Choosing Suspension for Daily Driving Weekend Wheeling

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John and I talk about what suspension will be run on Elmo the LJ to make it the best all around daily driver/weekend wheeler

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  • @TheAdnanmajor
    @TheAdnanmajor3 жыл бұрын

    Dude on the right looks like the Villain Superhero from Incredibles 2. 😏

  • @natejones4421

    @natejones4421

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly what I thought 😂😂

  • @HDA_III

    @HDA_III

    3 жыл бұрын

    LOOOOOOL

  • @SuperBillybabe

    @SuperBillybabe

    2 жыл бұрын

    Omg, that's hilarious 😂 😃

  • @garycrumrine9538
    @garycrumrine95384 жыл бұрын

    Ian, WELCOME BACK MAN. I have really missed your work. Keep it going.

  • @johnbehneman1546
    @johnbehneman1546 Жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! GREAT PROJECT!!!! GREAT UPGRADES!!!! GREAT VIDEO!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!

  • @frankfilippone9679
    @frankfilippone9679 Жыл бұрын

    Just sold a 06 Rubicon TJ to a guy who has a 06 Rubicon LJ and yes! He came with a tow bar and towed the TJ Rubicon with the LJ Rubicon home from Long Island to NJ , Probably the best Jeep picture of all time! And I chose 4 Leaf Springs for my Daily Driver/Off-Roader Tacoma S.A.Swap, doesn't drive like a Cadillac but it drives like a truck, cause it is a truck! LOL And offroad, she's an Animal!

  • @thekangds9639
    @thekangds9639 Жыл бұрын

    What was the finished product?

  • @thomashalley7258
    @thomashalley72585 жыл бұрын

    Metalcloak lift is what id use if I ever end up with a jeep again.

  • @jeefcherky6699
    @jeefcherky66994 жыл бұрын

    Hey Ian, you once did a 14 bolt Dana 50 front axle. What was the slug size to combine?

  • @Crossrdscmg
    @Crossrdscmg5 жыл бұрын

    This is gonna be a great build, keep up the work

  • @lisiy1986inh
    @lisiy1986inh2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for video! Could you help to choose please? What is better: adjustable control arms or control arms brackets or 3-link long arm kit (diy kit)? These kits have approximately similar prices. Using vehicle everyday and offroad on weekends. Jeep Wrangler JK Unlimited Rubicon 2015. Lift 3.5 inches. The main goal to put 37 inches tires and make Jeep suspension is very reliable. Few times per year we go to the mountains for a couple days. There is no any service or welding or even electricity. So suspension must be very reliable to not to way some parts in the mountain:)

  • @thekangds9639
    @thekangds9639 Жыл бұрын

    I want to do the exact thing to my LJ. Can you please send more more specifics as well as the tire size you went with? Thanks!

  • @Wobbrockremovalllc
    @Wobbrockremovalllc4 жыл бұрын

    Love your stuff

  • @jcramatowski4620
    @jcramatowski4620 Жыл бұрын

    Can you provide links to purchase the fox shocks and coils?

  • @wyattoneable
    @wyattoneable4 жыл бұрын

    You do great work in the production of your videos Ian.

  • @BigTireGarage

    @BigTireGarage

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @jorgeruiz9893
    @jorgeruiz9893 Жыл бұрын

    Good morning everyone .. Can help how get corrert shackle angle for jeep cj5 with 4” rough country suspension. At this moment with original position has more less 90 front 95 rear

  • @SuperDeeredriver
    @SuperDeeredriver5 жыл бұрын

    "and the 'best he was my high school shop teacher' award goes to"... well he wasn't mine but I envy those people

  • @LGBrave10
    @LGBrave104 жыл бұрын

    Can someone link me the parts for this setup ???

  • @thegooniverse495
    @thegooniverse4954 жыл бұрын

    Why is this guy doing a cosplay of the bad guy from the Incredibles? I don't get it.

  • @brianjohnson8616

    @brianjohnson8616

    4 жыл бұрын

    2Wheels OutDoors I was just thinking that. That was a hair style very few guys used to rock 15 years ago. That guy is also pushing 50 yrs old. Time to get out of the juniors

  • @Dr_Flankensteinn

    @Dr_Flankensteinn

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's IAN from Four Wheeler TV Show - aka The "Heat Miser" :)

  • @1danny2k

    @1danny2k

    3 жыл бұрын

    SYNDROME!!

  • @HDA_III

    @HDA_III

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s his famous look!

  • @williambreeze2659
    @williambreeze26593 жыл бұрын

    Love the hair style lol.

  • @johnpaul9606
    @johnpaul96063 жыл бұрын

    Get it right ! Golden Retriever in the back ! LOL

  • @MrSplupa
    @MrSplupa3 жыл бұрын

    Here I was hoping for an explanation because of the title and all I got was shameless plugs.

  • @michaellauer3397
    @michaellauer339725 күн бұрын

    Wwhhhahahahahaaa… “ hold onto your light bars”

  • @body7156
    @body71564 жыл бұрын

    guys they made johnny bravo a real thing

  • @BigTireGarage

    @BigTireGarage

    4 жыл бұрын

    I prefer to go by Syndrome from the incredibles

  • @body7156

    @body7156

    4 жыл бұрын

    even better ❤️

  • @scottkinderdine3317
    @scottkinderdine33173 жыл бұрын

    So what would you recommend for a 2016 Rubicon JK 2 Door with the same scenario? I currently have a 2 1/2 , Fox monotube shocks & 35's..

  • @BigTireGarage

    @BigTireGarage

    3 жыл бұрын

    on the JK I know people have had good luck with Metalcloak and Rockkrawler

  • @scottkinderdine3317

    @scottkinderdine3317

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@BigTireGarage Would you still recommend a 3 inch lift? I'm planning on adding 37's here in the near future.

  • @boatsandjeeps780

    @boatsandjeeps780

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@scottkinderdine3317 I know this is old post. But rock krawler 3.5 x factor or adventure series, actually get 4in or more ,without all the heavy skids and bumpers etc. 3.5 with all the added weight will need exhaust spacer , I bought new front driveshaft instead , it's more $ but the front driveshaft cv joint will start clicking and go bad quick. I've got close 2 yrs on rock krawler and couldn't b happier with the flex. There's lots people on the jeep fourms that hate rock krawler tho. Idk y tho. Good luck

  • @kevinthouvenell1750
    @kevinthouvenell17506 жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @Trihope
    @Trihope4 жыл бұрын

    You said a 3” lift, what brand do you recommend? I was looking at the Metalcloak Game Changer, but those are 3.5”. Will that work as well, or do I need to stay under exactly 3”?

  • @Faq-ubeach

    @Faq-ubeach

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know this is an old thread but maybe this will still help you or someone else out. Having dealt with alot of TJ lifts and metalcloak products... To answer your question, for a daily driver, I'd go with a 2inch lift and maybe a small body lift. That's about what I did. I feel like you do lose a small amount of on-road comfort and driveability with anything more than that suspension wise. But there's not a right or wrong answer to your question. Let me open this can of worms. First, call up dirk at dpg offroad. The guy is the TJ lifting guru and can get you squared away. If you go with a small lift with a body lift, it'll get you the size tires most people want (33s) while giving you the look people want while keeping it JUST small enough to not change to much of the geometry and cost a fortune. That said, a person can probably still get away with daily driving something in the 3-4 inch lift range. Like I said I don't feel like a person loses THAT much in on-road driveability...but then again it all depends on what someone is willing to tolerate. That's why there's not an exact answer to this question for you. I feel like I'd be okay daily driving a TJ with a 3.5 inch lift as long as it was quality. Something from currie or metalcloak. Something quality thats matched and set up right will perform well on and offroad. Something in the $1,500+ range. Something cheap will get you the height but ride like shit. I've seen it. Also, be aware that the higher you go the more things you will have to change...things that can effect how much of a change you can tolerate on a daily driver. For instance, going above 2-ish inches usually requires a new driveshaft or a transfer case drop to keep the driveshafts from being at too extreme of an angle. Well, dropping your transfer case is the cheap easy solution...but will cause a manual shifter to hit the jeeps body more and make it more difficult to shift and keep in gear. I hated that for a daily driver. New driveshafts are the proper way to do it...but that's more coin. What will probably kill it for you as a daily driver isn't the quality 3-4 inch lift. It'd be the tires. Now the best a TJ ever came with gearing wise is 4.11. I have that in my rubi...and my ass still runs 31 inch factory tires. Tried 33s and as a daily driver...it just lost to much speed for me. So if you don't have a regeared axle (big $$$$) or a Rubicon, you've prolly got 3.73 gears or lower. Which will make the 33 inch tired jeep even more of a dog. Hopefully I'm not killing your, or anyone else's, dreams of some giant TJ Wrangler that looks all cool....it's just that the whole thing is more of a process than people realize. Even for new jeeps. It's why so many new people in new jks and jls complain about their jeeps riding like crap and getting death wobble and such. It's not as easy as just getting big tires and new springs and you're done and it drives the same. Every suspension alteration after a certain height causes something else to need to be altered...and that alteration causes something else to need to be changed. Usually that cut off is anything above 2 inches. Speaking on metalcloak, I personally like Matson and metal cloak. I'm running his double adjustable control arms (once again, I went slightly above 2 inches and needed quality adjustable control arms to be able to readjust my alignment and camber angles back to factory settings). Some people in the jeep world swear by them...and some don't. I found their products to be quality and their customer service great. A person can never seem to go wrong with currie products though. I'd say metalcloak/savvy/currie are the best 3 for quality parts.

  • @rappidgamer142

    @rappidgamer142

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Faq-ubeach this was exactly what I was looking for thank you. Someone to say it how it is bc I was confused

  • @alexmagers6595
    @alexmagers65953 жыл бұрын

    Is the guy on the left the guy from the Trading Spaces fail video???

  • @alexmagers6595

    @alexmagers6595

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, yes it is. Glad to know he’s doing well

  • @dariomilardovic8409
    @dariomilardovic84093 жыл бұрын

    I love JK looks nice 2 door . 4 door jeep somehow not jeppyy to me.

  • @coloradomallcrawlers
    @coloradomallcrawlers4 жыл бұрын

    JK guy but former TJ guy, LJ might be, so no argument here.

  • @ArthriticAngler
    @ArthriticAngler Жыл бұрын

    Other than the korean subtitles…. Good epsiods 😅

  • @kregadeth5562
    @kregadeth55624 жыл бұрын

    Wow Guy Fierri loves trucks huh?!

  • @46rambo49
    @46rambo492 жыл бұрын

    so is it true that you can't go to Moab without a cameraman and a spotter with 4 jeeps in convoy? yah that's wheeling ain't it?

  • @9929kingfish
    @9929kingfish4 жыл бұрын

    The hair though

  • @tacoeatrrr4564
    @tacoeatrrr45642 жыл бұрын

    So you built him your dream truck instead of his dream truck?

  • @evanmiller1642
    @evanmiller16423 жыл бұрын

    Send those shocks to accutune .

  • @jasonwilliams108
    @jasonwilliams1084 жыл бұрын

    Ian Johnson is cool as hell. Have you seen him wheel? Ultimate Adventure, Trail to Sema. You're all just jealous. He's NUTS! Has a bigger shop now and can build anything! Who gives a shit about hair?

  • @TwistedOff
    @TwistedOff Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @frankfilippone9679
    @frankfilippone9679 Жыл бұрын

    Video of a Rubicon LJ towing a Rubicon TJ on my KZread channel, check it out, there will be follow ups

  • @stevenp3176
    @stevenp31765 жыл бұрын

    What I thought you were a big fan of Dana 30s and 3.08s Ian. Lol

  • @mcbaited5455

    @mcbaited5455

    3 жыл бұрын

    i’ve used it for a fat min and no problem :) 3’ lift really dumb

  • @larcon78
    @larcon785 жыл бұрын

    Want to build a brand?...more content!

  • @joehop3191
    @joehop31913 жыл бұрын

    Show the Jeep!

  • @madman432000
    @madman4320002 жыл бұрын

    The amazing part is he found an unmolested lj to start with...

  • @greggreen1139
    @greggreen11393 жыл бұрын

    Just once I wish these video productions would do a vehicle that isn't a jeep or a Tacoma. For the real average weekend wheelers. Not everything out there is a cookie cutter. Idk

  • @OffishalOutdoorGear

    @OffishalOutdoorGear

    2 жыл бұрын

    You drive a Prius?

  • @greggreen1139

    @greggreen1139

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@OffishalOutdoorGear smart car

  • @JH-in5oq
    @JH-in5oq4 жыл бұрын

    I clicked this video because of this dude’s hair

  • @BigTireGarage

    @BigTireGarage

    4 жыл бұрын

    Smart....I fully respect another mans hair game

  • @philllsxga.7737
    @philllsxga.77374 жыл бұрын

    I see a lot of lifed Jeep's with knobby tires, and the winch and the light bars AND THESE PEOPLE DON'T TAKE THEM OFF ROAD!!! More money than brains!!! It's the trendy look! Like sheep's led to slaughter! Monkey see monkey do...

  • @JacopoSkydweller

    @JacopoSkydweller

    4 жыл бұрын

    100%>. Pristine paint, no scratches even on the plastic, etc.... You KNOW somebody is legit when that's what their "off-road" mallcrawler looks like

  • @philllsxga.7737

    @philllsxga.7737

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JacopoSkydweller LOL!! I go on at least 6 off road trips a year with my daily driven Silverado! Then there's the winter!

  • @komando8365

    @komando8365

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yea man, I live in NH and I thought there would be a huge wheeling crowd up here but, everyone just drives around looking pretty in their JL's and JK's... Shame.

  • @bdr5150
    @bdr51504 жыл бұрын

    Lmao! These guys act like cutting the lower control arms off is a task!

  • @tomgilpin2579
    @tomgilpin25794 жыл бұрын

    THE F was that !!!! Cmon fellas. Just an add for FOX and Savvy ??? LJs are cool but we all know that. Lil more than 5:22. 🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @kendorney1628
    @kendorney16284 жыл бұрын

    What idiot wouldn’t go with a long arm kit!?

  • @graystone3048
    @graystone30482 жыл бұрын

    I just can’t take this dude serious with dat hair! Lol

  • @BigTireGarage

    @BigTireGarage

    2 жыл бұрын

    The hair rocks!!!!

  • @1slow.grandsport628
    @1slow.grandsport6284 жыл бұрын

    I disagree, I think the jk is a better rig than the lj

  • @injeepingwetrust9159

    @injeepingwetrust9159

    4 жыл бұрын

    While we have a TJ and LJ the JK is just better.. take them all wheeling and you will know..

  • @wesbarcus3761

    @wesbarcus3761

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nice thing about LJ, almost 6 inches narrower than JK. Length is good, but you get that JK in tight squeeze and rock or tree rub can become a problem.

  • @GMbusa1
    @GMbusa15 жыл бұрын

    Keep the Jeep near stock and buy an old rig to wheel

  • @stenpilgrimz3163
    @stenpilgrimz31632 жыл бұрын

    Do people really consider this type of vid helpful?

  • @brockm1663
    @brockm16636 жыл бұрын

    First like and comment haha

  • @AdolfTrumpler
    @AdolfTrumpler3 жыл бұрын

    You guys try so hard to be funny

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