OVERHAUL: Jeep Wrangler TJ! Complete MetalCloak Transformation!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- This TJ is really special because it was purchased new by the current owner's father. His father built the Jeep was it was new & used it extensively as a trail guide. The Jeep has been parked inside for the last 5 years we were asked to bring it back to life and create a family heirloom. The work that was completed was extensive and included a 4.5" MetalCloak Long Arm Suspension, with FOX 2.0 Performance series shocks, MetalCloak Fenders, flares & skid plates. We swapped out the old low pinion Dana 30 front axle with a new high pinion Dana 30, installed driveshaft from Quigley, and added new cable shifters to the Atlas transfer case. The list goes on and on! We're pumped to have finished this family heirloom for the customer and are very happy with the outcome!
37's on an HP D30...good luck with that.
We see this Jeep for regular maintenance and annual inspection. It's doing fine!
Great Job on this one. Very nice TJ!
Thanks Zach!
Nice looking build. Researching a build for my 06 LJ and will look at Metal Cloak products. First time I had heard of that company. Thanks for sharing.
Did you end up choosing metalcloak ?
I have I6 5 SPEED 4.88 in my 98 on 37 love it
That's a great build. Wish you had a shop here in Virginia. Shops that understand lifted Jeep geometry or how to do an alignment on one are few and far between.
We have customers that have made the trek up from Virginia! If you're ever interested in making the drive!
My faithful TJ is dying, the RMS Stargazer. For fifteen years she barely gave any trouble. 2020 hit and the radiator burst, soaking the belt in antifreeze which caused it to snap, destroy the fan and the clutch. On the tow home, a tyre was destroyed somehow. It was time to buy new tyres anyway. While down, I addressed the mild death rattle by replacing the ball joints, tie rod, and installed an adjustable track bar. The drag link got a new steering damper. A few weeks later, I installed an aluminum three row radiator, an electric fan, and an electric thromal switch for the fan. The old Jeep ran great once more. Then the synchronizes failed, little, by little, until they are gone by the end of 2020. But I learned to double clutch and dealt with it. Recently, the ECM failed. When it failed the system was flooded with 50 volts from the alternator and the battery swole up and was foaming when the engine powered out. She sits dormant now. So silent, so peaceful, so beautifully sad. Between needing a transmission, battery, anything that cooked under the 50 volts, and an ECM, I wonder if I should just retire my dear Stargazer to lawn ornament. I love her so much. I could never junk her. But she could remain beautiful as a ornament, while I find a life draining, bland, boring, soul sucking front wheel drive, four cylinder, automatic transmission, upside down soup bowl looking, car. I hate 2021. It makes 2020 look like one year of Christmas. I can not believe this year may be the end of our long journey together with my dear Stargazer. How do I retire a friend that has been true for fifteen years?
Dang! That was a sad read! I can't believe the luck you've had, very unfortunate my friend! If you're local or somewhat close, you could bring it on up and we could give it a look! We would hate to see you lose your long time beloved due to mechanical failure! What do you think?? We would hate to see it sit unused! There's gotta be options for you!
I love all of it except that dana 30 in front matched with 37"tires 🤔
Great build!!
Thanks
Nice build. I have the 4.5" rock sport lift and overline fenders. Have been very pleased with it.
Love my TJ, unfortunately I don't like that I didn't do my research and overpayed for a full RC'd out wrangler. Definitely going to be cloaking it out as soon as I can.
All that work and left the old bumpers lol. Love that you paint matched the MetalCloak fenders though
The customer had some things he wanted to do himself!!
Shoot I'd love those bumpers
I have always wondered about the durability and life of those rubber joints?
I have a bunch of the Metl Cloak Body parts on my TJ. I love them and all the time get people commenting on how good it looks. They are wowed when I tell them it's not just for looks, it's armor.
A testament to how tough the Metal Cloak parts are: a few years ago some moron cut me off on the freeway and jammed on their brakes. I hit the idiot and totaled their car, flipped my jeep on it's top. Thank god for hard tops!. The only body parts there were not damaged were the Metal Cloak parts. I wish they madea hood, front grill and windshield frame! If them would I would own them and they probably would have survived undamaged with only some scraping.
In repairing the Jeep I now have a full Ultra 4 race cage attached directly to the frame. :-) I'm slowly turning it into a poor man's 4500 class car. The new engine (turbo 4.7 stroker from 505 performance is almost ready to drop in with the heavily modified AW-4 trans. I already have the T-case from a hummer with a solid 4140 shortened main shaft in it. Axles and drive shaft are all already built to support high HP.
Every mishap in a Jeep is nothing more than an excuse to buy more Jeep parts. All of life's stresses are an excuse to buy more jeep parts.The wife getting mad at you is an excuse to buy more Jeep parts. The boss yelling at you or getting passed over at work is an excuse to buy more Jeep parts. EVerything is an excuse to upgrade and buy more Jeep parts !!!!!!
Ignore all the "Mall Crawler" mods that you see all over the place that some city slicker drives around with on their Angry bird grill cover Jeep, LOL!!! Putting big tires and a winch on your new JL doesn't make it a trail rig. IT takes a lot more than big tires and a winch to make a rig. What you guys did in this video makes this Jeep a real trail rig. Too Many people never get the skid plates, never forget that stuff you WILL regret it later.
True Jeeps are built not Bought!
Spot on my friend!
Why did you go to Fox rather than Metal cloak shock?How big a tire can you go with 4.5" lift? Thanks for your chanel😊
fender flare width ? 6 inch ? all round ?
would love to know the approx cost $$ for this project? I have an 02 TJ that I'm looking to do something similar to. Amazing job guys!! Lucky kid/owner!
Thanks!! We avoid posting prices publicly but if you’d like a quote feel free to email us!
mike@mountzionoffroad.com
@@MountZionOffroad not sure how you benefit from that, considering people can just openly talk to each other or comment here.
@@rmat9023 Its for the customers sake, not ours.
@@rmat9023 Can't have the customers wife seeing what he really spent on it
Looks good Mike. Are those the 4in or 6in fender flares? We’re the fenders powder coated or rattle can?
wish i had the money to modify my
jeep like this..
Don't we all!
So how much did this cost please?
I have a TJ with a Ford 9 inch rear and exactly like that… I want to go from a short arm to long arm...You sure the bill but you don’t talk about how it handles or road characteristics ....
Nice build.
Thanks Erik!
I feel like the trailreadys that were on it would have been the better choice. Any reason for the switch to fuels?
Just customer choice!
Dude put at least 10k if not more into it not including the Jeep lol
It's worth it to preserve something so important to their family!
My core G2s cost almost 10k lol
What track bar bracket was welded on?
MetalCloak if I recall correctly!
How the hell it has New Zealand 4wd association sticker on the front bumper? 😳
This things been all over the place!!
What gas tank did yall put in the TJ?
Kept the stock one in! Just replaced the skid plate with a MetalCloak one!
Rims & tires WAY to skinny. I can't believe you didn't upsize them.
long arms expose you to bending, IMO