Baystate Jeepers

Hello, my names James and im a jeepaholic.

Please post a pic of your jeep.




Tell us about the mods you have made.
4" suspension lift, 1" body lift, 35" Dick Cepek FC2's on Mickey Thompson rims, Smittybilt 8000lb winch, Advance adapters transfer case linkage bracket (Works awesome but did need some welding to get to work, now linkage is nice and smooth finally ), Volant header and Lous Custom cat back system (Header was a lot of fun to install )

Tell us about the mods you hope to make in the future.
In the future I plan on installing a locker and new gears (front or back locker? Im thinking front first?)
Im looking for a front bumper with d-ring mounts so i can properly use my snatch block, SYE, HD Tie rod.
This list could go on and on...
How long have you been a member of Baystate?
15 days

How long have you been offroading?
15 years or so

Is this your first jeep?
This is my first jeep and i %$*@ing love it! Ive had it for about 7 years and hope to have it forever

howdy

That Jeep next to yours in the first pic is HAWT!

Nice looking Jeep btw.

Welcome!

Welcome aboard! Did I see that right.... did it censor the Dick in Dick Cepek?

yup! Funny chit

Nice rig, and here's one vote for locking the front diff first
(yeah, this will generate some fan mail )

and see you at J101 tomorrow!

Just call 'em Richard Cepek tires.

haha I noticed that when I first wrote it. I wouldnt have censored the other part if i knew it would do it for me lol

Welcome to the Club!!

Welcome James you will like this club alot I know I do Thats why I am still here, Like the people, Lots of fun to wheel with They help you fix your rig to get home I was good at breaking my 1st year LOL had alot of help replacing Axles and tie rods And a few other things LOL

Brian : Breaking your first year is kinda misleading isnt it ? Youve gotten pretty good at it ! STILL . FjR68

Carl McFly wrote:
Nice rig, and here's one vote for locking the front diff first
(yeah, this will generate some fan mail

Welcome James!!

I would do the rear locker first. When climbing an obstacle most of the vehicles weight is transfered to the rear leaving the front tires spinning (locked or not), if the rear is locked you have a better chance of getting over the obstacle.

Hey James, I'm another vote for locking the front first. Unless you're doing wicked steep climbs the weight transfer that Doug is talking about is less of a factor. I've done it both ways and found that I had better all around results from locking the front first, even on moderately steep climbs and definitely on step climbs (yes, step not steep).

WELCOME ABOARD!!!!

Greetings James. Welcome to the party.


70+/-% of your forward traction comes from the rear (from the Powertrax manual). Another vote for rear locker first.


Don't forget to pack some extra shafts for your Dana 35.

James has other issues to worry about...he bent the draglink on his TJ at the 101. Pretty good job too!!