Melissa Locke took her ’96 Jeep Cherokee to the October trail ride in Eau Claire and is looking forward to her next trip to the Outback Offroad Adventure Park. In addition to the XJ’s 6.5” lift, it also has a slip yoke eliminator and custom drive shafts front and rear. She runs Mickey Thompson Baja Claw tires 33"x10.5". Here are a couple photos and video from her trip.
Go to the Outback Off Road Adventure web site for more pictures from the October 11-12, 2008 event.
Visit the BDS web site to see more pictures from last weekend's 4x4 Outback Adventure at Coal Hollow Park.
1997 Jeep Wrangler (TJ) 4.0L I-6 6.5” BDS Longarm kit BDS Prototype Belly pan – completely smooth bottom 36 x 13.50 Interco Iroc’s 15 x 8 steel wheels with 4” backspace Lock-rite rear locker BDS Rocksliders BDS custom front and rear bumpers w/ tire carrier and custom gas tank skid plate
RTI Footage: 20 psi each tire, front sway bar disconnected using BDS Ultimate disconnects, measurements were taken with all tires on the ground (we went a little past in some of the footage you can see and a tire is hanging, but not for measurements). All shocks and rear sway bar were still hooked up – no cheating!
6.5” Longarm kit: Our kit uses a 4 link with trackbar setup at each axle. We keep hearing that to get good flex you have to triangulate your control arms and get rid of the trackbar. I hope this shows the kind of numbers you can get when your suspension is setup correctly. The onroad driving manners of this jeep are amazing. You can drive it to the trails, wheel it, then drive it home.
This is our company TJ it has our 6.5” longarm kit all the other mods are listed above. It’s a nice day outside and we were tired of sitting at our desks – hope you enjoy.
When the guys got back from the 1st Outback Adventure, they put together this video for you.
