From MYTH to LEGEND : The EVOlution of our Jeep Gladiator

wayoflife

wayoflife

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Benito said:
I want to see what’s being installed on the rear! Springs and triple bypass shocks?
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We had planned on long arms and more fancy stuff but factory mounts are creating geometry issues that EVO wants to address. Gonna have to save the fun stuff for a future visit.

With that said, just gonna run short arms with relocation brackets and coilovers for now. Here’s a test fit of things.
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Here you can better see how the control arms are triangulating at a full droop and this is causing the pinion to drop.
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Apparently, Jeep did this on purpose for towing and long arms would only make this worse.


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WJCO

WJCO

Meme King
wayoflife said:
We had planned on long arms and more fancy stuff but factory mounts are creating geometry issues that EVO wants to address. Gonna have to save the fun stuff for a future visit.

With that said, just gonna run short arms with relocation brackets and coilovers for now. Here’s a test fit of things.


Here you can better see how the control arms are triangulating at a full droop and this is causing the pinion to drop.


Apparently, Jeep did this on purpose for towing and long arms would only make this worse.


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The coilovers are still sweet! Are you going to run limiting straps to prevent the pinion drop or just leave it alone short term?
 
OverlanderJK

OverlanderJK

Resident Smartass
wayoflife said:
We had planned on long arms and more fancy stuff but factory mounts are creating geometry issues that EVO wants to address. Gonna have to save the fun stuff for a future visit.

With that said, just gonna run short arms with relocation brackets and coilovers for now. Here’s a test fit of things.
View attachment 334891

Here you can better see how the control arms are triangulating at a full droop and this is causing the pinion to drop.
View attachment 334892

Apparently, Jeep did this on purpose for towing and long arms would only make this worse.


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Click to expand...

Trailing arm setup work?


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wjtstudios

wjtstudios

Hooked
Those brakes are crazy. They should have no problem stopping those 40s!

Getting closer!


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jdofmemi

jdofmemi

Active Member
Are those the same as Ram 2500 brakes?

Whatever they are, stopping 40s or even bigger should be no problem.
 
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