Starting suspension work...

You rubbing on the inner fenders and pinch welds? Looks great btw

 

took off the mud flaps and trimmed inside of the bumper. Tomorrow I’ll know if I rub anywhere else on the trail.

 

Ya bud, in SoCal. Sorry to hear about your loss.

 

Parked on flat area, measurements are;

Rear:
38” both sides

front:
Driver 37 1/4”
Passenger 37 1/2”

Couldn’t be more pleased with the outcome.

 

Went out on a trail today. Didn’t rub anywhere but the rear hit the super bump multiple times. Not sure if this is normal. Good fun day

 

Have 33s in my garage right now and these where the exact images I was looking for to cut my own bumper. Im alittle lower in the front but I have some 5100s that need to be put on which will put me at almost the same height in the front hopfully

 

Reminds me of St. Barts in the dry season.

 

If you have stock UCAs you might have issues raising over 1”.

 

Im at .75" lift already with no problems, at 21.5. Only going up another .63" so Ill be right at 22.1".

Should be fine, Im waiting on some control arms anyway but it just might be awhile

Also, is that a new bumper? It doesn't look saggy at all.

 

Cool. Not a new bumper, actually pretty beat up so I drilled holes in the bumper and used zip ties to pull/hold the sides up.

 

Id love to see some pictures of that if you could. The previous owner got in a little accident and the bumper sags alittle bit and I was looking for a way to pull it up

 

Looks like I need to find a set of 33s to test fit before I commit to 33s ideally no trimming is my goal.

 

Here’s a pic of the zip ties but after you mentioned the bumper sag, I checked mine and it did sag a bit so I checked to find what was causing the sag. On mine it seems to mainly be these 2 clips on the bottom of the bumper. Pics of what I did to lift up my bumper below and it net me an extra 1/2” of space between tire and bumper.

Zip ties;


Here’s where I figured was causing the sag in my bumper; the clips on the bottom of the bumper.


Made a quick stop at the hardware store, spent about $10 for



Cut the metal to the size I wanted and used it to support the bottom of the bumper. There’s an open metal tube right above the clip area to bolt on to.


Before:


After;

 

Any issues with your spacers?

 

I don’t have any spacers

 

The spidertrax spacers....

 

No issues yet. Check them from time to time and they’ve always been tight. Even after hitting the trails.

 

I've had spidertrax spacers for a year and a half now and 5 trips to moab, 25,000 miles on them and no issues at all.

 

Looks sharp! I like your fix for the front bumper. I've been using zipties for a bit, but might have to look into trying what you did.
I also really like the color matched grill pieces and mirrors. Much better than the chrome.

 

Thanks

 

Do you have anymore of those metal plates you made? Im trying to find something similar but cant seem to find anything. Also I dont have a cutting tool that can cut metal at the moment

 

I can make a couple for you. Where in California are you?

 

Costa Mesa, in Orange county

 

Not too far, I’m in Los Angeles

 

Message me your address. I’ll mail these to you.

 

Thank you! I will right now!

 

Hey, how did you get the bolt in nut side up? I couldnt fit my hand in there at all, did you remove anything?

 

Hand Jujitsu Technique.

 

Lol

 

Remove the 3 screws on the bottom of the bumper holding this in place.


You can move it enough to fit your hand in there