I shall call him... "Mini Me" (2005 Jeep Liberty KJ)

[jscusmcvet]

Looks great! Give us a report on how it does off road. Great chance to compare (reasonably) to your grand cherokee...

John

 

[theksmith]

spur of the moment night run last night, tried to grab a shot with the cheap camera while airing up...

 

[Septu]

Looks great!!

 

[matthewp]

Looks great!!

Definitely! Very nice!

 

[theksmith]

Looks great! Give us a report on how it does off road. Great chance to compare (reasonably) to your grand cherokee...

John

funny, the first thing i did was test the articulation and nearly get stuck because i was rocking on 2 wheels before i expected! i had to back up a slight incline to get back level and it wouldn't grab, so i had to use the ole "e-brake locker" trick!

hopefully we can take it on a good run soon and really see how it does. i can already tell you that running washboards is sooooo much smoother with the IFS! however, it also feels more tippy over small obstacles as the front doesn't articulate! several people said not to bother with front disconnects, but i may get some after-all to try.

 

[phxtoad]

Looks great! Yeah, you'll notice the need to take some different lines than what you are used to. As for the front diconnects: I have never disconnected mine. I figured the slight increase in articulation wasn't a good trade-off for the more stress it would put on the CV's.

 

[theksmith]

new front bump-stops:

getting them to pop in:

 

[Lancer]

Worth looking at this thread http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/14481-FlyingWen-s-2002-Jeep-Liberty-KJ/page7 for stuff Wil Kuhn did to their KJ. I can't recall if the LBJ has a grease nipple as standard; if so, it is worth making a little cut (dremel is your friend) into the Terraflex to allow for it.

 

[tommudd]

Worth looking at this thread http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/14481-FlyingWen-s-2002-Jeep-Liberty-KJ/page7 for stuff Wil Kuhn did to their KJ. I can't recall if the LBJ has a grease nipple as standard; if so, it is worth making a little cut (dremel is your friend) into the Terraflex to allow for it.

Only have to do that if you have the JeepinbyAl UCA's

 

[theksmith]

snow in the edge of Phoenix yesterday...

 

[iMTB]

Are the tires 245/75s?

 

[theksmith]

Are the tires 245/75s?

i should posted that somewhere, eh?

they are indeed 245/75/16 which is 30.5x9.6/16

 

[theksmith]

we put some finishing touches on mini-me to really make it Aimee's...

this skull valve cap is on the spare tire in the back. Aimee used fingernail polish to paint the eyes pink and then i sprayed some clear coat over it

 

[theksmith]

MiniMe did great on the Offroad Passport Cinders trip this weekend! i still need to put a CB in and throw some hockey pucks in the rear before we get on too gnarly of a trail, but he's ready for more 'splorin!

 

[tommudd]

At least ya got some good tires on there
Have over 60,000 miles on my 265-75-16s ,
just have to keep them rotated on a regular basis