Recent content by jscherb

I've been using Microsoft Visio for my drawings for many years. Most people think of it as a business graphics program, but it's far more capable than that. I do all of my design work with it, here are a few examples: When I was building my LJ-based "Retro Wrangler" pickup, I did all the...

Actually I drew inspiration from both the CJ and the JL/JT. I wanted the design to be inspired by the CJ's turn signals in the grille and the slots intersecting the headlights, and I wanted to echo the more aggressive styling of the first gen JL and JT grilles. I did a lot of design sketches...

I haven't asked him if he wants to be known so without doing that it's not my place to post his name. I can say that the mold went to a forum member; if he wants people to know he has the mold and/or is interested in making grille overlays from the mold available, he can reveal himself. I...

If you wanted to do something similar yourself, installing turn signals in a TJ grille is something that many people have done and there are threads here describing the process but changing the slots to be larger and to intersect with the headlights and have the result look like it came from the...

Auxbeam just introduced a new set of 7" LED headlights they're calling "Starlight Flow" lights. They say these are rated at 8000 lumens per pair in low beam and 16,000 lumens per pair in high beam, which is quite a bit higher than the Wrangler's factory headlights - an average halogen sealed...

Recently Auxbeam upped the game in switch panels when they released their new 12-gang panel. It's got a Bluetooth interface to a smartphone app, a handheld remote control, and 100 amps total capacity. A few weeks ago they sent me one to test and review. The kit includes the switch panel, a...

Tomorrow the SEMA Show opens. I got here today and went over to the convention center to help MORryde set up. Background story: Last year At the show I gave MORryde some suggestions on ways they could improve their booth display. You may know that MORryde is one of the largest RV OEM...

Spoiler alert: You can't install factory CJ front clip sheet metal on a TJ/LJ, none of the parts fit correctly. But some have requested info on how I did it, so here goes... Back in the early 2000's I had a rare CJ-8 Scrambler - the Scrambler itself wasn't too rare, but it had an export "World...

It's hard for me to believe but it was 15 years ago today that I drove my 2006 Wrangler out of my garage under its own power as a pickup. It's still a daily driver and has about 130,000 miles on it today. I did the conversion at about 28,000 miles, so it's been a daily driver pickup for over...

If you've followed my threads on various forums over the years you've seen me design and build dozens of fiberglass, metal and fabric projects to enhance my Jeeps. Many of them have become commercial products and many of them were just one-offs for my own use. I'm running out of storage space...

At the SEMA Show last fall an air compressor company I've done some work for gave me two small compressors suitable for air bag systems. I've got AirLift 1000 systems in the rear of all three of my Jeeps and I've always inflated them as necessary with a hand bicycle pump, but I wanted to...

On a trip back from India a few months ago I was watching bags go around the carousel at the airport and I noticed that some bags had built-in locks on their zippers. I did a little research and found that the locks are available on eBay for installation on your own bags, so I ordered some to...

Mahindra has been making Jeeps/jeeps in India since the 1940's. I use the word Jeeps with and without the initial capital because in the beginning Mahindra assembled CKD Jeeps (completely knocked down) shipped from the Jeep factory in Toledo (capital J Jeeps) but over the years they've included...

Accessories that suck (in a good way). At SEMA in November I can across a company called SeaSucker - they make cargo accessories for boats and vehicles that attach with powerful suction cups. Here's one of the products they were showing, it's a Rotopax holder that can stick to the side window...

The other day Overland Outfitters sent me a box of samples to test - a line of weather-resistant storage products they plan to release in the spring. In this photo: Tactical Spare Cover, SpareHopper bag, 6" and 12" weather-resistant MOLLE bags, a SpareSide bag and a MOLLEWrap for the spare...