hey, new guy here. i live in OC SOCAL, and love this site!! well my build will take a little over a month starting today 8/5/2009. the build consist of a white 2009 jeep jk rubicon 4dr. the concept is Dakar rally inspired with a big dash of expedition. I will list all the parts and fab soon, there will be no store bought parts ie bumpers, rock rails, racks etc!! everything will be fabricated .
new build 2009 jk rubi-Dakar, plus intro
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SWbySWesty
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Count me as watching! I'm local in Santa Monica and would love to see it when done!
thanks for the welcome!!! as of today 5 mopar winter rims have been purchased and will be sent to the powder coater in the morning. the color is a surprise!!! we are still deciding on tires (35s). All of the steel for the exo cage, and bumpers etc has been ordered and will be picked up friday.
update- today we relocated the muffler under the drivers side , it looks nice and tite.went to the jeep dealership to pick up 5 rims,guess what still dont have them. i had a complete fit and got the GM involved. needless to say they will be there tuesday or they said they would pay for them!!! spent the rest of the day removeing useless plastic crap and bumpers.
update
k, i mounted the rims today on 35inch dunlop mud rovers(2009 new design). they look so **************!!! they clear just fine with the rubicons factory lift but rub a little when backing up. I will be installing the rubicon express 2.5 lift at the begin of next week. A new chromoly spreader bar is being welded in the rear today along with beefing up the stock frame etc . i will have pics soon!!!!
k, i mounted the rims today on 35inch dunlop mud rovers(2009 new design). they look so **************!!! they clear just fine with the rubicons factory lift but rub a little when backing up. I will be installing the rubicon express 2.5 lift at the begin of next week. A new chromoly spreader bar is being welded in the rear today along with beefing up the stock frame etc . i will have pics soon!!!!
I'm excited to see your build but, What happened to "there will be no store-bought parts?" The RE 2.5 kit is about as store-bought as you can get.
It's a good kit, but I'm just saying. I was looking forward to seeing what you were going to come up with for a custom suspention.
Cant wait to see the rest of it though.
sorry guys what i was meaning is the exocage,front and rear bumpers,fenders,skid gards,rock rails,side ladder,light rack etc are completely hand fabricated . The lift,tires,wheels,lights,winch,hi lift jack etc are store bought!!! i wish we could make that stuff. so we removed the front bumper and front lower support bar. we cleaned up that area and fitted a chromoly spreader bar and gained 10 inches of clearence.
