I have thought about this for years as ive seen several people run short arms with a large tire and a small lift. Rokmen has several rigs who are running short arms with no lift or a OME 2.5 lift on 37s, 4ds and even 42s and seem to love it. Of the wheeling i've done with my jeep, ive always thought the front worked great for the most part, and the rear needed attention. Ive wanted to stretch the rear a couple inches ever since i put 35s on it and wheeled it some, i just wanted more WB. Ive looked into a midarm lift too.
1. Could i stick with a short arm front with 1 upper (most likely on passenger side for driveshaft clearance reasons) and run long arms in the rear, single triangulated with a few inch stretch?
2. Currently running RE arms in front, anyway i could build some new short arms to gain an inch or two in the front or would it be better to just move mounts?
3. Are the stock control arm mounts strong enough for a heavier axle and bigger tires?
4. Would the rear over work the front or would it just be something to learn how to drive?
5. Would my RE front trackbar work or would a custom panhard bar be needed?
I want to keep it as low as possible, stock coil rear/v8 zj or OME soft front, with standard y link steering and a 1 inch body lift to help with other things. Bumpstopped and some sort of shock, would think a 12 front and 14 rear. I've known Chris Durham has ran this set up successful for years, and seeing him this weekend sparked the interest in my head again. Plan on doing rear suspension/axle first then do the front as most of this would be funded by the sale of current rear axle.
(disclaimer: I tend to ramble and overthink things sometimes, sorry im so scatterbrained)
1. Could i stick with a short arm front with 1 upper (most likely on passenger side for driveshaft clearance reasons) and run long arms in the rear, single triangulated with a few inch stretch?
2. Currently running RE arms in front, anyway i could build some new short arms to gain an inch or two in the front or would it be better to just move mounts?
3. Are the stock control arm mounts strong enough for a heavier axle and bigger tires?
4. Would the rear over work the front or would it just be something to learn how to drive?
5. Would my RE front trackbar work or would a custom panhard bar be needed?
I want to keep it as low as possible, stock coil rear/v8 zj or OME soft front, with standard y link steering and a 1 inch body lift to help with other things. Bumpstopped and some sort of shock, would think a 12 front and 14 rear. I've known Chris Durham has ran this set up successful for years, and seeing him this weekend sparked the interest in my head again. Plan on doing rear suspension/axle first then do the front as most of this would be funded by the sale of current rear axle.
(disclaimer: I tend to ramble and overthink things sometimes, sorry im so scatterbrained)