My New Clayton Lift. Not Dial Up Friendly

[snccoulter]

So today I went to Tooele at about 8:am and knocked on Scott's door and we got to work. We put the kids in the play room and then started unbolting the current suspension system and installing the new one. It was a lot of work and thank god Scott was there to do the welding and tell me what to do. the kids had a great time playing and then decided that at about 3:00 pm they wanted to play outside so we hooked them with shoes and let them go hog wild. Unfortunately the went a little to hog wild and got into the hose and tried to wash the dogs. From what I was told it was a real mess.
We got a lot of work done today and we have the rear to start in the morning. We will be replacing the rear axel, replacing all of the bushing in the short arm that I have in the jeep now and re gearing the front axle. . I will be also picking up a set of extended break lines in the next few days so. Scott also says I may need a set of limiting straps at some point also.

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[solidfrontaxle]

Is anything on the internet dial up friendly anymore?

Do people even still have dial up????

 

[utah340six]

assuming this was a pre fab kit.

you will loose some flex with the inserts.
is this a daily driver???
good work, im going to do 2 jeeps this summer to long arm kits
like the fount design.

 

[DOSS]

Loose flex with the inserts? umm going from a short arm to a long arm kit is all increased flex no loss of flex at all.. now if you are comparing to something else. you "Might" have a point..

Got to Love haters

Looks good Steve

 

[Zombie]

I run Clayton's kit on ZJ, and I've been VERY impressed with it. The fabrication work was top notch, and fit and finish were perfect. I think you'll be very happy with it.
Are you planing on the clayton's rear as well?
You should also get some longer brakelines before something bad happens.

 

[Cody]

Clayton's stuff is as tried and true as it gets--at least for the ZJ/WJ crowd. I've seen some heavy v8 rigs pound on that stuff and never one problem.

I'm not sure I would worry about the "loss" of flex lol. Flex is and always will be the absolutely most overrated aspect of offroad capability and if you 'lose' an inch or two of flex in favor of a more balanced and stable suspension, then you'll be 10x's better off anyway.

 

[Bear T]

Clayton's stuff is as tried and true as it gets--at least for the ZJ/WJ crowd. I've seen some heavy v8 rigs pound on that stuff and never one problem.

I'm not sure I would worry about the "loss" of flex lol. Flex is and always will be the absolutely most overrated aspect of offroad capability and if you 'lose' an inch or two of flex in favor of a more balanced and stable suspension, then you'll be 10x's better off anyway.

Ya, what he said. Looks good.