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#1 ·
Tell us what you did!

Show pics!

I washed mine and Im still waiting for my lift to show up!

I put my new WHEELS and tires on with the jack :)

And replaced driver side axle shaft and changed all diff fluids.
 
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#23,082 ·
Today (7.27.13): Took the tow hooks and TC skid plate off of a junkyard '99 Limited and added them to my '04 WJ. Painted the plate and hooks flat black to postpone any rust.

Broke a chintzy push-pin rivet on the bumper/fascia. Anyone have some creative alternatives (other than overpriced OEMs)?

I'm sure I could push a drywall anchor in there...
NAPPA has these, they are pack of 9 for $5.
http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/C...Shaft-x-5-8-16-mm-L/_/R-BK_6651446_0361079197
 
#23,083 ·
Oil change and replaced the input speed sensor with an Mopar OEM part to clear up the intermittent P0700 that kept popping up. CEL cleared up, but the R&R'ed sensor checked out at .523 ohms like the other two sensors so I'm puzzled if it was the culprit..
 
#23,084 ·
Added a Bull bar to my WJ, little big but is tough! in a month will install the HID's, What HID's do you recommend? I am being offered the procomp HID's

I also pull down the fire stinguisher, as is it was moving to much and creating an squicking noise. the file is a PDF file click to open for pictures of both
how much did you pay for the bull bar? and where did you get it?
 
#23,085 ·
Sounds like a great excuse to work on the jeep tomorrow! :D lol

my radiator support looks a little bent upwards in the center... any idea if its supposed to be like that?
yes...brakes today

What did you do?
wheeled too hard i guess...stabilizer not sure when that broke, but the radiator support and tire happened when i hit this hole...


 
#23,086 ·
Tried to QuickFix my leaking front diff cover by retighten the bolts, some i could turn a notch.
Cleaned down the mess and top it off, got about .1-.2 qts in there was not much leaked out :)

Also retightened the rear diff cover bolts, i have no leak, but still bolts can be tightens up, i guess the humpy mountain roads on the westcoast trip made them came loose a little.

Will keep an eye on the front, hopefully i dont have to pull the cover and RTV it again.

And remounted the front swaybar splash guard plastic thinghy, which have been around my Garage after the lift was mounted.
No Wonder why the mechanic did not put it back on, bolts and/or threads Are solid F up and rusted away, with all the patiance in my toolbox and huge amount of WD40 i got 1 broken, 2 in perfect, and 1 i had to give up out of 4 bolts, atleast its back on, phu

Found my fogs not working, broken wire one side, bad bulb on the other, found the OEM conectors full of corosion, might have to soldier and heat shrink Those conections to make them hold up against waterand salt.
Will look into fixing this soon.
 
#23,087 ·
Took the crap driving lights off and then started to use my right angle die grinder on my new to me brush guard. It took the paint off, but not the rust. I'm going to have to step up and use a metal wheel now. I guess I'll be going to the hardware store tomorrow, at least it'll give me something to do tomorrow afternoon. Should look good once I paint it and then the cladding and front and rear bumper covers at the same time with the spray on bedliner. I'll post pictures once I get everything done.
I've heard a bunch of people say many different things about the difficulty level of removing the door cladding. Is it really that hard or bothersome to do? Should I just use newspaper and tape the upper part of the doors off? I'm worried about the paint running if I did that, though. Thanks for the heads up, fellas.
Cladding isn't hard to remove, but you have to be careful doing it. I did mine (since mine were bad and replaced it) starting from the bottom, and unattaching the foam tape used, and go up from there and carefull take them off. I painted mine off, but either way can work. Just do several light coats and you'll not have issues with it running. Just if doing on the vehicle have to be careful of overspray and tape it off well.
 
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#23,089 ·
04dubjay said:
got my front ds from carolina in ! 4x4...finally
How long did it take to get yours? I ordered mine Monday and got it Thursday.
 
#23,090 ·
Cladding isn't hard to remove, but you have to be careful doing it. I did mine (since mine were bad and replaced it) starting from the bottom, and unattaching the foam tape used, and go up from there and carefull take them off. I painted mine off, but either way can work. Just do several light coats and you'll not have issues with it running. Just if doing on the vehicle have to be careful of overspray and tape it off well.
+1 cladding is easy, like cykaaro said just start from bottom up. If you decide not to take it off and accidentally get paint on the jeep, just spray some wd 40 on a rag and it will come right off! :)
 
#23,096 ·
jeepinjeepin said:
I swapped the cheapie antenna mount for a heavy duty mount. SWR is good but could be better. I need to lengthen
the antenna. That's a bit tricky with a fiberglass antenna with no tuning provision. A spring would help if I had the clearance for it.
Just go ahead and get a 102" steel whip antenna lol
 

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dillonjm said:
You guys really wheel with those?

If you have any trees where you wheel that's an accident waiting to happen..
No I have a 3' firestik to use then but I use the whip for normal driving because It picks up further away and I can still park in my garage with it pulled down which I can't do with the firestik.
 
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