98' XJ Sport.. Another XJ Thread

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Went on a Craigslist bender Friday and grabbed those bilsteins and a JCR offroad deluxe bumper and unibody tie-in kit. The unibody tie-in kit helps distribute the weight and any potential stress, ie a front recovery, evenly across the front unibody without fear of ripping your bumper off

I got the bumper for about half of what it retails and it was in good condition so I considered that a very good deal.

No real pains installing the bumper. Just your usual annoyance of a bolt or nut being in an awkward place.

This thing is some serious beef and should be able to take any hits on the trail. Helped improve my approach angle by being much higher as well.







Clayton Offroad HD Double Sheer Trackbar.
Holy god in heaven this thing is a monster. With a 2.5" serviceable Johnny joint on the frame side, it's just pure beef.






The front axle is now well centered under the body and the whole jeep feels much tighter and solid while driving at high speeds.

We had a bitch of a time with trying to remove the bar pins in the Bilsteins. We used a press, sockets and vise, pure man strength, drilling one out, but these things proved to get the better of us so sadly they weren't able to go in this weekend. The bar pin simply wouldn't budge out of the bushing without the fear of pressing the whole bushing out.



I'm going to see if I can find a local shop to press them out for me unless anyone has any other suggestions.