CJ Buggy

[ollllllo]

Best center console EVER! 5 bucks @ Garage sale!

[gCracker]

Looks like elbow banging territory???

ollllllo wrote:
Best center console EVER! 5 bucks @ Garage sale!

[ollllllo]

Nope its at the perfect angle and height.

I have been running this same box in the buggy since I built it. Previously it was installed level and worked out very well. It only takes a new passenger once or twice hitting their elbow and then they remember its there.

I\'m so used to it, I love it. You could fit a small body inside, and it would never open even if you roll. LOL

Just need to figure out drink holders now!

[MrMindless]

do you have enough shifter room to stick something to the bottom of the box?

I run a cooler in the Dakota in the same place, I\'ve been meaning to throw a couple Bar Bouy type drink holders on the front of it....

[ollllllo]

I had bar bouys in my boat. They were amazing how well they worked.
But that is prob what I\'m gonna do.


I miss my boat... :storm:

[ollllllo]

Well its finally time to start the rear 4 LINK suspension!

at least the springs broke on the last day of a 3 day weekend of wheeling.

I loosened the U-bolts and pinched one of the broken leaves within the remaining leaf pack and used it as a sort of splint.
I attempted to weld the leaves together to make one main leaf, but I was soon reminded how spring steel reacts to welding. I made it 10ft down the trail and everything fell back apart!

so the final rescue design consisted of one 1/4\" bolt drilled through the leaves, two ratchet straps, and a 6\" c-clamp.

We were on Cemetary trail which is on the South property of Rausch Creek ORP, so the ride back to the trailer wasnt terrible but it was long and slow! The whole recovery & repair took about 2 hours.

[ollllllo]

I chose to go with RUFF STUFF Specialties 4 link kit.

they offer the kit with either tube chassis brackets or square frame brackets. It also includes an axle truss. (i haven\'t received it yet)
I chose to use 2\" x .250\" DOM tube for links to keep them the same as my  front links.

[Camo1Ton]

I was just checking out their kits last night. Sounds like a good setup. Can\'t wait to hear more about it, first hand info on install and such. What size heims are you using?

[ollllllo]

Im using RuffStuff\'s 1.25\" Heat & Cryo Treated Chromoly Heims with Stainless High Misalignment, Zink Plated Jam nuts, and 1.5\" Tube ID Weld Bungs. They are part of the kit.

and I think its safe to say I\'m now a tad beyond the point of no return! :hack:  

[Wingman]

Ha!  That point came and went a long time ago.   :bike:

[ollllllo]

my truss is in ILLINOIS! WTF