What did you do to your TJ today?

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Swapped in some new control arms. When I went from Dana 30 to d30hp it put the pinion a few degrees down angled. Got the pinion at one degree up. Still have some minor vibrations, but I'm reasonably sure that they're from axle u joints. PO did a lot of desert running with the old axle and steering bent. Would be surprised if the u joints weren't bad.

Core 4x4 sent the wrong nuts for the bolts in their hardware pack. Fine thread vs coarse thread. My only gripe. Otherwise seems like a vast improvement over OEM arms.

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Chickenshit project while waiting for the hurricane. The sound bar - or sound pods in my '06 - seem pretty airtight to me, not particularly good for bass response as the speakers will try to form a vacuum during outward excursions - and compress on inward. Therefore, I figured I'd vent them:
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Hecho en China - 1/2" mini speaker ports.

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Hole drilled.

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Press fit...

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Should lower the impedance of the enclosures and let the speakers breathe.
Cool idea, I have always been a fan of sealed enclosures for tighter base in my mids myself but it does sacrifice a little on the really low response.
 
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Cool idea, I have always been a fan of sealed enclosures for tighter base in my mids myself but it does sacrifice a little on the really low response.
The amount of air moving through these little ports astounded me, frankly. Certainly not "tuned", but better than nothing.
 
well i ordered a new mopar tps today from rock auto,and put the top completely down for the first time in 7 years
after fixing the rear window zipper head so i could remove the window, i didn't want to fold the window as this is the original top
 

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Tried to get those bumper bolts but couldn't, so ill be grinding the heads off tomorrow and doing them that way.

Finally downloaded Gaia and found a couple trails this afternoon in NH. One was definitely too dicey for me to attempt on my own with no recovery gear but its definitely doable, the other was a slightly bumpy but very drivable dirt road so I had some fun.

I'll be going back out tomorrow with a friend, and hopefully with the winch on tomorrow assuming I can get the damn bumper off so I may try some more intense stuff haha !