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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 06:42 PM
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150 for the rear. Man, I would of got that, and threw it in my jeep.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by JNC995
150 for the rear. Man, I would of got that, and threw it in my jeep.
if it had Disk brakes i would have tried for 250 but it was the drum brake rear and i knew jeepers wouldnt have care much for it.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by MercedesTech
I have tons of cage designs, but all for open top type rigs (FJ40's).
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^^ fixed it for ya
Fixed it for you!

id take a sami over a heep any day.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by JNC995
^^ fixed it for ya








Originally Posted by 4.2trimble
ok will do, ill look into them for when i switch the bushings out.

And any cage designs you see just send them my way. Ive even thought of a total exo-cage. Ive always like the look of them, and they do their job.
Definately do. Rebuildable link ends are awesome ! More flex, more beef, and more bling !

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150 for the rear. Man, I would of got that, and thrown away my jeep.
fixed it for ya !

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Fixed it for you!

id take a sami over a heep any day.
Werd !

Jeeps are like tampons, every pssy has one ! Na I kid I kid, Jeeps are cute ! Barbie drives one !
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 07:13 PM
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I was gonna say 150 sounds cheap for the rear but oh well something is better than nothing anyday! sounds like the build is coming along good man cant wait to see some pics!
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 07:13 PM
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trim, send me some pics of your truck. Side shots and front shots and what not. I will see if I can come up with an exo in my spare time.

til then, I will just post cages I have built, help build, or saw and wanted to steal !
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 07:32 PM
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growing up i thought jeeps were the ****, then i actually went offroading with one and it was a complete disapointment. it bottomed out and got stuck where my friends stock 84 mini truck go thru in 2wd
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 07:50 PM
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growing up i thought jeeps were the ****, then i actually went offroading with one and it was a complete disapointment. it bottomed out and got stuck where my friends stock 84 mini truck go thru in 2wd
obviously due to a bad driver. I've seen people take $20k rigs through something someone in a TJ and 35s just crawled right through, and get it stuck, break the axle, etc....
Your rig don't mean nothing if you can't drive it. I bet that mini truck couldn't follow me back in the woods. Hell, he wouldn't even make it through the trail to get to the real mud.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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it bottomed out on everything possible, thats why he kept getting stuck. in stock form they suck. and to fit 35's you need a fairly decent size lift. was it SOA?
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 08:21 PM
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My expo got bottomed out alot. That's why I built sliders...I can bounce over crap now They're great for bashing my head on too haha.

Trimble, you should throw some sliders on yours as well. You could tie your cage into them pretty easy. Even though you'll have alot of lift you could still use them. If for nothing else but to pivot your truck on them.
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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My expo got bottomed out alot. That's why I built sliders...I can bounce over crap now They're great for bashing my head on too haha.

Trimble, you should throw some sliders on yours as well. You could tie your cage into them pretty easy. Even though you'll have alot of lift you could still use them. If for nothing else but to pivot your truck on them.
man, take some pictures of them... im gonna make some soon. I want them to be angled with a rescessed step on them. kinda hard to explain what i want but i want them
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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My rockers were rotted out so I cut them out and put the sliders where they were. Even after the sliders were put in I gained ~2"s of additional clearance under the body.

My buddy helped alot since I couldn't weld at the time these were built!

 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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it bottomed out on everything possible, thats why he kept getting stuck. in stock form they suck. and to fit 35's you need a fairly decent size lift. was it SOA?
Well, if it bottomed out, then I don't see how a mini truck didn't. I am willing to bet the Jeep had more ground clearance then the mini truck. Has nothing to do with the Jeep supposedly sucking, has to do with not having big enough tires. So no way did the 2wd truck make it through if the jeep couldn't. He might of ran the outside, while the Jeep went up the middle, but they didn't run the same course.

It is a lot easier and cheaper to lift a Jeep, then a truck. Also, to fit 35s, it isn't that hard.
TJ- 4-5" for 35s
JK- 2" for 35s
 
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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CODE those are nice... i like them. i just want to have a step recessed into it.

i really doubt ill hang on the body since i have a body lift. but i like the thought of being able to pivot the body on something if i had to.
 
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