Livi's 01' WJ

Owners Name & City- John Livingston, Spanish Fork, Utah


Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ Limited


Engine- 4.7 V8


Transmission- 545RFE


T-Case- NV247


Axles- Front Dana 30 w/varilock - Rear Dana 44a w/varilock


Suspension- RK 4.5 Inch Long Arm X-Factor (6" front, 4.5" back), ProComp MX-6 shocks


Wheels and Tires- 17" Cregar Soft 8's and 33" BFGoodrich KM2's


Winch- none


Favorite Trails- Hells Revenge & Fins and things


Other- Flowmaster Super 44, K&N


Some pics from Moab
CliffHanger, Fins and Things, and Hells Revenge

 

[311WJ]

some build photos

 

[LT.]

Fricken SWEET!!

LT.

 

[atekt]

Kick ass rig man!

 

[311WJ]

thanks it's been nice.. they just upgraded me to the x-factor rear end, which is a triangulated 4 link, (Better than the spacer for the upper A arm) I bent the 1/4" spacer and so they were nice enough to send me the parts. which i'm hoping to get on in the next week or two and i'll have to post up some pictures then~

 

[notajeep]

Sweet ride man. And welcome to RME.

 

[mbryson]

Hrrrrmmmm

I've always wanted a daily driver build like that.

 

[grandmaster]

great looking rig, and Welcome to RME. Great pictures as well

 

[atekt]

It makes me want to build a WJ... Mmmm

 

[Paudrhound]

Nice rig!

 

[Bear T]

Sweet ride, been wanting to do that to my 04. How does it ride and handle on the highway? Did you have to do any driveline mods?

Welcome to RME.

 

[grandmaster]

Your rockerpanels seem to be holding up without any sliders, how did you manage that?

 

[311WJ]

Your rockerpanels seem to be holding up without any sliders, how did you manage that?

ha ha well actually this is under my passenger door at the moment

you can see it on this pic

I'm actually in the process of building some rocksliders right now.. the ones you can order all mount where my long arms mount so i can't use them.. so i'm making my own..

and i manage no other smashes cause i have great spotters! lol and know moab pretty well lol

 

[311WJ]

Sweet ride, been wanting to do that to my 04. How does it ride and handle on the highway? Did you have to do any driveline mods?

Welcome to RME.

it handles great! i love it! haven't had a problem yet with how it handles.. right now my driveline is all stock, i'm plannin on getting some Woody shafts front and rear soon as i get the extra dough

 

[311WJ]

okay guys.. i decided i need to update this.. i need to get on this site some more! lol...


I recently installed a 4 link rear end on the Heep... here is the install pics

i got the package of parts. it includes the axle cradle and new lower LA mounts with an extra bracket that the upper LA's will mount to.

RockKrawler gave me the upgraded 4 link because i had trouble with their A-arm spacer (which they no longer sell )

here is a pic of it bent/broke.. before it came off

and with it off still hooked to the A-arm

now it was time to prep the axle
we removed the brake lines and sway bar and sanded down the axle tubes for a good weld

here is the cradle that welds to the axle.. the upper long arms mount to it and run to the lower LA mounts

we welded in the supplied tie in plate for extra strength

 

[311WJ]

now for the fun part... welding on the cradle

notice how my exhaust is cut off after the flowmaster and just hanging there... i haven't figured out how it will fit through the 4 link with out getting mangled off road. so i put a turn down on it that you can see in other pics

I waited for the welds to cool and then sprayed the cradle with 3M body undercoat.. that rubber stuff.. then we put in the upper long arms, after switching out the lower control arm mounts.

and the broken bracket once again

 

[311WJ]

okay, so here are some pics of my new exhaust..

so here it is.. it was tricky because it had to fit around my 4 link and not be in the way when i flex

it's a FlowMaster Off Road Super 44 (made from 1/4" diamond plate)

it had to be tucked out of the way of the upper control arms. there was also the daunting task of finding ways to hang the exhaust.. the guy who did it was a genius to think to use a rubber bushing mount and bolt it to the stock A-arm mount

you can kinda see in this one how the exhaust runs under the upper LA mount and then back up out

then he routed it out the back like normal..

 

[Cody]

A broken RK part!? Get out of town!

Nice of them to upgrade it for you.

Both of my last ZJ's had a triangulated 4 link in the rear and I was able to weave 3" exhaust all the way out the back (including muffler and cat). I can't imagine that 4 link is too much different. Hard to say I guess. Fritz at Meineke on 3200 S. State was the mastermind behind both of mine (and that is where Tera takes all of their LCG stuff too).

Pretty rig. I dig built WJ's.



edit: I posted before your exhaust pics. Looks like you got it figured out. Nice.

 

[311WJ]

thanks! yeah it's been a fun build and fun to wheel...

I ACTUALLY WON jeepforum.com's Grand Cherokee February 2009 Rig of The Month..

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=683272

 

[311WJ]

here are some random side by sides i've take over the last month or two...