The YJ gets 40's!! (Black Labels)

Making more progress on the YJ! This video was shot on one of my last weeks in quarantine and it was a perfect way to finish out my few weeks off of work. Getting the new tires and seeing the Jeep sit on its own weight is a massive motivator and makes me want to keep plugging away at this project. There is still so much to do and i have to strip it all the way back to the frame but being able to mock everything up is reassuring. Thank you all for watching and following along with this build. Going back to work is going to slow progress on the Jeep a little but i will keep checking things off the list as i get time. Hope you all are staying safe, see you next time!

[@brentonsieverts5490]

I have done most of the same stuff on my CJ7 as your YJ, and it is turning out great! Your videos are super helpful! Thank you for showing the progress!

[@altered_life]

That’s awesome! Good luck with your project and I’m really glad that I can be helpful. I’ll do my best to keep it up, thank you for your support and watching!

[@lockednloaded4x4]

Wow! Your Jeep looks badass. You should admire your work. I know how you feel, I have a 1995 YJ that has a lot of money into it and I still admire it from time to time. Great job again!

[@altered_life]

Jon G. Thank you very much, I truly appreciate that! It is a great feeling to see your hard work come together even if it’s not complete yet. I’m excited to keep working on it to make my dream a reality. Thank you for watching!!

[@mikemoore466]

I have a 94 yj. I took it to the paint shop. Gonna have it painted leadfoot grey. I’m gonna replace everything. Going to install new seats, new bumpers, new steps, everything. I’m excited to get it back.

[@altered_life]

Sounds like it’s going to be awesome, I can’t wait until I’m at the paint stage. I keep going back and forth on what my final color will be. Good luck with your build!

[@mikemoore466]

@@altered_life the one your building is sick. I might do mine like that sometime. I was a fabricator and used to build engines for CAT. So I like tinkering and building things. To me the Yj looks best when it’s fixed up. CJ and TJ looks better when their stock.

[@altered_life]

I agree I think YJ’s look great when they’re built but it all takes time. Having the fabrication background should be a huge help with your build.

[@benstayskal9804]

DANG SON! That look perfect!!! Nice work!

[@altered_life]

Thank you! I’m pretty pumped with how it’s turning out. I just can’t wait to see it all together, gonna dig in hard this winter to make as much progress as I can

[@benstayskal9804]

@@altered_life Ya man, I’m excited to see how this thing turns out. I just started digging into a YJ myself about a month ago. They’re great projects

[@altered_life]

@@benstayskal9804 I agree, they are simple and easy. Good luck with your project! 🍻

[@ricksred7]

2 thumbs up! Everything you are doing is exactly what I hope to accomplish on my 86 CJ. Big fan of the Motobilt products, I dream shop the website all the time! Looking forward to watching your progression. Keep up the good work!

[@altered_life]

ricksred7 thank you very much for the kind words. I do the same thing 😂 I’m always on the website adding stuff to the wish list and just saving money so I can make another order haha. Good luck with your build!

[@rickflello9009]

Sick! Nice job brother

[@altered_life]

Appreciate that Rick! Can’t wait to get this build running 🤙🏻

[@dolarmangr]

Wow awesome job 👍

[@altered_life]

Much appreciated! Thank you for watching

[@danielelombardi9033]

Spetttacolare!👍🤙

[@altered_life]

Daniele Lombardi thank you very much 🤙🏻🍻

[@PaulKaiser42]

Just a suggestion....Chris Durham makes a nice fiberglass hood for the yj....I want one 😄😄

[@altered_life]

Paul Kaiser they are very nice, I’m a big fan of those hoods and I will probably get one in the future after I roll it and destroy my factory hood 😂 once the funds are available I’ll definitely consider one haha

[@Winch_Offroad]

Nice build. .just put 40s "white label " on my CJ7 and can't wait to video it for my channel....subscribed too

[@altered_life]

Appreciate that and thank you for subbing, I just checked out your channel and gave you a sub as well. That CJ is sweet! Very nice Jeep!

[@thomasdolan5738]

Dana 44s never looked so tiny. Planning on doing a 5.7 or 6.4 hemi swap and Dana 70s myself

[@altered_life]

Thomas Dolan I know right 😂 they look like toothpicks with all the brackets removed. Hopefully once i add the trusses and everything they’ll look a little bigger. You’re build sounds awesome, that will definitely be a strong setup when all said and done. Good luck with it 👍🏻

[@suckit9593]

That’s fucking sick dude

[@altered_life]

Thanks man!! I really loving how it’s coming together

[@elisalazar3097]

Sick! Love it.

[@altered_life]

Eli Salazar thank you! I’m loving it too. I just hope it turns out the way I vision it in my head👍🏼

[@adamshartley]

Looks bitchen man. Just got one and can't wait to tear it apart and start building it. Wish you could snap your fingers and mine would be together! Lol but buying is half the fun! Stay safe man happy trails

[@altered_life]

Appreciate it! 👍🏻 that’s awesome I love hearing about new YJ projects haha and I agree, it would be nice to skip right to using it but on the other hand I’m learning a lot as well as enjoying the build process. Thanks for watching and good luck with your build!

[@williamthompson969]

Love the jeep but I'll tell you from experience those milestar tires aren't great

[@altered_life]

Thank you very much 🤙🏻. I’ve heard mixed reviews on them but everything I’ve heard on the black labels have been more positive. Did you use yours strictly offroad or more on road? For now the price range of the tires for 40’s and then being a softer compound it was hard to beat to get the rig up and running. If I don’t like them I’ll probably upgrade when they’re beat but for now I’ll put them to the test. Thank you for watching!

[@hasanalash1085]

F**k bro this looks so sick!!!! Now that’s a T0Y!!! 🤙

[@altered_life]

Appreciate it brother! 🤙🏻 I agree lol can’t wait to romp on it 🍻

[@OscarGomez-li7ne]

good for you dude keep it going

[@altered_life]

I appreciate that! I’m excited to get this Jeep done, I’ll keep posting videos as much as I can

[@joshaguayo6678]

You got a badass fcken yj

[@altered_life]

😂 i appreciate that Josh 🤙🏻

[@joshaguayo6678]

@@altered_life sorry for the foul language 😅. Hopefully I get mines as close to that one.

[@altered_life]

Hahaha no need to apologize lol that’s my Normal vocabulary.

[@adventureeverymile8135]

Props bro lovin it!

[@altered_life]

Adventure Every Mile thanks buddy! I’m so happy with how it’s coming along. I’m just itching to keep making progress now haha

[@adventureeverymile8135]

Altered Life the hardest part of any build is patience 😂

[@altered_life]

Adventure Every Mile you can say that again lol I’m itching to get this thing done but I want to do it right and also have to get the funds for it hahaha

[@musclezmcdonald3222]

What leaf springs are you using in the front?

[@altered_life]

In this video the leafs are factory YJ springs, since then I’ve gotten my hands on some Alcan leafs that are as close or factory spec as possible but much stronger.

[@vicgustafson8514]

Do the tires hit the leaf springs at full turn? I have waggy axles on my yj with 38's and they hit the springs at 3/4 turn. Trying to figure how narrow I can go and clear the springs with 40's. Thinking 67 to 68 wms.

[@altered_life]

At full turn the tires do kiss the springs just a bit. My full hydro ram has built in stops so I’m not sure if once I have that system installed if I’ll still touch or not. I may need to eventually go with a different wheel with a larger back spacing to push the tire just a bit further out.

[@vicgustafson8514]

@@altered_life What is your backspacing on the wheels?

[@altered_life]

I’m 95% sure that mine are currently 4.5” backspacing, if I did it again I would go with 3.5”-3” backspacing to give me a bit more room

[@MrShreddykruger]

Those axles are so wide!!! You won’t rip over lol.

[@altered_life]

I know right! It should hopefully be a lot more stable than the OEM setup and It also looks so much better haha

[@heathp1004]

What leaf springs are you using front and rear? Really like how it’s all turning out! Starting to see what my jeep is gonna look like through yours if that makes sense! Great job and can’t wait to see the finished product!

[@altered_life]

Heath Pickering I’m running OEM (5 leaf) YJ leafs both front and rear. I’m not sure if they will work but I’m trying to keep as low as possible while doing the SOA. I feel like it’s going to take some testing to dial in what will work the best for my plan but I’ll give the OEM leafs a shot and see how they do. I hope the videos help with your build, thank you for the support and thank you for watching!

[@rcjeepers]

My son has a 1993 yj and it has Alcan custom leafs with orbital eyes on the ends. Yj length front and xj length back and it drives great on the road and is excellent offroad. Feel free to check it out on my channel.

[@altered_life]

rcjeepers ive heard the Alcan Springs are the bees knees haha. I may eventually look into them once I get a shake down run on the Jeep and see where my weak spots are. I’ll go check it out for sure 👍🏻

[@rcjeepers]

@@altered_life I currently have BDS on my Willys and love them (YJ length) but after wheeling my sons jeep with the Alcans I will be buying those from now on with my leaf sprung jeeps. I am VERY impressed with them!!

[@altered_life]

rcjeepers that’s very good to know, thank you for the information and input. Once I get it all up and running I’ll probably be taking a look into them 👍🏻

[@hollywood21639]

I'm definitely in the "hate" Patagonia camp. Quite possibly the ugliest tire I've ever seen and I wouldn't trust a cheap Asian tire on my Jeep at 70+ mph. However, for just slow off-road use like you intend, I'd maybe give them a shot.

[@altered_life]

hollywood21639 Hahahaha yep I feel the same, not a fan of how they look. I really wanted Coopers or Nittos but for the price I got these at I couldn’t turn it down and I’m very curious to see how the black label does offroad. I have a few people I know that use them on the road with out issues but time will tell haha. I’ll for sure being giving my honest opinion on them once I actually get to test them out. Thank you for watching!

[@s.hansen8249]

What rear leafs are you running? I see motobilt recommends the xj leafs

[@altered_life]

I’m running OEM YJ leafs but I moved my frame side spring hanger back on the frame to account for the 6” stretch

[@brianwilson5666]

Hey I’m building my 93YJ the same kit you have I was curious what offset are your wheels

[@altered_life]

Hey Brian, I’m 90% sure my back spacing is 3.5”. At full lock the 40’s just kiss the leafs so in the future when I get new wheels I’ll probably get another inch of back spacing to try and get the tire away just a little more

[@juanbarturen2726]

Awesome jeep. Congratulations... I'ma recently retired Aircraft mechanic from AA. I have a 1991 Yj beater. With a 4.3 Chevy V6. Am 420 transmission .3.5 inch lift. 8.8 Ford rear. 35 in tires. The Dana 30 up frnot with a Spartan locker. I broke the first 2 piece passenger side axle shafts. I replaced them with a Cherokee one pieceshaft. I hated it. Because it feels always locked up.Until I broke it last week. Dana 30 is a joke. What front. Junkyard axle (not big bucks ) would you recommend ?. I have the 411 gears. Thank you.

[@altered_life]

Juan Barturen thank you very much! Your Jeep sounds like an awesome/solid build. I agree the Dana 30 is definitely not suitable if you plan to use and wheel the Jeep off road. I don’t have much experience with different axles as this is my first time doing a swap in any vehicle. Originally my plan was to do an 8.8 in the rear and find a Wagoneer Dana 44. I heard they are one of the best front axles you can get out of a junk yard without going 1 tons. If I’m not mistaken they have selectable hubs but I’m unsure what gears are in them so you may have to upgrade them to match the 8.8 and you could always upgrade to RCV shafts to really beef it up. I hope that helped a little and hopefully if anyone else on here knows more, they can chime in with more info. I appreciate the kind words and I appreciate you watching!

[@juanbarturen2726]

Hey all. I'm looking for a good used Dana 44 axle. Possiby 410 ratio. to modify and use on my 91 YJ. I'm in South Central Tennessee. The real USA.. Thank yo.

[@juanbarturen2726]

Front axle sorry

[@juanbarturen2726]

@@altered_life Hi.thank you . I have a Dana 30 with a Spartan locker... I originally broke my passenger side split axle . I replaced it with a junkyard Cherokee one piece axle. Works great in the dirt. Sucks in the street. Feels a ways liked. Now this one piece broke. I bought a other set of axles.one split.on long. What would you do?.

[@altered_life]

Juan Barturen in my opinion I would be looking to replace the Dana 30 as a whole, but if you can’t find a viable replacement I would consider at least buying chrome Molly axle shafts to help prevent the breaking. A one piece shaft will be stronger than a 2 piece FAD. I hope I answered the question you were asking

[@mjack333]

25:30 - Those 2 just need to go and make babies now!

[@altered_life]

😂 damn right! Those would be some good looking baby’s haha

[@Jeffsmess]

The wheels came with weights already on them?

[@altered_life]

Jeff haha no they were from when we had Lauren’s 37’s mounted to those wheels I just didn’t take them off yet lol. I was too excited to mount them on the YJ. Even with the weights the beadlocks didn’t balance well but for off road use it shouldn’t matter as much if they are balanced or not.

[@Jeffsmess]

Makes since

[@fotomotoxxiii]

What axles are those? Looks great man. Goals for my yj

[@altered_life]

Disabled2Able they are JL Rubicon axles out of a 2018. There is a lot of trial and error trying to make these work but I wanted to try something different haha. So we will see how they hold up. I’ve been following your channel for a year or so now and your videos are great! Not much YJ content out there so keep it up man!! Thanks for the kind words 🍻

[@fotomotoxxiii]

@@altered_life oh gotcha I did not see those axles in person up close yet. They'll hold up fine if you keep the rig light and be mindful of gas pedal. Cant wait for more vids to come and thx for following my channel much appreciated!

[@altered_life]

Disabled2Able The axles seem like they will do fine especially because I plan on beefing them up also but you’re right and I’m going to try my best to keep it light and not get to throttle happy haha. I realized I didn’t follow you on this channel but I’ve been following on my personal channel for a while so no problem buddy! Thank you for watching ours as well!

[@fotomotoxxiii]

@@altered_life I could only imagine how much stuff is available for them. We built d44s from jk Rubicon with g2 35 spline rears, ox lockers and gears. They held up no problem on long travel TJ build. I'm really digging your flat belly too, such a clean outcome. Once I finally figure out what the final build on my jeep will be I'll definitely go that route. Cheers!

[@altered_life]

Disabled2Able that’s good to know! There are a bunch of JLs running 40’s with some upgrades and the axles are holding up well so I’m crossing my fingers that the lighter weight of the YJ will make it that much better. Everyone I talked to before I started this build recommended if I had the chance to go flat belly to do it so I’m excited to see how it works out when all said and done. I measured and I have 26”s of clearance to the bottom of the frame so I’m pretty happy with that. I say go for it if you can.