What did you do to your TJ today?

Possibly but in the quote I said I have a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon sitting on d44s lol
Well, that settles it then. WTH? “Nosir, just regear the rear, leave the front at 4.11. And sir, don’t forget to test drive it for me first, and to try out 4WD!” Makes you wonder when some of us on the forum are going to take our knowledge, put together a team and build a business!
 
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Rear bumper mounted.
 
Topped up the oil and gave Bruiser a bath ready for a drive out to Hunua Falls about an hours drive from me. Managed to get a great pic of one of our native woodland birds the Tui...(cant get this close normally)...This whole area now is very commercialized ..spoilt it a bit really, but still an nice spot.
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Finally got my RS5000X shocks installed today after waiting for rock auto to send a replacement. Everything went good except finding out that whoever installed the last shocks on my Jeep must have broken the passenger rear upper bolts off. The nuts welded to the frame had been chiseled off and it had nuts and bolts holding the upper mount on. Not really a big deal except for the fact that they used crap for hardware.
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No worries, I promptly made a trip to Home Depot for some proper grade 8 hardware. Crisis averted.
 
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Took jeep to self wash today and blasted the hell out of it from underneath. Got it clean and all ready to spray the underside with fluidfilm but realized there was about a 1/8 inch of standing water sitting in the frame after. Drilled 4 holes in the bottom of the frame and a ton of water poured out. Drilled a 5/16 hole right behind every control arm bracket. Highly recommended if you haven’t already. Wish I would have known about that before.

Could you take pictures ? Mine originated from TX so not too much worries with rain but we do get some in No MS


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2005 RHD TJ Sport
2010 BMW 528xi
 
Basically, I measured how much material I needed to allow the little angled end caps to still fit in and marked it there.

Top tip- get a bevel guage to copy the angle. If I recall correctly, it’s not quite a 45° angle.
Make the straight vertical cut up the front and the short ~1/2” 90° cut first, then cut the angle to meet it. Otherwise you end up overcutting and having to use a bit of bondo.
Would you be so kind as to tell me what your overall width is on the front bumper?
Somewhere around 41" i'm going to guess.
 
I blew a brake line Saturday while getting some beer so I had to replace it this afternoon. Hit up a buddy for use of his shop, tools and knowledge, it was easier than I thought it would be.
 
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Good news and bad news..

Good : Finally installed my Crown HD steering kit.. ordered it in April and installed it in October [emoji23].

Bad : I put my hardtop on for winter [emoji22]


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Well I finished my 4.10 gear install today. New shocks arrived so was able to get my TJ back on all fours and take her for a spin. Was very pleased with end result. Jeep drives like new! Thanks to all those who answered questions on other posts and thanks to the people who posted the awesome YouTube videos. Without I wouldn’t have had the courage and confidence to tackle. It really wasn’t an extremely difficult job but it wasn’t easy either. Of course tools are what is really gonna help you get the job done. All of which are reasonable from Harbor freight. Now if you were planning on doing regears all the time, I’d invest in better tool quality. Soooo.... to all those contemplating doing there own regear, search and watch YouTube videos until you completely understand what you are getting into. Have your tools lined up and then dive in! Lol.
I’ve enjoyed the experience and now I feel like I can have a educated conversation with all those who have done before.
Rock on!


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