Well its been a long time coming yet its finally started.
Plans are:
3" OME lift
bushwacker flat fenders
8.25 rear diff
33x12.5 tyres
ARB air lockers with 4.56 ratios
Plus all the other odds and ends to go with it.
Picked up the 8.25 from polly 4x4 awhile ago now. A hell of alot bigger than the d35!
Got that installed with the ZJ disks that i had on my old d35. A little bit of mucking around with the brake lines yet otherwise was a direct bolt on. Also have the proportioning valve from the ZJ. Extended the rear brake line from the body to the diff with one from a YJ at the same time.
Installed a SYE from dirtbound offroad. Although not normally needed at 3" of lift the longer pinion of the 8.25 means the shaft would have been at a slightly higher angle than with the d35. At only 3" of lift i wasn't keen on spacing the crossmember as i will need all the belly clearance i can get!
Next came the front suspension. Went with the long travel shocks . Still need to extend the bumpstops for the longer shocks and the tyres.
Anyone know where to buy hockey pucks for the bumpstops in Australia for a reasonable price!?
Finished off the flares this weekend. They all fitted up really well. Only issue was the plastic screw insert things they supplied for the rear flares were pretty dodgy so I just used some nutserts instead.
The rims are 15x8 with 4” backspacing. In hindsight I should have gone for 4.5” backspacing or 285/75R16 tyres to get them under the flares. When measured its only about 12mm on average yet looks a lot more than that
I still have a lot to do. Rear springs, adjustable panhard, extended bumpstops, longer wheel studs on the rear, mud flaps, belly pan, rear bar, lockers, gears, in cab winch controls and maybe adjustable arms. Yet with the flares and tyres its now looking like I’m getting somewhere
XJ: Mur's build
