You’re awesome, thank you so much. I’ve got a t-case drop in already, and I’m lifted 3”, but it’s a Rough Country add-a-leaf that the PO installed, and I want to rebuild it with better parts. I like most of the parts you used, so I’ll probably just copy your setup. As for the disc brakes, were the parts very expensive, and was it a straight-forward install? Any modification or fabrication needed, other than the e-brake? Again, thanks so much for this info, it’s greatly appreciated. I’ve had this Jeep a year and only changed the wheels and done some maintenance/replaced old parts. It’s going to be time to rebuild bits of it to make it more suitable for longer trips.
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No problem buddy. When you go past 3 inches of lift you'll also need longer lower control arms, i went with CORE 4x4 adjustable for 4-6 inches of lift. The disc brake swap was pretty straight forward, you do have to remove the axle shafts to both remove and install the mounting brackets. But no custom fab work was needed. The mounting bracket needs a little material removed to slide over the axle tube but a dremal can do the job for that. I did install longer wheel studs while having the axles out, i broke 2 studs so installed longer for future plans. Also used grade 8 hardware on the mounting bracket to the axle housing. Ill get some pictures of everything so you can see how the bracket installs. All in all im very happy with the swap, very good stopping power and no more darting left or right from unadjusted shoes. I do have drilled and slotted rotors from and rear so that helps as well.
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Thank you. I've had mine for a while and have big plans for it this year!
I apologize for the delay been crazy busy at work, here are a few pictures of the internals of the porportioning valve. When swapping to the disc brakes youll need to swap the spring and valve itself. Make sure you check the O rings and replace if needed. Its a simple swap and I've got even braking all around. Just unscrew your factory end cap, remove the spring and use some needle nose pliers to pull the valve out. Then install the parts from the disc brake porportioning valve. Ill get some pictures by the weekend of the brackets on my jeep for you. Hopefully helpful info haha.
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Quick update. Been busy and haven't had much time to do anything on the jeep, I managed to make a little time to do the cut and fold mod on the rear. I had some rust developing in the corners which is common so decided this was the best option. Plan to order Rustys off road rear bumper setup for the cut and fold mod. Very easy to do, I went a little overkill and sealed the joints inside and out after riveting everything together then did bed liner on the outside and inside. Even covered the entire inside wheel well while in there to hopefully help sound proof it some.
Haven't posted anything for a while, I've been busy and haven't had much time to work on the jeep. I did manage a little time to complete my rear drawer system. I'm super happy with the outcome and cant wait to use it. I'm going to either vinyl wrap the door faces, or get a thin sheet of stainless steel to cover them with. Used a heavy rubber mat for the top and added some aluminum trim to help hide the ugly edges. I wanted to use all the space and not waste any so I added a small cubby area accessible when the back seat is down. Hope to get some good use out of it this summer. 
