Recent content by Mattific

First mod I’ve done in much longer than I’d like, swapped out the exhaust. I’ve been running the thrush welded muffler for about 2 years and decided I wanted a little more noise. Magnaflow took care of that. Only annoying part with the install is that you also need a longer exhaust hanger which...

Thanks. I do mix up the brands, I just get whichever is a better deal that day. Think I’ll give synthetic a go next time, not sure if I want to be running 15w40 for the winter but I’ll keep it in mind when things warm back up

04 4.0 5speed 91k. I've had some lifter tick going on for about 9 months that I finally have the time to go ahead and take care of now that life has slowed down. Just trying to figure out the best course of action. The ticking usually starts quiet, and slowly gets louder over about 5-10 seconds...

If I’m on the freeway and the road is either flat or downhill

One of my friends has kept one in the fuse box under the hood for several years

This is what I always do. My Jeep is parked on a hill at my house most of the time so I just turn the wheel into the curb so even without the parking brake it isn’t going anywhere

The lower hose should be cool. That is the coolant going from the radiator to your engine after it has been cooled off through the radiator. Likewise, the upper should be hot, as it is returning the hot coolant from the engine to the radiator to expel the heat.

The steering wheel is the worst part in my opinion. Although the door panels are pretty awful too

I agree, my roommate picked up a 2010 jk and I just feel like that interior was very dull. Much prefer the tj interior compared to those. But the newer models did fix it up quite well.

Do a dry steer test. Have someone sit in the Jeep and turn the steering wheel 180 degrees back and forth. Look at the front end while they are doing that and keep an eye out for loose components in the steering linkage and front suspension

This should be tagged NSFW

I had issues with the previous gen ones when it came to balancing as well. No issues with the KM3 though

Depends on the price point really. Either that LJ is overpriced or the JK is a bargain

That’s true. I’m not sure if they raised the prices by doing this since I haven’t been on the site in a while. But if they haven’t, then it’s still more convenient with this change rather than waiting for a free shipping day