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[ken white]

Originally Posted by 238mph

17-19 are stock lengths... I'll post pics when done if I
can take all the haters and BS I'm getting.

Not haters, just

Like I said, I am in the middle of my build (coilovers, stretched wheelbase, custom long arm suspension, full hydro steering, etc...) and am curious about what you did...

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[238mph]

Originally Posted by 08 Dually 4x4

Thats deff two jeeps on his site.

If you want jeep teck go to pirate4x4's forum. There are lots of builds on there with 3 and 4 link and every thing in between.

The 2009 Rubicon that 4wheel mag built with all the best parts available today just sold on ebay for 41,600.00 two weeks ago. It has 1 ton rock slider diffs, mopar perf v-8 etc.

If you got near 100k you should sell that guy some more rigs.

Here we go again...

ANYBODY can buy off the shelf parts and bolt them in....
There's no money in building a vehicle like that and trying to get your money out.

The money is making a unit completely DIFFERENT, that no one else has, and therefore turns heads.

I did two different Jeeps, they just both happen to be yellow.

One is like a pickup truck... and all it did was extend the rear axle 5" and 4 link it.

The other was 7 inch out front and 30 out back...
If you look on the website you can see pics of the front end where I had a 4" box beam... that held the steering box.

To sell a unit that I spent a year and a half on for $92k
was a giveaway in my book. It's the only one like it in existance... and that's what made it special, hence the big bucks.

Damn, I'm sorry I posted on here... what's up with so many haters of a guy simply building some fun stuff?

Screw u guys....

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[BOOOST]

Originally Posted by 238mph

I'll post pics when done if I
can take all the haters and BS I'm getting.

I don't think anyone is hating on you. This is what forums are all about, questioning how and why you did things, etc.

I too am in the midst of a TJ buildup.

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[BOOOST]

Originally Posted by 238mph

Here we go again...

ANYBODY can buy off the shelf parts and bolt them in....
There's no money in building a vehicle like that and trying to get your money out.

The money is making a unit completely DIFFERENT, that no one else has, and therefore turns heads.

I did two different Jeeps, they just both happen to be yellow.

One is like a pickup truck... and all it did was extend the rear axle 5" and 4 link it.

The other was 7 inch out front and 30 out back...
If you look on the website you can see pics of the front end where I had a 4" box beam... that held the steering box.

To sell a unit that I spent a year and a half on for $92k
was a giveaway in my book. It's the only one like it in existance... and that's what made it special, hence the big bucks.

Damn, I'm sorry I posted on here... what's up with so many haters of a guy simply building some fun stuff?

Screw u guys....

C'mon man...don't get so butt hurt.

I think what he is trying to say, and I feel the same way, Why the Hell would anyone pay that kind of coin for a Rubi with OEM 44's!?! drivetrain, etc.? For $100k, I could have Blue torch, PSC, AEV, heck pick your favorite fab shop and have them build a one off stretched TJ with the finest parts money could buy. Atlas, 1 tons, you name it. I realise you spent a year and a half, but just cause you spent that amount of time doesn't make the price justifiable. I am sure BTF, AEV, PSC, or any number of shops could build something equivalent to that for alot less. Please dont take offense to this, as they are a shop, with more bodies, perhaps more tools, etc.

Your fab skills aren't being knocked. But anyone who is involved in the Jeep world, would not pay that kind of coin for that rig. For that kind of coin I better be getting beadlocks, atlas, 1 tons, and a LS2.

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[Volcom18]

Nice work with those rigs on your website, that stuff looks super clean!

I'm interested in seeing pictures of what you're doing to your Dodge. I hope you still plan on posting some pictures up.

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[rbmedic75]

Not hating man just inquisitive. I am sure your well aware that we have the "rare occasion" to get some guys on here that tell some pretty damn good fish/fab stories. Just the nature of the beast. I myself own a currently smaller custom fab shop and do custom length Control Arms and traction Bars and numerous other things. I know for a 6" lift the correct control arm length is Upper overall is 20 5/8 and eye to eye center is 17 5/8 Lower overall is 22 1/2 and eye to eye center is 19 11/16 which is 1" longer than stock and for 4" and under I do 1/2" longer than stockers. I agree the stockers are substandard but 3" seems like a lot. I use solid works and a few different cad programs and just want to see pics of how you did it and what benefits. as well as where you put the rest of the front end at? Sounds like you have already done them in SW so post up some pics of the CAD very curious. Here is a set I am working on now that are 1" longer

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[Alabama Mud Machine]

Hey Buck....Anymore cool ideas for the 8" lift?

Also Buck...On your control arms, since your CNC'ing them out, why not make cut-out flames where the squares are? that would be sweet!

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[238mph]

Boost, you still don't get what I'm saying...

For you and I that really do a lot of off-road and visits to MOAB, Tellico, and other great parks, I'm with you...
I'll take an Atlas and a TwinStik, some high clearance axles etc...

This dealer wants people to look... It sits outside his dealership and draws people in like flies....

Was it worth big bucks for that??? To him, yep!
Does he have the skills to fab his own from scratch? Nope.

If he bought an AEV, would there be others like it?

YEP....

If he bought mine, would he have the only totally rad looking Rubicon? Yep, and that's why he bought it.

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[238mph]

rb, your data is for putting the axle where it was prior to the lift.

For me, the stock axle is too far back towards the cab.
Even if I wasn't doing ANY lift, I would move the axle 2" forward to clear the cab's quarter panel.

Since I was adding lift, to get the same effect, I went 3.5 inches longer uppers and 3.25 longer lowers.

The overall effect is to move the axle about 2" forward with the lift.

Don't forget, (u might have missed this) I moved the front bumper out 2.5 inches to open up the wheel-well.
I guess a simple picture would put all this to bed...

Coming soon....

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[NPloysa]

Cool, I'm interested, too. I'm building custom air ride on mine.

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[238mph]

Here is a pic... upper arm finished and coated, lower just roughed in. It will need to come back out for additional boxing (3/16" plate) and coating.

The spring is not fully compressed in the pic, but does have quite a bit of pressure on it.

I am also waiting on std offset rims for the front... Note the front bumper moved forward which makes the overall wheel well larger. That allows me to moved the axle forward and still be centered in the wheel well.

Some may argue that the spring in slightly forward of the spring bucket up top. Yes it is... by about 3-4 degrees.
Yet those same people forget that when the suspension articulates from side to side by 20 degrees (like off-roading)
it works fine...

This truck is a mega dually by the way... so once painted, the front fender flair will go with the rear painted dually fender.
The flares are off a 5500 cab/chassis. Yes, you must drill the fender to install them.

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Last edited by 238mph : 11-03-2009 at 08:37 PM.

[Buck08]

Nice work!!!! You obviously know your stuff!

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