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Member Rigs – Wack’s Rubicon

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Wacky Rubicon stats:
2006 LJ

  • 1978 Warn 8724 winch (used from neighbor)
  • Home made front bumper and winch mount
  • Home made rear bumper and spare carrier
  • 4″ Clayton Offroad Longarm suspesion (kick ass)
  • JKS quick disconnects (crapola)
  • High Angle Driveline Rear driveshaft (1350 U-joints)
  • Alloy USA chromoly axles front and rear
  • Poison Spider Customs rocker guards
  • 20lb CO2 tank (ebay)
  • 36″ Super Swamper bias TSL’s
  • 15×8 black steel wheels (with s#!t-loads of weight on them)

Here is a selection of pics showing the transformation of the Rubicon from it’s mild mannered showroom form.

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see (http://sevenmile.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=413) for lift install writeup.

The Frontier Chronicles, Part 1. 2″ Lift & Level Kit Install

Here’s the lowdown on the recent lift of “Nemo”. For reference, we are dealing with an ’05 Nissan Nismo Crew Cab 4×4. This is a control arm suspension, not the torsion bar setup of pre-05 Frontier models.

Lift is a 2″ Lift/Leveling kit from PRG Products. Greg at PRG was very helpful on the phone. Parts were shipped quickly with great instructions and everything fit flawlessly (amazing).

Here is a quick before and after of the truck:

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Install was amazingly simple and went something like this: I’m leaving out the obvious stuff like “jack up and safely support the truck”. Most of this is lifted from the instructions included with the kit, but they were much more thorough.

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