Michaelp3257
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Born in Placerville, but was raised in EDH/Folsom area.where are you from in EDC?
Born in Placerville, but was raised in EDH/Folsom area.where are you from in EDC?
Put my top on today, I usually do this when the time changes.
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Mine is parked in my shop so I could go longer, since I only get to drive it on weekends it gives me more opportunities. Besides I only drive topless in the rain and snow off-road.I'll probably be putting my top back on soon. I try to hold out as long as I can before I put my hard top back on.
I noticed that! We have a December Christmas tree run coming up....hoping for snow, you could take it off for that.Mine is parked in my shop so I could go longer, since I only get to drive it on weekends it gives me more opportunities. Besides I only drive topless in the rain and snow off-road.
You weren’t the guy that cut a hole in the fence we’re you?Put mine on last weekend as I had to drive to Sac town in 60+mph winds and apparently, fire! Yeah, I was on I5 when it caught on fire.
Go figure, 80's all this week.
You weren’t the guy that cut a hole in the fence we’re you?
I like it a lot, I can’t think of another I would rather have. It’s a great lightweight carrier for off road because it’s solid, any tire up to 42” x 14.50 will fit, has a place for your license plate and doesn’t rattle. The cons are it is not a slam close carrier meaning you can’t just swing it closed and you do have to give it a little help to align the pins that keep it closed But it’s not hard to do. For some, My wife, it’s a pain, it’s not like she ever closed the factory one all the way though. Is it an aluminum carrier? If so that’s a great price, not a bad price if it’s steel either. Either way you will want corner guards on your tub to help with the weight and it’ll help if you back into something like I did.How do you like GenRight’s tire carrier? Any gripes with it? There’s one near me (second hand) for sale. He’s asking $800. Said it may need new hardware. I believe he mentioned a bolt froze up on the bracket that mounts to the tub.
That’s good to know. The carrier is aluminum. At this point I’m not wanting to put corner armor on. So idk if that throws the idea out the window.I like it a lot, I can’t think of another I would rather have. It’s a great lightweight carrier for off road because it’s solid, any tire up to 42” x 14.50 will fit, has a place for your license plate and doesn’t rattle. The cons are it is not a slam close carrier meaning you can’t just swing it closed and you do have to give it a little help to align the pins that keep it closed But it’s not hard to do. For some, My wife, it’s a pain, it’s not like she ever closed the factory one all the way though. Is it an aluminum carrier? If so that’s a great price, not a bad price if it’s steel either. Either way you will want corner guards on your tub to help with the weight and it’ll help if you back into something like I did.
Mine was fine until...That’s good to know. The carrier is aluminum. At this point I’m not wanting to put corner armor on. So idk if that throws the idea out the window.
very cool and practical. I have been thinking of something like that that can double as a pick-up bed tent as well. Sort or like a pop-up camper with multi purpose.I added a trailer to mine, found an old "Pack Mule" Jeep trailer and fixed it up.
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The tent trailer has lots of merits, I’ll probably have one when I retire and have more time to not be home.very cool and practical. I have been thinking of something like that that can double as a pick-up bed tent as well. Sort or like a pop-up camper with multi purpose.
Love your Jeep!!Put my top on today, I usually do this when the time changes.
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Anyway I dropped a nut from the trail doors and when I went to retrieve it from underneath I noticed the welds had broken at the CA mounts where the offset washers are captured. This happened to one of the rear mounts before, guess I’ll be welding all of them this time. Looks like a really crappy puddle weld with no penetration. I’ll probably weld the washers in since there’s no reason to adjust them. I’ve been happy with the G2 Core 44’s other than that.
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Also while I was underneath, I have been meaning to check how much travel was realized on my shocks, particularly the MetalCloak Six Packs.
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a little under 6” on the drivers side and 6-1/4” on the passenger side, I never hit the bumps on these and still had up travel left. My rear Fox 2.0’s were at 4” which is where I bumped them out at. No leaks yet.