The StepChild has come so far from when you left the dealership and straight to the trails , and you guys from getting your blanket to lay down on the driveway to this!!!! I'm so happy for you guys and I hope all of you have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!! ♥️♥️💯🤙
You guys are doing so much to the JL I’m sure Jeep is taking notes on what works better for the JM. You probably have saved them a few million in R&D, Jeep really better appreciate you guys!
@@MichaelSmith-kr9qw What if I actually don't care about these peoples success. ? Success is very subjective and opinionated . So what is worth being envious about these people ? Serious question.
Great job,Chris! Kevin & Britt lucky to have a master tech there who has a great knowledge & sense of humor. With the weight loss you know look like Mathew McConahay not just sound like him.
I love this kind of content. This is the best video of yours that I’ve seen so far, and they’re all great to watch. Only things missing are Bec and Brit. Kidding aside, great job explaining and showing all that work, it was fantastic. Chris, you’re awesome. Love back at the four a yooz.
Once you get the bugs all worked out and perfected, you need to open a shop and just make this a package turn-key deal with axles and all, I'd be the first one there!
I would start using jacks when you get under the jeep. Never trust your lift to hydraulics, pneumatics, or people. I have seen 3 forklifts blow hydraulic hoses and that one is well past its prime.
Flexy, straps and springs, longer rods....Shocking! This is what happens when the boys are left unattended..! Stepchild has always been an amazing platform and build. your ideas, effort and drive to accomplish are inspirational. Lots of fun watching y'all have fun in the playpen! Glad to have your Military training and discipline paying off now! Have a Happy Thanksgiving, wherever you are this week! LIteBriteNationFlexation!
Used to follow even before hyperdrive and months after my roommate told me you were on the show, I'm not following anymore. Used to love the grit of the channel, but you guys made it. Congrats!! You guys have money, keep flexing that. Appreciate all the sponsorships from a regular person
Keep an eye on the limiting strap. Them things break so easy. I myself broke quite a few. Awesome, awesome job with the new mod. Love the articulation it has. On pins and needles wanting to see after the front is done. Okay, I know in the past I said Kevin needed a buggy , , , maybe he just needed Chris to make the JL act like a buggy!!!!
This is enlightening! I have the same problem with gas tank and now Chris has solved it for me. When I installed the full width axles the track bar did not fit without modification, now I know why.. Need need bracketry. You're the man Chris!!
Wow that is so much suspension! It looks like you have a Scout 80/800 top sitting in the background. Any chance that you will be working on one of those in the future?
That was a huge downside to us living on the road full time. It limited the tools we could have at our disposal and no space to install parts even when we wanted. We were lucky shops we visited would even let us film (most of their insurance companies would probably not have been happy about it).
Nice vid, was measuring my jku out the other day and was thinking of moving my track bar to keep the Dana 60 from hitting the tank. Glad to know it will help out. Keep up the great work!
That's awesome.. I can't wait to get my axles, long arms, and all the goods.. just a little bit more time before I can get them. Thanks for the breakdown on the rear track bar and placement, definitely helps and just more items to keep an eye on and to check while out on the trails. Like aways, great video, and love watching great ppl. Keep it up!! When will y'all post a tentative 2022 schedule?
L/B. Chris's cool D2 still has more flex ! Might be time for hydraulic bump stops to chase higher baja speeds in the desert or go to a 'dakar' setup with twin shocks and 6" lift & 6" wider track to match ? V.
Thank you Kevin and Chris!!! GREAT video, see you don't need Brit every time to get a great video, although ya know we love you Brit... Hope I see you guys again on the next Rubicon trip! Take care, and Happy Thanksgiving!!! Fred
I’m dealing with this exact issue. At full flex at AOAA in Pennsylvania I got bound up. Tom woods driveshaft yoke got stuck against auxiliary battery skid plate. Actually bent the shaft slightly trying to get out of it. Sending my shaft back to Tom Woods on Monday. I’m warrantied, so cutting out the bend, replacing the yoke, and rebalancing it. Hoping that fixes it. In a 2023 Rubicon on 37”
In the interest of deleting my ignorance . . . could you go with longer/taller springs that had less springiness or varying rate so you could extend (delete?) the limit strap? Would that be of any benefit? like i said, just displaying my ignorance. Plus Chris, you're a doggone genius. Cool innovations resulting from Kevin always pushing for more and Chris stepping up.
Yes you can absolutely go with a multi rate spring where one of the rates is just there for extension but it will add height to where the vehicle is at rest and the goal is always to keep center of gravity low. This is why people go with Coilovers but even then if you plan to jump it or send it your want limit straps but that’s just so you don’t pull the coilover apart
I would love to see the axle side bracket stuffed with the new shock. Does the new bracket hit the frame and limit the up travel by what looks like a lot?
Kevin, have you by chance heard of the story of Icarus? The angel that got too close to the sun with wings made of wax that melted and he plummeted back to Earth? Getting a little close to the sun there, bud... :P
The droop this has would be tough on a watts link. My rover has a watts link, it will be the next thing I change out. It binds when I really get it flexing. Also. One of the brackets would need to hang down pretty far.
@@Garage_Speed that makes sense, to bad there isn't a way to get the flexibility without changing the position of the axle that much. You guys do pretty nice work on the vehicles. Keep it up.
Happy Thanksgiving to the LiteBrite Crew/Family!😁😁 Since totaled my TJ,I'm thinking about getting an XJ,as I need the extra space, wondering if Chris works on XJ's,Because I Don't Trust any of the shops in my Area?
Good stuff. Would you stick with the 68.5" wide axles if you were getting axles again? I'm trying to decide what to order for my JLU right now to run 40s. Have 72" in the shopping cart just waiting to pull the trigger.
We are currently at 72" with the spacers. But its because of the articulation, 68.5" the tires bind into the bypasses. Kevin prefers the narrow stance, can get into tighter spots, we are thinking about going to a 72" so that we get the front Ackerman closer to neutral. If you are thinking obout coilovers and crazy articulation, go 72, if not, 68.5s have taken the stepchild almost everywhere.
@@Garage_Speed thanks. Jeep is brand new and bone stock right now. For the time being it will be on a mid arm kit but I'm thinking coilovers might be in the future 3-4 years from now. Don't know if I'll ever get the crazy articulation the Stepchild has. I don't have a Chris!
So with all these mods, any thoughts on running a small body spacer like some do to make more room, or is that not really an issue with your setup? I’ve seen some others running about a 1.25 inch body lift for example to push the tub out of the way just a bit more without raising the center of gravity as much.
Great question. The bypasses we are running, have a sweet spot. With to much compression, the piston rides between to compression adjust tubes, therefore causing an uncomfortable ride. With the internal limits removed, and the sag, I needed to raise the vehicle with spring height in order to put the shock piston back up in the sweet spot of the shock body.
@@Garage_Speed got it, so basically pushing anything up higher is just going to put the shock into a heavier bypass stage and destroy the ride quality, makes perfect sense.
nice job, I enjoy this videos, guys I would recommend that you don't thrust the hydraulic hoses on the forklift, I know you made it out, but it only takes one pop of the hose. and down comes the what ever is the fork holding.
Soooooo many “in-your-end-o’s” in this one. Brittany must have been laughing the entire time she was editing. One “Bury it all the way into the pipe.” Countless “full stuffs”
You guys really hit the Jackpot with Chris.....All goofy and jokes but the guy is a Master Fabricator.....👍👍👍👍
Chris is gold! Wow.
I'm newish to the channel who is chris?
Chris just continues to amaze me with his knowledge and skills. I watch a lot of car/truck shows and he’s the g.o.a.t.
Chris is one of the most top tier fabricators I have ever seen man. Holy crap.
The Stepchild!!! Has been turned into an amazing machine on Lite Brite Nation.
Bad A$$ 2018 JLUR!
Man, Chris is a natural!! Epic addon to this channel!!
The StepChild has come so far from when you left the dealership and straight to the trails , and you guys from getting your blanket to lay down on the driveway to this!!!! I'm so happy for you guys and I hope all of you have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!! ♥️♥️💯🤙
Wow.... master technician...... awesomeness... Stepchild has come along way...
Egarly awaiting your next video....Safe travels
Great job guys, the Step Child is rocking it!
Kevin you and Chris nailed it after changing up the track bar no need for wheel spacers
Chris is nothing short of a wizard, Well Done!!
I can't believe how much Chris has added to your channel. OORAH!!
You guys are doing so much to the JL I’m sure Jeep is taking notes on what works better for the JM. You probably have saved them a few million in R&D, Jeep really better appreciate you guys!
Love that you are constantly updating and trying to improve the JL to meet your mission parameters. Having Chris around certainly helps!!!!!!
So does getting 10's of thousands of free shlt helps too.
What was free in this video?
@@LiteBrite The only thing free was the air you breathe !!! Some people just are envious of y'alls success Awesome Work on the Step Child !
@@LiteBrite in this particular video ? Nothing noticable. Now do free shlt across all videos.
@@MichaelSmith-kr9qw What if I actually don't care about these peoples success. ? Success is very subjective and opinionated . So what is worth being envious about these people ? Serious question.
Great job,Chris! Kevin & Britt lucky to have a master tech there who has a great knowledge & sense of humor. With the weight loss you know look like Mathew McConahay not just sound like him.
Lovin the Chris vids. He's the fab man.
Chris and Beck are awesome couple... Beck is definitely an amazingly awesome addition to the channel
I love this kind of content. This is the best video of yours that I’ve seen so far, and they’re all great to watch. Only things missing are Bec and Brit. Kidding aside, great job explaining and showing all that work, it was fantastic. Chris, you’re awesome. Love back at the four a yooz.
Chris you are a phenom fabricator. And you do a great job filming your work and making lite brite vids, pleasure to watch
3:27 Short and Twisted...... Adjectives that perfectly describe Kevin! 🤣🤣🤣
Chris is likely one of Lite Bright’s best investments.. 👏🏼 👏🏼 pure awesomeness !!
That poor stepchild will never be finished. Go LB! Cris and Kevin make a good team!
Once you get the bugs all worked out and perfected, you need to open a shop and just make this a package turn-key deal with axles and all, I'd be the first one there!
Love your wheeling videos but I stay because of Chris and his fab work. He’s been a great addition to the channel!!
I would start using jacks when you get under the jeep. Never trust your lift to hydraulics, pneumatics, or people. I have seen 3 forklifts blow hydraulic hoses and that one is well past its prime.
Flexy, straps and springs, longer rods....Shocking! This is what happens when the boys are left unattended..! Stepchild has always been an amazing platform and build. your ideas, effort and drive to accomplish are inspirational. Lots of fun watching y'all have fun in the playpen! Glad to have your Military training and discipline paying off now! Have a Happy Thanksgiving, wherever you are this week! LIteBriteNationFlexation!
Lol, you are 100% correct. I didn't see Brittany in this one!!!!
Used to follow even before hyperdrive and months after my roommate told me you were on the show, I'm not following anymore. Used to love the grit of the channel, but you guys made it. Congrats!! You guys have money, keep flexing that.
Appreciate all the sponsorships from a regular person
Keep an eye on the limiting strap. Them things break so easy. I myself broke quite a few.
Awesome, awesome job with the new mod. Love the articulation it has. On pins and needles wanting to see after the front is done.
Okay, I know in the past I said Kevin needed a buggy , , , maybe he just needed Chris to make the JL act like a buggy!!!!
Great video! Chris is an amazing fabricator and he and Kevin do a great job collaborating together!
Really enjoying Chris's fab work.
This is enlightening! I have the same problem with gas tank and now Chris has solved it for me. When I installed the full width axles the track bar did not fit without modification, now I know why.. Need need bracketry. You're the man Chris!!
Looks good to me! Amazing flex and total control.
Hells to the yeaaaaaaaah!!! I wish I had a Chris in my life....I have a JKU to build!!
When you point out all the limits like this your paving the path for the rest of us, so thanks for saving
cash and sleepless nights 😉
Getting better and better ❤❤
Awesome vid! Lite Brite just kills it.
Always enjoy the shop content, this is great. Chris certainly is a master at his craft!!
Wow that is so much suspension! It looks like you have a Scout 80/800 top sitting in the background. Any chance that you will be working on one of those in the future?
CHRIS ROCKS! LOVE YOU ALL!!
I really feel like adding Chris help save your channel for me I really like the install videos
That was a huge downside to us living on the road full time. It limited the tools we could have at our disposal and no space to install parts even when we wanted. We were lucky shops we visited would even let us film (most of their insurance companies would probably not have been happy about it).
Nice vid, was measuring my jku out the other day and was thinking of moving my track bar to keep the Dana 60 from hitting the tank. Glad to know it will help out. Keep up the great work!
You are a great team !
Chris, you need to build an RTI ramp and just park it in the yard, Kevin and Brit probably won't mind.
I absolutely love this channel!!!! Entertaining from start to finish! Lmao! Much love from Louisiana
That's awesome.. I can't wait to get my axles, long arms, and all the goods.. just a little bit more time before I can get them. Thanks for the breakdown on the rear track bar and placement, definitely helps and just more items to keep an eye on and to check while out on the trails.
Like aways, great video, and love watching great ppl. Keep it up!!
When will y'all post a tentative 2022 schedule?
Great video as always! Chris is amazing, always good to see him at work.
Love the flag hanging above the garage door!!
Happy Thanksgiving and Trails to all of you!
To you as well!
@@LiteBrite Thank You!
Happy thanksgiving to you all!
To you as well!
That is epic. That Jeep is super mean.
Skills! Great content!
Awesome video! Wish could see the stepchild up against a heavily modified y60 or y61 Nissan Patrol
L/B. Chris's cool D2 still has more flex ! Might be time for hydraulic bump stops to chase higher baja speeds in the desert or go to a 'dakar' setup with twin shocks and 6" lift & 6" wider track to match ? V.
“Scared the shit out of him” 😂😂
Chris is Da Man!!!!
This is like an off road commune 😀
Ya buddy. That's so gnarly.
Great explanation video!
The epitome of BUILT NOT BOUGHT!!!
I need to bring my jeep to you when ever i get my rear stretch kit and also just make it nicer and better work i did in a garage.
Yup just email LiteBriteracing@gmail.com to get scheduled
Thank you Kevin and Chris!!! GREAT video, see you don't need Brit every time to get a great video, although ya know we love you Brit... Hope I see you guys again on the next Rubicon trip! Take care, and Happy Thanksgiving!!! Fred
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you
I’m dealing with this exact issue. At full flex at AOAA in Pennsylvania I got bound up. Tom woods driveshaft yoke got stuck against auxiliary battery skid plate. Actually bent the shaft slightly trying to get out of it. Sending my shaft back to Tom Woods on Monday. I’m warrantied, so cutting out the bend, replacing the yoke, and rebalancing it. Hoping that fixes it.
In a 2023 Rubicon on 37”
You have to get this thing on the flex trailers that lift opposite corners. Way better than just lifting one wheel
In the interest of deleting my ignorance . . . could you go with longer/taller springs that had less springiness or varying rate so you could extend (delete?) the limit strap? Would that be of any benefit? like i said, just displaying my ignorance. Plus Chris, you're a doggone genius. Cool innovations resulting from Kevin always pushing for more and Chris stepping up.
Yes you can absolutely go with a multi rate spring where one of the rates is just there for extension but it will add height to where the vehicle is at rest and the goal is always to keep center of gravity low. This is why people go with Coilovers but even then if you plan to jump it or send it your want limit straps but that’s just so you don’t pull the coilover apart
@@LiteBrite Sweet, 0.67% less ignorant now. Thank you!
Lite Brite, Real trail Heros wear Camo Hats Backwards. God Bless
The face you make when your mom says this is the silly smile picture. 9:00
You're one blown hydraulic line away from crushing who's ever under that Jeep.
Nice job fellas.
So have you thought of turning this into a kit for the JLU and the JKU?
LIke it. got a flexi leafy Landy trialler not sure of the figures. When is the discovery going on the flex wall ?
Nice to just build onto your build and have a Chris. Is the Ultra 4 ready or is that going to be a panic prepare?
It’s mostly ready! 😅
I would love to see the axle side bracket stuffed with the new shock. Does the new bracket hit the frame and limit the up travel by what looks like a lot?
Nope not at all.
Kevin, have you by chance heard of the story of Icarus? The angel that got too close to the sun with wings made of wax that melted and he plummeted back to Earth?
Getting a little close to the sun there, bud... :P
Chris has built some amazing vehicles. From his West Coast customs days. 🤔 at least I think it’s the same Chris?
It is.. I have also built some gt3 race cars and crewed on some teams. Thanks for noticing.
@Christian Payne I didn’t know about the GT3 race team that’s so cool. I love how your a one stop shop and so glad you teamed up with Kevin & Brit.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
You too!
How about hydro bumps Kevin? I have them in my JK and they make a huge difference going fast.
Thinking about it. I have some things I want to try in the rear. Need to dial in the front some more, then will do bumps.
All I want for Christmas is more Chris
LOL, Chris really gobble gobble'd at a chicken. Ready for Thanksgiving huh bud?
Happy Thanksgiving
Great video thank you!
Dang that's awesome, you're a beast 🐐
Have you thought about building a Watt's link for it instead of a Panhard bar?
The droop this has would be tough on a watts link. My rover has a watts link, it will be the next thing I change out. It binds when I really get it flexing. Also. One of the brackets would need to hang down pretty far.
@@Garage_Speed that makes sense, to bad there isn't a way to get the flexibility without changing the position of the axle that much. You guys do pretty nice work on the vehicles. Keep it up.
Like watching this crew 💕👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Happy Thanksgiving to the LiteBrite Crew/Family!😁😁
Since totaled my TJ,I'm thinking about getting an XJ,as I need the extra space, wondering if Chris works on XJ's,Because I Don't Trust any of the shops in my Area?
Good stuff. Would you stick with the 68.5" wide axles if you were getting axles again? I'm trying to decide what to order for my JLU right now to run 40s. Have 72" in the shopping cart just waiting to pull the trigger.
We are currently at 72" with the spacers. But its because of the articulation, 68.5" the tires bind into the bypasses. Kevin prefers the narrow stance, can get into tighter spots, we are thinking about going to a 72" so that we get the front Ackerman closer to neutral. If you are thinking obout coilovers and crazy articulation, go 72, if not, 68.5s have taken the stepchild almost everywhere.
@@Garage_Speed thanks. Jeep is brand new and bone stock right now. For the time being it will be on a mid arm kit but I'm thinking coilovers might be in the future 3-4 years from now. Don't know if I'll ever get the crazy articulation the Stepchild has. I don't have a Chris!
That’s a Jeep that’s ready to take it on
So with all these mods, any thoughts on running a small body spacer like some do to make more room, or is that not really an issue with your setup? I’ve seen some others running about a 1.25 inch body lift for example to push the tub out of the way just a bit more without raising the center of gravity as much.
Great question. The bypasses we are running, have a sweet spot. With to much compression, the piston rides between to compression adjust tubes, therefore causing an uncomfortable ride. With the internal limits removed, and the sag, I needed to raise the vehicle with spring height in order to put the shock piston back up in the sweet spot of the shock body.
@@Garage_Speed got it, so basically pushing anything up higher is just going to put the shock into a heavier bypass stage and destroy the ride quality, makes perfect sense.
nice job, I enjoy this videos, guys I would recommend that you don't thrust the hydraulic hoses on the forklift, I know you made it out, but it only takes one pop of the hose. and down comes the what ever is the fork holding.
Soooooo many “in-your-end-o’s” in this one. Brittany must have been laughing the entire time she was editing.
One “Bury it all the way into the pipe.”
Countless “full stuffs”
I definitely was! 🤣
Nice. At 16:20 there's some classic looking red car in the back ground. It was there for like a second. What is it? It looks cool!
32 Ford. Blown sbc. C3 vette coilover rear. I am splitting the body and swapping in an LT1 and kugel front suspension soon.
When are you going to upload a vid on drift week with the the new corvette?
Soon! 😊
Would enjoy seeing a real world application of the Rego Rex suspension system
Just curious why no gusset where you added the height of the bracket? It's technically weaker there now??
The frame side wraps around and split the gusset for the bypass. And it's 1/4 plate compared to the 14g stock bracket.
Do you recommend for me to do my engine swap first on my yj build or get suspension and other work first ?
That's just crazy!
Awesome! What coils you use?
That's sick!
At what point are you going to need a captive spring, ie coilovers?
Chris makes an excellent contribution to the channel, but it just isn't the same without Brit!
Where did you get the bracket you modified? Maiming wanting the frame side one. Thanks