APEX Rear Axle Truss for Jeep Wrangler JL 2018+ (M220 Axle)

The JL APEX Rear Axle Truss braces the M220 rear housing in a Jeep Wrangler JL against the bending loads that 37s-and-up tires and hard landings feed into a factory axle. Artec's peaked APEX top puts the strength in the shape, so the 3/16" mild steel truss stays under 10 lbs while stiffening the housing end to end. It arrives CNC-bent to the housing's contours and welds on with far less bead than a traditional multi-piece truss.

Features

• Peaked APEX top profile for greater rigidity than a flat-top truss
• CNC laser-cut in-house from 3/16" mild steel, under 10 lbs
• Contours modeled from Dana and Jeep 3D data for fit and clearance
• Pre-bent long seams drop onto the axle with no puzzle-piece assembly
• Roughly 70% less welding than older truss designs, limiting heat warp
• Fits the M220 rear axle used across JL Rubicon and many Sport/Sahara builds
• Made in the USA (SKU JL4502)

Confirm your axle before ordering: the truss fits the M220 rear axle — all JL Rubicons, Sport and Sahara trims with a manual transmission, and automatic JLs with a limited-slip differential — while base automatics typically carry the smaller M200, for which no version is offered. It is a bare-steel weld-on part best installed by a competent MIG welder and painted afterward. Guard the other end with the JL/JT APEX Front Axle Armor Kit, or if you are headed past what an M220 can take, see the JL 1-Ton UD80 APEX Rear Axle Swap Kit & Truss and the rest of our axle reinforcements.