New Jeep! My 48 CJ2A

Ride height is great. Ride quality not so much. It's pretty stiff. But, there is absolutely no weight in the back right now.

 

Yeah, I know. Hey, they have half the leaves that the stock ones did.. It's not a huge deal. If I want cush I'll drive the TJ. Or my 3/4 ton truck.

 

Yes, both of them. Quite well as a matter of fact..

 

Windshield wipers installed today. These motors do have a park feature, but they park on the wrong side, so I wired each motor with it's own switch on the dash so I can park each one one the right side with the switch. I ran the wires up to the frame where the original vacuum line was.. Thanks to Nate (garage gnome) for the motors!

 

They won't clear the outer frame if I turn them over, and even if I space them in so they will, the venting windshield wouldn't open.

 

Since I put the springs on, I thought it needed taller (and skinnier) tires. I found a set of 16" wheels from a Gladiator, stripped them down and painted them the same color as the 15's. Ordered a set of Dynapro MT in 215/85R16, which measures 30" tall and 8" wide, which is about 1 1/2" taller and 3/4" narrower than the 235/75R15's. I really think this looks good..







I did add 1.5" wheel spacers (because I had them) since the Gladiator wheels have 4 1/2" back space compared to the 3 5/8" back space that the factory 16's would have had. I'll probably order some 1" spacers because I think they stick out just a bit too far.

 

I like the look - nice looking tires too. Brings back memories from when I was a kid and 'Sherman' looked like that (Dad's '48 I learned on).

 

I took the home made tire carrier



And added another horizontal piece on top





Put a new bracket for the wheel on it, to the right side, and a can rack on the left. I also added some braces on the hinge side.

 

I also replaced the 1 1/2" wheel spacers with 1" spacers, and got rid of the goofy looking center caps on the rear.