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Well we bought our 2010 JKU as a daily driver and family rig, I have a 81 chevy crewcab crawler as the toy, so this build was designed around street life. We live were the snow get 3+ feet deep not plowed for days, we drive a lot average 20k a year- freeway,steep hills,city, forest roads.
The Jeep came with 2in spring only lift nice highway manners, 373 gears and 285/70R17 couldn't use OD not enough power to pull hills and the MPG sucked 10-12.
Stage 1 A little visual upgrade.
Upgraded the bumpers to Smitybilt XRC front and the XRC Atlas rear. MRL lighting LED pods on the front. Rugged Ridge wind defectors.
The Jeep came with 2in spring only lift nice highway manners, 373 gears and 285/70R17 couldn't use OD not enough power to pull hills and the MPG sucked 10-12.
Stage 1 A little visual upgrade.
Upgraded the bumpers to Smitybilt XRC front and the XRC Atlas rear. MRL lighting LED pods on the front. Rugged Ridge wind defectors.
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Stage 2 The tons
*1990 Ford HP Dana 60
*2004 GM 14Bolt 10.5 AAM factory disc brake
*ABS tone rings from Dynatrac still need to do the front to make abs, esp work and turn off lights
*5.38 G2 gears, stock govlock in rear, open front
*Artec Industries One Ton Swap kit front and rear
*Stock 1310 cv mid 80s Chevy drive line front
* Cut down mid 80s Chevy 1350 drive line rear
*Np 205 rear tcase yoke and Np208 front tcase yoke
* 37x12.5x16.5 Goodyear military tires-very cheap. on old school 16.5 wheels
* Brakes are stock one ton- calipers, rotors, pads, and ebrake. Master cylinder was upgrades to a 2010 Dodge Nitro 1 1/16 bore and yes the 1/16 helps.
*Steering One ton tie rod ends and 1 1/2" DOM from Ruffstuff Specialties
The axle housings welded up
Front axle painted I cant find the pic of the rear
Front axle test fitted
*1990 Ford HP Dana 60
*2004 GM 14Bolt 10.5 AAM factory disc brake
*ABS tone rings from Dynatrac still need to do the front to make abs, esp work and turn off lights
*5.38 G2 gears, stock govlock in rear, open front
*Artec Industries One Ton Swap kit front and rear
*Stock 1310 cv mid 80s Chevy drive line front
* Cut down mid 80s Chevy 1350 drive line rear
*Np 205 rear tcase yoke and Np208 front tcase yoke
* 37x12.5x16.5 Goodyear military tires-very cheap. on old school 16.5 wheels
* Brakes are stock one ton- calipers, rotors, pads, and ebrake. Master cylinder was upgrades to a 2010 Dodge Nitro 1 1/16 bore and yes the 1/16 helps.
*Steering One ton tie rod ends and 1 1/2" DOM from Ruffstuff Specialties
The axle housings welded up
Front axle painted I cant find the pic of the rear
Front axle test fitted
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The only issue when flexing, it just rubs nothing major and it only has 2in of lift
And it finally done on 37s
So all in all I have about $2500 into the swap. It lifted the jeep about 2 inches more so a total of 4 inches of lift. The 538s and 37s are perfect it has power, I know its a 3.8 but it moves, we use OD all the time and milage is about 15-18.
And it finally done on 37s
So all in all I have about $2500 into the swap. It lifted the jeep about 2 inches more so a total of 4 inches of lift. The 538s and 37s are perfect it has power, I know its a 3.8 but it moves, we use OD all the time and milage is about 15-18.
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Artec trusses are super nice and easy to assemble, everything is keyed so no guess work or measuring just follow the instructions. Hands down a great product from a great company.
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Thanks as for the future I'm not sure. I get bored and start thinking of new things to change. Maybe a GM 5.3 swap. We have 3 vehicles and all are modded. 99 Chevy crew cab dually sas'd powered by a 03 Cummins. 2010 Jk and my toy 81 Chevy crew cab crawler. So only time will tell.