering (tracker)
-full cage (pictures to come)
-Mile Marker pe-8000 winch (pictures to come)
BEFORE-
The sky kit getting painted up
YJ springs
bought off ebay $20.00 (cleaned and repainted)
A box
of goodies from trail tough- 1600 adapter, header,misc
Front suspension getting taken off
Rocky Road spring pads I will reuse
Notice the new shock mounts I will have to modify to work which you will see later
New shakles mounted up. They went on very nicley.
Springs attached
Rear suspension taken off
Rear springs mounted up. Like the front it went on pretty easily
Notice the rock 4x adapter for the yota shaft
My modified front shock mount to clear spring plates and get some good shock geometry. A little welding never hurt anybody
New bumper with winch mount very nice
power steering
Say goobye to 1300
I'll try to get some other pictures up of the cage and the winch all mounted up but I ran out of time. I'll also take a couple pictures of the finished product on the trail workin' it and post them soon.
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