[rmartin28]

Originally Posted by rt4422

Where did you get that shade?

i went to a shade store and had it made, they usually cut bigger pieces as they use them for gardens but i asked to make me a small one, its 59" x 41" with eyes every 7.8" and the material i think is polypropylene and i bought the bungee ball chords in home depot

[rmartin28]

Originally Posted by tombo1787

All looks awesome brother are you gonna do quick disconnects for when you are wheelin for the Hi lift or just gonna leave them hex nuts?

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thanks!
well i was just planning on buying 4 coupling nuts so i dont have to fasten the wing nut all the way down which takes some time, but im interested in better ideas, what do u have in mind?

[jeepinhokie]

Originally Posted by Hendrix

Thanks, the skid is made out of a sheet of 6061T6 aluminum, I ordered 36x48x3/8 thick. The skid covers from the front CAs to the rear CAs on my Jeep with a 104" WB. The crossmember parts are Polyperformace bushings, with 1.5 Dom tube for the crossmember, and 5/16 tabs to mount it to. The mount is just a piece of 3/16 cut to fit.

There was just enough 6061 left to make an engine skid later on. After I learn to tig aluminum.

Grand total of about 600.00

are your poly performance bushings rubber or poly?

I used ruffstuffs bushings; they are poly and i'm possibly looking to replace them with rubber.

[rmartin28]

1. installed cargo net




2. install custom "dust" cover to prevent my monsters from trying to jump to the front seat


3. Took my monsters (rocky the cocker spaniel and tyson the boxer) for a ride:


heres rocky


here is tyson best know as chato




Cargo Net $114
Custom Dust Cover $28
Total Cost: $142 and the pleasure of watching my monsters having so much fun on his ride... priceless!!! although it was a pain in the *** cleaning up all the hair afterwards

and i forgot to mention i need to buy the tail gate channel so the cargo net is secure to the tail gate

[Hendrix]

Originally Posted by jeepinhokie

are your poly performance bushings rubber or poly?

I used ruffstuffs bushings; they are poly and i'm possibly looking to replace them with rubber.

They are Poly, I have the ruffstuff also but used them for cage tie ins. The Poly ones seem to be a little softer material than the Ruffstuff ones.

[Holaday]

Originally Posted by rmartin28

i went to a shade store and had it made, they usually cut bigger pieces as they use them for gardens but i asked to make me a small one, its 59" x 41" with eyes every 7.8" and the material i think is polypropylene and i bought the bungee ball chords in home depot

Thank you. My 2 year old will really appreciate this on the next trail run

[joeyk803c]

Haven't done it yet, but I am going to center the steering wheel. Then I am going to clean out the interior, and possibly vacuum it out.

[M1ark]

Went wheeling on the Broken Arrow Trail in Sedona, AZ. Voted as the best off-road trail in the state. Very short trail (4 mi) but extremely fun. I was very impressed with how the jeep performed. Went down the infamous staircase without a problem. Climbed everything climbable (is that a word?) and no problems. I was out there with all jeeps, JK, TJ, XJ as well as a few Rubicons. An awesome experience.

Sway bar was connected and open diff. Maybe I can wait on the Currie AR and my lockers. I don't think I want to wheel much more than Broken Arrow.

[rmartin28]

1. installed hard top rack


Rack $57 bucks
Painted rack with a can of flat black duplicolor $6 bucks
Getting it installed $18 bucks (only rack, lights wiring still pending)
4 head lights $57 bucks

Total cost: $138 bucks and several pounds of weight added to the hard top, which now makes it more difficult to remove, next time ill be building a hoist so i can remove it by myself

[rt4422]

Put the top down......NOT. 80% humidity on top of that

[thonyg523]

put my rain gear cover to use...not one drop from the three heavy thunderstorms that passed by today, oh and changed my cigarette lighter fuse

[codyrob]

Originally Posted by rmartin28

1. installed hard top rack


Rack $57 bucks
Painted rack with a can of flat black duplicolor $6 bucks
Getting it installed $18 bucks (only rack, lights wiring still pending)
4 head lights $57 bucks

Total cost: $138 bucks and several pounds of weight added to the hard top, which now makes it more difficult to remove, next time ill be building a hoist so i can remove it by myself

Did you build the hard top rack yourself or buy it?

[austonreeves]

Originally Posted by rt4422

Put the top down......NOT. 80% humidity on top of that

Is that a motorcycle gauge? Lol

Sent from the grace of God

[vanillathrilla]

Well, my used motor showed up today at my buddies shop... and I'm not particularly pleased. First, the salvage yard a few hours away from me accidentally shipped it to Atlanta, Georgia apparently. Now that I have it, it's not what I was told it was. It's a 4.0L and tagged to have come from a '99 Cherokee AUTOMATIC. I was told it was from a 5 speed Wrangler.

Can anyone tell me specifically whether or not I'm going to run into any issues and what exactly needs to be done differently to adapt from automatic to manual on the engine side of things?

[themilkman]

Took off the broken super wide flares that came on the Jeep and replaced with a pair of newly painted stock flares I picked up. If I ever meet the engineer that came up with the idea for nutserts, I'll kick him right in the nuts. All drilled out and replaced with well nuts.