Building a Mojave on 40's

[Mojave40]

One last question. Do they use splined lugs or OEM. Thanks.

I use black splined lugs.

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[yoda13]

A few pictures of the new 2.5 Fox Performance Elite Resevoir DSC shocks. Love the adjustabilty of these shocks and didn't sacrifice any performace from the Mojave Shocks minus the internal bypass feature. I had to drill out the bushings on the front shocks only because the Mojave Gladiator uses M14 bolts and everything is designed for the JL/JT which uses M12 bolts for the front shocks.

So, the top and bottom bolts are 14 mm on the front shocks and the rear are 12mm on the Mojave?

 

[Mojave40]

So, the top and bottom bolts are 14 mm on the front shocks and the rear are 12mm on the Mojave?

All JT's (except the Mojave M14) run M12 bolts in the front shock mounts. All JT's run M14 bolts in the rear. Hope that helps and makes sense.

 

[yoda13]

All JT's (except the Mojave M14) run M12 bolts in the front shock mounts. All JT's run M14 bolts in the rear. Hope that helps and makes sense.

So, upper and lower in the front are M14, so the top isn’t 14 and the bottom 12 for example? They are uniform in both front and back?

 

[Mojave40]

So, upper and lower in the front are M14, so the top isn’t 14 and the bottom 12 for example? They are uniform in both front and back?

The Mojave platform utilizes M14 bolts for All shocks both front and rear / top and bottom from what I remember.

 

[yoda13]

The Mojave platform utilizes M14 bolts for All shocks both front and rear / top and bottom from what I remember.

Thank you

 

[duvinclunk]

Love the build. Appreciate seeing someone not afraid to run 40s on the OE axles.

How have the Coopers been working for you? I didn't realize they had one that was so low in weight for a 40. I too am looking for something lightweight to run in that size and this may be a good option.

 

[Mojave40]

Love the build. Appreciate seeing someone not afraid to run 40s on the OE axles.

How have the Coopers been working for you? I didn't realize they had one that was so low in weight for a 40. I too am looking for something lightweight to run in that size and this may be a good option.

Thanks for the kind words.

The Cooper's are doing great so far. They hook up well on the rocks and so far I don't have any chunking on the lugs. They are louder than other MT's I've run in the past but nothing that bothers me personally. I would recommend them to others.

 

[kw_rc]

Your build is awesome and inspirational! I gotta ask, what kind of MPGs do you get with 40s and 5.13s?

 

[kwang5]

Wow man nice car

 

[SSinGA]

Wow man nice car

 

[Mojave40]

Your build is awesome and inspirational! I gotta ask, what kind of MPGs do you get with 40s and 5.13s?

Thanks for the kind words. I get an astounding 12-13 MPG. To add more salt in the wound I live in SoCal where gas is close to $6 a gallon.

 

[yoda13]

Thanks for the kind words. I get an astounding 12-13 MPG. To add more salt in the wound I live in SoCal where gas is close to $6 a gallon.

That’s a bit better than part of me expected.

 

[Mojave40]

So its been a little bit between posts and upgrades but during that time I've been on a few Off-Road trips up in Big Bear. The Jeep continues to preform very well completing a lot of the extreme trails up there (Dishpan / Holcomb / John Bull).

The biggest component taking a beating on the Jeep was the rear plastic bumper. Originally I had ordered an Addictive Desert Designs pro bolt-on bumper but they decided to discontinue making that design so I was back to the drawing board. After a ton of research I ended up ordering the Artec rear bumper. I'm very happy with this decision as it has very good body lines, beautiful welds, and was about $300 cheaper than the ADD brand.

I spray painted it with the same Textured Rustoleum as the front bumper to make it easy to touch up when I drag it over rocks. This bumper utilizes the factory tow hooks which I thought was kind of cool since I have 2 orange Mojave hooks. It also comes with a step plate I decided to plate blue to break up the black. 2 LED license plate lights finish the bumper. Here are some shots from different angles.

 

[Mojave40]

I've had a front and rear Artec truss sitting in the garage for a while. Finally had a little time to get the rear installed the other day with the help of a friend with a welder. Nice to have that added strength to the Dana 44.

The other quick upgrade done that day some to add some MetalCloak rear swaybar reinforcement brackets. I didn't even know these were a thing until I had 2 friends with Gladiators rip off or bend their swaybar brackets up in Big Bear. Apparently this is a weak leak and MetalCloak designed a fix. I believe the 2 brackets cost arounf $79 and took about 30 minutes to install.

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