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What did you do to your ZJ today?

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This thread is to serve as an inspiration to others modifying their ZJ's. Pretty simple, just post what you did to your ZJ today!


Today I shamefully took my Jeep to get the oil changed because it was to hot to change it myself.
 
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Got my Garmin Ecoroute HD installed and I love it, nice selectable readouts and good quality OBDII unit all in one.



I know, I have the coolant readout showing twice, I was playing around with it.
Just tap on one of the gauges and a menu comes up for changing it.

 
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That thing is awesome! Whats a pricetag on one of those
They sell for around $90.
It's a small Bluetooth device that plugs into the OBDII and gives your Garmin GPS a few more screens. When I shut off the engine a screen pops up on the Garmin before shutting down showing my MPG, Fuel used, How many miles I traveled and How much it cost me in gas.
When your check engine light comes on a screen on the Garmin will pop up showing what the problem is, and you can also reset your OBDII with this unit.
 
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Man, that makes me wish my Garmin was a bluetooth model. I have the 255WT. I knew I should have coughed up the extra cash a couple years ago to get the 265WT... Oh well. That's really neat though. Maybe I'll upgrade my Garmin just to get that.

it didnt help that I have a 3" exhaust but the main issue was getting the holes to line up because the bushings were so tight
Yeah, my exhaust is 3" as well. That wasn't as much of an issue for me though, but I had a hell of a time getting them in there with the bushings. Do you have any problems with the trackbar hitting the exhaust at all? Mine occasionally hits over large bumps when the Jeep comes back down, or at least that's what it sounds like. I haven't had the chance to crawl under there to see what's actually hitting. I'd imagine that it's got something to do with that and I'd probably see some scratches on the trackbar where the contact is being made. It's either that or my rear coils. I couldn't get the little coil retainers back on over the new rear coils after the lift. I figured those weren't extremely important since there's a lot of vehicles that don't even have them. If they are, you better bet I'll be under there figuring out a way to get them back into place.
 
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They sell for around $90.
It's a small Bluetooth device that plugs into the OBDII and gives your Garmin GPS a few more screens. When I shut off the engine a screen pops up on the Garmin before shutting down showing my MPG, Fuel used, How many miles I traveled and How much it cost me in gas.
When your check engine light comes on a screen on the Garmin will pop up showing what the problem is, and you can also reset your OBDII with this unit.
I have a garmin with bluetooth.. What do I need to run what you're running, some sort of an adapter?
 
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I have a garmin with bluetooth.. What do I need to run what you're running, some sort of an adapter?
I think he mentioned some kind of plug that plugs into the OBDII
 
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I have a garmin with bluetooth.. What do I need to run what you're running, some sort of an adapter?
i believe its called ecoroute or something. basically an obd plug that bluetooth connects to gps
 
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Where can I find said plug? I would love to have this on my Garmin!
 
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They sell for around $90.
It's a small Bluetooth device that plugs into the OBDII and gives your Garmin GPS a few more screens. When I shut off the engine a screen pops up on the Garmin before shutting down showing my MPG, Fuel used, How many miles I traveled and How much it cost me in gas.
When your check engine light comes on a screen on the Garmin will pop up showing what the problem is, and you can also reset your OBDII with this unit.
whats the part# and where do i get the whole setup
 
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re did my cold air intake, picked up a spectra filter and made a splash/heat sheild whatever u wanna call it. Also made a niice comfy bed in the back, target knock off temperpedic foam, extra spleeping pad underneith, 2 sleeping bags and 3 pillows haha.

 
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Gave it a bath. Went skiing Saturday night and the roads were wet so it got covered in salt. Didnt bother using soap cause its probably gonna snow again.
 

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Also made a niice comfy bed in the back, target knock off temperpedic foam, extra spleeping pad underneith, 2 sleeping bags and 3 pillows haha.
On my old Cherokee Golden Eagle I could put a full size pad in the back of it. Now I need to set something up like that again and also what I had where there's a nylon tarp that fastens up to 3 or 4 places on each side of the ceiling, covering the ceiling, draping down over the windows and dropping down at the front seats.
Kind of like putting a tent inside of your jeep. Gives you privacy, helps keep it warmer and no one can tell you are sleeping in the back.

I've parked at trailheads where no overnight camping is allowed and crashed out in the back of my jeep this way.
 
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They sell for around $90.
It's a small Bluetooth device that plugs into the OBDII and gives your Garmin GPS a few more screens. When I shut off the engine a screen pops up on the Garmin before shutting down showing my MPG, Fuel used, How many miles I traveled and How much it cost me in gas.
When your check engine light comes on a screen on the Garmin will pop up showing what the problem is, and you can also reset your OBDII with this unit.
What Garmin do you have paired with it? It's a very slick gadget especially for our old Zj's.
 
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