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Discussion starter · #281 ·
haha, yeah.
 
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Discussion starter · #282 ·
I installed my t-case skid today. There was a problem with fitment, and I was impressed with the response time from Kevin's Offroad. They had a new part out to me in less than a week. I will be buying from them again!

Since my long arm brackets act as a t-case drop, I needed to space the skid down. Rather than build something fancy, I came up with a great spacing solution. I just used two over sized nuts between the skid and bracket. It worked perfectly. I plan on laying down some bead to stitch the bracket to the unibody.

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Discussion starter · #283 · (Edited)
I am sick of hearing the licence plate rattle around in the front window, I drilled the front holes for the winch fairlead and installed that with the front licence plate over it...
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Discussion starter · #284 ·
I took the Jeep up to hills to flex it out and measure for new shocks. I am going to get shorter rear shocks as the ones I have are too long. They actually limit my up-travel.

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Discussion starter · #285 ·
Well, the rear brake line I ordered came in today. Now I just need to find time to install it.
 
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#286 · (Edited)
Awesome Bro'' I allways like seeing pic's of your WJ, all flexed out, I would
lend you my Bilstiens 5100's but you probably have the same problem. :)
Ive been out beating the crap out of these King 2.5's and I thank my trackbar
bushings are worn out, but the rear shocks, just keep on smiling .
 
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Discussion starter · #287 ·
I would love to run some reservior shocks, yours are Saaaweeeeet! Maybe in the future, but I just ordered some Nitro's because I was also saving cash for 4 of these:

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I just recieved them today from www.crawlerready.com, one of the vendors on this site. Tyler is great to work with!
 
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Discussion starter · #289 ·
Still waiting for parts...My shocks are on back-order, and Surco sent me the wrong brackets for the roof rack. They were super cool about it though and shipped the new ones out today. It will give the light install a clean look.
 
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Discussion starter · #290 ·
That's sweet! I would love to have a higher performance radiator. It run a bit warmer than I would like when I am towing the four wheelers up the canyon.

Do you know how many cores the radiator will have? What material will it be made of?
 
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#291 · (Edited)
The new radiator will be built out of aluminum it could have 2 rows but at this
time I'm not sure, I made the templet with a 1''7/8 thick core just to see if a
core that thick will fit'' and it does.
The bad news is that it's only a 4.0 radiator, the 5.2 radiator inlet and outlet
are reversed from the pics I've seen, so I dont thank it will work for the 5.2
motors. Is the inlet on your radiator on the top lefthand side ? as your facing
the front looking at your motor, passenger side.
 
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Discussion starter · #292 ·
IIRC, the inlet is on the drivers side.

Well, I am officially SICK of having brake light, running light, and blinker issues with my tail lights. I ordered a set of LED lights off of Ebay. I love the look of 00JGC00's lights (a member on JF) on the white WJ, so I bought the same style....he will be credited with inspiration kudos.
 
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Discussion starter · #294 ·
Yeah, I heard. That sucks, hopefully yours is running again soon. Did Rich get his JK taken care of?
 
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Discussion starter · #295 ·
The LED tail lights came today. Finally, no more intermittent tail light issues.

I also cut and soldered connections onto my LED light strips. I installed one next to each slider, one along the back side of the radiator support, and one along the rear tank skid. They give enough light that they will work well when night wheeling, but are not overly bright.

Here is a pic of the strip along one slider:
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Here are the LED tail lights:
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The old vs the new:
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They look even better in person. I was really impressed with the look when they showed up. I am glad I bought them, I was considering factory replacements.

Here is a quick low res video of the light operation. It doesn't capture them very well, these lights look really great. Now I need an LED 3rd brake light.

 
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Discussion starter · #296 ·
American Fork Canyon today:

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The leaves are changing:
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...and...AT's are awesome in the snow and on the slickrock, but they don't like mud. They turn into big smooth balloons with no traction:
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#297 ·
Street tires do the same haha. I need new tires on mine bad. I am getting some Goodyear Wrangler Authority ATs soon. A friend of mine has them on his Ranger and loves them. Love those tail lights. Got any more trail pictures?
 
Discussion starter · #298 · (Edited)
Trail Pics:

I just had my cell camera, but a few of the other guys posted pics:

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Now looking through the pics, I realize we didn't get any of the bolder fields.
 
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Discussion starter · #299 ·
So I fabbed up my own light "tabs" today. They aren't really tabs, more like bars. I have u bolts that work with my roof rack that I ordered from Surco, but I didn't want to use their light tabs. They didn't look strong enough, these HID lights are hefty and I don't want them bouncing around when I am offroad.

I was looking for steel, but everything I could find locally was either overkill for strength/weight. All the aluminum stuff I could find was flat stock, not c-channel. I wanted a c of some type to keep the bar rigid. I will post pics of it installed when I get a chance to do that. My new light bars will mount to the roof rack cross bars. then extend out past the front of the rack. They will bolt to the outer edge of the rack, so they will be very strong and should not allow the lights to bounce at all.

After searching for the right metal, my bro suggested railing steel (yes, for the interior of a house). He even had some lying around. It worked perfect.

I notched the bottom of the back side where it rests on the roof rack cross bar, drilled holes for the roof rack outer u-bolt, and a hole for the roof rack light. Then I strung them through some old cable wire to prime and paint them. They are now ready to install.

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The light bars have been installed, and the lights are now on. Now I just need to run the wires and install the switch.

This pic shows them as they are bolted down to the main cross bar, and extending forward to the front of the rack:
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This pic shows the top hat bracket that goes over the rack and holds the light bar up.
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