03 Rubicon Next Phase

[97TJGUZZY]

Looks great man! no more crinkled control arms!

 

[GPWMike]

Looks great man! no more crinkled control arms!

 

[GPWMike]

The rear is centered up pretty well.

 

[DanStew]

WHOO HOOOOOOOOOO

 

[97TJGUZZY]

does it drive any different with the new arms?

 

[GPWMike]

Not really. I added the Currie lowers over 10 years ago and added the Metalcloak uppers about 2 years ago, all in the front. Now I swapped in the Metalcloak lowers. So it has been gradual change. Adding the Curries to the rear with Metalcloak uppers didn't change how the rear felt. More than anything I'm happy to have not changed how it feels to drive after all the arm changes and addition of the coil spacers.

 

[GPWMike]

New shoes!



The tires fit, but I need to add wheel spacers. I can barely fit a finger between the rears and the upper spring perch. Once I get them installed, on to the bump stops.

 

[97TJGUZZY]

New shoes!

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The tires fit, but I need to add wheel spacers. I can barely fit a finger between the rears and the upper spring perch. Once I get them installed, on to the bump stops.

Nice! I see you said 315s, is that what you ended up going with?

 

[GPWMike]

Yes. Really happy with how it rides. Probably going to upgrade from the tiny OE steering stabilizer in the near future.

 

[GPWMike]

Finally mounted my wheel spacers today.

Before:


After:


Now onto setting up the bump stops....

 

[LBarr2002]

Looks great!

 

[97TJGUZZY]

Finally mounted my wheel spacers today.

Before:
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After:
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Now onto setting up the bump stops....

that changes everything! looks great man!

 

[GPWMike]

I can turn the steering wheel lock to lock now with no rubbing. I'm really happy.

 

[GPWMike]

Been quite a while. I pulled the back seat and carpet.



Fresh vintage 2004 paint! I added some much needed storage:


Anybody want to buy a lightly (ab)used Instatrunk?

 

[97TJGUZZY]

nice, what box did you go with?

 

[GPWMike]

I went with the Smittybilt unit. The construction is pretty robust in terms of the sheet metal. Time will tell how well the draw slides hold up, but so far, so good.

 

[Dewitt10jku]

I got the same box

 

[GPWMike]

Ironically, Amazon sent me a JK box first. It eas a real PITA to send it back. I finally got the right one and put it in.

@Dewitt10jku how do you like yours so far?

 

[Dewitt10jku]

I like it so far. I did put a rubber liner in draw to help with things rattling.

 

[GPWMike]

For now I used some of the foam packing that came with the box. Eventually, I'm going to make dividers, etc. to organize it better.