What did you do to your XJ/MJ today?

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aircruiser

Discussion Starter · Jun 4, 2008 (Edited)

seriously, one of these threads needs to stay alive in the XJ/MJ section and what better time to get a real one going then now with the creation of the XJ/MJ GD. now, lets keep this going.

for me, all i did today was take pictures of my newly cut front bumper.

picture a few posts down.

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S8NNG8

· #51,121 · Jul 20, 2013

MattBillyTayloe said:
Passenger side rock lights are "done". But whenever I try to connect the strand to the drivers side strand they all cut off. I believe it's grounded good on the rear. I can't figure this out

Run separate switches and skip connecting the strands.

MattBillyTayloe

· #51,122 · Jul 20, 2013

S8NNG8 said:
Run separate switches and skip connecting the strands.

That's what I'm thinking, I really don't want to do that though hahah,

S8NNG8

· #51,123 · Jul 20, 2013

MattBillyTayloe said:
That's what I'm thinking, I really don't want to do that though hahah,

There would be an advantage. If each strand can be lit independently they will be brighter than if all got lit up each time you used them.

chriskeenan

· #51,124 · Jul 20, 2013

MattBillyTayloe said:
Passenger side rock lights are "done". But whenever I try to connect the strand to the drivers side strand they all cut off. I believe it's grounded good on the rear. I can't figure this out

are you running them all in series (one pod connected to the other conected to another, ect) or are the all parallel wired (each pod has a home run back to the switch or power source)?

If in series; you have to many on one run, start another parallel series of light for the other side, wire the sets back to the same switch.

BS87

· #51,125 · Jul 20, 2013

Brought it home for the first time

Good to be back after several years..

Went XJ --> TJ --> WRX --> XJ

MattBillyTayloe

· #51,126 · Jul 20, 2013

chriskeenan said:
are you running them all in series (one pod connected to the other conected to another, ect) or are the all parallel wired (each pod has a home run back to the switch or power source)?

If in series; you have to many on one run, start another parallel series of light for the other side, wire the sets back to the same switch.

I'm trying to do it in a parallel fashion, but it's fighting me, my soldering gun is broke so all I have is this pen looking **** that doesn't want to heat up enough, and I ended up ripping the pos end out of the strand and I can't get the solder to cooperate to get it back on. Lmao, nothing's easy with an xj.

VegasGT

· #51,127 · Jul 20, 2013

JeepN4KC said:
Buddy a mine has this - love it!

Haha yea its a nice time waster.

BlueBadger

· #51,128 · Jul 20, 2013

VegasGT said:
Blew it up lol

Video Link:

What a fun app

You had me going there for a minuet. What app is that?

VegasGT

· #51,129 · Jul 20, 2013

BlueBadger said:
You had me going there for a minuet. What app is that?

FX Action Movie for iPhone. I have been very unproductive since I downloaded it lol

JeepComanche89

· #51,130 · Jul 20, 2013

YoureverydayXJ said:
They are a wedge base. Don't recall the size. I ordered all mine through superbrightleds.com. They have a bulb finder, which was accurate. The switches and stuff in the 97+ dash take a twist lock, which I had to find myself. I went by the dimension specs they listed on their site.

'00 XJ not quite there..

I looked today at the t case selector bulb, and it was different from my HVAC bulb. The t case one was alot bigger. I forgot to grab a spare cluster to take a look at the bulbs. Im thinking there probably different with the different cluster of the 97. I'll check out the bulb finder later on probably. I know i found it all out before but i cant remember now lol. And i remember someone saying that you could get 360* to like 180* bulbs and what not.

JeepComanche89

· #51,131 · Jul 20, 2013

Today i finished patching up the carpet a little where i cut too much out and threw the console and boot back on. It dosent look bad, but still not happy about it. Yesterday i put it the carpet board against the back of the cab, and a few plastic pieces. They look awesome, just have to wait till the headliner goes in to put the rest in. Its gonna look awesome i think.

xj_96_FP

· #51,132 · Jul 20, 2013

2

Pa jeep show

Wheel Automotive parking light Tire Car Vehicle

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NYTrailrider

· #51,133 · Jul 20, 2013

Luke95 said:
Which one? Hx35s at my friends garage atm the 16g is in my room

I have an HX55, this sucker is huge.

Luke95

· #51,134 · Jul 21, 2013

NYTrailrider said:
I have an HX55, this sucker is huge.

To big for an xj

I <3 rockrash

rebelbowtie

· #51,135 · Jul 21, 2013

Went wheeling

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ahar9

· #51,136 · Jul 21, 2013

Girlfriends dad is giving me a olds 350 with a turbo 350. 4 barrel carb and performance intake manifold. He says some other stuff done to it but I'm not sure what. Hmmmmm

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Luke95

· #51,137 · Jul 21, 2013

ahar9 said:
Girlfriends dad is giving me a olds 350 with a turbo 350. 4 barrel carb and performance intake manifold. He says some other stuff done to it but I'm not sure what. Hmmmmm

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Stupid idea.

I <3 rockrash

1CleanTJ

· #51,138 · Jul 21, 2013

5

so decided to paint the trim and bumpers black.

before pic -

after -

no longer old/faded looking although the satin black needs to grow on me i think

ALSO

wirewheeled all the rust off under the jeep the other week (should of seen what i looked like !) and gave it all a coat of black paint

dont mind the downpipe, thats another story, had to sawzall through it when i did engine swap because the studs were so bad. will fix that next :thumbsup:

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IDIdiesel

· #51,139 · Jul 21, 2013

got this!!! No more being stuck in the woods for hours using a hilift to get un stuck. Has a new 150' cable, controller, fairlead and snatch block

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DNFJ

· #51,140 · Jul 21, 2013

Where did you find a 1970s winch?

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