While I recover my bank account from buying a house, and while it is too hot to wheel, I started operation pavement princess for some free/cheap daily driver improvements. I typically have the top off and half doors on all year until it’s consistently hotter than 100 out. Now that I have my top on, a lot of things bother me that didn’t before. My Jeep smells like gear oil from spilling a little bit in the carpet, I’ve got a thick layer of dust on everything, my control arms creak, my top rattles, I’ve got a rattling coming from the glovebox area, and I’ve got an idle vibration that I can see now is from blown out motor mounts.
My goal is to make my Jeep feel nice and comfortable for my daily drive over the summer.
So far I have:
Washed and detailed the Jeep.
Pulled all the carpet out and cleaned the tub.
Washed the carpet and wiped down the seat covers.
Added some adhesive backed foam to the tab on the soft top frame that attaches above the doors for the sunroof feature. That stopped the rattle there.
Found the rattle from the “glovebox” was actually a relay rattling against the firewall under the hood. Fixed that.
Greased all my Johnny joints in the front end.
All I have left is greasing the rear control arms and replacing the bushings in my motor mounts. Luckily the brown dog factory is 5 minutes from my house so I went and grabbed some bushings for $15. Ultimately I would like to go back to mopar motor mounts with a 1” block under them.
It is insane how much nicer a quiet and clean jeep feels to drive. Sound impacts the driving experience a lot.
My next major project coming up will be my rear 4 link midarm. I will probably tackle that in August when I’m taking a break from training.
My goal is to make my Jeep feel nice and comfortable for my daily drive over the summer.
So far I have:
Washed and detailed the Jeep.
Pulled all the carpet out and cleaned the tub.
Washed the carpet and wiped down the seat covers.
Added some adhesive backed foam to the tab on the soft top frame that attaches above the doors for the sunroof feature. That stopped the rattle there.
Found the rattle from the “glovebox” was actually a relay rattling against the firewall under the hood. Fixed that.
Greased all my Johnny joints in the front end.
All I have left is greasing the rear control arms and replacing the bushings in my motor mounts. Luckily the brown dog factory is 5 minutes from my house so I went and grabbed some bushings for $15. Ultimately I would like to go back to mopar motor mounts with a 1” block under them.
It is insane how much nicer a quiet and clean jeep feels to drive. Sound impacts the driving experience a lot.
My next major project coming up will be my rear 4 link midarm. I will probably tackle that in August when I’m taking a break from training.