What did you do to your XJ/MJ today?

YJMCB said:

The main reason I did this is the price of fuel,1.40 per gal vs 3.88 per gal.If prices for both stay about the same I will recoup my expenses in 25-30 fill ups or about 6 months.If the price of gas goes down,I just run gas.yjmcb

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Did you install that yourself?? How complicated was it?? Looks pretty involved, no??

still thinkin about going flarless.........

Kettles said:

I am pretty sure that is the airbag control module safely mounted in the very middle of the vehicle. I think the older ones had it under the drivers seat.

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thank you sir. this means it is a no touchey item..

^ oh snap!

looks GREAT! what is the issue installing it? Looks pretty straight forward.

oh, and are you just leaving it bare metal? I think I would have painted it before installing.

Spokes said:

still thinkin about going flarless.........

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If you do ill buy your flares possibly

egodfrey said:

If you do ill buy your flares possibly

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Prob won't sell them.

I had thought about going flareless and bumper end capless. If I ever lose my right rear again, it won't go back on as I have already broke one of the studs on the bracket putting it back on last time.

I bed lines everything too it looks great but make sure you sand it good and I used herculiner from an auto-parts store I think it looks better than my last rhino job good luck oh and how do you clean your seats? And take off the auto shifter nob??

Fitting 3 hoops and 8 total pieces without scratching the interior panels and ripping the headliner is a nightmare.

I also had to re-tap a total of 36 bolt holes. (threads were dirty)

Also, tightening the Allen keys is horrible.

Thanks guys.

Joshharris98xj said:

I bed lines everything too it looks great but make sure you sand it good and I used herculiner from an auto-parts store I think it looks better than my last rhino job good luck oh and how do you clean your seats? And take off the auto shifter nob??

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im going to use rustoleum spray on bed liner. i used it on my friends ford and another friends escalade and i like how it turned out very much.

auto shift knob just pulls off. some are harder than others. mine came off really easy. just get a good grip and pull up..

i just vacuum my seats but im sure you can get a carpet cleaner spray like ones that foams on and when it drys you vacuum it off. i use one that has oxy clean

koolaid5 said:

oh, and are you just leaving it bare metal? I think I would have painted it before installing.

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It's getting totally bashed up trying to shoe horn it in.

So Im going to try to totally install it tomorrow, and once I know it fits, I'll pull it back out and paint it.

srmitchell said:

It's getting totally bashed up trying to shoe horn it in.

So Im going to try to totally install it tomorrow, and once I know it fits, I'll pull it back out and paint it.

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I do like the tight and clean fit much better than were it not so tucked.
Well worth the shoehorn efforts. :thumbsup:

Spokes said:

still thinkin about going flarless.........

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do it i need to trim mine . but yours is nicer than mine

YJSXJ said:

Did you install that yourself?? How complicated was it?? Looks pretty involved, no??

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I have a mechanic friend who guided me,the system we installed came of a XJ so it was almost follow the pics.yjmcb

7urtle said:

do it i need to trim mine . but yours is nicer than mine

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Hah thanks. Mine is already trimmed cause if the flares.

Hopefully going to a local wheelin spot with some ppl from jf. Around 4 today. Can't wait I haven't been wheelin in way to long...

srmitchell said:

Fitting 3 hoops and 8 total pieces without scratching the interior panels and ripping the headliner is a nightmare.

I also had to re-tap a total of 36 bolt holes. (threads were dirty)

Also, tightening the Allen keys is horrible.

Thanks guys.

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Go get yourself a set of T handle allen wrenches. It will be MUCH nicer to use those instead of a regular allen.... speed up the process too....

http://www.harborfreight.com/18-piece-t-handle-ball-point-and-hex-key-wrench-set-96645.html

srmitchell said:

It's getting totally bashed up trying to shoe horn it in.

So Im going to try to totally install it tomorrow, and once I know it fits, I'll pull it back out and paint it.

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aaahhh.... gotcha :thumbsup: