A new take on a comanchee / cherokee front coilover mount.

[LongDong Fab]

​A new take on a Comanche / Cherokee front coilover mount.

A friend of mine purchased this rig during the past summer. For the most part it is a good start to a great wheeler. He brought this rig over to my shop to redo a bunch of work, that the previous owner had done. The rig was pretty solid for the most part,

- dana 60 front
- Hydro assist
- dana 70 rear
- 3 link front
- Leaf spring rear
- 5.3 out of a tahoe with 4l60


The plan

- coilovers in each corner
- 4 link rear
- exo cage / rub rail
- tube bed
- atlas
- etc

The owner of the jeep is very particular and even though it is a wheeler, would like to keep the build as clean as possible. Most Cherokee coil over hoops seem very cookie cutter, It seems like there must be a more interesting solution. Knowing there will be an exo cage, it would be nice to tie everything together.

After many hours playing in bend tech, this was the final solution.

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Sorry the photos are out of order,

The main tube with get attached to the a pillar bar, connecting the front to the rest of the cage

 

[The Freeak]

I'm a month plus late to reply, but that strikes me as an extremely long and unsupported span for what's being asked of it.
I don't like it without adding some vertical spars in line with the shock to carry the load.

EDIT- am I to understand that there is a mostly vertical tube that extends down from the horizontal tube lands on the frame?
I guess that's better but I'd still prefer it not be such a long span. Maybe the pics aren't doing your end product justice.

 

[LongDong Fab]

Ill take some pictures when Im back on this project, The span is supported in 2 other locations, so the section where the coilover mounts is only 10 inches of strait tube