78 FJ40 Stretch

[MUCHADO]

My dad's been stretching his FJ40.. Thought I'd share some pics. He's using a BlueTorch Fab stretch kit with stock Cherokee leafs. Also not pictured he's got Bilstein 5150's to go all around. Rollbar removed to get it into the garage--before the stretch it was WAY tall and we're going to build a cage for it soon.

Stock wheelbase is 90-91 and he added 10" to it so he's at 101 right now. The front has yet to be touched but I think that's going to be stretched a little bit also.









new BTF bumper/rear leaf hanger mocked up






before streching:


After strech:















all welded up







painted it up


sittin on it's own.. LOW. This loweered it more than we anticipated we may be either doing add-a-leaf or getting some 3.5" rubicon express XJ pack







He has some oval clear LED's for the rear instead of those huge JEEP style tail lights. Rig will be painted another color eventually so they won't be outta place

[Cookie Monster]

looks good rob

[BigWillieStyle_21]

Noooooooooooo...

WHy hack up a solid FJ-40???? Why god????










Looks good Rob!!! I personally would ahve moved the wheel whell openign and kept it lookign like a odd-ball stocker though!!

I know... Too much metal work for a wheeler!!!


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