What did you do to your TJ today?
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Got the windshield replaced today. Much gooder.
Mumblewood
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Today I got the front axle all set/centered and aligned. Boring stuff
But I did mark the end of an era for the ol girl. I took off what may be the last of the stuff that made my jeep a “Tomb Raider” edition (besides the back seat and 2 tone dash)
When I bought it new back in 03’ I didn’t want a Tomb Raider, but I did like the color and I had a VW bug I just repo’ed and I really didn’t want that. It was hard to find a rubicon back then and the dealership had 2 of these that they couldn’t off load so I got it for the same as a standard rubicon, so I traded in the stink bug for it.
The day after I bought it, off came the light bar since I really didn’t like it. Over the following weekend I decided I wanted some rock lights and being broke but having the lights from the light bar I remounted them under the jeep.
Today they came off. Funny thing is for as bad of shape there in they all still work haha.
But I did mark the end of an era for the ol girl. I took off what may be the last of the stuff that made my jeep a “Tomb Raider” edition (besides the back seat and 2 tone dash)
When I bought it new back in 03’ I didn’t want a Tomb Raider, but I did like the color and I had a VW bug I just repo’ed and I really didn’t want that. It was hard to find a rubicon back then and the dealership had 2 of these that they couldn’t off load so I got it for the same as a standard rubicon, so I traded in the stink bug for it.
The day after I bought it, off came the light bar since I really didn’t like it. Over the following weekend I decided I wanted some rock lights and being broke but having the lights from the light bar I remounted them under the jeep.
Today they came off. Funny thing is for as bad of shape there in they all still work haha.
I tried a couple but they couldn't get out here for over a week. I needed the space and didn't have time to take it to the scrapper myself.
Why not come through the rubber grommet on the driver's side above the accelerator pedal?
I got the rear axle and suspension all dialed in. I cut and rewelded my track bar on the frame end so that the bend goes flat and toward the center of the Jeep which keeps it clear of any obstruction. I swapped in some new Currie coils that with the help of a 10mm spacer got me exactly 5” of uptravel on some 11” travel shocks. Good news is that my bumpstop maxes out with my shocks perfectly and my tire has about the thickness of a sheet of paper before it rubs on the fender flare.
I’m hoping once I swap this smittybilt bumper and add on a bumper plate like from genright or Barnes that it’ll lighten up the rear enough to get me closer to a 5.25-5.5” uptravel number.
Now just gotta get my front axle swap finished up (should have about 5.5”-5.75” of uptravel on a 12” travel shock) and a JB SSYE done with new driveshafts.
I’m hoping once I swap this smittybilt bumper and add on a bumper plate like from genright or Barnes that it’ll lighten up the rear enough to get me closer to a 5.25-5.5” uptravel number.
Now just gotta get my front axle swap finished up (should have about 5.5”-5.75” of uptravel on a 12” travel shock) and a JB SSYE done with new driveshafts.
Ok, I am not normally a big fan of the flat fender look, but I do like those. I went to their site and only found 07 and up. So are those for an 07 or is there some back door way to find the TJ flares?
(Tammy is my one and only wife but I refer to all my children as “ the children from my first marriage” when we meet people- kills her)
I am SO stealing that line!
Replacing my thermostat. The old one seems nasty and dirty. Seems like it was a big mistake to replace radiator w/o doing flush first.
Doing flush now
Doing flush now
The first pic should have a NSFW tag on it.
Kiwi TJ
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Whoa was that filled with water or custard ?......
( Pic is for those who dont know what custard is )
Sorry. But I hope that t he snowflake thing does not apply to forum members, so they will survive w/o getting PTSD
This is what came out of itWhoa was that filled with water or custard ?......
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( Pic is for those who dont know what custard is )
This is how burping with funnel during flush looks like. All the air is coming out of the block, so it gets pretty bubbly…
I just got done with a rad replacement along with hoses, pump, and thermostat. Flushed before all that and it wasn't anywhere as bad as I have seen with others on here.
Aka we made two running jeeps no longer run! Tomorrow (err today) we will get one running again.