mudgudgeon
Resident galah
Wow! They've done well . . . .
to convince themselves that it's 100% stock!
to convince themselves that it's 100% stock!
40s on stock suspension...
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nukegoat
Should have bought a Jeep
The dumb trend to overemphasizing "droop" needs to die. Uptravel is your friend
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I agree, this rig needs at the least 50mm lift to get a few more inches of up travel & to allow a 12" shocks to get in there.
I dig it when I saw it on IG the other day! I am really considering selling my Scrambler crawler and building another 80 like this. The Range Rover they brought this year on the UA also was a super low, high cut fender like this and it ride amazing. I agree a low lift OME spring would perfect this, but clearly this is an in progress pic anyway!
Side note for my dreams while I keyboard build my next rig, what shafts front and rear are best to handle a 37-40" tire...with 5:29 and ARBS?
Side note for my dreams while I keyboard build my next rig, what shafts front and rear are best to handle a 37-40" tire...with 5:29 and ARBS?
I completely removed by inner fenders, no need to remove/relocate any electronics. Majority of the rubbing issues will be on the front most inner fender portion when turning. I have cut away 90% of the inner wall to the body mount and it still needs some massaging. Going to echo what has been said, until I see detailed pics of how they did the front and the rear and better yet what the situation is when at full locked, it is just a cool 80 with 40's and cut flares whose range of motion is questionable.
I'm bumping this so we can egg Swag Offload on IG to start spilling the beans and showing us more pics!
richardlillard1
SILVER Star
This isn’t IG so maybe you should just message them and ask some questions
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You beat me to it.... I don't think posting on on mud will presser SWAG in any way, but I'm sure this is what @adamsclarke meant.
Yup, already asked on IG, just hoping he will come on over and share on MUD 
You should see the one he uses for Google...
But droop makes for great "flex" poser photos, which is the real reason people wheel in the first place... isn't it?
Project "Clifford" is currently at the paint shop. To clarify, yes everything under the hood was relocated or custom brackets made to accommodate raising the inner fenders. I cut just over 7.5" off the front and rear exterior sheet metal and raised the inner fenders as much as needed to fully cycle the stock suspension at full bump and extention and still have full cycle of the steering without any rubbing. It's not a rock crawler, I already have one of those. This is built to be a fun DD, family camping, hunting rig, not spend hundreds of hours and thousands of $ on paint and body work then smash it at the Hammers in a day.
The rear axle was not relocated. All new rear tubs and C pillars were formed, bead rolled and fit like a factory installation. I cut into the rear doors ~3" and matched the body lines to appear factory. Fuel filler neck relocated and rear seat cushin corners modified to fit.
All badging and factory roof rack were removed. Roof rack, rear spoiler and antenna holes were welded shut.
The only thing that rubs is the front and rear tires on the exhaust.
I have big plans for Clifford when it gets back from paint. I will post up pictures then.
The rear axle was not relocated. All new rear tubs and C pillars were formed, bead rolled and fit like a factory installation. I cut into the rear doors ~3" and matched the body lines to appear factory. Fuel filler neck relocated and rear seat cushin corners modified to fit.
All badging and factory roof rack were removed. Roof rack, rear spoiler and antenna holes were welded shut.
The only thing that rubs is the front and rear tires on the exhaust.
I have big plans for Clifford when it gets back from paint. I will post up pictures then.
looks awesome!
crickets from the haters now that the owner/builder chimed in....
crickets from the haters now that the owner/builder chimed in....
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LINUS
Waiting for the Great Pumpkin
Cool to see you post - alot of us here don’t FB, IG, Twit, etc - so I was 100% in the dark until I just saw this today.
Give us a bunch of pics when you can, I’m not out to stuff 40’s under an 80, but like you say - a guy in a 80 (or any average 80 owner who has a realistic budget & just has a good 80 for family fun on rock & trails) is never going to podium at KOH.
Maybe that one guy in that limited modified class (4010, 4800 - I forget the class #), but his 80 isn’t the average ~4” lift & 35”+ tires, with armor/winch most of us have.
I just like seeing some of everything that anyone does, never know what you’ll see that’ll help in a future project or whatever.
mudgudgeon
Resident galah
Definitely not how I would choose to build a fun DD, camping rig. You sir, have screws loose!
You know this is an open forum right? People are going to put out opinions all the time, especially when something is so far from the normal.
Haven't read back through the whole thread, but don't remember a lot of hate
Same. I'll never have an 80 on 40s. Cool as it is, it wouldn't reach the city limits before being stopped and ticketed by police over here.
Love seeing what someone his far someone with some skills is willing to go to satisfy themselves on a crazy build, just because they can.
