The building of GR8WHITE2.0 aka The Silver Piece

Rb1boxer_3 · Nov 7, 2016

Grubbicon said:
He cut the trans cross member out and raised the trans. Long as you leave trans in factory spot dont think you should have a issue.

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Oh alright I missed that part I keep getting mixed up with yalls builds how'd the deer end up. You pick it up and eat it lol I've done it twice haha

GR8WHITE said:
Like Grubbicon said above... I cut off the factory trans crossmember and made one because I'm flat bellying the jeep. In result of the trans being raised, I had to cut the floor.

Oh ok nice.

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Clutch · Nov 13, 2016

GR8WHITE said:
And finally, after the fender chop and wheel well work, I stuck the 37's on. They are 15x8 trail readys with a Tj bolt pattern so I had to run 1.25" adapters. Unfortunately the wheels and tires are not mine and they are just temporary. View attachment 203867 View attachment 203868 View attachment 203869 Here are a few shots from the windrock trip. View attachment 203870 View attachment 203871 View attachment 203872 View attachment 203873 View attachment 203874 View attachment 203875

Throw back Sunday, I guess. How did you keep your 37's from eating fender well? Did you add any bumpstops?

thardy · Nov 13, 2016

Clutch1981 said:
Throw back Sunday, I guess. How did you keep your 37's from eating fender well? Did you add any bumpstops?

I know he did some trimming both front and rear and added 1" of bump to the rear.

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GR8WHITE · Nov 13, 2016

Clutch1981 said:
Throw back Sunday, I guess. How did you keep your 37's from eating fender well? Did you add any bumpstops?

In the front, I cut the rubi rail down a little and the body. Also cut the metal fender support off. So did not add any bump stop up front.

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In the rear, i cut the fender well out all the way around and it still wasn't enough. So I made some bumps out of scrap. Don't remember how tall they were but probably about 1.5" tall.

Clutch · Nov 13, 2016

GR8WHITE said:
In the front, I cut the rubi rail down a little and the body. Also cut the metal fender support off. So did not add any bump stop up front. View attachment 230711 View attachment 230712 In the rear, i cut the fender well out all the way around and it still wasn't enough. So I made some bumps out of scrap. Don't remember how tall they were but probably about 1.5" tall.

Great, thanks. I have a 2" BB so it sounds like 35" sholdn't be a problem.

GR8WHITE · Nov 15, 2016

Making very small progress but atleast it is something.

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GR8WHITE · Nov 16, 2016

Big progress has been made. Next step is chopping frame and building links. Then roll cage/back half

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WJCO · Nov 16, 2016

GR8WHITE said:
Big progress has been made. Next step is chopping frame and building links. Then roll cage/back half View attachment 231181 View attachment 231182

Kinda hard to tell from the photos, but looks like rear driveshaft may rub on that new cross-member you made, or will the shaft move with the arms when the axle moves and clear it okay?

Sheaffadelic · Nov 16, 2016

hhunter050 · Nov 16, 2016

WJCO said:
Kinda hard to tell from the photos, but looks like rear driveshaft may rub on that new cross-member you made, or will the shaft move with the arms when the axle moves and clear it okay?

Should be ok after he stretches it. That's still the stock 44 you are seeing.

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Grubbicon · Nov 16, 2016

WJCO said:
Kinda hard to tell from the photos, but looks like rear driveshaft may rub on that new cross-member you made, or will the shaft move with the arms when the axle moves and clear it okay?

I brought that up to mike the other day when he started messing with that cross member. He thinks the dual cardan should bring it out far enough that it clears. I have to agree everything does look very tight in there after looking at my juggy and how it is I think it should be alright.

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GR8WHITE · Nov 16, 2016

WJCO said:
Kinda hard to tell from the photos, but looks like rear driveshaft may rub on that new cross-member you made, or will the shaft move with the arms when the axle moves and clear it okay?

The drive shaft will clear it. The crossmember is close enough to the back of the tcase that the dual carton will stretch out past it before it even has a chance to point down and hit it.

Rb1boxer_3 · Dec 3, 2016

GR8WHITE said:
The drive shaft will clear it. The crossmember is close enough to the back of the tcase that the dual carton will stretch out past it before it even has a chance to point down and hit it.

Any updates

Out in the Boonies

GR8WHITE · Dec 3, 2016

Rb1boxer_3 said:
Any updates

Out in the Boonies

Nope. I haven't worked on it since my last post. Gonna get back on it here pretty soon. My one ton yota crawler has been sucking all of my very little free time.

GR8WHITE · Dec 18, 2016

Teaser

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GR8WHITE · Dec 19, 2016

Finally started working on the jeep again. Dropped the stock 44 and finally chopped the frame. Next i put the axle in place and started to measure for wheelbase. Decided I'm going for around 111". Made pvc mock up links then cut metal and have upper links ready to weld. Gonna get the lowers cut out of metal then time to start building cage/backhalf.