Project "iron mule"

[das beef]

i just figure i do a thread on my truck "iron mule" ... i traded it my 68 bronco for it from lanny and now has become my new toy.... pretty much i painted it green and put some camo on it .. did a little brake work and some opens headers and just started doing a spring over.. i've done the back shackle flip and im waiting on spring perches to arrive.....also built a roll cage and will be putting 44" swampers on the truck as well
here are some pics

[myJEEPisAfatty]

Awesome rig, its come quite a ways. I really like the tiger stripe Id like to do that with my truck. How hard was it?

[das beef]

not to hard bout 6 cans of spray paint and 20mins. lol

[das beef]

still waiting on my beefy spring perches ...grrrr telico 4x4 is making me not very happy ggrrrrrrrrrrr

[das beef]

started taking the front axle out for the spring over but im still waiting on my new perches... plus you can see all the mud left from the mud bog in the pics and me playing with some 44" swampers in the wheel wells

[das beef]

i think im gonna make my own wheels i should have some pics up later to explain ...also i was wondering why do people who do spring overs on m715 take two leaf springs out of the spring packs????? anyone?
thanks

[brute4c]

People who do, and dont do, spring overs take leaves out to soften the ride. Stock springs are stiff little monsters.

[das beef]

so here are some pics of the spring over so far... the perches i got are 7" long to help prevent axle wrap.. i got them from .m.o.r.e. but i also see im gonna have to notch out the cross member for the driveshaft and also move my steering link rods etc. on top of the knuckles

[das beef]

and i have 2 of these wheel plates with the right bolt patteren in them and i have a friend who is going to make me 2 more...... i can save this patteren if anyone else would like to try what im doing and mine friend could make them for you as well not sure on price yet....... but if you have the correct wheel the insert fits right at 4.5" backspacing on the back of the rim. getting them centered will be the tricky part...

[97XJSP]

looks good... keep us posted! by the way, what size swampers were you running before you started the spring over? i would go spring over in a heartbeat if the rest of my truck wasn't all stock and the laws up here weren't so viscious against anyone trying to have some fun!